Public Charity

National Film Preservation Foundation

Based in San Francisco, CA, National Film Preservation Foundation operates as a Public Charity. The organization reported $1.4M in revenue, $1.4M in expenses, $3.4M in total assets for fiscal year 2025. Imperigo tracks 19 reported grant relationships connected to this organization totaling approximately $716K.

EIN: 522055624 San Francisco, CA Film & Video NTEE: A31 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$1.4M
Total Expenses$1.4M
Total Assets$3.4M
Grant Records19
Funding Total$716K
Filing Years2020–2025

Mission

The NFPF is a nonprofit organization established in the District of Columbia resulting from an Act of Congress in order to preserve and make publicly accessible our nations film heritage. The NFPF works with archives to preserve American films and improve access for education and exhibition.

Where $100 goes at National Film Preservation Foundation

How National Film Preservation Foundation divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 7 years.

$93 Programs the work itself
$6 Management running the organization
$1 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $93 for programs

$79
Preserving American films through grants
85% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 81 grants
$10
Promoting Access
10% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 12 organizations
$4
Promoting film preservation through publications
5% of program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

Director Alfre Woodard
Director Cecilia Demille Presley
Vice Chair/V.P. Eric J Schwartz
Chair/Pres. Grover Crisp
Sec/Treas/Dir. Jeffery Lambert
Director John Ptak

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Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$701,348 17 grants
Arts & Culture
$14,300 2 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $1.4M $1.4M $3.4M
2024 $1.5M $1.2M $3.5M
2023 $1.4M $1.5M $3.3M
2022 $1.5M $1.0M $3.1M
2020 $1.4M $1.2M $2.4M

Between 2020 and 2025, reported annual revenue held roughly steady at around $1.4M, with total assets most recently reported at $3.4M.

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