Public Charity

Catapult Film Fund

Catapult Film Fund, of San Francisco, CA, is a Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2025 filing shows $1.5M in revenue, $1.3M in expenses, $638K in total assets. 11 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $112K, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 472942570 San Francisco, CA Fund Raising & Fund Distribution NTEE: A12 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$1.5M
Total Expenses$1.3M
Total Assets$638K
Grant Records11
Funding Total$112K
Filing Years2020–2025

Mission

Catapult Film Fund provides development funding to help story-driven and cinematicdocumentary films get off the ground. Catapult is not tied to any specific social issue agenda. We support and encourage filmmakers to tell a full range of stories on film in whatever form fits.

Where $100 goes at Catapult Film Fund

How Catapult Film Fund divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 6 years.

$85 Programs the work itself
$14 Management running the organization
$1 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $85 for programs

$72
Catapult's Development Grant program provides up to $25,000 to documentary filmmakers who have a strong story to tell, have secured access, and are ready to create a fundraising…
85% of program spending
$9
Catapult Film Fund also partners with The True/False Film Festival for the annual Rough Cut Retreat (RCR), a one-of-a-kind mentorship experience
10% of program spending
$4
Catapults Research Grant offers grants of $10,000 USD and dedicated mentorship to U.S.-based filmmakers in the early conception phase of a documentary feature or short
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

Secretary Bonni Cohen
Director Caroline Von Kuhn
Director Jenny Raskin
Chairman Lisa Kleiner Chanoff
Dir/Prog Officer Megan Gelstein
Director Tabitha Jackson

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$60,000 7 grants
Arts & Culture
$52,500 4 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $1.5M $1.3M $638K
2024 $1.5M $1.5M $303K
2023 $1.4M $1.4M $143K
2022 $895K $1.2M $159K
2020 $955K $907K $208K

Between 2020 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $955K to $1.5M (+60%), with total assets most recently reported at $638K.

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