National Film Preservation Foundation

EIN: 522055624 501(c)(3) Arts, Culture & Humanities

San Francisco, CA

Total Revenue
$1,450,036
Total Expenses
$1,170,766
Total Assets
$3,493,373
Net Assets
$2,424,063
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Organization Details

Formation Year
1997
Legal Domicile
DC
Principal Officer
Jeffery Lambert
Phone
4153927291
Tax Period
2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31

National Film Preservation Foundation, founded in 1997, is a community nonprofit in the Arts, Culture & Humanities sector that reported $1.5M in total revenue in fiscal year 2024. The organization ran a surplus of $279K, a strong 19% operating margin.

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.

Program Service Accomplishments

Program 1
Expenses: $817,873

Preserving American films through grants. Saved 64 titles through grants to 33 institutions. Among the films slated for preservation are Colliding Worlds (1980), a documentary by Orie Medicinebull...

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Preserving American films through grants. Saved 64 titles through grants to 33 institutions. Among the films slated for preservation are Colliding Worlds (1980), a documentary by Orie Medicinebull; Letters Not About Love (1998), an experimental documentary by Jaquline Ochs; Phil Ochs and the Swedish Ambassador to Chile (1974), a dialogue between the singer/songwriter and diplomat Harald Edelstam; instructional films by Sheldon Renan, founder of the Pacific Film Archive, featuring Leonard Nimoy; nine educational films from Karen Loveland, including the Omar Sharif-narrated Mirror of Kings: Tales from Kalila Wa Dimma (1982); and titles by experimental filmmakers Nathaniel Dorsky, JoAnn Elam, Tatsu Aoki, and Kathleen Laughlin.

Program 2
Expenses: $198,763

Promoting Access. The NFPF websites online component of The Field Guide to Sponsored Films (2006) hosts 198 films free to stream from 12 organizations. In addition, the NFPF funded three access...

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Promoting Access. The NFPF websites online component of The Field Guide to Sponsored Films (2006) hosts 198 films free to stream from 12 organizations. In addition, the NFPF funded three access projects in 2021 to George Eastman Museum, Northeast Historic Film, and UCLA to create 4K scans of past grant projects. Once digitized, these will join 107 films preserved through NFPF programs already available in the online screening room as part of the launch of the NFPFs new streaming initiative. Additionally, the NFPF has continued working to preserve American films found only in international archives and make them available to stream. The NFPF also assists the Library of Congress in implementing selected recommendations found in the National Recording and National Film Preservation Plans.

Program 3
Expenses: $60,034

Promoting film preservation through publications. The foundation produces DVD sets in the Treasures from American Film Archives series and books that advance national film preservation efforts. With...

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Promoting film preservation through publications. The foundation produces DVD sets in the Treasures from American Film Archives series and books that advance national film preservation efforts. With support from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts, the NFPF continues production on Treasures 6: Next Wave Avant-Garde Film, a 5-hour DVD box set surveying 28 experimental filmmakersfrom Abigail Child to Phil Solomonwho rose to prominence after 1965.

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Financial Overview (2024)

Revenue Breakdown

Contributions & Grants $1,431,484
Program Service Revenue $824
Investment Income $16,737
Other Revenue $991
TOTAL REVENUE $1,450,036

Expense Breakdown

Grants Paid $697,435
Salaries & Benefits $336,876
Fundraising Expenses $10,583
Program Expenses $1,076,670
Other Expenses $136,455
TOTAL EXPENSES $1,170,766

Year-over-Year Comparison

2024 2023 Change
Revenue $1,450,036 $1,426,358 +0.0%
Expenses $1,170,766 $1,460,793 -0.2%
Net Income $279,270 $-34,435 -9.1%
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Grants to Organizations Grants to Individuals Lobbying Political Activity Foreign Activities Donor Advised Fund Schedule B Required
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Governance

Voting Members
11
Independent Members
11
Employees
4
Volunteers
20

Governance Policies

Conflict of Interest Policy
Whistleblower Policy
Document Retention Policy

Special Practices & Reported Activities

Operated a School
Operated a Hospital
Provided First Class Travel
Reported Conflict of Interest
Reported Asset Diversion
Excess Benefit Transaction
Made Political Expenditures
Engaged in Lobbying
Operated Donor Advised Fund
Maintained Art Collections
Filed Form 720

Compensation of Officers, Directors & Key Employees

Total Officers
3
$107,208
Total Directors
12
$107,208
Key Employees
0
$0
Highest Compensated
0
reported
Name Title Hours/Week Role Reportable Comp Other Comp Total
Jeffery Lambert Sec/Treas/Dir. 40.00
Officer Director
$107,208 $0 $107,208
Grover Crisp Chair/Pres. 4.00
Officer Director
$0 $0 $0
Eric J Schwartz Vice Chair/V.P. 4.00
Officer Director
$0 $0 $0
Larry Karaszewski Director 1.00
Director
$0 $0 $0
Cecilia deMille Presley Director 1.00
Director
$0 $0 $0
Zooey Deschanel Director 1.00
Director
$0 $0 $0
Alfre Woodard Director 1.00
Director
$0 $0 $0
Leonard Maltin Director 1.00
Director
$0 $0 $0
Scott M Martin Director 1.00
Director
$0 $0 $0
John Ptak Director 1.00
Director
$0 $0 $0
Scott Stuber Director 1.00
Director
$0 $0 $0
Martin Scorsese Director 1.00
Director
$0 $0 $0
Note: Compensation data is self-reported by the organization on their Form 990. "Reportable Comp" includes salary, bonuses, and other reportable compensation from the organization and related organizations. "Other Comp" includes benefits, deferred compensation, and non-taxable benefits.

Historical Data

Year Revenue Expenses Assets Net Income
2024 $1,450,036 $1,170,766 $3,493,373 $279,270
2023 $1,426,358 $1,460,793 $3,302,637 $-34,435
2022 $1,499,857 $1,044,004 $3,138,569 $455,853
2021 $1,350,805 $1,204,268 $2,875,164 $146,537
2020 $1,403,600 $1,186,312 $2,383,164 $217,288
2019 $1,290,058 $998,431 $1,944,741 $291,627
2018 $680,262 $757,201 $1,467,140 $-76,939
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