Northwest Film Forum

Nonprofit · Grant recipient Seattle, WA EIN 91-1702331

Funding Overview

From IRS Form 990 filings · 2020–2025

Total received

$8.6M

Foundation funders

95

Grants recorded

200

Years covered

2020–2025

Who funds Northwest Film Forum?

Northwest Film Forum is funded by 95 grantmakers, led by Bernier McCaw Foundation ($813K), The Satterberg Foundation Inc ($725K), Artsfund ($608K). In total, IRS Form 990 filings record $8.6M in grants to Northwest Film Forum between 2020–2025.

FunderTotal givenGrantsYears
Bernier McCaw Foundation$812,75032022–2025
The Satterberg Foundation Inc$725,00032021–2022
Artsfund$608,26572020–2025
Seattle Foundation$461,250202020–2024
Inatai Foundation$458,50022023–2024
The Andrew W Mellon Foundation$425,00012024
Social Justice Fund Northwest$401,84962020–2024
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the$400,00042021–2024
SITY Foundation$390,00012025
Network for Good$383,88652020–2024
Proteus Fund Inc$310,00022020–2023
Gates Foundation$280,00022020–2021
Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program$222,80042021–2024
Vital Projects Fund Inc$220,00022021–2022
M J Murdock Charitable Trust$215,00032021–2023
Charities Aid Foundation America$150,00032023–2025
Shunpike$130,80422022–2024
Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle$127,80042022–2025
Impactassetsinc$117,50052020–2024
National Philanthropic Trust$113,50022021–2024
Bainbridge Community Foundation$101,55032023–2024
Ray & Vera Conniff Foundation 51645983$100,00012022
R C Kemper Jr Charitable Trust 10023600$100,00012021
GS Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc$91,85022020–2021
James D Scheinfeld Family Foundation$85,00072022–2025
Show all 95 funders
Greater Manhattan Community Foundation$70,00022023–2024
New England Foundation for the Arts$66,50122024–2025
The Zephyr Charitable Foundation Inc$63,00052021–2023
Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Inc$57,50052020–2024
Clovis Foundation$55,00052021–2025
Bebe & Crosby Kemper Foundation 10016600$50,00012021
The Bullitt Foundation$40,00012023
The Morgan Family Foundation$40,00012021
The Mt Moro Foundation$35,50022020–2021
The San Francisco Foundation$35,00032020–2022
Insight Center for Community Economic Development$34,00012022
The Dean Witter Foundation$30,00012025
Tew Foundation$30,00012024
Firelight Media Inc$27,00012023
The Breneman Jaech Foundation$25,00012024
Brant Foundation$25,00012024
United Way of King County$24,00022024–2025
Gunzenhauser Chapin Fund$23,00032020–2024
Treeline Foundation$20,00022021–2024
Jacob & Gwendolyn Lawrence Foundation$20,00022021–2023
Lenore Hanauer Foundation$20,00022020–2021
Silicon Valley Community Foundation$20,00022020–2021
Academy Foundation$20,00012020
Marguerite Casey Foundation$20,00012020
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc$17,50022021–2023
Communities Rise$16,00022022–2024
The Hugh and Jane Ferguson Foundation$12,00012024
California Community Foundation$11,50012022
Lynn R & Karl E Prickett Fund$11,00022022–2025
The Blackbaud Giving Fund$10,46512022
Washington Filmworks$10,40012024
Raynier Institute & Foundation$10,00022025
Local Initiatives Support Corporation$10,00012024
The Philadelphia Foundation$10,00012023
Ellison Foundation$10,00012023
The Thomsen Foundation$10,00012023
Foundation for Global Sports Development$10,00012023
The Chicago Community Trust$10,00012022
Common Counsel Foundation$10,00012021
Danilo Soriano Family Foundation Ltd$10,00012021
The Alan J Hirschfield Family$10,00012020
Nia Tero Foundation$10,00012020
Maritz Family Foundation$10,00012020
BNY Mellon Charitable Gift Fund$9,00012020
The Royal Little Family Foundation$8,00032021–2023
The Norcliffe Foundation$7,50012024
Michigan Theater Foundation Inc$5,28612020
Barton Family Foundation$5,15012020
Robert & Elizabeth Fergus Foundation$5,00042021–2024
Ginger and Barry Ackerley Foundation$5,00012023
Lucky Seven Foundation$5,00012022
Trio Foundation$5,00012021
Claire and Theodore Morse Foundation$4,00012021
Copaken Family Foundation$3,00012021
The Puffin Foundation Ltd$2,50012025
Chaiken Family Foundation$2,50012024
JPMorgan Chase Foundation$2,00012025
Zain Jaffer Foundation$2,00012024
Nia Community Foundation$2,00022021–2022
The Rockefeller Foundation$1,50012022
The GreerSolien Fund$1,50012021
Donald Family Foundation$1,45012021
Stolte Family Foundation$1,12522021–2022
The Karas Family Foundation$1,05012024
Seattle Peoples Fund$1,00012025
Firehole Foundation$1,00012025
B Stephen Schloss Foundation$1,00012024
Goldberg Family Foundation$1,00012021
Sos Foundation$50012023
The Pfizer Foundation Inc$50012022

Funding over time

Grant dollars and counts received per year

$0$1M$2M$3M28 grants2020 40 grants2021 35 grants2022 31 grants2023 47 grants2024 19 grants2025

From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $547K (2020) to $2.1M (2024). In 2025 it made 19 grants totaling $1.3M.

What grants has Northwest Film Forum received?

Individual grants from IRS Form 990 filings, newest first

YearFunderPurposeAmount
2025Bernier McCaw FoundationWA NA WARI GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT$503,500
2025SITY FoundationGeneral & Unrestricted$390,000
2025ArtsfundGENERAL SUPPORT$264,260
2025Charities Aid Foundation AmericaCHARITABLE DONATION$50,000
2025The Dean Witter FoundationTO PILOT THE DOCUMENTARY REFLECTIONS OF THE RIVER$30,000
2025Jewish Federation of Greater SeattleOPERATIONS SUPPORT$15,000
2025James D Scheinfeld Family FoundationEmergence Films Fund for Vashon Island Opening Event, to purchase equipment/Software, discretionary fund and general purpose$15,000
2025James D Scheinfeld Family Foundationany general purpose for Emergence Films$10,000
2025United Way of King CountyPROGRAMMATIC INVESTMENT$10,000
2025New England Foundation for the ArtsGENERAL OPERATING, CREATION AND/OR PRESENTING SUPPORT$7,063
2025Lynn R & Karl E Prickett FundTO ASSIST ORGANIZATION IN CARRYING OUT ITS EXEMPT PURPOSE$6,000
2025James D Scheinfeld Family FoundationEmergence Film Fund, for operational expenses to include accounting, grant writing and other operational expenses in support of the Fund$6,000
2025Raynier Institute & FoundationGENERAL & UNRESTRICTED$5,000
2025Raynier Institute & FoundationGENERAL & UNRESTRICTED$5,000
2025Clovis FoundationUNRESTRICTED$5,000
2025The Puffin Foundation LtdUNRESTRICTED GRANT TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE.$2,500
2025JPMorgan Chase FoundationMATCHING CONTRIBUTION (GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT)$2,000
2025Seattle Peoples FundSONG2SEA$1,000
2025Firehole FoundationFILM DEVELOPMENT RADIOHEART$1,000
2024The Andrew W Mellon FoundationTO SUPPORT PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT OF A SPONSORED PROJECT$425,000
2024ArtsfundGENERAL SUPPORT$229,490
2024Inatai FoundationCORE SUPPORT FOR FISCALLY SPONSORED PROJECT$227,500
2024Social Justice Fund NorthwestGENERAL OPERATING: COMMUNITY WEALTH BUILDING AND DAF$150,000
2024National Philanthropic TrustHEALTH$100,000
2024The Andy Warhol Foundation for theWARHOL RE-GRANTING INITIATIVE$100,000
2024Network for GoodUNRESTRICTED$93,294
2024ShunpikeGENERAL SUPPORT$87,383
2024Bainbridge Community FoundationGENERAL SUPPORT$74,500
2024New England Foundation for the ArtsGENERAL OPERATING, CREATION AND/OR PRESENTING SUPPORT$59,438
2024Jewish Federation of Greater SeattleOPERATIONS SUPPORT$55,000

Showing 30 most recent of 200 recorded grants.

Similar nonprofits

Organizations funded by many of the same grantmakers

More nonprofits on Grantable

Frequently Asked Questions

Who funds Northwest Film Forum?

Northwest Film Forum is funded by 95 grantmakers, led by Bernier McCaw Foundation ($813K), The Satterberg Foundation Inc ($725K), Artsfund ($608K). In total, IRS Form 990 filings record $8.6M in grants to Northwest Film Forum between 2020–2025.

Who is Northwest Film Forum's largest funder?

Bernier McCaw Foundation is the largest recorded funder of Northwest Film Forum, with $813K across 3 grants (2022–2025).

How much grant funding has Northwest Film Forum received?

IRS 990 filings record $8.6M in grants to Northwest Film Forum across 200 grants from 95 funders between 2020–2025. Filings are published on a delay, so recent grants may not appear yet.

Your AI grants department

Looking for funders like Northwest Film Forum's?

Grantable's AI matches your organization against 200,000+ grantmakers — including every funder on this page — using their real giving history.

You, clicking into all 95 funders

~11 hrs

at ~7 min per funder profile

Your agents, the same 95

~5 min

every profile evaluated and scored, with reasoning

You
Agents

Grant data is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings via Grantable's GrantGraph™. Filings are published on a delay; recent grants may not appear yet.

Looking for funders like Northwest Film Forum's?

Want AI to do this for you?