San Francisco, CA

FILMMAKERS COLLABORATIVE INC

EIN 94-3059140

Arts, Culture & Heritage Film & Media Arts Communities of color

Mission

Filmmakers Collaborative SF is a nonprofit media organization that catalyzes positive change through the power of filmmaking by supporting independent filmmakers with fiscal sponsorship, education, production, and distribution services.

IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) public charity Contributions are tax-deductible

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About FILMMAKERS COLLABORATIVE INC

Filmmakers Collaborative Inc (doing business as Filmmakers Collaborative SF) is a San Francisco–based 501(c)(3) organization that provides low-cost fiscal sponsorship, membership services, workshops, consulting, and production support to independent documentary and media makers. The organization acts as a donor-facing fiscal sponsor and project incubator, helping filmmakers raise tax-deductible funds and move projects from idea to distribution.

In the last 2–3 years Filmmakers Collaborative SF expanded its membership and program offerings: it launched the For Us, By Us filmmaker incubator (2023) for underrepresented Bay Area storytellers, doubled membership, and reported serving 500+ filmmakers overall with 35+ films shepherded into distribution and dozens of active fiscally sponsored projects. The organization continues to produce original films, run workshops and community screenings, and support projects that have screened widely and aired on public broadcasting platforms.

Notable achievements

Launched For Us, By Us Filmmaker Incubator (2023)

Designed to support underrepresented Bay Area documentary storytellers, the six-month incubator mentored seven filmmakers across six projects and provided workshops, group mentoring, and stipends; the program was supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation, and the Hobson Lucas Family Foundation.

Fiscal sponsorship scale and track record

The organization has served as fiscal sponsor for dozens of films (reported 85+ films to date), with 35+ films in distribution and roughly 40 active fiscally-sponsored projects, providing fundraising, administrative oversight, and project incubation for independent filmmakers.

Broad distribution and public-broadcast impact

Filmmakers Collaborative SF has produced and/or fiscally sponsored films that reached wide audiences through community screenings and public broadcasting — including titles that accumulated hundreds of community screenings and multiple PBS telecasts — demonstrating measurable distribution and impact.

At a glance

Total assets: $351K
Annual revenue: $1.4M
Tax status: 501(c)(3)Public charity
EIN: 94-3059140
Location: San Francisco, CA
Website: filmmakerscollab.org
On Mahalo since: April 2026

Financial figures from the IRS Business Master File, the IRS’s registry of tax-exempt organizations.

Recognition

Confirmed 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status and EIN 94-3059140 through the organization's Form 990 filings and nonprofit data registries; organization is actively fundraising and accepting donor contributions.

Program funding and partner support from institutional funders including the National Endowment for the Arts, Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation, and private family foundations for recent programs.

Positive program-level indicators in recent annual reporting (membership growth, workshop reach of 400+ registrants in 2023, and successful incubator outcomes) cited in the organization's 2023 Annual Report.

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