Nonprofit · EIN 47-2942570
CATAPULT FILM FUND
Tax-exempt (reinstated) · SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94129
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $1,529,142 | $1,305,852 | $223,290 | $638,059 | $301,096 | $336,963 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $1,513,452 | $1,513,934 | -$482 | $302,752 | $189,079 | $113,673 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $1,388,653 | $1,421,352 | -$32,699 | $143,011 | $27,584 | $115,427 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $1,518,226
- of which government grants
- $50,000
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $10,916
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $525,000
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $0
- Other salaries and wages
- $330,960
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $398,207
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $424
- Accounting fees
- $7,024
- Occupancy
- $19,801
- Travel
- $21,448
- Program services (functional)
- $999,925
- Management and general (functional)
- $305,682
- Fundraising (functional)
- $245
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $302,752
- Total assets, end of year
- $638,059
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $301,096
- Net assets, end of year
- $336,963
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $66,963
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $270,000
- Gross receipts
- $1,529,142
- Employees
- 4
- Volunteers
- 4
- Year formed
- 2014
- State of legal domicile
- CA
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Megan Gelstein | Dir/Prog Officer | 40 | $125,000 | $7,635 |
| Theresa Navarro | Dir/COO | 40 | $103,626 | $15,840 |
| Lisa Kleiner Chanoff | Chairman Trustee or director, Officer | 25 | $0 | $0 |
| Bonni Cohen | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Caroline von Kuhn | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Tabitha Jackson | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Jenny Raskin | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 6 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Megan Gelstein | Dir/Prog Officer | 40 | $125,000 | $17,016 |
| Theresa Navarro | Dir/COO | 40 | $125,000 | $14,682 |
| Lisa Kleiner-Chanoff | Chairman Trustee or director, Officer | 25 | $0 | $0 |
| Bonni Cohen | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Caroline von Kuhn | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Tabitha Jackson | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 5 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theresa Navarro | Dir/Opps Officer | 40 | $121,000 | $10,788 |
| Megan Gelstein | Dir/Prog Officer | 40 | $121,000 | $7,080 |
| Lisa Kleiner-Chanoff | Chairman Trustee or director, Officer | 25 | $0 | $0 |
| Bonni Cohen | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Caroline von Kuhn | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 39 MESA ST STE 105, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94129-1019
- Mailing address (990-N for 2017)
- 39 MESA STREET SUITE 105, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94129
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- Lisa Kleiner Chanoff, 39 Mesa Street 105, San Francisco, CA 94129
- Principal officer (990-N for 2017)
- LISA CHANOFF, 39 MESA STREET SUITE 105, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94129
- Signed the 990
- Lisa Kleiner Chanoff, Chairman
- Phone
- (510) 841-4023
- Website
- WWW.CATAPULTFILMFUND.ORG
- Return prepared by
- Fontanello Duffield & Otake LLP
California records
California keeps its own records of charities and corporations. Search them by EIN 47-2942570 or by the name CATAPULT FILM FUND.
- Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers
- Registration status and filed reports (CT-TR-1, RRF-1)
- Secretary of State, bizfile Online
- Corporation status, entity number, agent for service
- Franchise Tax Board
- Entity status letter (state tax exemption, good standing)
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.
Program accomplishments
- 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 piece to help unlock critical production funding. We enable filmmakers to develop their projects to the next level, at the early stage when funding is hard to find. We support powerful and moving storytelling by filmmakers with a strong voice across a broad spectrum of subject matter. In addition to the Development Grant, recipients have access to a mentorship program with the Catapult team, in areas including story development, production process, fundraising and distribution strategy. Catapult also provides opportunities for grantees to apply for additional financial support in the form of Momentum Grants and Consulting Grant, when they reach a point in their filmmaking process when an infusion of funds can propel them to their next step. Examples include hiring an editor, getting transcripts translated, archival research, or music composition.Expenses $848,645 · grants $495,000
- 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. Launched in 2016, RCR unites nonfiction filmmakers and mentors in a creative, supportive, and engaged atmosphere. The annual Rough Cut Retreat offers filmmakers & their projects thoughtful feedback to help move films from a rough cut to a final cut with an eye on winter festival deadlines which they can seek to bring on additional key team members, partners, and funders. The fellowship is geared towards emerging filmmakers who have directed short films previously and for whom this is their first feature, or for filmmakers who have directed one or two features already. Mentors are selected who share our values of artistic curiosity and generosity of spirit.Expenses $99,847
- 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. Launched in 2020, this intensive program supports a cohort of filmmakers who share a desire to deepen their craft and an ongoing commitment to the art of nonfiction storytelling. The grant can be used for a variety of needs for developing new nonfiction film ideas including: research, writing, travel, crew, identifying and gaining access to protagonists, and any preliminary production costs associated with shaping the artistic vision or capturing early footage. To assist their process, filmmakers are paired with an advisor based on their specific project needs and goals. Participating filmmakers must commit attendance and participation for the full program, which includes live virtual sessions as a cohort and one-on-one calls with dedicated advisors. Advisors are selected who share our values of artistic curiosity and generosity of spirit.Expenses $51,433 · grants $30,000
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 47-2942570
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2017
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Arts, culture and humanities (A12)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $638,059
- Income (IRS master file)
- $1,529,142
Revocation and reinstatement
- Exemption revoked
- May 15, 2017
- Posted by the IRS
- June 17, 2017
- Reinstated
- Effective May 15, 2017
From the IRS automatic revocation list: organizations that did not file a required return or e-Postcard for three consecutive years.
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $1,529,142 | $1,305,852 | $638,059 | XML |
| 990 | December 2024 | $1,513,452 | $1,513,934 | $302,752 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $1,388,653 | $1,421,352 | $143,011 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $894,759 | $1,192,801 | $159,125 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-N for 2017 Officer: LISA CHANOFF | December 31, 2017 | ≤ $50,000 receipts | – | – | e-Postcard |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 47-2942570).
Questions about CATAPULT FILM FUND
- What is the EIN of CATAPULT FILM FUND?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of CATAPULT FILM FUND is 47-2942570.
- Is CATAPULT FILM FUND tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS revoked its exemption on May 15, 2017 and reinstated it effective May 15, 2017.
- Are donations to CATAPULT FILM FUND tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does CATAPULT FILM FUND file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of CATAPULT FILM FUND due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did CATAPULT FILM FUND last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of CATAPULT FILM FUND?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names Lisa Kleiner Chanoff.
- Who are the officers and directors of CATAPULT FILM FUND?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 7 people; 2 received compensation from the organization, the highest $125,000 (Megan Gelstein, Dir/Prog Officer).
- How much revenue does CATAPULT FILM FUND have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $1,529,142, expenses of $1,305,852 and total assets of $638,059 at year end.
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