Cinereach Ltd
Brooklyn, NY · EIN 20-2946241. Reported 44 grants totalling $1,934,502 to 41 organizations across tax years 2020-2023. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Cinereach Ltd did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $20,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $47,000; the smallest was $5,000 and the largest $300,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sundance Institute | Park City, UT | $600,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Allied Media Projects Inc | Detroit, MI | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cosign LLC | New York, NY | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Sundance Institute | Los Angeles, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc | New York, NY | $85,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Otv Open Television Inc | Chicago, IL | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Maysles Institute Inc | New York, NY | $68,525 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Black Tv & Film Collective Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $47,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| American Univeristycenter for Media&social Impact | Washington, DC | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Black Lily Inc | Philadelphia, PA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Ja Productions | Toronto, Ontario | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Terri's Travel Fund LLC | Los Angeles, CA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fractured Atlas Inc | New York, NY | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Sephora Woldu | New York, NY | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| From the Heart Productions Inc | Oxnard, CA | $31,553 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Martine Syms | New York, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Film Festival Alliance | Wichita, KS | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Uniondocs Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $20,638 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Cinereach Grant Project LLC | Santa Ana, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Shabier Kirchner | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| International Documentary Association | Los Angeles, CA | $10,753 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Women Make Movies Inc | New York, NY | $10,638 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| 9204-8628 Quebec Inc | Montreal, QC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Ayo Akingbade | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Butler Electronics Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Goodhue Pictures Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Jar-Telfar Documentary LLC | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Luminal Theater Corp | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Strand Releasing LLC | Culver City, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tres Tunas Cine S De Rl De Cv | Colonia Penitas Marfil, Guanajuato | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Visual Communications Media | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Film Independent Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $7,895 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bellemoon Productions LLC | San Francisco, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Citizen Jane Productions Oy | Helsinki | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Les Films Du Bal | Paris | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Brooklyn Vitagraph Company LLC | Brooklyn, NY | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Tk Films LLC | Brooklyn, NY | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Fruit Tree Media Ltd | Barnet | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Kalekone Film | Kirchheim | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Park Pictures Media Partners LLC | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Varient Entertainment LLC | West Hollywood, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
2 of 41 (5%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 12%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Allied Media Projects Inc
LOVE BUILDING CAPITAL CAMPAIGN - MATCHING FUNDS - Sundance Institute
CAPITAL CAMPAIGN - INNOVATION FUND - Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc
TO SUPPORT THEIR GENERAL OPERATING - Cosign LLC
ORGANIZATIONAL LAUNCH EVENT SUPPORT - American Univeristycenter for Media&social Impact
TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT EXPENSES FOR THE FILM PROJECT - Ja Productions
TRANS MENTORSHIP PROGRAM FOR THE FILM SOMETHING YOU SAID LAST NIGHT
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 16 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 32 | $851,607 | $10,695 |
| 2021 | 8 | $632,895 | $30,000 |
| 2022 | 3 | $250,000 | $40,000 |
| 2023 | 1 | $200,000 | $200,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Cinereach Ltd has 3 of them, worth $65,000. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Ja Productions | Toronto, ON | $40,000 |
| Bing Liu | New York, NY | $20,000 |
| Park Pictures Media Partners LLC | New York, NY | $5,000 |
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 31% of this one's giving went to organizations in Utah. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $20,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Utah.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Cinereach Ltd's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 240 Kent Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11249. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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