Sundance Institute

Organization Overview

Sundance Institute is located in Park City, UT. The organization was established in 1981. According to its NTEE Classification (A31) the organization is classified as: Film & Video, under the broad grouping of Arts, Culture & Humanities and related organizations. As of 08/2021, Sundance Institute employed 525 individuals. This organization is an independent organization and not affiliated with a larger national or regional group of organizations. Sundance Institute is a 501(c)(3) and as such, is described as a "Charitable or Religous organization or a private foundation" by the IRS.

For the year ending 08/2021, Sundance Institute generated $34.0m in total revenue. The organization has seen a slow decline revenue. Over the past 6 years, revenues have fallen by an average of (2.9%) each year. All expenses for the organization totaled $39.5m during the year ending 08/2021. As we would expect to see with falling revenues, expenses have declined by (0.5%) per year over the past 6 years. You can explore the organizations financials more deeply in the financial statements section below.

Since 2015, Sundance Institute has awarded 557 individual grants totaling $12,796,686. If you would like to learn more about the grant giving history of this organization, scroll down to the grant profile section of this page.

Mission & Program ActivityExcerpts From the 990T Filing

TAX YEAR

2021

Describe the Organization's Mission:

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SUNDANCE INSTITUTE IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO THE DISCOVERY AND DEVELOPMENT OF INDEPENDENT ARTISTS AND AUDIENCES. THROUGH ITS PROGRAMS, THE INSTITUTE SEEKS TO - CONTINUED IN GENERAL FOOTNOTE 1

Describe the Organization's Program Activity:

SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL PROGRAM THE 2021 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL PRESENTED 139 FILMS AND PROJECTS 50%, OR 69, WERE DIRECTED BY ONE OR MORE WOMEN; 4% OR 6, WERE DIRECTED BY ONE OR MORE NON-BINARY INDIVIDUALS; 50%, OR 70, WERE DIRECTED BY ONE OR MORE ARTISTS OF COLOR; 15% OR 21 BY ONE OR MORE PEOPLE WHO IDENTIFY AS LGBTQ+. THE PROGRAM INCLUDED 71 FEATURE-LENGTH FILMS, REPRESENTING 29 COUNTRIES AND 38 FIRST-TIME FEATURE FILMMAKERS. 14 FILMS AND PROJECTS WERE SUPPORTED BY SUNDANCE INSTITUTE IN DEVELOPMENT, THROUGH DIRECT GRANTING OR RESIDENCY LABS. 66 OF THE FESTIVAL'S FEATURE FILMS, OR 93% OF THE LINEUP WERE WORLD PREMIERES. THESE FILMS WERE SELECTED FROM 14,092 SUBMISSIONS INCLUDING 3,500 FEATURE-LENGTH FILMS. OF THE FEATURE FILM SUBMISSIONS, 1,377 WERE FROM THE U.S. AND 2,132 WERE INTERNATIONAL. OF THE 71 FEATURE FILMS, 46% WERE DIRECTED BY ONE OR MORE WOMEN; 3% WERE DIRECTED BY ONE OR MORE NON- BINARY INDIVIDUALS; 42% WERE DIRECTED BY ONE OR MORE FILMMAKERS WHO IDENTIFY AS BIPOC; 8% BY ONE OR MORE FILMMAKERS WHO IDENTIFY AS LGBTQ+. IN THE U.S. DRAMATIC COMPETITION, 50% OF THE 10 DIRECTORS IDENTIFY AS WOMEN; 40% AS BIPOC. IN THE U.S. DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION, 64% OF THE 11 DIRECTORS IDENTIFY AS WOMEN; 73% AS BIPOC AND 9% AS LGBTQ+. IN THE WORLD DRAMATIC COMPETITION, 50% OF THE 10 DIRECTORS IDENTIFY AS WOMEN. IN THE WORLD DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION 45% OF THE 11 DIRECTORS IDENTIFY AS WOMEN. ADDITIONALLY, THE FESTIVAL SHOWCASED 50 SHORT FILMS, 4 EPISODICS ALONG WITH 14 NEW FRONTIER WORKS.


DOCUMENTARY FILM PROGRAM THIS PROGRAM SUPPORTS NONFICTION FILMMAKERS WORLDWIDE IN THE PRODUCTION OF CINEMATIC DOCUMENTARIES ON CONTEMPORARY THEMES. ESTABLISHED IN 2002, THE PROGRAM IS A VIBRANT GLOBAL RESOURCE FOR INDEPENDENT NONFICTION STORYTELLING THAT INVESTS THROUGH ITS DOCUMENTARY FUND TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF NONFICTION FILMMAKERS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE. IN A CHANGING MEDIA LANDSCAPE, THE FUND HAS BEEN A STABLE, PROGRESSIVE FORCE IN SUPPORTING WORK THAT HAS EXPRESSED THE WORLD IN CREATIVE, COMPLEX, BEAUTIFUL, AND PROVOCATIVE WAYS, AND HAS CREATED REAL CULTURAL AND SOCIAL IMPACT AROUND SOME OF THE MOST PRESSING ISSUES OF OUR TIME. THE DOCUMENTARY FILM PROGRAM ALSO PROVIDES CREATIVE LABS THROUGH UNIQUE RESIDENTIAL WORKSHOPS THAT BRING TOGETHER A WORLD-CLASS COMMUNITY OF DIRECTORS, EDITORS, AND PRODUCERS DEDICATED TO BOLD, COURAGEOUS NONFICTION STORYTELLING.


FEATURE FILM PROGRAM THIS PROGRAM HAS SUPPORTED AND CHAMPIONED MANY OF THE LEADING INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF THE PAST 35 YEARS WHOSE DISTINCTIVE, SINGULAR FILMS HAVE ENGAGED AUDIENCES INTERNATIONALLY. IT EMBRACES THE DISCOVERY AND DEVELOPMENT OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS FROM THE U.S. AND AROUND THE WORLD, ENCOURAGING A RIGOROUS CREATIVE PROCESS WITH A FOCUS ON ORIGINAL AND DEEPLY RESONANT STORYTELLING. OVER THE YEARS, THE FEATURE FILM PROGRAM HAS EVOLVED TO PROVIDE IN-DEPTH AND YEAR-ROUND SUPPORT TO A NEXT GENERATION OF FILMMAKERS FROM DEVELOPMENT THROUGH DISTRIBUTION AND HAS BECOME A GLOBAL MODEL FOR SUPPORTING ARTISTS AROUND THE WORLD. THE PROGRAM PROVIDES SUPPORT TO FICTION FEATURE WRITERS, DIRECTORS, WRITER/DIRECTORS, OR WRITER/DIRECTOR TEAMS THROUGH LABS, ALONG WITH YEAR-ROUND MENTORSHIPS, GRANTS AND CUSTOMIZED STRATEGIC SUPPORT, THE PROGRAM WORKS TO FOSTER SELF-EXPRESSION, RISK-TAKING, COLLABORATION, AND COMMUNITY.


DESCRIPTION EXPENSES GRANTS REVENUE THEATRE 464,450 109,500 0 NATIVE PROGRAM 727,688 76,000 0 FILM MUSIC 180,039 0 0 OTHER 10,814,950 1,053,750 996,580


SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL PROGRAM THE 2021 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL PRESENTED 139 FILMS AND PROJECTS 50%, OR 69, WERE DIRECTED BY ONE OR MORE WOMEN; 4% OR 6, WERE DIRECTED BY ONE OR MORE NON-BINARY INDIVIDUALS; 50%, OR 70, WERE DIRECTED BY ONE OR MORE ARTISTS OF COLOR; 15% OR 21 BY ONE OR MORE PEOPLE WHO IDENTIFY AS LGBTQ+. THE PROGRAM INCLUDED 71 FEATURE-LENGTH FILMS, REPRESENTING 29 COUNTRIES AND 38 FIRST-TIME FEATURE FILMMAKERS. 14 FILMS AND PROJECTS WERE SUPPORTED BY SUNDANCE INSTITUTE IN DEVELOPMENT, THROUGH DIRECT GRANTING OR RESIDENCY LABS. 66 OF THE FESTIVAL'S FEATURE FILMS, OR 93% OF THE LINEUP WERE WORLD PREMIERES. THESE FILMS WERE SELECTED FROM 14,092 SUBMISSIONS INCLUDING 3,500 FEATURE-LENGTH FILMS. OF THE FEATURE FILM SUBMISSIONS, 1,377 WERE FROM THE U.S. AND 2,132 WERE INTERNATIONAL. OF THE 71 FEATURE FILMS, 46% WERE DIRECTED BY ONE OR MORE WOMEN; 3% WERE DIRECTED BY ONE OR MORE NON- BINARY INDIVIDUALS; 42% WERE DIRECTED BY ONE OR MORE FILMMAKERS WHO IDENTIFY AS BIPOC; 8% BY ONE OR MORE FILMMAKERS WHO IDENTIFY AS LGBTQ+. IN THE U.S. DRAMATIC COMPETITION, 50% OF THE 10 DIRECTORS IDENTIFY AS WOMEN; 40% AS BIPOC. IN THE U.S. DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION, 64% OF THE 11 DIRECTORS IDENTIFY AS WOMEN; 73% AS BIPOC AND 9% AS LGBTQ+. IN THE WORLD DRAMATIC COMPETITION, 50% OF THE 10 DIRECTORS IDENTIFY AS WOMEN. IN THE WORLD DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION 45% OF THE 11 DIRECTORS IDENTIFY AS WOMEN. ADDITIONALLY, THE FESTIVAL SHOWCASED 50 SHORT FILMS, 4 EPISODICS ALONG WITH 14 NEW FRONTIER WORKS.


DOCUMENTARY FILM PROGRAM THIS PROGRAM SUPPORTS NONFICTION FILMMAKERS WORLDWIDE IN THE PRODUCTION OF CINEMATIC DOCUMENTARIES ON CONTEMPORARY THEMES. ESTABLISHED IN 2002, THE PROGRAM IS A VIBRANT GLOBAL RESOURCE FOR INDEPENDENT NONFICTION STORYTELLING THAT INVESTS THROUGH ITS DOCUMENTARY FUND TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF NONFICTION FILMMAKERS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE. IN A CHANGING MEDIA LANDSCAPE, THE FUND HAS BEEN A STABLE, PROGRESSIVE FORCE IN SUPPORTING WORK THAT HAS EXPRESSED THE WORLD IN CREATIVE, COMPLEX, BEAUTIFUL, AND PROVOCATIVE WAYS, AND HAS CREATED REAL CULTURAL AND SOCIAL IMPACT AROUND SOME OF THE MOST PRESSING ISSUES OF OUR TIME. THE DOCUMENTARY FILM PROGRAM ALSO PROVIDES CREATIVE LABS THROUGH UNIQUE RESIDENTIAL WORKSHOPS THAT BRING TOGETHER A WORLD-CLASS COMMUNITY OF DIRECTORS, EDITORS, AND PRODUCERS DEDICATED TO BOLD, COURAGEOUS NONFICTION STORYTELLING.


FEATURE FILM PROGRAM THIS PROGRAM HAS SUPPORTED AND CHAMPIONED MANY OF THE LEADING INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF THE PAST 35 YEARS WHOSE DISTINCTIVE, SINGULAR FILMS HAVE ENGAGED AUDIENCES INTERNATIONALLY. IT EMBRACES THE DISCOVERY AND DEVELOPMENT OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS FROM THE U.S. AND AROUND THE WORLD, ENCOURAGING A RIGOROUS CREATIVE PROCESS WITH A FOCUS ON ORIGINAL AND DEEPLY RESONANT STORYTELLING. OVER THE YEARS, THE FEATURE FILM PROGRAM HAS EVOLVED TO PROVIDE IN-DEPTH AND YEAR-ROUND SUPPORT TO A NEXT GENERATION OF FILMMAKERS FROM DEVELOPMENT THROUGH DISTRIBUTION AND HAS BECOME A GLOBAL MODEL FOR SUPPORTING ARTISTS AROUND THE WORLD. THE PROGRAM PROVIDES SUPPORT TO FICTION FEATURE WRITERS, DIRECTORS, WRITER/DIRECTORS, OR WRITER/DIRECTOR TEAMS THROUGH LABS, ALONG WITH YEAR-ROUND MENTORSHIPS, GRANTS AND CUSTOMIZED STRATEGIC SUPPORT, THE PROGRAM WORKS TO FOSTER SELF-EXPRESSION, RISK-TAKING, COLLABORATION, AND COMMUNITY.


DESCRIPTION EXPENSES GRANTS REVENUE THEATRE 464,450 109,500 0 NATIVE PROGRAM 727,688 76,000 0 FILM MUSIC 180,039 0 0 OTHER 10,814,950 1,053,750 996,580


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Board, Officers & Key Employees

Name (title)Compensation
Kerith Putnam
Executive Di
$355,726
Helen Wallace
Managing Dir
$339,379
Lynne Gugenheim
Chief Advanc
$287,192
Michelle Satter
Dir Feature
$278,512
John Cooper
Dir Emeritus
$274,615
Tabitha Jackson
Dir Sundance
$268,463

Outside Vendors & Contractors

Vendor Name (Service)Compensation
Vestar Consulting Llc
Tech Consulting
$1,848,546
New Box Solutions Llc
Tech Services
$350,000
Bluewater Technologies Group
Tech Services
$331,622
Ward Benjamin J
Software Dev.
$271,353
Collaboratory Laboratory Llc
Brand Consultin
$266,482
Vestar Consulting Llc
Tech Consulting
$1,848,546
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Financial Statements

Statement of Revenue
Federated campaigns$0
Membership dues$233,759
Fundraising events$42,610
Related organizations$0
Government grants $5,211,249
All other contributions, gifts, grants, and similar amounts not included above$19,515,234
Noncash contributions included in lines 1a–1f $610,716
Total Revenue from Contributions, Gifts, Grants & Similar$25,002,852
Total Program Service Revenue$8,303,898
Investment income $419,660
Tax Exempt Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Net Rental Income $10,400
Net Gain/Loss on Asset Sales $56,442
Net Income from Fundraising Events -$1,178
Net Income from Gaming Activities $0
Net Income from Sales of Inventory $174,019
Miscellaneous Revenue$0
Total Revenue $34,020,589

Grants Awarded

Over the last fiscal year, Sundance Institute has awarded $2,392,000 in support to 124 organizations.

Grant RecipientAmount

BIRDLINGS LLC

PURPOSE: FILMMAKING

$50,000

BRIGIDY BRAM LLC

PURPOSE: FILMMAKING

$50,000

IN PROPORTION LLC

PURPOSE: FILMMAKING

$50,000

OKLAFILM LLC

PURPOSE: FILMMAKING

$50,000

KILGUST AND COHEN LLC

PURPOSE: FILMMAKING

$50,000

HUMAN PICTURES INC

PURPOSE: FILMMAKING

$50,000
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Grants Recieved

Over the last fiscal year, we have identified 31 grants that Sundance Institute has recieved totaling $3,299,419.

Awarding OrganizationAmount
Silicon Valley Community Foundation

Mountain View, CA

PURPOSE: Arts & Culture

$1,165,000
Kendeda Fund

Wilmington, DE

PURPOSE: GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS

$400,000
Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund

New York, NY

PURPOSE: ARTS AND CULTURE

$385,000
Schwab Charitable Fund

San Francisco, CA

PURPOSE: ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES

$367,500
Tides Foundation

San Francisco, CA

PURPOSE: HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES

$150,000
United Way Of Greater St Louis Inc

Saint Louis, MO

PURPOSE: CCS - Strengthen Communities

$100,000
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Endowment Analysis

Beg. Balance$24,148,154
Earnings$5,642,363
Other Expense$901,440
Ending Balance$28,889,077

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