International Documentary Association
A home for people who make nonfiction for a living, called together by a classified ad in Los Angeles in 1982 and grown into the institution that independent documentarians borrow when they have none of their own.
Financial profile
International Documentary Association Inc · EIN 95-3911227 · 501(c)(3)
| Fiscal year | Total revenue | Contributions | Program services | Total expenses | Net assets | Year end |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $14,226,333 | $11,853,018 | $1,906,330 | $14,885,483 | $7,164,815 | Jun 2023 |
| FY2022 | $12,252,709 | $10,594,827 | $1,591,115 | $12,676,121 | $7,827,691 | Jun 2022 |
| FY2021 | $14,566,021 | $13,014,320 | $1,486,211 | $10,779,184 | $8,389,475 | Jun 2021 |
| FY2020 | $12,310,225 | $10,711,478 | $1,565,334 | $12,839,745 | $4,499,418 | Jun 2020 |
| FY2019 | $11,558,055 | $10,247,782 | $1,280,801 | $12,460,959 | $5,065,934 | Jun 2019 |
| FY2018 | $12,383,303 | $11,431,006 | $926,094 | $12,368,531 | $5,952,007 | Jun 2018 |
Figures exactly as reported. A blank cell was blank on the form. The fiscal year links to the filing.
Peer societies
Five societies IDA is read alongside.
PGA
Producers Guild of America
The professional guild representing producers across film, television, and emerging media, protecting the…
22 companies named
NYWIFT
New York Women in Film & Television
The community that has spent nearly five decades honoring, funding and advocating for the women of New York's…
31 companies named
UFVA
University Film and Video Association
An international association where media production and writing meet the history, theory and criticism of…
AMIA
Association of Moving Image Archivists
The professional association for moving image archivists, advancing the preservation and use of film, video…
34 companies named
TV Academy Foundation
Television Academy Foundation
The apprenticeship house of the television industry, set up in 1959 as the charitable arm of the Television…
17 companies named
Who backs IDA
Every company IDA names publicly as a supporter, exactly as published. Companies also named by other associations on Sociogene come first.
| Company | Support as published | Also named by |
|---|---|---|
| HUB International | Corporate partner | ABA ACFA CAS CASE CMCA +3 |
| CNN Collection | Corporate partner | IRE NABJ NLGJA NYAS NYWIFT +2 |
| Variety | Corporate partner | ADG CTA NYWIFT PGA |
| HBO Max | Corporate partner | GMS T2F |
| ABC News VideoSource | Corporate partner | Only IDA, so far |
| EPF Media | Corporate partner | Only IDA, so far |
| HBO Documentary Films | Meeting sponsor | Only IDA, so far |
| Industry Standard | Corporate partner | Only IDA, so far |
| Kino Lorber | Corporate partner | Only IDA, so far |
| National Geographic Documentary Films | Corporate partner | Only IDA, so far |
| Theorem Media | Corporate partner | Only IDA, so far |
| Urbanite LA Live Event Media Production | Meeting sponsor | Only IDA, so far |
| Vista House | Corporate partner | Only IDA, so far |
Sources: 2 published lists, read October 2026
41st IDA Documentary Awards Sponsors. Read October 2, 2026. Sponsors and media sponsors of the 41st IDA Documentary Awards, December 2025.
Our Supporters: Sponsors and Institutional Members. Read October 2, 2026. Sponsors and institutional members thanked for support since September 2024.
Who backs IDA's peers, but not IDA
Companies named publicly by at least one of IDA's five peer societies, and not found in IDA's reviewed public records.
The outside view
A home for people who make nonfiction for a living, called together by a classified ad in Los Angeles in 1982 and grown into the institution that independent documentarians borrow when they have none of their own.
- Consensus
- Build
- Inward
- Operational
Their shape
The Guild
Where mastery is the price of belonging.
The Guild is the keeper of a craft and its standards, where belonging means meeting a real bar. Its gift is depth and trusted expertise, its challenge is opening up to newcomers and new ways.
Also reads toward The Movement and The Village.
Strengths
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