Company facts
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Tax Exempt)
- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 8950 Otis Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46216, USA
- Website
- heartlandfilm.org
- Founded
- 1991
- Employees
- 11-50
- Estimated annual revenue
- $1M-$10M
- Industry
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- Consumer Discretionary
- Media
- Movies & Entertainment
- SIC code
- 89 Services, Not Elsewhere Classified
Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .
Grant awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
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About the company
Heartland Film, Inc. is a tax-exempt nonprofit organization based in Indianapolis, Indiana that receives federal grant funding from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to support operations of the Heartland International Film Festival and Indy Shorts International Film Festival. The organization operates exclusively as a prime grant recipient; it holds no federal contracts and no subcontract relationships.
Heartland Film's entire federal footprint derives from NEA Project Grants under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024). Since 2015, the organization has received eleven NEA grants totaling $2.1 million in combined obligated dollars. Recent grant purposes center on supporting staff salaries for the Heartland International Film Festival and Indy Shorts International Film Festival. A $150,000 award in 2022 specifically supported personnel and marketing expenses tied to pandemic recovery and organizational resilience. Grant awards run annually or multi-month cycles; the most recent award, dated January 2026, supports staff salaries through December 2026.
Activity has been episodic rather than continuous. The source records one award each in 2021, 2023, 2025, and 2026, with two awards in 2022, suggesting funding cycles tied to festival operations rather than year-round contract work. The organization serves only one federal customer agency — the National Endowment for the Arts — making it a single-agency, single-program grantee. One award (the January 2026 grant) faces completion inside the next twenty-four months, creating a single recompete opportunity. Heartland Film does not compete in the federal contracting space and operates purely within the federal grant ecosystem as a cultural and arts nonprofit.
Quick answers
Is Heartland Film, Inc. registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. Heartland Film, Inc.'s SAM.gov registration is active through July 14, 2027.
What is Heartland Film, Inc.'s CAGE code?
Heartland Film, Inc.'s CAGE code is 4ZWH3, and its Unique Entity ID (UEI) is U55YA9MHQWK1.
What is Heartland Film, Inc.'s most recent federal award?
Heartland Film, Inc.'s most recent federal grant award is To support staff salaries for the heartland international film festival and indy shorts international film festival (19457423426), from National Endowment for the Arts, on January 1, 2026.
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