The Black Lily. Inc.
Doing business as Blackstar Film Festival
- UEI
- D1JCHLMMWTA5
- CAGE
- 8UU96
- Primary NAICS
- Not on record
- SAM.gov registration
- Expired
Company facts
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Tax Exempt)
- SAM.gov registration date
- Website
- blackstarfest.org
- Founded
- 2012
- 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 .
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About the company
The Black Lily. Inc., doing business as Blackstar Film Festival, is a non-profit organization focused on uplifting the work of Black, Brown, and Indigenous artists through media arts and visual culture programming. Its programs include film screenings, exhibitions, an annual film festival, and a semi-annual journal of film, visual arts, and cultural criticism focused on BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) artists. The organization is a Black American-owned, tax-exempt corporate entity.
Through its prime federal grant awards, The Black Lily. Inc. has received funding from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to support various projects and initiatives. In 2022, it received a $20,000 Project Grant to support writer fees for its semi-annual journal, "Seen BlackStars," which focuses on BIPOC artists in film, visual arts, and cultural criticism. Additionally, the organization received a $150,000 Project Grant from the NEA's Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program to support personnel expenses in response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic from January 2022 through December 2023. This funding aimed to maintain operations and staffing levels to continue providing arts and film programming during and after the pandemic period. Furthermore, The Black Lily. Inc. was awarded a $20,000 Project Grant from the NEA in 2022 to support an exhibition of works by Terence Nance, along with related public programming and a catalogue, scheduled to run until November 2023.
Quick answers
Is The Black Lily. Inc. registered in SAM.gov?
The Black Lily. Inc.'s SAM.gov registration expired on February 9, 2023.
What is The Black Lily. Inc.'s most recent federal award?
The Black Lily. Inc.'s most recent federal grant award is to support writer fees for seen blackstars semi-annual journal of film visual arts and cultural criticism that… (18934803422), from National Endowment for the Arts, on June 1, 2022.
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