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← AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$40,176,502
Total expenses
$38,741,050
Contributions and grants received
$12,825,520
Grants paid
$2,326,249
Program service revenue
$24,636,917
Investment income
$2,930,540
Other revenue
-$216,475
Total assets, end of year
$64,586,565
Total liabilities, end of year
$6,977,125
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$57,609,440
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$31,344,471
Management and general expenses
$4,035,026
Fundraising expenses
$3,361,553
Program service expenses (Part III)
$31,344,471

Program services were 80.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $2,650,362

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,150,692

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $9,024,466

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $543,840

  • 2a · Program service revenue: EDUCATION & TRAINING

    total $19,548,691 · related or exempt $19,548,691

  • 2b · Program service revenue: EXHIBITION

    total $3,063,775 · related or exempt $3,063,775

  • 2c · Program service revenue: NATIONAL PROGRAMS

    total $2,024,451 · related or exempt $2,024,451

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,981,487 · excluded $1,981,487

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $226,246 · excluded $226,246

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $309,461

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $309,461

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $309,461 · excluded $309,461

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $16,192,064

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $15,243,011

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $949,053

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $949,053 · excluded $949,053

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $233,225

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $2,650,362

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $1,060,170

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$826,945 · excluded -$826,945

  • 11a · Other revenue: WEBSITE ADVERTISING

    total $42,887 · unrelated business $42,887

  • 11b · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $31,876 · excluded $31,876

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $74,763

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $2,326,249 · program services $2,326,249

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $3,085,315 · program services $1,054,903 · management and general $1,445,743 · fundraising $584,669

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $14,605,164 · program services $12,081,570 · management and general $1,031,566 · fundraising $1,492,028

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $307,130 · program services $215,085 · management and general $50,608 · fundraising $41,437

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $2,670,143 · program services $2,153,763 · management and general $233,288 · fundraising $283,092

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,441,113 · program services $1,058,433 · management and general $234,734 · fundraising $147,946

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $3,591 · management and general $3,591

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $228,372 · management and general $228,372

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $46,000 · fundraising $46,000

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $97,181 · management and general $97,181

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,212,245 · program services $2,009,093 · management and general $75,197 · fundraising $127,955

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $99,089 · program services $74,442 · management and general $18,532 · fundraising $6,115

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,615,154 · program services $1,214,995 · management and general $76,270 · fundraising $323,889

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $318,479 · program services $293,373 · management and general $12,553 · fundraising $12,553

  • 17 · Travel

    total $408,100 · program services $372,001 · management and general $27,205 · fundraising $8,894

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $656,722 · program services $510,939 · management and general $72,508 · fundraising $73,275

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,458,710 · program services $1,310,468 · management and general $80,193 · fundraising $68,049

  • 24a · Other expenses: PRODUCTION COSTS

    total $4,752,687 · program services $4,681,472 · management and general $10,589 · fundraising $60,626

  • 24b · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT RENTAL & REPA

    total $1,766,292 · program services $1,713,392 · management and general $17,479 · fundraising $35,421

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $563,908 · program services $237,750 · management and general $318,784 · fundraising $7,374

  • 24d · Other expenses: PRINTING & PUBLICATIONS

    total $79,406 · program services $36,543 · management and general $633 · fundraising $42,230

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $7,238,725 · end of year $6,855,475

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,349,791 · end of year $2,320,318

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $141,366 · end of year $225,137

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,001,248 · end of year $1,130,654

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $28,706,266

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $20,190,593

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $8,933,490 · end of year $8,515,673

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $39,638,653 · end of year $42,666,214

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $4,240,093 · end of year $2,873,094

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,256,464 · end of year $1,956,609

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $5,482,837 · end of year $5,020,516

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $27,209,868 · end of year $25,916,769

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $27,594,197 · end of year $31,692,671

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE ("AFI") IS A NATIONAL INSTITUTE PROVIDING LEADERSHIP IN SCREEN EDUCATION AND THE RECOGNITION AND CELEBRATION OF EXCELLENCE IN THE ART OF FILM, TELEVISION AND DIGITAL MEDIA.

  • SEE SCHEDULE O

    Expenses $21,771,305 · Grants $2,326,249 · Revenue $19,548,691

  • SEE SCHEDULE O

    Expenses $6,293,043 · Revenue $3,063,775

  • SEE SCHEDULE O

    Expenses $2,436,817 · Revenue $2,024,451

  • PRESERVATION AND DOCUMENTATION:-AFI COLLECTION: THIS VITAL AND INDISPENSABLE PART OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS ARCHIVE CONTINUES TO ACQUIRE AND PRESERVE FILMS AS PART OF ITS ONGOING MISSION TO MAINTAIN AMERICA'S FILM HERITAGE. THE COLLECTION INCLUDES OVER 37,000 TITLES, CONSISTING PRIMARILY OF THEATRICAL FEATURES AND SHORTS, AS WELL AS SUBSTANTIAL NUMBERS OF NEWSREELS, DOCUMENTARIES AND TELEVISION PROGRAMS.-AFI CATALOG: THIS DEFINITIVE ONLINE DATABASE SETS THE STANDARD AS THE SOURCE FOR ACCURATE INFORMATION ON THE ENTIRE HISTORY OF AMERICAN FILM. IT HAS BEEN CALLED "THE AUTHORITATIVE OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN FILM."

    Expenses $843,306

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Robert Gazzale

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $1,032,227
    From this org
    $1,016,789
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,438
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $1,016,789
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,800
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,638
    Filer's total
    $1,032,227
  • Kathleen Kennedy

    CHAIR, BOARD OF TRUSTEES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Robert A Daly

    CHAIR, BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Jon Avnet

    VICE CHAIR, BOARD OF TRUST

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Richard Frank

    VICE CHAIR, BOARD OF TRUST

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Marshall Herskovitz

    VICE CHAIR, BOARD OF TRUST

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Edward Zwick

    VICE CHAIR, BOARD OF TRUST

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Pamela Abdy

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cris Abrego

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Wylie A Aitken Esq

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeanine Basinger

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alan Bergman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Halle Berry

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gary Birkenbeuel

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jim Breyer

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • James L Brooks

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Charlie Collier

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ariana Debose

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Fran Drescher

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ava Duvernay

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nancy Collins Fisher

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lesli Linka Glatter

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bonnie Hammer

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Carla D Hayden

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mike Hopkins

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alan Horn

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lisa P Jackson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Patty Jenkins

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael B Jordan

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Zach Kitchke

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Donna Langley

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Debra L Lee

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lori Lee

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Linde

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Eva Longoria

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bryan Lourd

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lori McCreary

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jonathan Miller

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Edward James Olmos

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shonda Rhimes

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Charles Rivkin

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jay Roach

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brian Robbins

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joshua Sapan

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ted Sarandos

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chris Silbermann

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Octavia Spencer

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Steven Spielberg

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Meredith Stiehm

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Anthony Vinciquerra

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Todd Wagner

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Janet Yang

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • George Stevens Jr

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jean Picker Firstenberg

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lang Fredrickson

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $418,803
    From this org
    $378,323
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,480
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $378,323
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,800
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,680
    Filer's total
    $418,803
  • Todd Hitchcock

    DIR. AFI SILVER

    Total calculated
    $194,184
    From this org
    $173,115
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,069
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $173,115
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,069
    Filer's total
    $194,184
  • P John Burke

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Susan Ruskin

    EX. VP & DEAN OF CONSERVATORY

    Total calculated
    $514,382
    From this org
    $485,723
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,659
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $485,723
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,800
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,859
    Filer's total
    $514,382
  • Juli Goodwin Roginson

    CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $334,947
    From this org
    $288,972
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $45,975
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $288,972
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,879
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,096
    Filer's total
    $334,947
  • Roschoune Day

    CHIEF RESOURCE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $308,520
    From this org
    $295,469
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,051
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $295,469
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,742
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,309
    Filer's total
    $308,520
  • Cynthia Chyr

    SR. DIR ADVANCEMENT

    Total calculated
    $206,949
    From this org
    $187,724
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,225
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $187,724
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,277
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,948
    Filer's total
    $206,949
  • Christopher Merrill

    SR. DIR AFI PRODUCTIONS

    Total calculated
    $186,615
    From this org
    $169,201
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,414
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $169,201
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,909
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,505
    Filer's total
    $186,615
  • Janice San Jose

    CONTROLLER

    Total calculated
    $170,566
    From this org
    $163,149
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,417
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $163,149
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,642
    Nontaxable benefits
    $775
    Filer's total
    $170,566
  • Stephen Lighthill

    DISCIPLINE HEAD, CINEMATOG

    Total calculated
    $166,187
    From this org
    $158,871
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,316
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $158,871
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,274
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,042
    Filer's total
    $166,187
  • Lianne Halfon

    DISCIPLINE HEAD, PRODUCING

    Total calculated
    $165,466
    From this org
    $158,078
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,388
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $158,078
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,304
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,084
    Filer's total
    $165,466
  • Benjamin Procter

    SR. DIR BUS & LEGAL AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $166,701
    From this org
    $159,619
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,082
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $159,619
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,380
    Nontaxable benefits
    $702
    Filer's total
    $166,701

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
22 April 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202631139349301413

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