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← ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES.

Totals

Total revenue
$907,021
Total expenses
$1,198,433
Contributions and grants received
$387,022
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$486,290
Investment income
$10,193
Other revenue
$23,516
Total assets, end of year
$3,545,423
Total liabilities, end of year
$965,317
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,580,106
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$966,220
Management and general expenses
$187,720
Fundraising expenses
$44,493
Program service expenses (Part III)
$966,220

Program services were 80.6% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $88,021

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $88,755

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $210,246

  • 2a · Program service revenue: FILM EXHIBITION

    total $285,060 · related or exempt $285,060

  • 2b · Program service revenue: THEATER RENTAL

    total $98,036 · related or exempt $98,036

  • 2c · Program service revenue: FILM RENTAL

    total $77,030 · related or exempt $77,030

  • 2d · Program service revenue: PUBLICATION & FILM AND

    total $26,164 · related or exempt $26,164

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $3,007 · excluded $3,007

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $9,585 · excluded $9,585

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $88,098

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

    securities $80,912

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $7,186

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $7,186 · related or exempt $7,186

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $13,931 · related or exempt $13,931

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $13,931

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $54,000 · program services $36,180 · management and general $13,130 · fundraising $4,690

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $443,598 · program services $361,898 · management and general $61,510 · fundraising $20,190

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $80,692 · program services $64,553 · management and general $12,104 · fundraising $4,035

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $41,883 · program services $33,507 · management and general $6,282 · fundraising $2,094

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $5,000 · management and general $5,000

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $10,042 · program services $251 · management and general $9,791

  • 20 · Interest

    total $35,611 · management and general $35,611

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $51,480 · program services $46,332 · management and general $2,574 · fundraising $2,574

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $39,287 · program services $31,289 · management and general $6,199 · fundraising $1,799

  • 24a · Other expenses: LAB FEES

    total $113,927 · program services $113,927

  • 24b · Other expenses: FILM RENTALS AND ACQUIS

    total $109,449 · program services $109,449

  • 24c · Other expenses: STORAGE AND MAINTENANCE

    total $52,596 · program services $49,532 · management and general $1,532 · fundraising $1,532

  • 24d · Other expenses: POSTAGE AND SHIPPING

    total $42,949 · program services $40,526 · management and general $1,421 · fundraising $1,002

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $117,919 · program services $78,776 · management and general $32,566 · fundraising $6,577

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $456,213 · end of year $319,757

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $132,373

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $249,302 · end of year $106,023

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $15,439

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $42,414 · end of year $42,386

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

    $2,454,514

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

    $2,354,032

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $141,816 · end of year $100,482

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $86,531

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $2,754,998 · end of year $2,828,963

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $237,860 · end of year $142,500

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $616,390 · end of year $822,817

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,028,363 · end of year $1,819,647

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $848,661 · end of year $760,459

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES IS A MAJOR CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT, NONCOMMERCIAL AND AVANT-GARDE CINEMA. THE ORGANIZATION MAINTAINS AND OPERATES AN INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED FACILITY FOR THE PHYSICAL PRESERVATION, EXHIBITION AND STUDY OF ESSENTIAL WORKS OF FILM AND VIDEO ART. IN ADDITION TO ITS FILM PRESERVATION AND PUBLIC SCREENING PROGRAMS, THE ORGANIZATION OFFERS IN-PERSON ARTIST APPEARANCES, LECTURES, TOURS AND SEMINARS FOR THE PUBLIC AND VISITING SCHOOL GROUPS; PUBLISHES PROGRAM CATALOGS AND BOOKS OF SCHOLARLY RESEARCH; AND MAINTAINS AN EXTENSIVE RESEARCH LIBRARY THAT SERVES STUDENTS, SCHOLARS AND WRITERS ASSOCIATED WITH UNIVERSITIES, MUSEUMS, ARCHIVES AND CINEMAS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND ABROAD. THE ORGANIZATION'S PRIMARY ACTIVITIES ARE TO EXHIBIT A BROAD PROGRAM OF HISTORIC AND CONTEMPORARY CINEMA; TO PRESERVE ITS OWN VAST COLLECTION OF RARE AND UNIQUE ARTIST-MADE FILMS; AND TO COLLECT AND PUBLISH DOCUMENTATION IN THIS FIELD.

  • FILM AND EXHIBITIONS: THE ORGANIZATION MAINTAINS AND OPERATES TWO THEATER SPACES THAT ARE USED FOR FILM AND VIDEO EXHIBITION ON A DAILY BASIS. THE ORGANIZATION'S OWN FILM COLLECTION IS PRESENTED THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF EACH YEAR, AND IS PROGRAMMED TO PROVIDE REGULAR ACCESS TO MANY OF THE MASTERPIECES OF FILM HISTORY, WITH A SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON INDEPENDENT AND AVANT-GARDE CINEMA. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO PRESENTS NUMEROUS FILMS AND FILM SERIES CURATED FROM SOURCES OUTSIDE ITS OWN COLLECTION, INCLUDING RETROSPECTIVES, SINGLE- EVENING PROGRAMS OF EXPERIMENTAL FILMS OLD AND NEW, AND THEATRICAL PREMIERS OF FEATURE FILMS AND DOCUMENTARIES FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.

    Expenses $615,792 · Revenue $481,243

  • FILM AND VIDEO PRESERVATION AND ARCHIVING: THE ORGANIZATION STORES APPROXIMATELY 20,000 FILMS AND 5,000 VIDEOS IN ITS CLIMATE CONTROLLED VAULTS, MANY OF WHICH MIGHT NO LONGER EXIST WITHOUT THE ORGANIZATION'S EFFORTS. THE ORGANIZATION PRESERVES DOZENS OF FILMS AND VIDEOS EACH YEAR, OF VARYING FORMAT, LENGTH AND PROJECT COMPLEXITY, MAKING NEW NEGATIVES AND PROJECTION PRINTS OF FILMS THAT ARE UNIQUE AND/OR THREATENED BY DECAY, INSURING THAT THESE CRITICALLY AND CULTURALLY IMPORTANT WORKS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO AUDIENCES AND SCHOLARS FOR DECADES TO COME.

    Expenses $281,693

  • LIBRARY AND RESEARCH: THE ORGANIZATION'S LIBRARY HOUSES THE MOST EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF RESEARCH AND ARCHIVAL PAPER MATERIALS RELATED TO AVANT-GARDE AND EXPERIMENTAL CINEMA IN THE COUNTRY (AND PERHAPS THE WORLD). THESE COLLECTIONS ARE AVAILABLE BY APPOINTMENT, AND HAVE BEEN WIDELY ACCESSED BY STUDENTS, SCHOLARS, PROFESSORS, WRITERS AND CURATORS AS A UNIQUE RESOURCE IN THE FIELD. THE ORGANIZATION IS A NONLENDING LIBRARY, BUT OFFERS PHOTOCOPY FACILITIES AND IS BUILDING A DIGITAL IMAGE DATABASE OF ITS RARE PAPER MATERIALS THAT WILL BE UNIVERSALLY ACCESSIBLE ONLINE. IN 2026, THE ORGANIZATION PLANS TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION TO EXPAND ITS FACILITIES, FEATURING A NEW ANNEX ADDITION ADJACENT TO ITS EXISTING HISTORIC BUILDING. THE NEW FACILITY WILL GREATLY EXPAND PUBLIC ACCESS, ALONG WITH THE FORTHCOMING COLLECTIONS WEBSITE.

    Expenses $46,716

  • PUBLICATIONS AND REPRODUCTIONS: INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED FOR ITS DEDICATION TO THE HISTORY OF INNOVATIVE, AVANT-GARDE AND EXPERIMENTAL CINEMA, THE ORGANIZATION PUBLISHES EDUCATIONAL CATALOGS AND BOOKS IN THE FIELD, WHICH WOULD HAVE NO OTHER PROSPECTS FOR PUBLICATION BECAUSE OF THE HIGHLY SPECIALIZED SUBJECT MATTER. THE ORGANIZATION'S PUBLICATIONS ARE SOLD TO COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY BOOKSTORES, AND DIRECTLY TO TEACHERS, STUDENTS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC FOR RESEARCH AND STUDY PURPOSES.

    Expenses $22,019 · Revenue $26,164

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • SOTIRIOS KOTOULAS

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • MATTHEW PRESS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • LUCY RAVEN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • RONNIE SILVERBERG

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • AMY TAUBIN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JAMES WAGSTAFF

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • JOHN MHIRIPIRI

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $54,000
    From this org
    $54,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202531359349304933

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