Skip to content
Nonprofiteer
← All organizations

GHETTO FILM SCHOOL INC

EIN 13-4127229 BRONX, NY

Browse the largest nonprofits in New York

Revenue 2024
$9,261,794
Expenses 2024
$5,426,040

Program services were 73.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A31
Classification
2000
Street
79 ALEXANDER AVENUE

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

2 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE GHETTO FILM SCHOOL IS TO EQUIP STUDENTS FOR TOP UNIVERSITIES AND CAREERS IN THE CREATIVE INDUSTRIES THROUGH TWO TRACKS: AN INSTRODUCTORY EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND EARLY CAREER SUPPORT FOR ALUMNI AND YOUNG PROFESSIONALS.

  • FELLOWS PROGRAM - IS A VISUAL STORYTELLING COURSE FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. FELLOWS RECEIVE MORE THAN 1,000 HOURS OF IMMERSIVE, COLLEGE-LEVEL TRAINING, LEARNING BOTH THE ART AND BUSINESS OF CINEMATIC STORYTELLING AND PRODUCTION TRAINING WHILE GETTING THE PREPARATION AND GUIDANCE TO ADVANCE THEIR EDUCATION AT TOP UNIVERSITIES. THE PROGRAMS ARE FREE OF CHARGE FOR ALL STUDENTS. THE PROGRAMS ARE OFFERED IN BOTH NEW YORK AND LOS ANGELES.

    Expenses $2,816,459 · Grants $451,810 · Revenue $125,305

  • ROSTER - PROVIDES THE NEXT GENERATION (18-34 YEARS OLD) OF YOUNG PROFESSIONALS INCLUDING WRITERS/DIRECTORS, BELOW THE LINE TALENT AND EXECUTIVES, ACCESS TO EVERYTHING NEEDED TO ADVANCE THEIR FILM, TELEVISION OR DIGITAL CAREERS.

    Expenses $1,172,742 · Revenue $974,750

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Montea Robinson

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $188,854
    From this org
    $188,854
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $188,854
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,692
    Filer's total
    $198,546
  • Jessica Mansour

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $149,670
    From this org
    $149,670
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Jihan Bebawi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $117,809
    From this org
    $117,809
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Stephen Brown

    CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $105,914
    From this org
    $105,914
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Neal Arthur

    CHAIR/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tiffany R Warren

    TREASURER/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Katherine Oliver

    SECRETARY/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lee Daniels

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Matthew Hiltzik

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • James Murdoch

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Abby Pucker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Melina Matsoukas

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joe Slaughter

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $9,261,794
    Expenses
    $5,426,040
    Contributions
    $7,999,474
    Grants paid
    $451,810
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $5,293,277
    Expenses
    $5,974,131
    Contributions
    $3,698,113
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $5,726,077
    Expenses
    $7,506,156
    Contributions
    $3,228,032
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,574,668
    Expenses
    $5,320,983
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,789,477
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,599,231
    Expenses
    $3,269,004
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,389,193
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,988,677
    Expenses
    $3,631,063
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,254,723
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,346,903
    Expenses
    $3,327,100
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,242,285
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,854,225
    Expenses
    $3,538,706
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,689,571
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,765,597
    Expenses
    $3,268,978
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,662,105
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,859,941
    Expenses
    $2,668,910
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,485,184
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,211,674
    Expenses
    $2,096,059
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,976,037

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.