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MONTCLAIR FILM FESTIVAL INC

EIN 27-1732322 MONTCLAIR, NJ

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Revenue 2025
$6,478,650
Expenses 2025
$5,604,162

Program services were 85.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A31
Classification
1000
Street
505 BLOOMFIELD AVE

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).

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

MONTCLAIR FILM CONNECTS GLOBAL FILMMAKERS WITH AUDIENCES IN A DIVERSE, CULTURALLY VIBRANT COMMUNITY BY PRESENTING FILMS AND YEAR-ROUND PROGRAMS THAT ENGAGE, ENTERTAIN, AND EDUCATE THROUGH THE POWER OF VISUAL STORYTELLING.

  • EXHIBITION: THE ORGANIZATIONS EXHIBITION PROGRAMS INCLUDE ITS SIGNATUREANNUAL FILM FESTIVAL HELD IN OCTOBER, FEATURING 150+ FILM SCREENINGS,REACHING TYPICALLY 25,000+ PATRONS OVER 10 DAYS. IN ADDITION, THEORGANIZATION LEASES AND OPERATES THE CLAIRIDGE, A SIX SCREEN MOVIETHEATER WITH OVER 590 SEATS AND THE BELLEVUE WITH THREE SCREENS AND 330 SEATS. BOTH THEATERS PRESENT NEW THEATRICIAL RELEASES,INDEPENDENT, NON-FICTION, STUDIO, AND CLASSIC FILMS TO OUR COMMUNITY 365 DAYS A YEAR. MONTCLAIR FILM ALSO OPERATES A 65-SEAT THEATER CALLED CINEMA505, WHICH HOSTS PERFORMANCES, CONVERSATIONS, TELEVISION TAPINGS, SCREENINGS, CLASSES, AND MORE. CINEMA505 IS LOCATED IN THE HOME AND HEADQUARTERS FOR THE ORGANIZATION.

    Expenses $3,694,178 · Grants $6,000 · Revenue $2,726,314

  • EDUCATION: THE ORGANIZATION'S EDUCATION PROGRAMS INCLUDE: YEAR-ROUND WORKSHOPS, CLASSES, AND SEMINARS ABOUT THE CRAFT OF FILMMAKING, STORYTELING, AND NEW MEDIA;CAREER DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES; FILMMAKING AND SCREENWRITING COMPETITIONS FOR YOUNG FILMMAKERS; SUMMER FILMMAKING ACADEMY CLASSES; FILM CLUB FOR SPECIAL NEEDS AUDIENCES; SPECIAL SCREENINGS AT THE CLAIRIDGE FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO GENERATE A DISCUSSION ABOUT SOCIAL ISSUES; AND FILMMAKING AND OTHER STORYTELING COURSES AT MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS. THE ORGANIZATION OFFERS SCHOLARSHIPS TO THOSE IN NEED TO ENSURE THESE OPPORTUNITIES ARE AVAILABLE TO ALL.

    Expenses $670,997 · Revenue $384,620

  • FORUMS: THESE PROGRAMS INCLUDE THE STORYTELLER SERIES OF CONVERSATIONS WITH FILM AND TELEVISION INDUSTRY INSIDERS; PANEL DISCUSSIONS; MASTER CLASSES; STORYTELLING AND IMPROV PROGRAMS INVITING THE AUDIENCE TO PARTICIPATE; AND OTHER PROGRAMS THAT USE FILM AS A SPRINGBOARD TO EXPLORE TOPICS AND ENCOURAGE CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO COMMUNITY PARTNERS.

    Expenses $395,871

As filed on the 2025 return.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Evelyn McGee Colbert

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Mary Anne Vaughn

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Stepahnie Sherline

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Donald Zief

    TREASURER;COMMITTEE VP FINANCE & AUDIT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sarah Barrack

    COMMITEE VP, NOMINATING & GOVERNANCE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Yana Collins Lehman

    COMMITTEE VP, EDUCATION

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Yana Gutierrez

    COMMITTEE VP, DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Holly Shakoor Fleischer

    COMMITTEE VP, COMMUNITY & ARTISTIC

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Feinberg

    FOUNDER & CHAIRMAN EMERITUS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Prem Ramaswami

    EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, MEMBER AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Daniel Battsek

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Susan Bershad MD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Christopher Cerf

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Myesha Tess Fils-Aime

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Elizabeth Higgins Clark

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Matthew Iversen

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Greg Kahn

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Yuting Patterson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Twyla Perrin

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Warren Ross

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Matthew Smith

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jonathan Sobel

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tricia Haggerty Wenz

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $55,472
    From this org
    $45,736
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,736
    Hours/week
    40
  • Tom Hall

    ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $138,989
    From this org
    $127,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,489
    Hours/week
    40
  • Meredith Ladov

    MANAGING DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $107,602
    From this org
    $99,950
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,652
    Hours/week
    40

The first 25 listed. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $6,478,650
    Expenses
    $5,604,162
    Contributions
    $3,367,466
    Grants paid
    $6,000
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $4,602,807
    Expenses
    $4,502,316
    Contributions
    $1,609,291
    Grants paid
    $5,000
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,511,009
    Expenses
    $3,761,345
    Contributions
    $1,814,062
    Grants paid
    $5,000

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
    $3,274,904
    Expenses
    $2,203,513
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,341,831
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,415,212
    Expenses
    $1,457,538
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,954,994
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,485,565
    Expenses
    $2,228,035
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,766,315
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,291,308
    Expenses
    $2,110,897
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,966,007
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,044,643
    Expenses
    $1,139,017
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,070,970
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,126,841
    Expenses
    $1,006,396
    Assets (EOY)
    $810,382
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $912,010
    Expenses
    $667,549
    Assets (EOY)
    $660,211
  • 2011 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $350,550
    Assets (EOY)
    $164,671
  • 2010 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $52,603
    Expenses
    $42,374
    Assets (EOY)
    $21,456

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2009

Tax period
1 July 2009 to 30 June 2010
Principal officer
Robert Feinberg
Mailing address
95 Beverly RoadMontclair NJ 07043
Website
www.montclairnjfilmfestival.org
Doing business as
Montclair International Film Festival

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 9 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

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.

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Disregarded entities on its 2025 return

  • MONTCLAIR FILM AT THE CLARIDGE LLC

    THEATER · NJ · income $1,588,871 · assets $895,529

  • MONTCLAIR FILM AT THE BELLEVUE LLC

    THEATER · NJ · income $319,483 · assets $1,198,620

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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.