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Filing year 2023

FILM FORUM INC

New York, New York·EIN 51-0175953·NTEE A310 · Arts, Culture & Humanities·3
Total revenue
$7.3M
Total assets
$26.4M
Total expenses
$7.7M
Reported officers
30
Mission

FILM FORUM'S MISSION IS TWO-FOLD: 1) TO SERVE THE GENERAL PUBLIC BY PRESENTING THE HIGHEST CALIBER OF WORK TO THE WIDEST POSSIBLE AUDIENCE - ENCOURAGING THE APPRECIATION OF NEW, CHALLENGING FILMS (BOTH AMERICAN AND FOREIGN FILMS), AND BRINGING THE PUBLIC A NEW WAY OF LOOKING AT HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT MOVIES THROUGH AN AMBITIOUS, INTERNATIONALLY-RECOGNIZED REPERTORY PROGRAM.2) TO SERVE INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS BY PROVIDING THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE CRITICAL PRESS COVERAGE IN ADDITION TO GENEROUS REMUNERATION FOR THEIR CREATIVE WORK. FILM FORUM PRESENTS FILMS YEAR-ROUND THAT EDUCATE, SURPRISE, CHALLENGE, MOVE AND ENTERTAIN.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 8 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

Advisor to President
former officer/director/trustee
$381k
$428k
Base
$338k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$21k
Premieres Artistic Director
highest compensated employee
$207k
$233k
Base
$185k
Bonus
$21k
Other
Benefits
$2k
Repertory Artistic Director
highest compensated employee
$203k
$228k
Base
$134k
Bonus
$30k
Other
Benefits
$39k
Managing Director
director (operational)
$186k
$209k
Base
$140k
Bonus
$30k
Other
Benefits
$16k
President & Treasurer
$177k
$198k
Base
$137k
Bonus
$19k
Other
Benefits
$21k
Director of Communications
director (operational)
$156k
$175k
Base
$137k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$19k
Director of Finance
$144k
$162k
Director of Development
$139k
$156k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 22 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Arts, Culture & Humanities

Up 16%
from 2022

From $329k in 2022 to $381k in 2023.

$329k
2022
$381k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 12% in real terms$383k to $428k

Estimated with New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.

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