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Filing year 2023

FIRELIGHT MEDIA INC

New York, New York·EIN 11-3489379·NTEE R99 · Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy·3
Total revenue
$8.4M
Total assets
$16.1M
Total expenses
$6.8M
Reported officers
12
Mission

FIRELIGHT MEDIA'S MISSION IS TO PROVIDE FILMMAKERS MENTORSHIP, FUNDING, AND CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT TO SUPPORT THE CREATION, DISTRIBUTION, AND IMPACT OF DOCUMENTARY MEDIA BY AND ABOUT COMMUNITIES OF COLOR IN ALL OUR VIBRANCE AND COMPLEXITY.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 7 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

$404k
$454k
Base
$299k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$17k
Lead Mentor
key employee
$234k
$263k
Base
$173k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$9k
Sr. Director, Finance & Ops
$201k
$226k
Base
$152k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$28k
Program Director
director (operational)
$183k
$205k
Base
$152k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$9k
Sr. Director, Communications
director (operational)
$175k
$196k
Base
$128k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$28k
Program Director
director (operational)
$153k
$172k
Base
$126k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$9k
Program Director
director (operational)
$129k
$145k

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 5 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy

Up 30%
from 2022

From $312k in 2022 to $404k in 2023.

$312k
2022
$404k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 25% in real terms$364k to $454k

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.
Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

FIRELIGHT MEDIA INC reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$6.5M
$7.2M
2022
$8.4M
$6.8M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy executives earn

Comparable civil rights, social action & advocacy organizations nationwide pay their highest-earning executive a median of $77,000.

25th percentile
$41k
Median
$77,000
75th percentile
$120k
90th percentile
$194k

These are civil rights, social action & advocacy sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 527 organizations across 527 filings (2021 – 2023).

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