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Filing year 2023

MENTLTD

New York, New York·EIN 26-2447984·NTEE A25 · Arts, Culture & Humanities·3
Total revenue
$2.2M
Total assets
$1.2M
Total expenses
$1.6M
Reported officers
9
Mission

MENTIS A 501(C)(3) NONPROFIT THAT AIMS TO EDUCATE, TRAIN AND INSPIRE EXCELLENCE IN YOUNG CULINARY PROFESSIONALS AND CHAMPIONS THE DIVERSITY AND CREATIVITY OF THE TRADITIONS AND QUALITY OF CUISINE IN AMERICA. MENTIS LED BY FOUNDERS CHEFS DANIEL BOULUD, THOMAS KELLER AND JRME BOCUSE, AS WELL AS AN ESTEEMED CULINARY COUNCIL OF OVER SIXTY RENOWNED CHEFS. EDUCATIONAL GRANTS AND INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES ARE OFFERED TO CULINARY PROFESSIONALS THROUGH THE MENTCONTINUING EDUCATION GRANT PROGRAM, WHICH HAS AWARDED ALMOST $2.0 MILLION IN GRANTS SINCE 2014 TO YOUNG CHEFS ALL ACROSS THE U.S. THE YOUNG CHEF AND COMMIS COMPETITION SERIES OFFER YET ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO FURTHER THEIR CAREERS. ADDITIONALLY, THE ORGANIZATION ESTABLISHED THE MENTGIVING FUND TO HELP SUPPORT THOSE WHO ARE THE BACKBONE OF THE RESTAURANT PROFESSION IN TIMES OF CRISIS. MENTIS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR RECRUITING, TRAINING, AND FUNDING THE PROMISING YOUNG AMERICAN CHEFS WHO REPRESENT TEAM USA IN THE PRE

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 1 reported individual · Filing year 2023

Executive Director/secretary
director (operational)
$213k
$239k
Base
$164k
Bonus
$38k
Other
Benefits

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 8 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Arts, Culture & Humanities

Up 28%
from 2022

From $167k in 2022 to $213k in 2023.

$167k
2022
$213k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 23% in real terms$194k to $239k

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

MENTLTD reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$1.4M
$1.9M
2022
$2.2M
$1.6M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Arts, Culture & Humanities executives earn in New York

Comparable arts, culture & humanities organizations in New York pay their highest-earning executive a median of $71,214.

25th percentile
$26k
Median
$71,214
75th percentile
$161k
90th percentile
$321k

These are arts, culture & humanities sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 608 organizations across 608 filings (2021 – 2023).

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