New York film production organizations

Name: Top 20 Film production organizations in New York
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There are 343film and video production organizations in New York. Combined, these New Yorkerfilm production organizationsemploy 1,455 people, earn more than $181 million in revenue each year, and have assets of $283 million.

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Film production organizations by major New York cities

Metro area	Nonprofits	Employees	Revenues	Assets
New York City	285	1,285	$165,976,572	$260,471,191
Kingston	12	25	$5,141,927	$7,105,753
Rochester, NY	8	34	$3,161,439	$5,592,399
Albany, NY	8	9	$1,464,072	$1,249,938
Poughkeepsie	6	43	$1,831,357	$2,660,128
Buffalo	6	6	$436,328	$451,914
Syracuse	4	2	$152,410	$316,739
Ithaca	2	16	$691,370	$720,507
Elmira	2	0	$4,401	$119,943
Watertown	1	0	$4,952	$13,727

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Job trends for New York film production organizations

Employees per organization	Number of organizations
0	65
1-10	54
11-25	14
26-100	13
101 to 1,000	4
1,000+	0

Key takeaways for employment stats:

Employment in New York film production organizations is driven by large organizations like Reel Stories Teen Filmmaking, Film at Lincoln Center, Rooftop Films, Jacob Burns Film Center, and Hamptons International Film Festival (HIFF).

Sizes of film production organizations in New York

Revenues per organization	Number of organizations
< $250k	142
$250k to $1M	43
$1M to $5M	27
$5M to $25M	9
$25M to $100M	0
$100M+	0

Key takeaways for revenue stats:

Large organizations like Film at Lincoln Center, Moving Pictures Institute (MPI), Women Make Movies, Firelight Media, and Jacob Burns Film Center earn the majority of revenues among nonprofits in New York film production organizations.
Organizations with less than $1 million in revenue account for 19.1% of combined nonprofit revenues, whereas organizations in New York film production organizations with more than $100 million account for 0.0% of nonprofit earnings.

Directory of film production organizations in New York

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Women Make Movies

Non-profit facilitating independent film development, promotion, distribution by/about women. Provides production assistance and education. Based in New York, NY.

Revenue

$11.6m

Assets

$4.3m

Employees

EIN

13-2740460

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Ghetto Film School (GFS)

Ghetto Film School is an award-winning independent film organization located in the South Bronx, New York City, and MacArthur Park, Los Angeles. They are a group of educators and students who share a love for storytelling and filmmaking.

Revenue

$5.7m

Assets

$4.1m

Employees

EIN

13-4127229

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Firelight Media

Firelight Media supports documentary filmmakers of color and cultivates audiences for their work to promote diverse perspectives in non-fiction cinema.

Revenue

$11.1m

Assets

$14.9m

Employees

EIN

11-3489379

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Film Forum

Film Forum: Exhibits independent & repertory films, emphasizing new, challenging works and the best in classic and genre cinema. Located in New York.

Revenue

$8.2m

Assets

$19.3m

Employees

EIN

51-0175953

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Film at Lincoln Center

To celebrate American and international cinema, to recognize and support new filmmakers, and to enhance awareness, accessibility and understanding of the art among a broad and diverse film-going audience.

Revenue

$16.5m

Assets

$43.1m

Employees

116

EIN

23-7042553

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Moving Pictures Institute (MPI)

MPI identifies and nurtures promising filmmakers who are committed to protecting and sustaining a free society, and supports their work through grants, travel scholarships, awards, internships, training workshops, and networking opportunities.

Revenue

$13.8m

Assets

$5.7m

Employees

EIN

20-3237801

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Jacob Burns Film Center

Film Center teaching visual literacy and presenting independent cinema. Creative hub in Pleasantville, NY for entertainment, education, and social change.

Revenue

$9.2m

Assets

$48.9m

Employees

101

EIN

13-4038441

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP)

Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP) represents a network of filmmakers around the world, and, through its programs, supports them in the business, technology and art of independent filmmaking.

Revenue

$7.2m

Assets

$3.5m

Employees

EIN

13-3118525

IRS type

501(c)(3)

American Documentary

American Documentary produces PBS series and tools to encourage civic discourse, amplify voices of filmmakers, and support indie docs on TV.

Revenue

$5.8m

Assets

$4.8m

Employees

EIN

13-3447752

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Harmony Labs

Harmony Institute is an incubator, where people making big bets on media's social effects tackle their toughest challenges, like filter bubbles, the stickiness of "true" information, or detecting persuasion online.

Revenue

$3.9m

Assets

$1.4m

Employees

EIN

26-2506162

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Sag Harbor Cinema Arts Center

Sag Harbor Cinema Arts Center restores the local cinema and provides diverse films and educational programs for Sag Harbor and Eastern Long Island.

Revenue

$3.0m

Assets

$20.1m

Employees

EIN

61-1850154

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Rhizome Communications

Rhizome promotes and preserves new media art through exhibitions, publications, and preservation initiatives.

Revenue

$2.2m

Assets

$1.2m

Employees

EIN

13-3995725

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Reel Stories Teen Filmmaking

Empowers underserved NYC youth to share their stories through filmmaking. Provides year-round workshops with professional mentors and career exploration.

Revenue

$3.5m

Assets

$1.5m

Employees

196

EIN

20-0936377

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Chicken and Egg Pictures

Chicken & Egg Pictures supports nonfiction filmmakers making social change through grants and mentorship, focusing on women.

Revenue

$4.4m

Assets

$10.2m

Employees

EIN

47-4712007

IRS type

501(c)(3)

The Bronx Documentary Center

The Bronx Documentary Center explores vital issues, provides education programs and workshops, and presents powerful documentary exhibitions.

Revenue

$3.1m

Assets

$2.0m

Employees

EIN

45-2403312

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Tribeca Film Institute

Tribeca Film Institute champions underrepresented storytellers and provides funding, mentorship, labs, and industry access to increase their sustainability in the arts.

Revenue

$2.7m

Assets

$183.6k

Employees

EIN

80-0006057

IRS type

501(c)(3)

New York Women in Film and Television

NYWIFT advocates for equality and supports women in entertainment through professional development, scholarships, project sponsorships, and community events.

Revenue

$2.0m

Assets

$2.2m

Employees

EIN

13-2983705

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Black Public Media (NBPC)

The National Black Programming Consortium (NBPC) is a non-profit national media arts organization committed to the presentation, funding, promotion, distribution and preservation of positive images of African Americans and the African Diaspora.

Revenue

$3.5m

Assets

$2.9m

Employees

EIN

31-1335950

IRS type

501(c)(3)

TELEVISION Music License Committee (TVMLC)

To represent the mutual interests of United States local, full power television stations to procure music performance copyright licenses from the performing rights organizations representing television composers.

Revenue

$2.1m

Assets

$23.8m

Employees

EIN

13-3212090

IRS type

501(c)(6)

Cabin Creek Center for Work and Environmental Studies

Film programs production and distribution of documentary motion pictures dealing with labor, cultural and environmental issues.

Revenue

$1.3m

Assets

$628.6k

Employees

EIN

13-2943335

IRS type

501(c)(3)

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Methodology: Cause IQ mines all tax-exempt organizations that file a Form 990, Form 990-EZ, or Form 990-PF with the IRS. We collect and aggregate this information from OCR'd paper taxreturns, XML e-file taxreturns, IRS-provided extract, the Business Master File, and Cause IQ secret sauce for data cleaning, categorization, classification, analytics, etc.

This category corresponds to the "A31: Film, Video" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.

New York film production organizations

Film production organizations by major New York cities

Job trends for New York film production organizations

Sizes of film production organizations in New York

Directory of film production organizations in New York

Women Make Movies

Ghetto Film School (GFS)

Firelight Media

Film Forum

Film at Lincoln Center

Moving Pictures Institute (MPI)

Jacob Burns Film Center

Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP)

American Documentary

Harmony Labs

Sag Harbor Cinema Arts Center

Rhizome Communications

Reel Stories Teen Filmmaking

Chicken and Egg Pictures

The Bronx Documentary Center

Tribeca Film Institute

New York Women in Film and Television

Black Public Media (NBPC)

TELEVISION Music License Committee (TVMLC)

Cabin Creek Center for Work and Environmental Studies

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