New York · Nonprofit
FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER INC
FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER INC (New York) receives grants from 159 organizations whose IRS filings report $20,612,703 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($3,328,653). 98 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $18M
- Funders on record
- 159
- Grants received
- $21M
- Net assets
- $40M
What Film at Lincoln Center Inc does
Mission
Film at lincoln center, inc. Was formed to develop, stimulate and support the art of film and related media by the presentation of film festivals and year-round film programming at lincoln center or elsewhere; the showing of selected programs of film; the encouragement of the study of film through student screenings with film guides and filmmakers conducting q&a's; and participating in any and all matters in conjunction with or independent of others in sponsoring, promoting, appreciating, showcasing, screening, and improving the film media.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Theater general programming and festivalsflc's state-of-the-art walter reade theater and the elinor bunin munroe film center, located at lincoln center, provide a home for year-round programs and the new york city film community. Founded in 1969 to celebrate american and international cinema, film at lincoln center works to recognize established and emerging filmmakers, support important new work, and to enhance the awareness, accessibility, and understanding of the moving image. Flc produces the renowned new york film festival, a curated selection of the year's most significant film work, and presents or collaborates on other annual new york city festivals and curated film series. In addition to publishing the award-winning film comment magazine, flc recognizes an artist's unique achievement in film with the prestigious chaplin award.
$8,023,824 spent$2,203,618 earned by the program51% of program spendingNew york film festivalthe new york film festival (nyff) has been a major film festival since it began in 1963, highlighting the best in world cinema, and featuring top films from celebrated filmmakers as well as fresh new talent. The non-competitive festival was established by amos vogel and richard roud. The managing director of the new york film festival is matthew bolish, while the artistic director and chairman of the selection committee is dennis lim. The selection committee also includes other industry professionals. The festival is also known for its several sidebars, programs running concurrently with the main festival, including revivals, retrospectives, spotlight and currents.
$5,216,228 spent$2,582,887 earned by the program33% of program spendingMembershipsthe film at lincoln center membership program is for individuals who contributed between $75 $25,000. Members support film at lincoln center's ongoing work to enhance awareness, accessibility and understanding the art of cinema. Memberships are valid for one year. There were roughly 5,000 active members in 2025. Members receive regular newsletters informing them of the programming and opportunities to engage with film at lincoln center..
$1,757,780 spent11% of program spendingFilm comment
$815,499 spent$912,173 earned by the program5% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $15,813,331.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $47M to $43M (−9%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 1% · 2019 1% · 2020 12% · 2021 11% · 2022 16% · 2023 10% · 2024 0% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
65% of FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (58% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Daniel H Stern
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 45 funders to 66 funders, grant income rose $2.4M → $3.0M.
12 of 159 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 36% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $1.2M from 6 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Jewish Communal Fund). These are real filings, and they are not money FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER INC raised.
From the IRS filings of FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 159 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 16% of grant income, and it takes 7 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 7 funders to its left
41% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 49% · 2018 20% · 2019 31% · 2020 14% · 2021 16% · 2022 15% · 2023 11% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
44% of FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
65% of FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $7.5M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER INC's funding base is broadening — from 45 funders to 66 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 570 arts & culture nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $430k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$430k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
87%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER INC?
- FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER INC (New York) receives grants from 159 organizations whose IRS filings report $20,612,703 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($3,328,653). 98 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER INC have?
- IRS filings report 159 organizations giving $20,612,703 in grants to FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER INC, 98 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $3,328,653 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 159 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing