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American Film Institute

Historical collection: May 2019 · Rating details mostly from 2017. Source & context

The mission

What this organization describes

Celebrating excellence in the art of film, television and digital media
The American Film Institute (AFI) is a national institute providing leadership in screen education and the recognition and celebration of excellence in the art of film, television and digital media. Founded in 1967, AFI trains the next generation of filmmakers at its world-renowned Conservatory, maintains America's film heritage through the AFI Catalog of Feature Films and explores new digital technologies in entertainment and education through the AFI Digital Content Lab and K-12 Screen Education Center. As the largest nonprofit exhibitor in the US, AFI ON SCREEN encompasses the annual AFI FEST as well as year-round programming at ArcLight Hollywood and the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

80.43Overall score
out of 100
76.13Financial score
out of 100
86.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

These are the dataset’s historical numeric fields, not a current rating or a new DonorAPI.com assessment. Read the score context ↗

Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$30,911,412
Total expenses · USD$30,818,470

Program expenses

$23,514,492.61 recorded amount
76.3%

Fundraising expenses

$3,759,853.34 recorded amount
12.2%

Administrative expenses

$3,482,487.11 recorded amount
11.3%
Fundraising efficiency
$0.28 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

Expense shares are displayed as percentages. Component amounts in this collection match total expenses multiplied by the source ratios; rounding can leave a small difference from the total. The source does not supply a row-specific fiscal year. Field definitions ↗

Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader
Bob Gazzale
Recorded compensation
$591,365.00
Recorded compensation percentage
1.91%

These fields do not establish the current officeholder or current compensation. The metadata does not specify the denominator of the leader compensation percentage. Read with context ↗

Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for American Film Institute
Source fieldOriginal source value
ascore
Accountability & transparency score
86.0
category
Category
Arts, Culture, Humanities
description
Mission & description
The American Film Institute (AFI) is a national institute providing leadership in screen education and the recognition and celebration of excellence in the art of film, television and digital media. Founded in 1967, AFI trains the next generation of filmmakers at its world-renowned Conservatory, maintains America's film heritage through the AFI Catalog of Feature Films and explores new digital technologies in entertainment and education through the AFI Digital Content Lab and K-12 Screen Education Center. As the largest nonprofit exhibitor in the US, AFI ON SCREEN encompasses the annual AFI FEST as well as year-round programming at ArcLight Hollywood and the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center in Silver Spring, Maryland.
ein
EIN
52-6072925
tot_exp
Total expenses
30818470.0
admin_exp_p
Administrative expense fraction
0.113
fund_eff
Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)
0.28
fund_exp_p
Fundraising expense fraction
0.122
program_exp_p
Program expense fraction
0.763
fscore
Financial score
76.13
leader
Recorded leader
Bob Gazzale
leader_comp
Recorded leader compensation
591365.0
leader_comp_p
Recorded leader compensation fraction
0.0191
motto
Tagline
Celebrating excellence in the art of film, television and digital media
name
Charity name
American Film Institute
tot_rev
Total revenue
30911412.0
score
Overall score
80.43
state
State code
CA
subcategory
Subcategory
Museums
size
Source size label
big
program_exp
Program expenses
23514492.61
fund_exp
Fundraising expenses
3759853.34
admin_exp
Administrative expenses
3482487.11

Source: Charity Navigator Scores Expenses Dataset, version 1, attributed to katyjqian on Kaggle. Collection: May 2019; rating details mostly from 2017. Read attribution, scope, and reuse notes.