Organizations Filed Purposes:
FILM FORUM'S MISSION IS TWO-FOLD: 1) TO SERVE THE GENERAL PUBLIC BY PRESENTING THE HIGHEST CALIBER OF WORK TO THE WIDEST POSSIBLE AUDIENCE - ENCOURAGING THE APPRECIATION OF NEW, CHALLENGING FILMS (BOTH AMERICAN AND FOREIGN FILMS), AND BRINGING THE PUBLIC A NEW WAY OF LOOKING AT HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT MOVIES THROUGH AN AMBITIOUS, INTERNATIONALLY-RECOGNIZED REPERTORY PROGRAM.2) TO SERVE INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS BY PROVIDING THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE CRITICAL PRESS COVERAGE IN ADDITION TO GENEROUS REMUNERATION FOR THEIR CREATIVE WORK. FILM FORUM PRESENTS FILMS YEAR-ROUND THAT EDUCATE, SURPRISE, CHALLENGE, MOVE AND ENTERTAIN.
FILM FORUM EXHIBITS NEW INDEPENDENT FILMS AND REPERTORY FILMS FROM CINEMA HISTORY.
FILM EXHIBITION FILM FORUM CONTINUES ITS WORK OF: PREMIERING AN INTERNATIONAL ARRAY OF NEW FILMS THAT TREAT DIVERSE SOCIAL, POLITICAL, HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL REALITIES; AND, PRESENTING THE BEST IN CLASSIC AND GENRE CINEMA FROM AROUND THE WORLD AND TAKING RISKS ON MOVIES BOTH OLD AND NEW. PROGRAMMING IS BASED ON A FILM'S INHERENT ARTISTIC QUALITY AS OPPOSED TO COMMERCIAL CINEMAS THAT MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON THE BROADEST BOX OFFICE APPEAL.IN MARCH 2020, THE UNITED STATES DECLARED THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC NOVEL CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 OUTBREAK A NATIONAL EMERGENCY. AS A RESULT, ON MARCH 15, 2020 FILM FORUM CANCELED ITS IN-THEATER SCREENINGS AT THE DIRECTION OF STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITIES. MANAGEMENT TOOK IMMEDIATE STEPS TO MITIGATE THAT IMPACT BY MIGRATING PROGRAMMATIC OFFERINGS ONLINE ONTO A VIRTUAL CINEMA.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
| Karen Cooper | PRESIDENT/TREASURER | 40 | $266,942 |
| Michael J Maggiore | PROGRAMMER | 40 | $161,948 |
| Bruce Goldstein | DIRECTOR OF REPRETORY PROGRAMMING | 40 | $156,661 |
| Chad Bolton | GENERAL MANAGER | 40 | $134,452 |
| Francine Crawford | BUSINESS MANAGER | 40 | $103,846 |
| Leyli Zohrenejad | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Shelley Wanger | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Stella Strazdas | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Michael Sternberg | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Cindy Sherman | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Vivian Ostrovsky | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Paige Royer | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Theodore Rogers | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Caryl B Ratner | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Anh-Tuyet Nguyen | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Katie Model | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Matt Mcclure | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Natasha Lyonne | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Ellen Levy | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Famke Janssen | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Maureen Hayes | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Ethan Hawke | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Nancy Harrow | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Carlos Gutierrez | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Andrew Fierberg | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Kristina Dalio | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Karen Crennan | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Joel Coen | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Matthew Broderick | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Vivian Bower | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Hugo Barreca | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Calvin Baker | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Max Rifkind-Barron | SECRETARY | 1 | $0 |
| Gray Coleman | CHAIRMAN | 1 | $0 |
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