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New York film production organizations

There are 349 film and video production organizations in New York. Combined, these New Yorker film production organizations employ 1,528 people, earn more than $174 million in revenue each year, and have assets of $302 million.
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Film production organizations by major New York cities

Metro areaNonprofitsRevenues
New York City
 
287
 
$159,606,949
Kingston
 
13
 
$5,272,338
Buffalo
 
8
 
$567,602
Albany, NY
 
8
 
$628,791
Rochester, NY
 
7
 
$2,064,314
Poughkeepsie
 
7
 
$1,858,698
Syracuse
 
4
 
$146,273
Ithaca
 
3
 
$691,370
Elmira
 
2
 
$4,401
Watertown
 
1
 
$4,952
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Job trends for New York film production organizations

Employees per organizationNumber of organizations
0
 
67
1-10
 
55
11-25
 
16
26-100
 
12
101 to 1,000
 
4
1,000+
 
0
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Sizes of film production organizations in New York

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
 
135
$250k to $1M
 
50
$1M to $5M
 
27
$5M to $25M
 
9
$25M to $100M
 
0
$100M+
 
0
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Directory of film production organizations in New York

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1-20 of 349

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
$11.8m
Assets
$4.7m
Employees
15
EIN
13-2740460
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
$7.9m
Assets
$15.0m
Employees
21
EIN
11-3489379
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
28
EIN
13-4127229
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
$8.0m
Assets
$26.8m
Employees
72
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)

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
$6.4m
Assets
$50.4m
Employees
101
EIN
13-4038441
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
$11.4m
Assets
$5.8m
Employees
21
EIN
20-3237801
IRS type
501(c)(3)

American Documentary

American Documentary amplifies diverse voices, producing essential films that foster public discourse, advance social justice, and engage audiences in contemporary issues.
Revenue
$5.8m
Assets
$4.8m
Employees
26
EIN
13-3447752
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
20
EIN
13-3118525
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Uniondocs

Uniondocs is a Brooklyn-based center for documentary art that brings together diverse creative communities to explore human experiences.
Revenue
$2.3m
Assets
$3.5m
Employees
14
EIN
86-1150496
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
$3.4m
Assets
$828.9k
Employees
17
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
$3.5m
Assets
$19.7m
Employees
37
EIN
61-1850154
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
$4.2m
Assets
$1.8m
Employees
214
EIN
20-0936377
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
34
EIN
45-2403312
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
15
EIN
47-4712007
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
24
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
$2.5m
Assets
$2.7m
Employees
7
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
$4.2m
Assets
$3.8m
Employees
9
EIN
31-1335950
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Hamptons International Film Festival (HIFF)

The Hamptons International Film Festival was founded to celebrate Independent film--long, short, fiction and documentary--and to introduce a unique and varied spectrum of international films and filmmakers to their audiences.
Revenue
$2.1m
Assets
$732.4k
Employees
69
EIN
11-3133786
IRS type
501(c)(3)

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
$983.9k
Assets
$322.1k
Employees
5
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.
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