STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS

We invite you to join the American Film Institute as a sponsor. AFI produces year-round programs and events including the AFI Life Achievement Award, AFI FEST presented by Audi, AFI DOCS and AFI Awards. Through a customized package consisting of brand awareness, marketing and hospitality elements, sponsors will reach a diverse audience of film enthusiasts, emerging and established filmmakers, entertainment community professionals and consumers. AFI has a successful track record of helping companies accomplish key business objectives through exclusive rights and benefits such as:

• Category exclusivity
• Exclusive entertainment industry events with influencers
• Targeted access to key demographics
• Inclusion in media and advertising campaigns and customized onsite presence

For additional information on sponsorship, please contact Brent Colby, Senior Director of Strategic Partnerships at 323.856.7673.

MORE WAYS TO GIVE

Find out all the ways you can champion the art of the moving image both today and in the future. There are many planned giving options that can benefit you and AFI.

EMPLOYER MATCHING GIFTS

Many companies have a matching gift program for employees that will double or triple your impact – and some even match gifts made by retirees. Contact your HR department to find out if your employer participates. Please note that some companies do not match membership gifts for which benefits are received.

IN-KIND DONATIONS

If you’re interested in making an in-kind donation such as equipment, computer hardware and software, books, artifacts and art, please contact us. Your inquiry will be directed to the appropriate area of the Institute to determine if your donation fits our current needs in support of our mission and programs.

GIFT OF STOCK

You could make a gift of appreciated securities that costs you less than the benefit it gives AFI, and also avoid capital gains tax. The stock donated must have been held long-term (more than 12 months) for you to receive the greatest tax savings. To ensure proper handling, please notify us of your gift.

CONTACT US

To learn more about the many ways to giving, contact Clare Kiklowicz, Director, Individual Giving, at 323.856.7605 or at [email protected].

FUTURE GIFTS

BEQUESTS

Wills and living trusts are the most popular and simplest way to arrange a legacy gift. To include AFI in your will, please use the following language:
“I, [name], of [city, state, ZIP], give, devise and bequeath to the American Film Institute [written amount or percentage of the estate or description of property] for its unrestricted use and purpose.”

BENEFICIARY DESIGNATIONS

Continue supporting our work even after your lifetime by naming AFI as a beneficiary of your donor advised fund, retirement plan, IRA, or life insurance policy. It is the most cost-effective gift you can make, saving other less-taxed assets for loved ones.

Retirement Assets

Retirement assets can be among the costliest assets to distribute to loved ones because they are subject to income taxes. Because AFI is tax-exempt, when you name us as a beneficiary of your retirement account, you bypass any income taxes.

Life Insurance

Naming AFI as a beneficiary of your insurance policies can provide a low-cost method of financial planning with a large impact to AFI.

Real Estate

If you own real estate that has appreciated in value, you may wish to leave a gift of real estate in your will to AFI to reduce your tax burden. You can make a gift of your residence, vacation home or farm to obtain a substantial tax deduction and, at the same time, retain the right for you and your spouse to live there during your lifetimes.

CHARITABLE REMAINDER TRUSTS

In the right circumstances, this plan can increase your income, reduce your taxes, unlock appreciated investments, rid you of investment worries and ultimately provide very important support. With a charitable remainder trust, you can receive income each year for the rest of your life from assets you give to the trust you create. Your income can be either variable or a fixed amount. The remaining balance passes to AFI at the termination of the trust.

CHARITABLE LEAD TRUSTS

Make a donation now while reducing the tax burden for your heirs in the future. You give assets to a trust that pays AFI an income for a specified number of years. The longer the length of time, the better the gift tax savings for you. When the term is up, the remaining trust assets go to your family or other beneficiaries you select.

This is an excellent way to transfer property to family members. This type of charitable lead trust (also called a non-grantor, or family lead trust) is especially appealing to AFI supporters who are financially comfortable enough that they can forgo investment income on some assets.

CONTACT US

For questions or more information on how these gifts might work for you, please contact Tom West, Chief Advancement Officer at 323.856.7680 or [email protected]

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OUR COMMUNITY OF SUPPORTERS

AFI is deeply grateful to the following donors whose generosity has helped advance the art of the moving image.

Annual donors as of December 31, 2019

ANNUAL GIVING INDIVIDUALS

$500,000 and above

Estate of James M. Green; Lawrence Herbert

$250,000+

Janet and Brad Anderson

$100,000+

Robert A. Daly and Carole Bayer Sager; Nancy Collins Fisher

$50,000+

Stephanie and Hunter Hunt; Leslie Miller and Richard Frank; The Estate of John A. Reed; The Estate of Wayne Lewis Whitehill; Tom Yoda

$25,000+

Bette and Wylie Aitken; Hilary and Jack Angelo; Roger Birnbaum; Deborah and Larry Bridges; Christy and Jay Cashman; Satjiv S. Chahil; James Costa; Constance Elliot; Idit and Moti Ferder; Peyton Gallant and Scott Patterson; Elaine Harris; Teena Hostovich; Arlene Inch; Lilli and Anthony R. Jimenez; Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall; David R. Kiger; Lesley and Michael LaFetra; Susan and Gary Martin; Laila and Dryden Pence; Elika and Adam Portnoy; Deborah G. and Charles Royce; Sir Howard Stringer and Dr. Jennifer Patterson; Anne and Steven Stodghill; Jenny West

$10,000+

Barbara and Jon Avnet; Armyan Bernstein; Gary and Betsy Birkenbeuel; Carole Bennett Black, MD and Keith L. Black, MD; William J. Chen; Antoinette Corcillo; Sara and Magruder Dent; Anne Dougherty and David Dobrikin; Jean Picker Firstenberg; Berit and Michael Francis; Marshall Herskovitz and Landry Major; Lori and Jeff Hyland; Sandra Jetton; Rachel and John King; Debra Lee; Magma Global-Mark Rothman; Lesley and Keith Marvin; Lori McCreary; Sharon Powers; Holly Rice and Vince Gilligan; Carla Rosen-Vacher; Rich Ross; George and Elizabeth Stevens, Jr.; Estate of Jay M. Strong; Edward Zwick and Liberty Godshall

$5,000+

Christiane and Miguel Alemán Velasco; Lisa Arpey; Nancy Blachman and David desJardins; Allen Briskin and Gerry Hinkley; Heather L. Burns and Kathleen A. Maloy; Stephen G. Charles; Debra Martin Chase; Takashi Cheng; Dale Cochran; Karin De Francis; Bodil Dencker and Livio Ceppi; Tracy Egan; Bob and Mimi Gazzale; Mike Gonzalez; Karen and Andy Hewitt; The Family of Alfred Hitchcock; James and Sandra Hughes; Hiroyuki Iwasaki; Joseph Kaufman; Kira Reed Lorsch, The Robert H. Lorsch Foundation; Lauren Merage and Tip Scarry; Debbie and Phil Molyneux; Kevin O’Connell; Matt Olson; Phyllis Parvin and Sheldon Slaten; Lea and Theodore Pedas; Brandey and Chad Porter; Nadia Semczuk and Nate Williams; Ramzy M. Shuhaiber; Vivian Sobchack; Lynne Coakley Steele and Pierre Steele; Rita Wilson and Tom Hanks

$2,500+

Anonymous (4); Erik Anderson; Elizabeth Ashwell; Jacque and James Balmain; Margaret Black and John Ptak; Helen Brandt; Joan W. Concklin; Mary Murphy Conlin; Karen and Dean Cooper; Shelley Cranley; Steve Dubrovsky; Andrew Elisburg; Larry Flynt; Marilyn Fordney and Sandor Havasi; Joan and Lawrence Friend; Sandra and Jonathan Glezen; Florentino Gregorio; William Haney; Michele Herbert; Angel and Patrick Hsieh; Suzan Hughes; Kevin Johnson, Royal Books, Inc.; Sylvia and Benjamin Johnson; Cathy King and Wes Schaefer; Steffanee Leaming and Louis J. Horvitz; Mateo Ledezma and Leonard Levine; James H. Lee; Leslie Mann and Judd Apatow; Barbara Marshall; Tim McAbee; John T. McAleer; Margaret McCann; Jonathan Miller; Stephanie Mueller; Uzochi Ndukwe; Sheila Nevins; Mahsa Noble; Christopher Olness; Sybil and Matthew Orr; Sofia Ostrer; Emma-Louise Pickard; Margo Resnik; Sarah Robbins Mars; Robin Roberts and James M. Helenthal; Craig Rogers; John Ruhl; M. Duane Rutledge and Chris Congdon; Jeff Sanderson; Ellen St. John; Patti and Russell Stern; Andria and Peter Strelow; Adam Strom; Rosalie Swedlin and Robert Cort; Carol M. Swig; Jhosimar Vasquez; Erin and Lawrence A. Waks; Jim Wallis; John Wendell and Mark Okun; Tom West; Gwendolyn J. White; Stevie Wonder; Gwen Wynne and Robert Bell

$1,000+

Jeannie Adams; Bonnie Arnold; Colleen Benson; Carrie Blazek; Mark W. Browning; Pieter Jan Brugge; Christina M. Cabanillas; Patrick Carroll; Peter Costello II; Peter Craig; Dante Di Loreto; Daniel Dodgen; Steven Dollinger; The Honorable Diana Dougan; Frances Durako; Nicolas Emiliani; Sarah Fairbrother and Luke Wassum; Suzanne and Douglas M. Firstenberg; Ruth Flinkman-Marandy; Marc Fox, CPA; Erleen and Harrell Gillis; Leslie Gold; Jim Goldschmidt; Barbara Gottlieb; Grace Guggenheim; Michon Halio; James Hamlen; Kathleen Ann Henkel; Laurence Herman; Patti and Mitchell Herman; Jeffrey Hermann; Kathryn L. Hibbs; Judy and Jonathan Hoff; Harriet Hubbard; Gene F. Jankowski; Karen Jerome and Jonathan Eig; Brad Johnson; Joyce Lynn Jones; Evelyn Joy and Jay Elvove; Linda Keenan and Peter Day; Anastasia Kotsiras; Debra and Michael Kushma; Marc Kron; Rachel M. Lamothe; Margaret Laurens; Bradley Lemonds; Jay B. Lesiger; Lloyd Levine; Jeffrey Lubbers; Marcia Lucas; Joanne and Barry Lynn; Karen and Chris Mahne; Kathleen McCarthy; Kathy and Gregory McKeen; Brenda and Michael McNamara; Farhan Merchant; Unjoo Moon and Dion Beebe; Claire Moreno; Amanda Moriarty; Gary Mulhollan; Carol Newman; Jack Nicholson; Renae and Greg Niles; Lyn Nishimura; Katherine Nuss; Christine O’Malley and Patrick Creadon in honor of Conrad Hall; Jennifer Ormson; Gloria and Seth Oster; Michelle Parrish; Susan L. Phillips; Harvey L. Pitt; Benjamin Puckett; Francis Quillinan, Jr.; Karen Ray; Blair Rich; Meryl Rizzotti; Melinda Salzman and Sherman Edwards; Daniele Santori; Nelson Akira Sato; Carol and Vincent Scannelli; Elizabeth and Randy Sellers; Alexandra Seros and Walter Ulloa; Daniel Shafer; Joan Shapiro and Edward Gartenberg; Robert Sherley; A. Cosmoe Stamp; David Lee Swann; Paul R. Tetreault and John Jeter; Linda Thompson; Mitch Urban; Kimm and Alessandro Uzielli; Charlann Vander Pluym; Matthew Watson; Judy Whalley and Henry Otto; Cindy and Bill White; Barbara Wingo; Susan Wolford and Delores Komar; Roz Wyman; Peter C. Xiques; Peg Yorkin; Kathleen Zatta; Susan Zayatz

$500+

Len Amato; Sharon Anderson; Tarin Anderson and Brian Udovich; Mary and Terry Andrues; Reinaldo Luis Andujar; Paris Barclay; John Beckman; Debra Benator and Randall Wagner; Russell Bennett; Mary and Curtiss Brennan; Sandra and Daniel Bruckner; Harold Bucholtz; Hanna Burruss; Robert Burton; Alex Butterfield; Bobette J. Campbell; Daniel Caplan; Scott Carter; Stephen Clayton; Sue Cluff; Robert J. Cohn; Beth-Jana and John Dahl; Bonnie Dale; Denise David; Bruce Davis; Gennaro Devito; Jason Dick; Annie Ellis; Rozanne Englehart; Michael Ermer; Steven Fierberg; Paul Fishback; Dean Fitzgerald; Scott Fixell; Margaret R. Fogel; Debra Force; Rhoda and Avram Freedberg; Thomas M. Freeman; William French; Kathryn Fritzdixon; Raymond Fudge; H. Susan Gerone and Blair Brown; David Glattly; Mark Gottwald; Donald P. Granger; David Stirling Green; Richard Greenhalgh; Shell Whitney Grossman; Craig Grosvenor; Lynne F. Haims and Roger A. Lewis; Ella Hairston; Maureen and E. Barry Haldeman; Jill and Marty Handelsman; Gerard Harper; Ilona Herzberg and Daniel Goldberg; Thora Hiller; John Houser; Robert Ivison; Judy Jentzen; Glen Johnson; Allison Jones; Patrick Joyce; Sarah Kenney; Erna Kerst; Elizabeth King; George Koukourakis; Mildred Kuner; Sal Ladestro; William Lafranchi; Richard Leibner; Martha Lenhart; Marianne LePelley; Ali LeRoi; May Lesar; Christopher Lowery; Linda Luebke; Doris Luster; Dwan Lytle; Linda MacCracken; Cindy Maynard; Michael McGirr; Cary McStay; Randy Mears; Daniela Vasem Medeiros; Belden Mills; Brian Monsell; Mary V. Murfey; Janet Nauta; Robert Newcomb; Sally and Peter O’Brien; Ronald Oguss; Joseph Overbeck; Karen Pluemer; Cathleen and Peter Reiher; Stephen Richards; Bruce Robinson; Christopher Robinson; Reemberto Rodriguez; Beth Rohman; Edward Romano; Mary Ann Rossi; Karla Saunders; Richard Schachter; Ronald B. Scott; Rachel Shostak; Steven Shriver; Lani Sinclair; James Smailes; Susanne Smith; Marilee Snider; Karen and Joseph Spinner; James Steverson; Inez Stokholm; Eliazar Talamantez; Marilyn Tenser; Theresa and Andrew Thibadeau; Sondra Thieret; Jane Trapnell Marino; Evelyn Truitt; David Valdes; Haylen Van Koppen; Sharon Wagner; David Wendelman; Lynn Wheat; Fredric Wild, Jr.; Stephanie Wise; Edward Yu

ANNUAL GIVING ORGANIZATIONS AND GOVERNMENT

$1,000,000 and above

Audi of America; Turner

$500,000+

Irwin and Sheila Allen Marital Trust; Montgomery County, Maryland

$250,000+

American Airlines; Apple; AT&T; Breyer Family Foundation; Alan and Cindy Horn Foundation; Maryland State Arts Council; Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc.; Walt Disney Studios; Warner Bros.

$100,000+

2929 Entertainment/Todd Wagner; AMC Networks; AT&T Foundation; The Bridges/Larson Foundation; Corporation for Public Broadcasting; Cecil B. DeMille Foundation; E & J Gallo Winery; The David Geffen Foundation; John and Maureen Hendricks Charitable Foundation; National Endowment for the Humanities; NBCUniversal; Netflix; Paramount Pictures; Will & Jada Smith Family Foundation; Todd Wagner Foundation

$50,000+

Diane and Dorothy Brooks Foundation; CBS Television Network; Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited; Hayman-Woodward Corp.; Hollywood Foreign Press Association; Jerry Bruckheimer Inc.; David C. and Lura M. Lovell Foundation; NBCUniversal Networks International; Kenneth T. & Eileen L. Norris Foundation; The Parker Foundation; Showtime Networks; Village Roadshow Entertainment Group

$25,000+

Anonymous; AGBO; Creative Artists Agency; Walt Disney Company Foundation; The Green Foundation; HBO; ICM Partners; Marilyn and Jeffrey Katzenberg Foundation; Lifetime/A&E; Lockton Insurance Company; Moia Entertainment; National Endowment for the Arts; National Geographic; Northern Trust; Participant Media; Tom Pollock Foundation; Revelations Entertainment; The Rhimes Family Foundation; The Rosenthal Family Foundation; Dame Jillian and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler Foundation for the Arts, Sciences and Humanities; William Morris Endeavor

$10,000+

Paul and Monica Bancroft Family Foundation; Charity Buzz; City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs; Consulate General of France in Los Angeles; DC Office of Cable Television, Film, Music & Entertainment; ESPN Films; Falconwood Foundation; Farhang Foundation; Film Freeway; Giorgio Armani Corporation; Hoffs/Roach Living Trust; Houston Film Commission; JF&G Pictures; LerFilm Inc.; MicroTech; Motion Picture Association; Pacific Theatres and ArcLight Cinemas; Panavision; Red Digital Cinema; The Franklin and Jean Schaffner Foundation; Steward Family Foundation

$5,000+

AMC Theatres; The Autry Foundation; Bank of America; CIROC VS; City National Bank; Consulate General of Belgium; Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia; The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation; Epic Brokers; Escape Artists; The Film Music Foundation; Insight Property Group; Lee Development Group; George Lucas Family Foundation; Maryland Film Office; Match MG US LLC; George H. and Marion H. Milton Charitable Trust; Nora Roberts Foundation; Science on Screen; Taipei Economic & Cultural Representative Office in the US; TV5Monde

$2,500+

Dana and Albert R. Broccoli Charitable Foundation; Consulate General of Austria in LA; The Canadian Consulate General; Consulate General of the Republic of Poland; Delegation of the European Union to the United States; Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Washington, D.C.; European Languages and Movies in America; Flanders House; Le Lycee Francais de Los Angeles, Inc.; The Nancy Malone Living Trust; SPAIN-USA Foundation Cultural Center

$1,000+

AARP Maryland; Alliance Francaise De Washington, Inc.; Bright Funds Foundation; Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany; Embassy of Australia; Embassy of Belgium; Embassy of Hungary in Washington DC; Entertainment Partners; Government of Quebec; Immaculate Heart High School; Steve Martin Charitable Foundation; Sidney Stern Memorial Trust; Jean and Richard Widmark Foundation; Women in Film

$500+

Directors Guild of America; Mexican Cultural Institute of Washington DC; Silver Spring International Middle School

ANNUAL GIVING IN-KIND

94.7 The Drive; All Set Restaurant and Bar; American Airlines; American Cinematographer; Atlantech Online; AT&T; Audi of America; Backstage; The Bagel Broker; Boxed Water; Christie Projectors; CineSend; Deadline; DoLA; E & J Gallo Winery; El Zol 107.9 FM; Elevent; Entertainment Weekly; Filmmaker Magazine; Fortify 24×7; Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills; Here Media; Hollywood & Highland; The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel; The Hollywood Reporter; Hotel George; The Hotel Monaco, Washington DC; IMDbPro; IndieWire; International Documentary Association; KCRW 89.9FM; Kesta Happening DC; KTLA; LAist + KPCC; LA Weekly; Lagunitas Brewing Company; Los Angeles Confidential Magazine; Los Angeles Times; Los Angeleno; Meet The Press; MovieMaker Magazine; Outfront Media; Polka Deli; Pollo Campero of Maryland, LLC; Quixote; Screen International; SmartSource; So Cal Self Storage; Telemundo Washington, DC; Time Out Los Angeles; US Blanks; Variety; The Wall Street Journal; The Wrap; Washington Post; WETA TV26; WHUT TV; Yelp Inc.

AFI ENDOWMENT FUNDS

Irwin & Sheila Allen Endowed Scholarship; Auerbach-Stuart Family Scholarship; Holleigh Benson Endowed Memorial Award; Amy Rose Bloch Endowed Scholarship; Kirk Douglas Endowed Fellowship; Jean Picker Firstenberg Endowment; Ann Garcelon Endowed Scholarship; Bob & Mimi Gazzale Endowment; Mosie Hackett Endowed Fellowship; Henry Hathaway Endowed Scholarship; Lawrence Herbert Fund; Hollywood Foreign Press Association Endowed Scholarship; Stanley Kamen Endowed Scholarship; Richard Levinson Endowed Scholarship; Harold Lloyd Endowment; The Nancy Malone Endowment provided by The Bob and Dolores Hope Charitable Foundation; Shirley A. Olivadoti Endowed Scholarship; Daniel & Dorothea Petrie Endowed Scholarship; Mary Pickford Foundation Endowed Scholarship; Constance Ropolo Charitable Trust Endowed Scholarship; Jane Ann Stewart Endowed Scholarship; Carol Schreder Endowed Scholarship; Gary Winick Endowed Scholarship; Women in Film/Tichi Wilkerson Kassel Memorial Scholarship Fund