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 JL Hernandez, Senior Manager of Strategic Partnerships at [email protected].

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 give, contact AFI Membership at [email protected] or call 1.800.774.4AFI.

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 AFI Membership at [email protected] or call 1.800.774.4AFI.

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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 January 1, 2021 through March 31, 2022

ANNUAL GIVING INDIVIDUALS

$500,000+

Estate of Dr. Peter L. Sheldon

$100,000+

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

$50,000+

Janet and Brad Anderson; Richard Frank and Leslie Miller ; Stephanie and Hunter Hunt; Arlene Inch; Dr. Jennifer Patterson and Sir Howard Stringer; Deborah and Charles Royce

$25,000+

Bette and Wylie Aitken; Hilary and Jack Angelo; Satjiv S. Chahil; James Costa; Jessica De Rothschild and Sacha Gevasi; Elaine Harris; Teena Hostovich; Lilli and Anthony R. Jimenez; Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall; David R. Kiger; Lesley and Michael LaFetra; George H. and Marion H. Milton Charitable Trust; Laila and Dryden Pence ; Elika and Adam Portnoy; Dame Jillian Sackler; Anne and Steven Stodghill; Tom Yoda

$10,000+

Gary and Betsy Birkenbeuel; Roger Birnbaum ; Deborah and Larry Bridges; Stephen G. Charles; Antoinette Corcillo; Caleb Deschanel and Mary Jo Deschanel; Constance Elliot ; Berit and Michael Francis; Mariska Hargitay; Barbara Klencke and Doug Huestis; Lauren Merage and Tip Scarry; Holly Rice and Vince Gilligan; Jay Roach and Susanna Hoffs; Dr. Michael Scherer and Ms. Nicole Simpson; Edward Zwick and Liberty Godshall

$5,000+

Anonymous (2); Larry Anthony; Annino Families in memory of Gianpaolo Santarelli; Jon and Barbara Avnet; Kevin John Bates Esq.; Molly Bruns; Antoinette Corcillo; Bodil Dencker and Livio Ceppi; Anne Dougherty and David Dobrikin; Bob and Mimi Gazzale; Karen and Andy Hewitt; Gerry Hinkley and Allen Briskin; The Family of Alfred Hitchcock ; Linda Hope; Sandra Hughes; Lori and Jeff Hyland; Hiroyuki Iwasaki; Dylan and Marya Khalil-Otto; Joseph Kaufman; Kyla Kuntz; James H. Lee; Sandy Mulligan; Phyllis Parvin and Sheldon Slaten; Cecilia Peck Voll and Daniel Voll; John Ptak and Margaret Black; M. Duane Rutledge; Theodore Sarandos and Nicole Avant; Lynne Coakley Steele and Pierre Steele; Andria and Peter Strelow; Thomas Zimmermann

$2,500+

Anonymous (4) ; Erik Anderson; Jon Anderson; Jacque and James Balmain; Christina M. Cabanillas ; Karen and Dean Cooper; Peter F. Costello II; Shelley Wike Cranley; Sara and Magruder Dent; Andrew Elisburg; Helen Funai Erickson; Joan and Lawrence Friend; Mike Gonzalez ; Shell Whitney Grossman; Kathryn Hibbs; Nance Hikes; Cathy King and Wes Schaefer; Steffanee J. Leaming and Louis J. Horvitz; Mateo Ledezma and Leonard Levine; Tim McAbee ; Leslie Mann and Judd Apatow; Barbara Marshall; John T. McAleer; Larry McQueen; Debbie and Phil Molyneux; Stephanie Mueller; Margene Munoz; Christopher Olness; Jennifer Ormson; Sybil and Matthew Orr; Edward Romano; Dave Rosenbaum; Adam Strom and Steve Isidoro; Rosalie Swedlin and Robert Cort; Joanne and William Tell; Jhosimar Vasquez; Kirk Weilepp; John Wendell and Mark Okun; Gwendolyn J. White; Susan Wolford and Delores Komar; Kathleen Zatta; Yuxuan Zeng

$1,000+

Anonymous (3); Jeannie Adams; Adamary Alatorre R; Tarin Anderson and Brian Udovich; Bonnie Arnold; Patricia Arquette; Elizabeth Ashwell; James P Axiotis; Paris Barclay; Colleen Benson; Carrie Blazek; David Bohnett ; Nancy and Tom Bowling; Nathaniel Brager; Helen Brandt; Mark W. Browning ; Pieter Jan Brugge; Bobette J Campbell; Maria G. Carmona; Tricia and Brian Carr; Patrick Carroll; Christy and Jay Cashman; Sarah Clothier; Peter N. Craig; Patrick Creadon; Beth-Jana and John Dahl; PeggyBillingsley Dean; Diane Deshong; Dr. Daniel Dodgen; Steven Dollinger; Diana Lady Dougan; Fran Durako; Rose Fadem-Johnston; Sarah Fairbrother and Luke Wassum; Marc Fox CPA; Erleen and Harrell Gillis; Jim Goldschmidt; Ron Gordner; Valerie Gordon-Johnson; Donald P. Granger; Debra S. Greene; Morgan Des Groseillers; Michon Halio; James Hamlen; Gerard Harpe; Nancy Heller and Fred Specktor; Kathleen Ann Henkel; Patti and Mitchell Herman; Jeffrey Hermann; Judy and Jonathan Hoff; Anthony R Ianniello, Esq.; Patty Jenkins and Sam Sheridan; Karen Jerome and Jonathan Eig; Allison Jones; Joyce Lynn Jones; The Kapust Family; Linda Keenan and Peter Day; Kira Kelly; Petra and Raymond Kimsey; Becky S. King; Rachel M. Lamothe; Margaret Laurens ; Jay B. Lesiger; Richard Leibner; Lloyd Levine; Harry Locke IV; Jeffrey Lubbers; Marcia Lucas; Joanne and Barry Lynn; Karen and Chris Mahne; Joe Manganiello; Jane Trapnell Marino; Susan and Frank Mars; Susan and Gary Martin; Ian Maxtone-Graham; Lorrie G. Mazucci; Michael McGirr; Kathy and Gregory McKeen; Stephanie McLennan; Daniel Miley; Unjoo Moon and Dion Beebe; Claire Moreno; Gary Mulhollan; Jack Nicholson; Lyn Nishimura; Katherine Nuss; Sally and Peter O’Brien, in memory of Nathan P. O’Brien; Kevin O’Connell; Patricia and Ronald Oguss; Gloria and Seth Oster; Henry Otto and Judy Whalley; Michelle Parrish; Susan L. Phillips; Julie Plec; Lois Anne Polan; Ruth Pritchard-Kelly; James Foster Reding; The Estate of John A. Reed; Cathleen and Peter Reiher; Paula and Ira M. Resnick; Meryl Rizzotti; Christopher Robinson; Margaret Ann and Robert Ross; Melinda Salzman and Sherman Edwards; Carol and Vincent Scannelli; Ronald B. Scott; Alexandra Seros and Walter Ulloa; Daniel Shafer; Joan Shapiro and Edward Gartenberg; Robert Sherley; Richard H. Sherratt; Andy Siara; Teri Smelser; James Sommerville; Charles P. Souw ; Gene Stavtsev; Madam Matthew Steinmetz; Matthew Steinmetz; Kimberly Steward; William R. Stringer; David Lee Swann; Carol M. Swig; Eliazar Talamantez; Paul R. Tetreault and John Jeter; Kerry and John Toolan; Evelyn Truitt; Mitch Urban; Carolyn Usher; Kimm and Alessandro Uzielli; Sam Vaghani; Caspar Von Winterfeldt and Lisa Firestone von Winterfeldt; David Wendelman; Bill and Cindy White; Fredric Wild, Jr.; Barbara Wingo; Jim Witoszynski; Susan Zayatz

$500+

Anonymous; Josh Aichenbaum; Donald Alexandre; William O. Ameen, Jr.; Lara Barth and George Rothman; Claire Best; Janet and Andrew Borba; Wilson Bryan; Robert Burton; Shane Cagney; Nisha Chandra-Strobos; Jeffrey Christian; Suzanne Cluff; Laurie Cohn; Curtis Covington; Denise David; Jim Denault; Jeffrey Dennis; Gennaro Devito; Jason Dick; Stan Dorobek; Laurie Fenster; Dean Fitzgerald; Scott M. Fixell; Ruth Elaine Flinkman-Marandy; Debra Force; William French; Kathryn Fritzdixon; Raymond K Fudge; Abby Fuller; H. Susan Gerone and Blair Brown; Jake Goldberger; Jonathan Goldblatt; David Gothelf; Mark Gottwald; Matthew Greenfield; Robert Grzedzicki; Dana Guerin; Peter Guerrant, III; Kenny Habul; Debbie Haeusler; Maureen and E. Barry Haldeman; Joseph L. Harberg; Angela Harvey; Laurence Herman; Thora Hiller; Stuart Hinds; Frieder Hochheim; Leo Baxter Honeycutt III; Josh Hopkins; Troy Jacobs; Glen Johnson; John Johnston; Marion Jones; Mark Kennedy; Erna Kerst; Elizabeth King; Rose and Michael Koretsky; Mary and Stephen Kramer; Sue Kroll and Elliott Michael Desilets; Susan Kushins; Jan Leighley; Marianne LePelley; Perrianne Lurie; Doris Luster; Sara and Todd Makurath; Ruth Malen; Lucinda Malocsay; Sharon Mann; Edward D. Markley; Linda Marks and Ralph Lopez; Kevin Martin; Robert Massey; George Mazzey, Sr.; J.P. McDermott; Robert McGovern; M. E. McGriff; Nancy McNamara and David Wolfe; Betty Meador; Randy Mears; Sheila Meehan; Belden Mills; Roxanne Modjallal; Gerald Molen; Jerome Muscarella; Robert Newcomb; Diana Ossana in Memory of Larry McMurtry; Joseph Overbeck; Shelley Parr; Julie Phillips; Dr. Lara Ramdin; Stephen Richards; Donna Wilson Scott; Neal Shapiro; Rachel Shostak; Steven Shriver; Ku-Ling Siegel; Michael Slovis; James Smailes; Marilee Snider; Alan Jay Spector; Karen and Joseph Spinner; Stephen Stair; Maryan Stephens; Jan Strewart and David Stinson; Inez Stokholm; Danny Strong; John Stuckmeyer; Stanley Stylianos; Melanie Sze; Richard Talley; Theresa and Andrew Thibadeau; Scott Ulbrich; David and Linda Valdes; Charlann Vander Pluym; Kim Wallace; Kenneth West; Jenifer Westphal; Lynn Wheat; Kat White; Melinda Wolf; Brenda Wright; Edward Yu

ANNUAL GIVING ORGANIZATIONS AND GOVERNMENT

$250,000+

Apple; AT&T; Audi of America; Breyer Family Foundation; Disney Worldwide Services, Inc.; Montgomery County, Maryland

$100,000+

2929 Entertainment/Todd Wagner; AMC Networks Inc.; AT&T Foundation; The Bridges/Larson Foundation; Cecil B. DeMille Foundation; Fox Broadcasting Company; John and Maureen Hendricks Charitable Foundation; Alan and Cindy Horn Foundation; Maryland State Arts Council; Netflix; Kenneth T. & Eileen L. Norris Foundation; Nosotros; Paramount Pictures; Screen Australia; Alfred P. Sloan Foundation; Will & Jada Smith Family Foundation; Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc.; Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.; WarnerMedia

$50,000+

Paul and Monica Bancroft Family Foundation; Corporation for Public Broadcasting; Creative Artists Agency; Deloitte & Touche LLP; Hollywood Foreign Press Association; National Geographic; NBCUniversal; Pacific Theatres Foundation; The Rosenthal Family Foundation; Showtime Networks

$25,000+

American Australian Association ; Diane and Dorothy Brooks Foundation; The Green Foundation; ICM Partners ; Marilyn and Jeffrey Katzenberg Foundation; Lockton Insurance Company; Motion Picture Association ; National Endowment for the Arts; Northern Trust; Panavision; Participant Media; Rhimes Family Foundation

$10,000+

Anonymous; Amazon Studios; Dana and Albert R. Broccoli Charitable Foundation; Campari; City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs; DC Office of Cable Television, Film, Music & Entertainment; Dell, Inc.; The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation; Sara and Magruder Dent; Ernst & Young; ESPN Films; European Languages and Movies in America; Farhang Foundation; JF&G Pictures; Illumination Entertainment; IMDB; The Lee Family Charitable Fund; Mexican-American Cultural Education Foundation; MicroTech; Dr. David M. Milch Foundation; Albert Parvin Foundation; The Franklin and Jean Schaffner Foundation; Silbermann Family Trust; The Wrap

$5,000+

Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County; The Autry Foundation; City National Bank; EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants; The Film Music Foundation; FilmFreeway; The Lewis Greenwood Foundation; Istituto Italiano Di Cultura; Lifetime/A&E; Lorraine F. Petitfils Education Foundation; The Nancy Malone Living Trust; Nora Roberts Foundation; SAG Indie; SPAIN-USA Foundation Cultural Center; Sidney Stern Memorial Trust

$2,500+

Maryland Film Office; Taipei Economic & Cultural Representative; Office in the US

$1,000+

Alliance Francaise De Washington, Inc.; Consulate General of France in Los Angeles; Consulate General of Switzerland in San Francisco; Directors Guild of America; Embassy of Denmark; Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany; Embassy of Hungary in Washington DC; Google Inc. Matching Gifts Program; Italian Cultural Institute; Kimsey Foundation; Match Group; Newport Beach Film Festival; The John A. Rodger Jr. Foundation; Jean and Richard Widmark Foundation;

$500+

Andrew-Summers Fund; Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Washington, D.C.; French Cultural Mission in the US; Joel K and Candice S Zwick Revocable Trust

ANNUAL GIVING IN-KIND

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP; Deadline; Eventive; FilmFreeway; The Hollywood Reporter; Indiewire; LA Weekly; LA Confidential Magazine; Los Angeles Times; Meet the Press; MovieMaker Magazine; Panavision; US Blanks; Variety Media LLC; Quixote; Simple DCP; The Wall Street Journal; The Washington Post; The Wrap

AFI ENDOWMENT FUNDS

Irwin & Sheila Allen Endowed Scholarship; Julie Andrews Scholarship Fund; Auerbach-Stuart Family Scholarship; Holleigh Bernson Endowed Memorial Award; Amy Rose Bloch Endowed Scholarship; Kirk Douglas Endowed Fellowship; Jean Picker Firstenberg Endowment; Fisher Family Endowed Scholarship; Ann Garcelon Endowed Scholarship; Bob & Mimi Gazzale Endowment; Goodson Screening Room Endowment; Sam Grossman Memorial Endowment; Mosie Hackett Endowed Fellowship; Jack Haley Endowment; Henry Hathaway Endowed Scholarship; Lawrence Herbert Fund; Hollywood Foreign Press Association Endowed Scholarship; Halyna Hutchins Memorial Scholarship Fund; Stanley Kamen Endowed Scholarship; Richard Levinson Endowed Scholarship; Harold Lloyd Endowment; The Nancy Malone Endowment provided by The Bob and Dolores Hope Charitable Foundation; Mandelker Chair Endowment ; Garry Marshall Foundation Endowment; Shirley A. Olivadoti Endowed Scholarship; Perenchio Family Endowed Fellowship; Daniel & Dorothea Petrie Endowed Scholarship; Mary Pickford Foundation Endowed Scholarship; Thomas P. Pollock Endowed Scholarship; Severn Provus Endowed Scholarship; Emma Pullen Fund; Constance Ropolo Charitable Trust Endowed Scholarship; E H Rule Endowment; Carol Schreder Endowed Scholarship; Stark Family Foundation Scholarship; Jane Ann Stewart Endowed Scholarship; B. Tartikoff Endowment; Gary Winick Endowed Scholarship; Patricia Wise Endowment; Edda Shurman Witt Endowed Scholarship; Women in Film/Tichi Wilkerson Kassel Memorial Scholarship Fund