Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
950473280
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Beverly Hills, CA, USA
Phone
3102473000
Rating confidence
Limited

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$176,061,789
Expenses
$143,742,066
Assets
$872,682,378
Liabilities
$239,257,214

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

74 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BILL KRAMER (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)
  • JANET YANG (PRESIDENT)
  • DEVON FRANKLIN (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • LYNETTE HOWELL TAYLOR (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • LESLIE BARBER (VICE PRESIDENT (AS OF 08/2024))
  • BONNIE ARNOLD (VICE PRESIDENT (UNTIL 08/2024))

Highest reported compensation

  • BILL KRAMER (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $1,140,742 total reported compensation
  • BRENDAN CONNELL JR (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER): $627,215 total reported compensation
  • ANDREW HORN (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $545,391 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is a global membership organization of film professionals that recognizes and upholds excellence in the motion picture arts and sciences, inspires imagination, and connects the world through the medium of film.

What it reported doing in 2024

Academy awards and related activities: the academy awards television program fosters and maintains the public's interest in the arts and sciences of motion pictures by recognizing outstanding achievements in filmmaking.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 90% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 75
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 75
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 18.4%; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.07; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.27; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.4%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 4.4% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.3% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 55 of 55 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $1.1M · 74 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $16.4M reported
  • Consistency: 14 of 14 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes foreign activity, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 18 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 7 filed related-organization links
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 21/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 59/100.