Academy Foundation
Academy Foundation is a public charity based in Beverly Hills, California, established in 1944. It organizes and oversees educational and cultural activities related to the motion picture industry, including presenting its history and promoting its future.
Academy Foundation at a glance
In short: Academy Foundation gave $76.8M across 3 grants in 2025 (avg $25.6M), mostly in California. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $76,750,923
- -12.1% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 3
- +0.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $25,583,641
- -12.1% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $16,627,401
- Total assets
- $68,033,889
- -9.0% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- California (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated October 2026.
How to apply to Academy Foundation
- Review Cycle
- The listed deadlines are past; the website’s grant pages do not provide a current deadline.
- Deadline
- The listed deadlines are past; the website’s grant pages do not provide a current deadline.
- Contact
Mailing address: 8949 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills, CA 90211-1972
Phone: (310) 247-3000
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Who Academy Foundation funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 3 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Academy Museum Foundation ($50.6M). Together the top 3 received $76.8M.
Grant Size Distribution
15 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was $5M or more: 15 grants of 15 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
All grant dollars reported for 2025 went to recipients in California. The three listed recipients are based in Beverly Hills, California.
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 3 itemized grants.
States
Cities
How Academy Foundation gives
- Giving fell 28% from 2022 to 2025. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $65.3M (2019) to $106.2M (2022). In 2025 it made 3 grants totaling $76.8M.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Academy Museum Foundation Beverly Hills, CA | Sup. of Related Org | $50,558,876 |
| Archival Foundation Beverly Hills, CA | Sup. of Related Org | $16,627,401 |
| Vine Street Archive Foundation Beverly Hills, CA | Sup. of Related Org | $9,564,646 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
The Foundation reported three grants in each of the three filing years shown.
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $68,033,889 | $75,564,399 | $82,190,646 | $76,750,923 | 3 | $-20,185 |
| 2024 | $74,723,478 | $88,024,792 | $92,918,611 | $87,315,561 | 3 | $15,292 |
| 2023 | $79,053,909 | $78,652,066 | $92,554,324 | $87,344,456 | 3 | $-4,853 |
| 2022 | $92,997,387 | $108,341,858 | $111,076,956 | $106,224,845 | 3 | $34,570 |
| 2021 | $98,699,114 | $81,007,357 | $104,196,288 | $99,051,697 | 3 | $30,778 |
| 2020 | $119,339,404 | $71,088,960 | $77,296,950 | $71,651,807 | 88 | $35,680 |
| 2019 | $124,989,841 | $95,468,207 | $70,769,128 | $65,260,977 | 38 | $113,863 |
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated October 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
The Foundation states that its purpose is to organize and oversee the motion picture industry’s educational and cultural activities, including presenting its history and promoting its future. Its filing describes grants supporting the operation of a museum dedicated to the arts and sciences of motion pictures; management of the Douglas Fairbanks Center for Motion Picture History, the Margaret Herrick Library, and the Academy Film Archive; and activities promoting the study and importance of motion pictures in public life.
In 2025, its largest grant went to Academy Museum Foundation. That grantee describes its work as advancing understanding, celebration, and preservation of cinema through exhibitions, screenings, programs, initiatives, and collections. The Vine Street Archive Foundation, another 2025 grantee, says it was created to support the Academy Foundation and manages the Mary Pickford Center for Motion Picture Studies to promote public study of the importance of motion pictures.
The Academy’s website describes FilmCraft as supporting educational programs that identify and empower future filmmakers from nontraditional backgrounds, and FilmWatch as supporting curated screening programs at North American film festivals, film societies, and other film-related organizations. Academy Film Scholars grants support scholars’ significant new works of film scholarship. The website says these three grant programs were not awarded for the 2022 cycle; the application information on those pages describes past cycles.
Grantmaking
In filing year 2025, the Foundation reported three grants totaling $76,750,923. Awards ranged from $9,564,646 to $50,558,876, with a median of $16,627,401.
The largest 2025 grants were $50,558,876 to Academy Museum Foundation, $16,627,401 to Archival Foundation, and $9,564,646 to Vine Street Archive Foundation. Each grant was listed as support for a related organization.
The Academy’s website gives past application instructions for FilmCraft, FilmWatch, and Academy Film Scholars. Those instructions required submission through the online application system, with requirements contained in the application. The listed deadlines—January 15, 2021, for FilmCraft and FilmWatch, and January 29, 2021, for Academy Film Scholars—are past deadlines.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists Bill Kramer as chief executive officer. Other listed officers and directors include Brendan Connell Jr., COO and general counsel; Andrew Horn, chief financial officer; Jennifer Davidson, chief marketing and communications officer; Beverly Kite, chief information officer; L. Scott Miller, chief legal officer; Jenny Galante, chief revenue officer; Bridgette Wilder, chief people and culture officer; Michael Pogorzelski, director of film archive; and Meredith Shea, chief membership, impact and inclusion officer.
For 2025–2026, the Academy Foundation Board of Trustees elected Kim Taylor-Coleman as president. Other elected officers were Marlon West, secretary; Isis Mussenden, vice president; Simon Kilmurry, treasurer; and Brooke Breton, vice president.
Academy Foundation is led by Bill Kramer, Chief Executive Officer since 2024 (on filings since 2023); 6 of 26 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Bill Kramer
Chief Executive Officer
CEO → Chief Executive Officer, 2024
On filings since 2023
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Howard Berger
President
Vice President → Vice President & President, 2024
Vice President & President → President, 2025
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Michael Pogorzelski
Director of Film Archive
On filings since 2022
40 hrs/week
$175K (2022) → $209K (2025)
Alex Forsythe
Director - Imaging Technology
On filings since 2023
$186K (2023) → $200K (2025)
Janet Yang
Trustee
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Steven Rivkin
Trustee
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Dana Stevens
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jason Reitman
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Randy Haberkamp
Executive Vice President, Library Archive & Scitech
Md of Program, Edu & Preserv → Senior Vice President, Preserv & Foundatin Program, 2020
Senior Vice President, Preserv & Foundatin Program → Executive Vice President, Library Archive & Scitech, 2023
On filings since 2019
$246K (2022) → $206K (2025)
George Joblove
Vice President, Technology & Standards
Director, Technology & Stand → Vice President, Technology & Standards, 2023
On filings since 2022
$187K (2022) → $212K (2025)
Matt Severson
Executive Vice President - Academy Collect & Presv
Director of Library → Executive Vice President - Academy Collect & Presv, 2025
On filings since 2022
$166K (2022) → $249K (2025)
Kendra Carter
Senior Vice President - Impact & Gbl Talent Development
On filings since 2024
45 hrs/week
$217K (2024) → $213K (2025)
Andrew Horn
Chief Financial Officer
On filings since 2020
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Beverly Kite
Chief Information Officer
On filings since 2020
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
L. Scott Miller
Chief Legal Officer
General Counsel & Chief Administrator Officer → Chief Legal Officer, 2023
On filings since 2020
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Brendan Connell Jr.
COO & General Councel
COO → Chief Operating Officer, 2024
Chief Operating Officer → COO & General Councel, 2025
On filings since 2023
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Brooke Breton
Secretary & Vice President
Secretary → Secretary & Vice President, 2025
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jennifer Davidson
Chief Mrkting & Committee Officer
Chief Communications Officer → Chief Mrkting & Committee Officer, 2025
On filings since 2023
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Donna Gigliotti
Vice President & Treasurer
Vice President → Vice President & Treasurer, 2025
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jenny Galante
Chief Revenue Officer
On filings since 2024
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kim Taylor-Coleman
Vice President
Trustee & Vice President → Vice President, 2025
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Marlon West
Tr & Secretary
Trustee → Tr & Secretary, 2025
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Tom Duffield
Treasurer
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Wendy Aylsworth
Tr.
Trustee → Tr., 2025
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Bridgette Wilder
Chief People & Culture Officer
New on the 2025 filing
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Meredith Shea
Chief Membership, Impact & Individual
New on the 2025 filing
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (24)
- Former: Christine Simmons (2019–2024) — Fmr Chief Operating Officer
- Former: Dawn Hudson (2019–2024) — Fmr Chief Executive Officer
- Former: Larry Karaszewski (2019–2024) — Vice President
- Former: Isis Mussenden (2021–2024) — President
- Former: Wynn Thomas (2021–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Andrew Maltz (2022–2024) — Senior Vice President - Sci & Tech Council
- Former: David Linde (2022–2024) — Treasurer
- Former: Laura Kim (2023–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Jan Pascale (2019–2023) — Secretary
- Former: Laura Dern (2019–2023) — President
- Former: Nancy Utley (2019–2023) — Vice President
- Former: David Rubin (2020–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Kim Taylor - Coleman (2023) — Trustee
- Former: Jim Gianopulos (2019–2022) — Treasurer
- Former: Sid Ganis (2019–2022) — Vice President
- Former: Bernard Telsey (2020–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Mark Johnson (2020–2021) — Treasurer
- Former: Christina Kounelias (2019–2020) — Trustee
- Former: John Bailey (2019–2020) — Trustee
- Former: Albert Berger (2019) — Vice President
- Former: Andy Horn (2019) — Chief Financial Officer
- Former: Bernard Tesley (2019) — Trustee
- Former: Kathleen Kennedy (2019) — President
- Former: Michael Tronick (2019) — Trustee
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $249K, to Matt Severson (EVP - Academy Collect & Presv). 6 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Academy Foundation
How much does Academy Foundation give each year?
Academy Foundation gave $76.8M across 3 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $87.3M across 3 grants.
What is Academy Foundation's typical grant size?
Academy Foundation's median grant in 2025 was $16,627,401, and its average grant was $25,583,641, across 3 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990.
Where does Academy Foundation give grants?
Academy Foundation gives mostly in California: 100% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were Beverly Hills, CA (3 grants).
Does Academy Foundation give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 3 grants with a stated purpose on Academy Foundation's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Sup. of Related Org" (3 grants).
How large is Academy Foundation?
Academy Foundation reported $68.0M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $75.6M.
What does Academy Foundation fund?
The Foundation states that its purpose is to organize and oversee the motion picture industry’s educational and cultural activities, including presenting its history and promoting its future. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Academy Foundation?
Academy Foundation has no public application process in the sources Grantable reviewed. Contact the foundation directly before submitting a request.
What is Academy Foundation's EIN?
Academy Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 95-2243698. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated October 2026.
Data update history
(7)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 13, 2025)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 14, 2026)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS July 13, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS April 8, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 12, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 12, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 14, 2024)
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