Sundance Institute
(which operates the Sundance Film Festival and a variety of other projects)
All information below is from Sundance Institute's 2017 Form 990 unless otherwise noted.
FOR FILMMAKERS
Submission Fees:
Short Films: $40 - $80
Feature Films: $65 - $110
Artist Fees Paid: ?
Awards: Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize = $20,000
Grants: $3,025,797 in grants awarded to organizations and individuals around the world by the Sundance Institute.
Contact Email:
programming(at)sundance.org
OPERATIONS
Governance Model: 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Incorporation
Staff Info: 23 Staff involved in programming (according to website)
Highest employee salary (including all additional compensations): $535,973
Amount of Government Funding: $2,146,077
Amount of Income from Sundance Film Festival: $12,244,499
Total Revenue: $41,458,614
Total Expenditures of Organization: $42,985,822
TOP PAID EMPLOYEES
(for Sundance Institute, 2017)
*this includes base salary, bonus & incentives, other compensation and benefits
Keri Putnam (Executive Director) = $535,973
Michelle Satter (Director, Feature Film Program) = $311,261
John Cooper (Director of Sundance Film Fest) = $256,933
Philip Himburg (Artistic Director, Theatre Program) = $277,074
Sarah Pearce (Managing Director) = $264,757
Betsy Wallacecfo (CFO) = $251,442
Tabitha Jackson (Director, Documentary Film Program) = $243,463
Jared Hendler (Director of Communications) = $214,503
Trevor Groth (Director of Programming) = $210,064
Maryam Sadeghy (Director Corp Development) = $171,577
Elizabeth Greenway (Director Institute Giving) = $167,945
Michael Ballweg (Director of Human Resources) = $162,696
N. Bird Runningwater (Director of Indigenous Programming) = $156,032
Caroline Libresco (Senior Film Programmer) = $154,227
BOTTOM LINE
Total $$$ Paid to Filmmakers: ??
Total $$$ it would cost to pay short filmmakers minimum artist fees:
$6,424 to $13,797
*based on 2019 Festival selection and IMAA artist fees
Total $$$ Spent on Advertising: $341,282
Total $$$ Paid to Employees: $18,216,565
(including all wages for employees/officers/directors, pension plan payments and employee benefits)
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