Arthur J. Samberg is a prolific philanthropist who supports many charitable causes, including serving as chairman emeritus of the Jacob Burns Film Center and Media Arts Lab, a nonprofit institution in New York that promotes literacy and film. In 2014, the Jacob Burns Film Center hosted the Westchester Jewish Film Festival featuring 39 films and other works celebrating Jewish and Israeli culture, and screened the documentary The Real Inglorious Bastards about a secret WWII mission.