Funding search · EIN 472942570 · San Francisco, CA

Catapult Film Fund

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

58
grants reported
$2.1M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$25,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

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23 grants matching “documentaries · $1.1M

  • $90,000

    International Documentary Asc · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Development & Momentum Grants

  • $57,500

    The Ctr for Indy Documentary · Newton, MA · 2024

    Development, Momentum, & Research

  • $25,000

    International Documentary Ass · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Development Grant

  • $25,000

    Maysles Documentary Center · New York City, NY · 2024

    Development Grant

  • $15,000

    Center for Indep Documentary · Pleasantville, NY · 2024

    Momentum Grant

  • $120,000

    The Ctr for Indy Documentary · Newton, MA · 2023

    Documentary Support

  • $70,000

    Film Independent · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Documentary Support

  • $55,000

    Women Make Movies · New York, NY · 2023

    Documentary Support

  • $55,000

    Union Docs · Ridgewood, NY · 2023

    Documentary Film Support

  • $50,000

    The Redford Center · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Documentary Film Support

  • $39,500

    International Documentary Fdn · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Documentary Support

  • $35,000

    Incite Productions · Boulder, CO · 2023

    Documentary Film Support

  • $25,000

    Meteor Films · New York, NY · 2023

    Untitled Cop City documentary

  • $15,000

    Level Ground · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Untitled Labor Union Documentary

  • $120,000

    International Documentary Fdn · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Documentary Support

  • $100,000

    Women Make Movies · New York, NY · 2022

    Documentary Support

  • $55,000

    The Ctr for Indy Documentary · Newton, MA · 2022

    Documentary Support

  • $55,000

    The Film Collaborative · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Documentary Support

  • $30,000

    Documentary Edu Resources · Watertown, MA · 2022

    No Time to Fail & King Coal

  • $20,000

    Brown Girls Doc Mafia · Bronx, NY · 2022

    Documentary Support

  • $15,000

    Media Collective · New York City, NY · 2022

    Untitled Spiritual Documentary

  • $10,000

    Southern Documentary Fund · Durham, NC · 2022

    The River

  • $10,000

    Maysles Documentary Center · New York City, NY · 2022

    To The Unknown

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

  • Women Make Movies3 grants · $337,500
  • The Ctr for Indy Documentary3 grants · $232,500
  • International Documentary Fdn2 grants · $159,500
  • The Film Collaborative2 grants · $110,000
  • Walking Iris Media2 grants · $95,000
  • International Documentary Asc1 grant · $90,000
  • Film Independent2 grants · $90,000
  • Union Docs3 grants · $87,500
  • Utah Film Center3 grants · $80,000
  • The Redford Center2 grants · $75,000

Giving over time

$545,000
2022
$674,500
2023
$850,500
2024

Grant history

All 58 reported grants, largest first.

  • $182,500

    Women Make Movies · New York, NY · 2024

    Devlopmt/Momentum/Resrch/Consult

  • $120,000

    The Ctr for Indy Documentary · Newton, MA · 2023

    Documentary Support

  • $120,000

    International Documentary Fdn · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Documentary Support

  • $100,000

    Women Make Movies · New York, NY · 2022

    Documentary Support

  • $90,000

    International Documentary Asc · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Development & Momentum Grants

  • $75,000

    Walking Iris Media · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Development Grant

  • $70,000

    Film Independent · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Documentary Support

  • $57,500

    The Ctr for Indy Documentary · Newton, MA · 2024

    Development, Momentum, & Research

  • $55,000

    The Film Collaborative · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Bella Bella & The Futurists Proj

  • $55,000

    Union Docs · Ridgewood, NY · 2023

    Documentary Film Support

  • $55,000

    Women Make Movies · New York, NY · 2023

    Documentary Support

  • $55,000

    The Ctr for Indy Documentary · Newton, MA · 2022

    Documentary Support

  • $55,000

    The Film Collaborative · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Documentary Support

  • $50,000

    The Redford Center · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Documentary Film Support

  • $40,000

    Utah Film Center · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024

    Development & Momentum Grants

  • $39,500

    International Documentary Fdn · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Documentary Support

  • $35,000

    Incite Productions · Boulder, CO · 2023

    Documentary Film Support

  • $30,000

    Documentary Edu Resources · Watertown, MA · 2022

    No Time to Fail & King Coal

  • $28,000

    New Orleans Video Access Cent · New Orleans, LA · 2024

    Development Grant

  • $25,000

    Antenna · New Orleans, LA · 2024

    Development Grant

  • $25,000

    Doc Society · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    Development Grant

  • $25,000

    Dream of Grape Gardens · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Development Grant

  • $25,000

    Film Forum · New York, NY · 2024

    Development Grant

  • $25,000

    From the Heart Productions · Oxnard, CA · 2024

    Development Grant

  • $25,000

    Homelands Research Group · Ithaca, NY · 2024

    Development Grant

  • $25,000

    Incite Productions · Boulder, CO · 2024

    Development Grant

  • $25,000

    International Documentary Ass · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Development Grant

  • $25,000

    Maysles Documentary Center · New York City, NY · 2024

    Development Grant

  • $25,000

    The Gotham Film & Media Inst · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    Development Grant

  • $25,000

    The Redford Center · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Development Grant

  • $25,000

    Bay Area Video Coalition · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Madres que luchan

  • $25,000

    Meteor Films · New York, NY · 2023

    Untitled Cop City documentary

  • $25,000

    Video Veracity · New Orleans, LA · 2023

    Untitled Natches Project

  • $20,000

    Visual Communications Media · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Research Grant

  • $20,000

    New Orleans Video Access Cent · New Orleans, LA · 2023

    Development Grant

  • $20,000

    Sima Studios · West Hollywood, CA · 2023

    Ashish's Journey

  • $20,000

    Utah Film Center · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023

    Untitled Thwaites Film

  • $20,000

    Walking Iris Media · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Time Hunter

  • $20,000

    Afterimage Public Media · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    A Night At The Stone Burlesk

  • $20,000

    Brown Girls Doc Mafia · Bronx, NY · 2022

    Documentary Support

  • $20,000

    Doc Society · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

    A Fox Under a Pink Moon

  • $20,000

    Film Independent · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Wind Up

  • $20,000

    Union Docs · Ridgewood, NY · 2022

    The Last Nomads

  • $20,000

    Utah Film Center · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022

    Inmate Corrections Television

  • $15,000

    Center for Indep Documentary · Pleasantville, NY · 2024

    Momentum Grant

  • $15,000

    Creative Visions Foundation · Malibu, CA · 2024

    Momentum Grant

  • $15,000

    Media Collective · New York City, NY · 2024

    Momentum Grant

  • $15,000

    Meteor Films · New York, NY · 2024

    Momentum Grant

  • $15,000

    Afterimage Public Media · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    A Night At The Stone Burlesk

  • $15,000

    Level Ground · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Untitled Labor Union Documentary

  • $15,000

    Free History Project Co Kont · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    The Oldest Person In The World

  • $15,000

    Media Collective · New York City, NY · 2022

    Untitled Spiritual Documentary

  • $15,000

    Satellite Collective · New York, NY · 2022

    Bad on Paper

  • $12,500

    Union Docs · Ridgewood, NY · 2024

    Development, Research, & Consulting

  • $10,000

    Swell Cinema · San Francsico, CA · 2024

    Momentum Grant

  • $10,000

    Pacific Arts Movement · San Diego, CA · 2023

    Untitled Philippine Ship Project

  • $10,000

    Maysles Documentary Center · New York City, NY · 2022

    To The Unknown

  • $10,000

    Southern Documentary Fund · Durham, NC · 2022

    The River

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.