Funding search · EIN 474712007 · Brooklyn, NY

Chicken & Egg Films

Name: Chicken & Egg Films grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

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

68
grants reported: $4.8M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $40,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

documentary film award chicken films series short

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

5 grants matching “movie” · $1.2M

$180,000
Women Make Movies · New York, NY · 2024
Documentary film
$90,000
Women Make Movies · New York, NY · 2024
Chicken and egg award
$355,000
Women Make Movies · New York, NY · 2023
Documentary film
$471,500
Women Make Movies · New York, NY · 2022
Documentary film
$75,000
Women Make Movies · New York, NY · 2022
Documentary series

Top recipients

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

Walking Iris Media6 grants · $1.2M
Women Make Movies5 grants · $1.2M
Video Veracity3 grants · $265,000
Center for Independent Documentary3 grants · $187,500
International Documentary Association3 grants · $180,000
Union Docs1 grant · $170,000
Film Independent2 grants · $110,000
The Alliance for Media Arts Culture1 grant · $100,000
Utah Film Center3 grants · $90,000
Filmmakers Collaborative2 grants · $85,000

Giving over time

$1.6M

2022

$1.8M

2023

$1.4M

2024

Grant history

All 68 reported grants, largest first.

$512,500
Walking Iris Media · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Chicken and egg award
$471,500
Women Make Movies · New York, NY · 2022
Documentary film
$355,000
Women Make Movies · New York, NY · 2023
Documentary film
$285,000
Walking Iris Media · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Chicken and egg award
$250,750
Walking Iris Media · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Chicken & egg award
$180,000
Women Make Movies · New York, NY · 2024
Documentary film
$170,000
Union Docs · Queens, NY · 2022
Documentary film
$150,000
Video Veracity · New Orleans, LA · 2024
Chicken and egg award
$150,000
Center for Independent Documentary · Newton, MA · 2023
Documentary film
$100,000
The Alliance for Media Arts Culture · Spokane, WA · 2022
Documentary film
$90,000
Women Make Movies · New York, NY · 2024
Chicken and egg award
$80,000
International Documentary Association · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Documentary film
$80,000
Walking Iris Media · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Documentary film
$75,000
Afterimage Public Media · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Chicken and egg award
$75,000
Video Veracity · New Orleans, LA · 2023
Chicken and egg award
$75,000
Women Make Movies · New York, NY · 2022
Documentary series
$70,000
Film Independent · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Documentary film
$70,000
Filmmakers Collaborative · Melrose, MA · 2023
Documentary film
$60,000
International Documentary Association · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Documentary film
$60,000
The American Documentary · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Documentary short films
$55,000
Walking Iris Media · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Documentary film
$55,000
Independent Feature Project · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Documentary film
$50,150
The Center for Independent Documentary in · Newton, MA · 2022
Chicken & egg award
$50,000
Cinema Tropical · New York, NY · 2024
Documentary film
$50,000
Doc Society · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Documentary film
$50,000
Redford Center · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Documentary film
$50,000
Uniondocs · Ridgewood, NY · 2023
Documentary film
$50,000
Utah Film Center · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022
Documentary film
$50,000
Walking Iris Media · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Documentary film
$45,000
Independent Feature Project Inc Aka the Gotham Film & Media Institute · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Documentary film
$40,000
Film Independent · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Documentary film
$40,000
Video Veracity · New Orleans, LA · 2024
Documentary film
$40,000
Bushwick Film Festival · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Documentary film
$40,000
The Southern Documentary Fund · Burlington, NC · 2023
Documentary film
$40,000
International Documentary Association · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Documentary film
$40,000
The Film Collaborative · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Documentary film
$30,000
Level Ground · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Documentary film
$30,000
Life Media Projects · Santa Monica, CA · 2024
Documentary film
$30,000
Utah Film Center · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024
Documentary film
$30,000
Freedom Org · Rocky Mount, NC · 2023
Documentary film
$30,000
Gisa · New York, NY · 2023
Documentary film
$30,000
Independent Production Fund · New York, NY · 2023
Documentary film
$30,000
Native American Journalists Association · Norman, OK · 2023
Documentary film
$30,000
The Film Collaborative Inc Aka the Film Collaborative · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Documentary film
$30,000
Visual Communications Media · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Documentary film
$30,000
Chicago Filmmakers · Chicago, IL · 2022
Documentary film
$30,000
Mu Films · Berkeley, CA · 2022
Documentary film
$30,000
The Center for Independent Documentary in · Newton, MA · 2022
Documentary film
$27,500
Center for Independent Documentary · Newton, MA · 2023
Chicken and egg award
$25,000
Sustainable Markets Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Documentary film
$25,000
Austin Film Society · Austin, TX · 2022
Documentary film
$25,000
Doc Society · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Documentary film
$25,000
Filmscene · Iowa City, IA · 2022
Documentary film
$25,000
Studio Ix · Oakland, CA · 2022
Documentary film
$20,000
Armenian Film Society · Glendale, CA · 2024
Documentary film
$20,000
Rada Collaborative · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Documentary film
$20,000
The Film Collaborative · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Documentary film
$20,000
Sisters in Cinema · Chicago, IL · 2023
Documentary film
$20,000
We Were There · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Documentary film
$15,000
Filmmakers Collaborative · Melrose, MA · 2023
Chicken and egg award
$15,000
Video Veracity · New Orleans, LA · 2022
Documentary film
$10,000
Center for Independent Documentary · Newton, MA · 2024
Documentary film
$10,000
Uniondocs · Ridgewood, NY · 2024
Documentary film
$10,000
Women in Film & Video · Washington, DC · 2024
Documentary film
$10,000
Cinema Tropical · New York, NY · 2023
Documentary film
$10,000
Life Media Projects · Santa Monica, CA · 2023
Documentary film
$10,000
Utah Film Center · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023
Documentary film
$10,000
Powherful Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Documentary film

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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.