Funding search · EIN 874236519 · New York, NY

Perspective Media Initiatives

Name: Perspective Media Initiatives grants, 2021–2023
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

187
grants reported: $21.0M
total given: 2021–2023
filing years: $75,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2023. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

impact production effectiveness organizational post development documentary core

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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.

3 grants matching “kickstarter” · $890,000

$120,000
Working Films · Wilmington, NC · 2023
Impact kickstart 2024
$510,000
Working Films · Wilmington, NC · 2022
Impact kickstart ($60,000); documentary accountability working group ($225,000); operating support ($200,000); leadership structure and professional development ($25,000)
$260,000
Working Films · Wilmington, NC · 2021
Impact kickstart 2022 ($60,000), operating support ($200,000)

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 Movies8 grants · $1.7M
Doc Society4 grants · $1.4M
Working Films5 grants · $1.1M
Center for Independent Documentary6 grants · $1.1M
Potential Energy Coalition2 grants · $1.0M
Accelerate Change3 grants · $1.0M
Firelight Media5 grants · $911,000
American University3 grants · $827,593
Represent Justice4 grants · $705,000
Allied Media Projects7 grants · $625,000

Giving over time

$5.1M

2021

$7.9M

2022

$8.0M

2023

Grant history

The 100 largest of 187 grants.

$830,000
Women Make Movies · New York, NY · 2022
Impact support for storming caesars palace ($50,000); post-production support of peace for nina ($30,000); post-production and impact support for untitled uvalde project ($75,000); post-production and impact support for… read allImpact support for storming caesars palace ($50,000); post-production support of peace for nina ($30,000); post-production and impact support for untitled uvalde project ($75,000); post-production and impact support for the shadow scholars ($60,000); multitude films: general tax-exempt activities ($200,000); impact support for fire through dry grass ($85,000); production and impact support for bad therapy ($100,000); post-production and impact support for standing above the clouds ($50,000); post-production support for the monster of el estor ($80,000); post-production and impact support for love and tech ($100,000) less
$675,000
Doc Society · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Development and production support for the war on chaos ($75,000); operating support ($550,000); customer relationship management (crm) and grants management system ($25,000); gender-informed practices assessment (gipa)… read allDevelopment and production support for the war on chaos ($75,000); operating support ($550,000); customer relationship management (crm) and grants management system ($25,000); gender-informed practices assessment (gipa) strategic planning & professional development ($25,000) less
$510,000
Working Films · Wilmington, NC · 2022
Impact kickstart ($60,000); documentary accountability working group ($225,000); operating support ($200,000); leadership structure and professional development ($25,000)
$500,000
Potential Energy Coalition · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support
$500,000
Accelerate Change · Boston, MA · 2021
Media acquisition fund
$500,000
Potential Energy Coalition · New York, NY · 2021
Operating support
$473,060
American University · Washington, DC · 2021
Documentary's social influence and impact in the participatory media age project
$414,454
Center for Independent Documentary · Newton, MA · 2022
Impact support for the big payback ($150,000); impact support for a decent home ($75,000); filmmakers with disabilities (fwd-doc) organizational effectiveness project ($7,875); post-production and impact support for the… read allImpact support for the big payback ($150,000); impact support for a decent home ($75,000); filmmakers with disabilities (fwd-doc) organizational effectiveness project ($7,875); post-production and impact support for the strike ($50,000); canadaland limited-series ($131,579) less
$411,000
Firelight Media · New York, NY · 2021
Organizational effectiveness crm project phase 2 ($11,000), operating support ($150,000), william greaves and impact campaign funds ($250,000)
$382,000
Women Make Movies · New York, NY · 2021
Production support for the shadow scholars ($25,000), post-production and impact support for standing above the clouds ($35,000), production support for queer futures ($25,000), multitude films ($150,000), impact suppor… read allProduction support for the shadow scholars ($25,000), post-production and impact support for standing above the clouds ($35,000), production support for queer futures ($25,000), multitude films ($150,000), impact support for fire through dry grass ($75,000), impact support for tiktok boom ($50,000), impact support for winn ($22,000) less
$350,000
Cinema Tropical · New York, NY · 2023
Marketing interventions fund
$340,000
Doc Society · Brooklyn, NY · 2021
Global impact producers assembly ($140,000), operating support ($200,000)
$300,000
Walking Iris · San Francisco, CA · 2021
Impact support of hidden letters ($50,000), brown girls doc mafia project ($50,000), a-doc impact initiative ($200,000)
$270,000
Allied Media Projects · Detroit, MI · 2022
Undocumented filmmakers collective ($120,000); emergence media, reimagine project support: a legal framework for community-accountable mediamaking ($150,000)
$260,000
Working Films · Wilmington, NC · 2021
Impact kickstart 2022 ($60,000), operating support ($200,000)
$255,000
Firelight Media · New York, NY · 2023
William greaves and impact campaign funds
$250,000
Accelerate Change · Boston, MA · 2023
Operating support
$250,000
Denver Film Society · Denver, CO · 2023
Exposure lab's organizational capacity
$250,000
Represent Justice · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Core support for storytelling programs
$250,000
Represent Justice · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Operating support ($100,000); capacity building ($150,000)
$250,000
Accelerate Change · Boston, MA · 2022
Operating support
$250,000
Denver Film Society · Denver, CO · 2022
Exposure lab's organizational capacity
$250,000
Youth Fx · Albany, NY · 2022
Operating support ($225,000); organizational effectiveness ($25,000)
$235,500
Peace Is Loud · New York, NY · 2022
Team building organizational effectiveness project ($22,500); reprofilm collective lens project support ($138,000); operating support ($75,000)
$235,000
Walking Iris Media · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Impact support for hidden letters ($35,000); asian american documentary network (a-doc) impact initiative ($200,000)
$225,000
Doc Society · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Global impact producers alliance project
$224,533
American University · Washington, DC · 2023
State of the documentary field study
$215,000
Women Make Movies · New York, NY · 2023
Multitude films general operating support
$206,500
Common Counsel Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2021
Color congress initiative ($180,000), color congress org effectiveness project ($26,500)
$200,000
Doc Society · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General operating support
$200,000
Working Films · Wilmington, NC · 2023
General operating support
$199,380
Common Counsel Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2022
Color congress organizational effectiveness project ($24,380); general support for the color congress initiative ($175,000)
$190,000
Common Counsel Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2023
General operating support
$187,579
Center for Independent Documentary · Newton, MA · 2021
Canadaland limited-series ($131,579), impact support for the community wellbeing initiative pilot ($21,000), impact support of black mothers love and resist ($35,000)
$185,000
Represent Justice · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Operating support ($100,000); impact support for sanson and me ($60,000); capacity building ($25,000)
$180,000
Center for Independent Documentary · Newton, MA · 2023
Fwd-doc renewal
$175,000
Native American Journalists Association · Norman, OK · 2022
Impact support for bad press
$175,000
The Redford Center · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Impact support for to the end
$171,000
Cinema Tropical · New York, NY · 2021
Distribution advocates org effectiveness bookkeeping project ($11,000), post-production support for igualada ($110,000), distribution advocates project ($50,000)
$160,000
Video Veracity · New Orleans, LA · 2021
Impact support for powerlands ($60,000), post-production and impact support for commuted ($100,000)
$155,000
International Documentary Association · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Impact support for aftershock ($100,000), impact support for fruits of labor ($55,000)
$150,000
Allied Media Projects · Detroit, MI · 2023
Emergence media, reimagine project support: a legal framework for community-accountable mediamaking
$150,000
Center for Independent Documentary · Newton, MA · 2023
Canadaland limited-series
$150,000
Afterimage Public Media · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Production support for power and light
$150,000
Black Lily · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Operating support ($125,000); organizational effectiveness chief operating officer transition ($25,000)
$150,000
Documentary Educational Resources · Watertown, MA · 2022
Production and post-production support for election administration project
$150,000
The Center for Investigative Reporting · Emeryville, CA · 2022
Impact campaign support for victim-suspect documentary
$150,000
New York Foundation for the Arts · Brooklyn, NY · 2021
Support for full pictures studios project
$145,000
Bay Area Video Coalition · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Mediamaker project support ($40,000); post-production and impact support for home is a hotel ($60,000); the independent media arts group (imag) ($45,000)
$140,000
The Film Collaborative · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Impact support for landfall ($40,000); general support for dc/dox film festival ($50,000); post-production support for fault lines ($50,000)
$130,000
American University · Washington, DC · 2023
State of the documentary field study
$125,000
Black Lily · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General operating support
$125,000
Just Vision · Washington, DC · 2023
Development and production support for untitled albany project
$125,000
Firelight Media · New York, NY · 2022
Operating support ($100,000); customer relationship management (crm) phase 2 and website accessibility audit ($25,000)
$125,000
Southern Documentary Fund · Durham, NC · 2022
Development initiatives ($15,000); production and impact support for the river ($110,000)
$120,000
Working Films · Wilmington, NC · 2023
Impact kickstart 2024
$110,000
Allied Media Projects · Detroit, MI · 2023
Undocumented filmmakers collective
$100,000
Afterimage Public Media · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Production support for power and light
$100,000
Center for Independent Documentary · Newton, MA · 2023
Production support for the playbook
$100,000
Documentary Africa · 2023
Real reel impact program
$100,000
Firelight Media · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support
$100,000
Level Ground · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Impact support for union
$100,000
Native American Journalists Association · Norman, OK · 2023
Impact support for bad press
$100,000
Peace Is Loud · New York, NY · 2023
Operating support
$100,000
The Center for Investigative Reporting · Emeryville, CA · 2023
Impact campaign support for victim-suspect documentary
$100,000
The Film Collaborative · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Post-production and impact support for fault lines
$100,000
Women Make Movies · New York, NY · 2023
Post-production and impact support for life after
$100,000
Youth Fx · Albany, NY · 2023
General operating support
$100,000
Doca Limited · 2022
Real reel impact program
$100,000
New Orleans Film and Video Festival · New Orleans, LA · 2022
Operating support ($75,000); organizational effectiveness support ($25,000)
$100,000
New York Foundation for the Arts · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Support for full pictures studios project
$100,000
Rada Collaborative · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Impact support for going to mars: the nikki giovanni project
$100,000
Video Veracity · New Orleans, LA · 2022
Production and impact support for unlearned
$100,000
Documentary Educational Resources · Watertown, MA · 2021
Impact support for no time to fail
$90,000
Chicken & Egg Pictures · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Operating support ($75,000); salesforce enhancement project ($15,000)
$90,000
Fractured Atlas · Hartsdale, NY · 2022
Post-production support for remaining native ($40,000); impact support for lo que queda en el camino ($50,000)
$86,250
American Documentary · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Operating support ($75,000); organizational effectiveness ($11,250)
$85,000
Peace Is Loud · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support
$85,000
Taturana · 2023
General operating support
$76,750
Film Independent · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Post-production and impact support for the tuba thieves ($26,750); production and impact support for you don't know my name ($50,000)
$75,000
Chicken & Egg Pictures · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General operating support
$75,000
Color Farm Impact · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Impact support for the big payback
$75,000
Documentary Educational Resources · Watertown, MA · 2023
Post-production and impact support for election administration project
$75,000
Floodlight · Washington, DC · 2023
Core support for documentary collaborative project
$75,000
Independent Feature Project · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Impact support for anonymous sister
$75,000
New Orleans Film Society · New Orleans, LA · 2023
General operating support
$75,000
Video Veracity · New Orleans, LA · 2023
Impact support for commuted
$75,000
Video Veracity · New Orleans, LA · 2023
Production and impact support for unlearned
$75,000
Women Make Movies · New York, NY · 2023
Production and impact support for counted
$75,000
Austin Film Society · Austin, TX · 2022
Impact support for breaking the news
$75,000
Floodlight · Washington, DC · 2022
Core support for documentary collaborative project
$75,000
Independent Feature Project · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Impact support for anonymous sister
$75,000
Just Vision · Washington, DC · 2022
Impact support for boycott
$75,000
New Orleans Film Society · New Orleans, LA · 2021
Operating support
$75,000
Peace Is Loud · New York, NY · 2021
Operating support
$65,000
American Documentary · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General operating support
$65,000
Women Make Movies · New York, NY · 2023
Impact support for love apptually
$65,000
If Not US Then Who · Topanga, CA · 2022
Emerging filmmaker professional development project
$65,000
If Not US Then Who · Topanga, CA · 2021
Emerging filmmaker professional development project
$65,000
The Film Collaborative · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Project support for the guided campaign program ($40,000), post-production and impact support for undocumented justice ($25,000)

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