Funding search · EIN 873930773 · Portland, OR

The Denovo Initiative

Name: The Denovo Initiative grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
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.

48
grants reported: $2.1M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $35,000
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 production campaign impact makers theatrical

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Funding pattern

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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 · $253,049
International Documentary Association2 grants · $212,324
Incite Productions3 grants · $200,500
The Film Collaborative3 grants · $179,740
Center for Independent Documentary3 grants · $134,212
Points North Institute2 grants · $100,000
Bad Fact Productions1 grant · $100,000
Cinema Tropical1 grant · $100,000
Sundance Institute3 grants · $85,000
Liberty in North Korea2 grants · $75,000

Giving over time

$568,305

2022

$604,531

2023

$911,393

2024

Grant history

All 48 reported grants, largest first.

$159,692
International Documentary Association · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General operations
$130,000
Women Make Movies · New York City, NY · 2023
General operations
$125,000
Incite Productions · Boulder, CO · 2024
Project funding
$100,000
Cinema Tropical · New York, NY · 2024
Project funding
$100,000
Bad Fact Productions · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Documentary production
$77,106
Women Make Movies · New York, NY · 2024
Project funding
$77,105
The Film Collaborative · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Project funding
$75,000
Pay Or Die Film Llc · Greenwich, CT · 2022
Documentary production
$73,685
Center for Independent Documentary · Boston, MA · 2024
Project funding
$62,635
The Film Collaborative · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Impact campaign for documentary
$52,632
International Documentary Association · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Project funding
$52,632
Media Collective · New York, NY · 2024
Project funding
$51,000
Mmxx Llc - Bad Axe · Bad Axe, MI · 2022
Documentary production
$50,000
Points North Institute · Camden, ME · 2024
Project funding
$50,000
The Vii Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Project funding
$50,000
Center for Independent Documentary · Boston, MA · 2023
Project funding
$50,000
Points North Institute · Camden, ME · 2023
General operations
$50,000
Liberty in North Korea · Long Beach, CA · 2022
Documentary production
$50,000
Report Media Llc · Oakland, CA · 2022
Documentary production
$45,943
Women Make Movies · New York, NY · 2022
Impact campaign for documentary
$45,500
Incite Productions · Boulder, CO · 2023
General operations
$40,000
The Film Collaborative · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General operations
$35,000
Advance Gender Equity in the Arts · Portland, OR · 2024
Project funding
$35,000
Sundance Institute · Park City, UT · 2024
Project funding
$35,000
C Me Grow Inc Dba Glowmedia · Washington, DC · 2022
Documentary production
$30,000
C Me Grow Inc Dba Glowmedia · Washington, DC · 2023
General operations
$30,000
Advance Gender Equity in the Arts · Portland, OR · 2022
Theatrical support
$30,000
Incite Productions · Boulder, CO · 2022
Documentary production
$26,316
Entertainment 2 Affect Change · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Project funding
$26,316
Full Spectrum Features · Chicago, IL · 2024
Project funding
$26,316
New York Women in Film and Television · Kings Park, NY · 2024
Project funding
$26,316
Video Veracity · New Orleans, LA · 2024
Project funding
$25,000
C Me Grow · Washington, DC · 2024
Operating grant
$25,000
Liberty in North Korea · Long Beach, CA · 2023
General operations
$25,000
Sundance Institute · Park City, UT · 2023
General operations
$25,000
Utah Film Center · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023
General operations
$25,000
Sundance Institute · Park City, UT · 2022
Support of documentary makers
$17,421
Fractured Atlas · Hartsdale, NY · 2024
Project funding
$15,789
Visual Communications Media · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General operations
$15,000
Alternative Newsweekly Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Project funding
$10,527
Center for Independent Documentary · Boston, MA · 2022
Documentary production
$10,526
New York Foundation for the Arts · New York, NY · 2024
Project funding
$10,000
Brown Girls Doc Mafia · Bronx, NY · 2024
Operating grant
$5,000
Food Landscape Llc · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General operations
$3,500
Independent Production Fund · New York City, NY · 2023
General operations
$3,200
Bay Area Video Coalition · San Fransico, CA · 2022
Documentary production
$50
Coho Productions · Portland, OR · 2023
Project funding
$22
Bag and Baggage Productions · Hillsboro, OR · 2024
Project funding

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