Funding search · EIN 133118525 · Brooklyn, NY

Independent Feature Project

Name: Independent Feature Project grants, 2023–2024
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.

67
grants reported: $3.1M
total given: 2023–2024
filing years: $26,250
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2023–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

fiscal sponsoree documentary development recipient film 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.

Top recipients

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

Fear City Llc1 grant · $576,000
Wrong Turn Productions Llc1 grant · $340,000
Jamie Boyle Llc2 grants · $202,700
An Island Film Llc2 grants · $132,484
Katha Films2 grants · $95,880
Mighty Squawk Productions2 grants · $95,600
Neuman Films Llc2 grants · $94,242
Kairos Cinema Llc1 grant · $93,850
Breakthru Films2 grants · $86,300
Real Talkies Llc1 grant · $70,500

Giving over time

$1.2M

2023

$2.0M

2024

Grant history

All 67 reported grants, largest first.

$576,000
Fear City Llc · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Fiscal sponsoree - drop dead city"
$340,000
Wrong Turn Productions Llc · Dallas, TX · 2024
Fiscal sponsoree - "things we shouldn't talk about"
$193,000
Jamie Boyle Llc · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Fiscal sponsoree - anonymous sister
$93,850
Kairos Cinema Llc · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Fiscal sponsoree - "untitled internet archive film"
$70,500
Real Talkies Llc · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Fiscal sponsoree - "our daughters"
$70,349
Daughter One Productions · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Fiscal sponsoree - the animated mind of oliver sacks
$67,000
An Island Film Llc · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Fiscal sponsoree - "an island / mouth of the bull"
$65,650
The Narrative Uprising Llc · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Fiscal sponsoree - "black girl in paris"
$65,484
An Island Film Llc · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Fiscal sponsoree - "an island / mouth of the bull"
$61,300
Breakthru Films · New York, NY · 2023
Fiscal sponsoree - "parole prep"
$61,223
Ramzi Bashour · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Fiscal sponsoree - "tomahawk springs"
$55,000
Maxcvision · New York, NY · 2024
Fiscal sponsoree - "ayahuasca diaries"
$53,914
Vast Productions USA · New York, NY · 2024
Fiscal sponsoree - "singing up the past"
$51,700
Katha Films · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Fiscal sponsoree - "the long walk of carlos guererro"
$50,000
Mighty Squawk Productions · Somerville, MA · 2024
Fiscal sponsoree - nine
$49,910
Neuman Films Llc · Westhampton Beach, NY · 2024
Fiscal sponsoree - "looking up"
$48,015
Ode To Lb Llc · New York, NY · 2024
Fiscal sponsoree - "bernstein's wall"
$47,626
Resentment Film Llc · Schenectady, NY · 2023
Fiscal sponsoree - "resentment"
$47,000
Go On Llc · Fayetteville, GA · 2024
Fiscal sponsoree - "go on"
$45,600
Mighty Squawk Productions · Somerville, MA · 2023
Fiscal sponsoree - nine
$44,332
Neuman Films Llc · Westhampton Beach, NY · 2023
Fiscal sponsoree - "looking up"
$44,180
Katha Films · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Fiscal sponsoree - "the long walk of carlos guererro"
$42,300
One Story Up Llc · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Fiscal sponsoree - "laikipia"
$40,494
Thalia Short Film Llc · Port Royal, VA · 2024
Fiscal sponsoree - "thalia"
$39,800
Madpix · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Fiscal sponsoree - los lobos native sons
$39,300
Red Book Films Llc · Portland, OR · 2023
Fiscal sponsoree - "untitled carl jung - red book documentary project"
$38,400
College Material Productions Llc · Washington, DC · 2023
Fiscal sponsoree - college material
$37,000
Reclaiming 911 Film Llc · Chicago, IL · 2024
Fiscal sponsoree - "untitled 9/11 day project"
$36,850
Lady Dynamo Productions Llc · New York, NY · 2024
Fiscal sponsoree - "lady dynamo - the untold story of anna rosenberg"
$36,000
A Season of Rain Llc · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Fiscal sponsoree - "such a pretty girl"
$35,000
Ms Diagnosed Llc · New York, NY · 2024
Fiscal sponsoree - "ms. Diagnosed"
$30,600
Madpix · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Fiscal sponsoree - los lobos native sons
$29,671
Sky Princess Studios · Thousand Oaks, CA · 2024
Fiscal sponsoree - "dream touch believe"
$26,250
Between the Rivers Productions Llc · Montclair, NJ · 2023
Fiscal sponsoree - "obsessed with light: the genius of loie fuller"
$25,000
Big Sun Films Llc · Little Rock, AR · 2024
Hbo documentary development initiative recipient
$25,000
Breakthru Films · New York, NY · 2024
Fiscal sponsoree - "nature of the crime"
$25,000
Doctor Bird Studios · Miramar, FL · 2024
Hbo documentary development initiative recipient
$25,000
Akelo Media Corp · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Hbo documentary development initiative recipient
$25,000
Big Sun Films Llc · Little Rock, AR · 2023
Hbo documentary development initiative recipient
$25,000
Doctor Bird Studios · Miramar, FL · 2023
Hbo documentary development initiative recipient
$25,000
Shango Light Productions · Albany, NY · 2023
Hbo documentary development initiative recipient
$23,985
Hey Hey Andy K Llc · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Fiscal sponsoree - "5 weeks in silverton"
$22,598
Illumino Llc · Ghent, NY · 2024
Fiscal sponsoree - "drifts"
$22,015
The Vision Frame Llc · North Bay Village, FL · 2024
Fiscal sponsoree - "mr. Lapidus"
$21,250
Gray Bayne Film and Media · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Fiscal sponsoree - "chocolate milk"
$20,000
The Florida State University Foundation · Tallahassee, FL · 2023
Jet blue focus features / short film showcase awards
$16,068
Between the Rivers Productions Llc · Montclair, NJ · 2024
Fiscal sponsoree - "obsessed with light: the genius of loie fuller"
$15,547
Solifilm Productions · Chicago, IL · 2023
Fiscal sponsoree - "subsurface"
$15,000
Wonderfilm Llc · New York, NY · 2023
Fiscal sponsoree - "saund vs cochran"
$14,346
Femlab Films · Pasadena, CA · 2023
Fiscal sponsoree - "the last goodbye"
$10,709
Sky Princess Studios · Thousand Oaks, CA · 2023
Fiscal sponsoree - "dream touch believe"
$10,650
Siren Five Films Llc · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Fiscal sponsoree - "tree hunter portrait of an american artist"
$10,650
Green Fuse Films · New York, NY · 2023
Fiscal sponsoree - "radical acts late style"
$10,000
Rosewater Picture Llc · Hartsdale, NY · 2024
Fiscal sponsoree - "mayor"
$10,000
Lady Dynamo Productions Llc · New York, NY · 2023
Fiscal sponsoree - "lady dynamo - the untold story of anna rosenberg"
$9,700
Jamie Boyle Llc · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Fiscal sponsoree - anonymous sister
$9,537
Steldimat Llc · San Ramon, CA · 2024
Fiscal sponsoree - "the rebuilding"
$9,400
Intensity Films Llc · New York, NY · 2024
Fiscal sponsoree - "unfiltered"
$8,000
93rd Street Media Llc · New York, NY · 2024
Fiscal sponsoree - "west side familia"
$7,717
Quispe Warmi Llc · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Jet blue focus features / short film showcase awards
$7,335
Film Emporium · Larchmont, NY · 2023
Jet blue focus features / short film showcase awards
$7,021
Vast Productions USA · New York, NY · 2023
Fiscal sponsoree - "singing up the past"
$6,200
Yk Films Llc · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Fiscal sponsoree - "clean slate"
$6,000
The New Festival · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Sponsorship of gotham + newfest new york short award partnership & media mixer
$5,447
Heart of Lumber Llc · Woodside, NY · 2024
Fiscal sponsoree - "heart of lumber"
$5,310
Blind River Llc · Paradise Valley, AZ · 2023
Fiscal sponsoree - man of the year
$5,300
A Season of Rain Llc · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Fiscal sponsoree - "such a pretty girl"

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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.