Funding search · Perspective Media Initiatives · grants
Perspective Media Initiatives: all 187 grants
Largest first · $21.0M across 2021–2023 · back to the overview
- $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)

