Sunrise Foundation for Education and the

What they fund

filmsilentfestivalfilmsgermanliverestorationrestored

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.

• Deutsche Kinemathek8 grants · $582,062
• San Francisco Silent Film Festival6 grants · $281,106
• National Film Preserve Ltd2 grants · $259,050
• The Metropolitan Opera1 grant · $257,900
• Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation1 grant · $250,000
• The Metropolitan Opera Association1 grant · $250,000
• Regents of the University of Califo2 grants · $245,000
• Donald Sosin3 grants · $230,700
• Blackhawk Films2 grants · $161,570
• Jewish Community of Helsinki4 grants · $158,586

Giving over time

Grant history

All 47 reported grants, largest first.

• $257,900

  The Metropolitan Opera · New York, NY · 2023

  An unrestricted gift for the Transforming the Met campaign.

• $250,000

  The Metropolitan Opera Association · New York, NY · 2024

  Support the Metropolitan Opera Recovery Fund.

• $250,000

  National Film Preserve Ltd · Berkeley, CA · 2023

  Contribution to The Nugget Project Education & Residency Endowment.

• $250,000

  Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation · Powell, WY · 2022

  Mineta-Simpson Institute Matching Grant

• $176,000

  Deutsche Kinemathek · 2022

  Launch the Junior Archivist Program

• $141,570

  Blackhawk Films · Burbank, CA · 2022

  Restoration of MERRY GO ROUND (1923, Stroheim)

• $126,964

  Regents of the University of Califo · Berkeley, CA · 2023

  Grant to pay tuition, fees and living expenses for graduate students in the UCB German Film & Media Studies Fellowship.

• $122,000

  Klezmer By Alicia Svigals Llc · New York, NY · 2024

  Grant to a qualified musician to accompany the live presentation of restored silent films by charitable organizations.

• $118,036

  Regents of the University of Califo · Berkeley, CA · 2022

  German Film & Media Studies Fellowship

• $110,226

  Deutsche Kinemathek · 2024

  Support for restoration of three CCC films produced by Holocaust survivor, Artur Brauner.

• $103,200

  Donald Sosin · Lakeville, CT · 2024

  Grant to a qualified musician to accompany the live presentation of restored silent films by charitable organizations.

• $92,000

  Klezmer By Alicia Svigalsllc · New York, NY · 2023

  Grant to qualified musician to accompany the live presentation of restored silent films by charitable organizations.

• $90,220

  Deutsche Kinemathek · 2024

  Supplemental Grant in support of the Junior Archivist Program.

• $90,000

  Donald Sosin · Lakeville, CT · 2023

  Grant to qualified musician to accompany the live presentation of restored silent films by charitable organizations.

• $86,651

  Deutsche Kinemathek · 2023

  Fund a new candidate annually for a two-year traineeship in the Junior Archivist Program of the Deutsche Kinemathek.

• $75,000

  San Francisco Silent Film Festival · San Francisco, CA · 2024

  Support for German-interest programming at the 2024 San Francisco Silent Film Festival & Production Expenses

• $73,300

  San Francisco Silent Film Festival · San Francisco, CA · 2023

  Support for German-interest Programming at Telluride Film Festival Film Sponsorship 2023.

• $62,009

  Jewish Community of Helsinki · 2023

  Support for continuing work on the long-term research and editing project, THE JEWISH ENCYCLOPEDIA IN THE FILM AGE.

• $60,919

  Munchner Filmzentrum Ev · 2024

  Support for restoration of Robert Wiene's I.N.R.I. (1923) and G. W. Pabst's DIE FREUDLOSE GASSE (1925).

• $57,245

  Deutsche Kinemathek · 2023

  Fund the 8th annual Film Restored Festival 2023 at Deutsche Kinemathek.

• $49,213

  Munchner Filmzentrum Ev · 2024

  Support for restoration of two titles by German silent film director, Robert Wiene: RASKOLNIKOW (1923) phase three and GENUINE (1920).

• $47,874

  Le Giornate Del Cinema Muto · 2023

  Orchestration and performance of Hitchcock, The Manxman, at the Pordenone 2022 finale.

• $47,250

  Filmforum · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

  Seed funding for the pre-production and shooting expenses of the film, Prometheus Complex

• $47,213

  Jewish Community of Helsinki · 2022

  Support for The Jewish Encyclopedia in the Film Age - grants for further research and equipment

• $41,140

  San Francisco Silent Film Festival · San Francisco, CA · 2022

  Support for live musical accompaniment of two German films at the 2022 festival

• $37,886

  Munchner Filmzentrum Ev · 2023

  Restoration of two films by the German silent film director, Robert Wiene: RASKOLNIKOW (1923) and GEFANGENE SEELE/Captured Soul (1917).

• $37,500

  Donald Sosin · Lakeville, CT · 2022

  Grant to qualified musician to accompany the live presentation of restored silent films by charitable organizations

• $37,500

  Klezmer By Alicia Svigalsllc · New York, NY · 2022

  Grant to qualified musician to accompany the live presentation of restored silent films by charitable organizations

• $34,081

  Munchner Filmzentrum Ev · 2023

  Restoration of Karl Grune?s silent film, DIE STRASSE (1923).

• $33,389

  Deutsche Kinemathek · 2024

  Underwrite "Der Deutsche Film" English Edition.

• $33,333

  San Francisco Silent Film Festival · San Francisco, CA · 2024

  Support for a full-time Film Restorer Position at the San Francisco Silent Film Festival

• $33,333

  San Francisco Silent Film Festival · San Francisco, CA · 2023

  Support a new full-time Film Restorer at the San Francisco Silent Film Festival.

• $30,500

  Friends of the Vatmf · Pacific Palisades, CA · 2024

  Support for an edition of early German musical comedies, including providing funding for the licensing fees and necessary work in design, audio restoration, authoring and replication to prepare the edition.

• $25,538

  Deutsche Kinemathek · 2022

  Support live orchestral accompaniment for a screening of restored classic film, Sylvester, at the Louvre in Paris

• $25,000

  San Francisco Silent Film Festival · San Francisco, CA · 2022

  Support for Foolish Wives music recording and Blu-ray/DVD bonus features.

• $24,824

  Jewish Community of Helsinki · 2024

  Support for continuing work on the long-term important research and editing project, THE JEWISH ENCYCLOPEDIA IN THE FILM AGE.

• $24,540

  Jewish Community of Helsinki · 2024

  Support for continuing work on the long-term important research and editing project, THE JEWISH ENCYCLOPEDIA IN THE FILM AGE.

• $20,000

  Blackhawk Films · Burbank, CA · 2024

  Underwrite the composition and recording of an orchestral score for the film by Robert Israel, the distinguished silent film composer.

• $19,557

  National Center for Jewish Film · Chestnut Hill, MA · 2024

  Support for an edition of Herbert Kline's pre-WWII documentaries, including providing funding for the licensing fees and necessary work in design, authoring, and replication to prepare the edition.

• $10,000

  San Diego Opera · San Diego, CA · 2023

  Unrestricted gift for the recipient's general charitable purposes.

• $10,000

  Friends of the Cineteca Di Bologna · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

  Support for annual Bologna film festival

• $9,050

  Telluride Film Festival · Berkeley, CA · 2024

  2024 Telluride Film Festival Film Sponsorship

• $9,050

  Telluride Film Festival · Berkeley, CA · 2023

  2023 Telluride Film Festival Film Sponsorship.

• $9,050

  National Film Preserve Ltd · Berkeley, CA · 2022

  Telluride Film Festival Film Sponsorship 2022

• $5,000

  Yiddish Arts Academics Assoc of N a · San Diego, CA · 2022

  General support

• $3,782

  Friends of the Vatmf · Pacific Palisades, CA · 2024

  Additional support for an edition of early German musical comedies to further work on the audio restoration of one title, Die Privatsekretrin.

• $2,793

  Deutsche Kinemathek · 2024

  Supplemental Grant in support of the Junior Archivist Program.