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12 funders with a record of paying for “documentaries”
Where the money went The Better Angels Society Inc → Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc: $39M across 4 grants, latest 2025 Redford Center Inc → Big Picture Ranch LLC: $7.0M across 2 grants, latest 2024 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → International Documentary Association Inc: $3.3M across 5 grants, latest 2023 Alfred P Sloan Foundation → Wgbh Educational Foundation: $3.0M across 5 grants, latest 2024 Utah Film Center → The Othrs LLC: $2.5M across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Ford Foundation → Common Counsel Foundation: $1.5M across 3 grants, latest 2024 Jonathan Logan Family Foundation → International Documentary Association: $1.2M across 3 grants, latest 2024 Chicken & Egg Pictures Inc → Women Make Movies: $1.1M across 4 grants, latest 2024 Perspective Media Initiatives Inc → Center for Independent Documentary: $1.1M across 6 grants, latest 2023 Video Veracity Inc → Gusto Moving Pictures LLC: $424K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Entertainment 2 Affect Change → Deliver Us Film LLC: $331K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Catapult Film Fund → The Ctr for Indy Documentary: $233K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Redford Center Inc → Groundswell Movie LLC: $2.6M across 1 grant, latest 2024 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → American Documentary Inc: $2.5M across 4 grants, latest 2023 Utah Film Center → Finch No Worries Inc: $2.0M across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Ford Foundation → International Documentary Foundation (Dba International Documentary Assoc: $935K across 8 grants, latest 2024 Perspective Media Initiatives Inc → American University: $828K across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Better Angels Society Inc → Wgbh Educational Foundation: $808K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Alfred P Sloan Foundation → Afterimage Public Media: $500K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Entertainment 2 Affect Change → Believe Limited: $323K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Video Veracity Inc → Risk Master Lp: $294K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Jonathan Logan Family Foundation → Center for Independent Documentary: $290K across 8 grants, latest 2024 Chicken & Egg Pictures Inc → Center for Independent Documentary Inc: $188K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Catapult Film Fund → International Documentary Fdn: $160K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Utah Film Center → Ready Or Not LLC: $1.6M across 3 grants, latest 2023 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → International Documentary Association Inc: $1.4M across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → The Center for Independent Documentary Inc: $875K across 12 grants, latest 2024 The Better Angels Society Inc → Wnet: $650K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Perspective Media Initiatives Inc → Working Films: $510K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Alfred P Sloan Foundation → Women Make Movies Inc: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Redford Center Inc → Green New Deal Documentary LLC: $427K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Jonathan Logan Family Foundation → Women Make Movies: $270K across 10 grants, latest 2024 Entertainment 2 Affect Change → Wanderlust Productions LLC: $240K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Video Veracity Inc → Commuted Film LLC: $201K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Chicken & Egg Pictures Inc → Walking Iris Media: $185K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Catapult Film Fund → Women Make Movies: $155K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Utah Film Center → A Real Love Production LLC: $1.2M across 3 grants, latest 2023 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Southern Documentary Fund: $1.2M across 5 grants, latest 2023 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Sundance Institute: $1.2M across 2 grants, latest 2023 Utah Film Center → Sea Change Films LLC: $1.1M across 3 grants, latest 2023 Utah Film Center → Good Clean Fun LLC: $944K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Utah Film Center → Interloper Films Inc: $916K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Utah Film Center → Breaking Chains LLC: $846K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Utah Film Center → Gaucho Gaucho Productions LLC: $762K across 2 grants, latest 2023 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Massachusetts Institute of Technology: $750K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Utah Film Center → Dinky Pictures LLC: $707K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Utah Film Center → Another Body Ltd: $686K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Ford Foundation → East African Documentary Film Fund: $675K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Utah Film Center → Psf C19 LLC: $671K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Utah Film Center → Mensch Pix LLC: $663K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Utah Film Center → The Kelly Slater Project Pty Ltd Songbird Studios: $627K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Ford Foundation → Stichting Idfa Fonds: $600K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Utah Film Center → Cookie Queen: $565K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Utah Film Center → The Night Disco Died LLC: $564K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Ford Foundation → Rockwood Leadership Institute: $510K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Ford Foundation → Cnex Foundation Limited: $510K across 3 grants, latest 2024 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Nanfu Wang: $500K across 4 grants, latest 2023 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Lantigua Williams & Co Inc: $500K across 2 grants, latest 2021 Utah Film Center → Harvest Film LLC: $473K across 3 grants, latest 2023 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → American Documentary Inc: $440K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Utah Film Center → Faith Film LLC: $435K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Utah Film Center → The River Project Inc Songbird Studios: $432K across 1 grant, latest 2023 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Wgbh Educational Foundation: $400K across 2 grants, latest 2021 Alfred P Sloan Foundation → Family Pictures Institute for Inclusive Storytelling: $400K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Better Angels Society Inc: $40M on this topic. Open the funder. The Better Angels Society Inc $40M Utah Film Center: $18M on this topic. Open the funder. Utah Film Center $18M John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated): $12M on this topic. Open the funder. John D and Catherine T Macart… $12M Redford Center Inc: $10M on this topic. Open the funder. Redford Center Inc $10M The Ford Foundation: $5.6M on this topic. Open the funder. The Ford Foundation $5.6M Alfred P Sloan Foundation: $4.4M on this topic. Open the funder. Alfred P Sloan Foundation $4.4M Perspective Media Initiatives Inc: $2.4M on this topic. Open the funder. Perspective Media Initiatives… $2.4M Jonathan Logan Family Foundation: $1.8M on this topic. Open the funder. Jonathan Logan Family Foundat… $1.8M Chicken & Egg Pictures Inc: $1.5M on this topic. Open the funder. Chicken & Egg Pictures Inc $1.5M Video Veracity Inc: $919K on this topic. Open the funder. Video Veracity Inc $919K Entertainment 2 Affect Change: $894K on this topic. Open the funder. Entertainment 2 Affect Change $894K Catapult Film Fund: $547K on this topic. Open the funder. Catapult Film Fund $547K Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc: received $39M on this topic Greater Washington Educational… $39M Big Picture Ranch LLC: received $7.0M on this topic Big Picture Ranch LLC $7.0M Wgbh Educational Foundation: received $3.8M on this topic Wgbh Educational Foundation $3.8M International Documentary Association Inc: received $3.3M on this topic International Documentary Assoc… $3.3M Groundswell Movie LLC: received $2.6M on this topic Groundswell Movie LLC $2.6M The Othrs LLC: received $2.5M on this topic The Othrs LLC $2.5M American Documentary Inc: received $2.5M on this topic American Documentary Inc $2.5M Finch No Worries Inc: received $2.0M on this topic Finch No Worries Inc $2.0M Ready Or Not LLC: received $1.6M on this topic Ready Or Not LLC $1.6M Common Counsel Foundation: received $1.5M on this topic Common Counsel Foundation $1.5M International Documentary Association Inc: received $1.4M on this topic International Documentary Assoc… $1.4M Women Make Movies: received $1.4M on this topic Women Make Movies $1.4M Center for Independent Documentary: received $1.3M on this topic Center for Independent Document… $1.3M A Real Love Production LLC: received $1.2M on this topic A Real Love Production LLC $1.2M International Documentary Association: received $1.2M on this topic International Documentary Assoc… $1.2M Southern Documentary Fund: received $1.2M on this topic Southern Documentary Fund $1.2M Sundance Institute: received $1.2M on this topic Sundance Institute $1.2M Sea Change Films LLC: received $1.1M on this topic Sea Change Films LLC $1.1M Good Clean Fun LLC: received $944K on this topic Good Clean Fun LLC $944K International Documentary Foundation (Dba International Documentary Assoc: received $935K on this topic International Documentary Found… $935K Interloper Films Inc: received $916K on this topic Interloper Films Inc $916K The Center for Independent Documentary Inc: received $875K on this topic The Center for Independent Docu… $875K Breaking Chains LLC: received $846K on this topic Breaking Chains LLC $846K American University: received $828K on this topic American University $828K Gaucho Gaucho Productions LLC: received $762K on this topic Gaucho Gaucho Productions LLC $762K Massachusetts Institute of Technology: received $750K on this topic Massachusetts Institute of Tech… $750K Dinky Pictures LLC: received $707K on this topic Dinky Pictures LLC $707K Another Body Ltd: received $686K on this topic Another Body Ltd $686K East African Documentary Film Fund: received $675K on this topic East African Documentary Film F… $675K Psf C19 LLC: received $671K on this topic Psf C19 LLC $671K Mensch Pix LLC: received $663K on this topic Mensch Pix LLC $663K Wnet: received $650K on this topic Wnet $650K The Kelly Slater Project Pty Ltd Songbird Studios: received $627K on this topic The Kelly Slater Project Pty Lt… $627K Stichting Idfa Fonds: received $600K on this topic Stichting Idfa Fonds $600K Cookie Queen: received $565K on this topic Cookie Queen $565K The Night Disco Died LLC: received $564K on this topic The Night Disco Died LLC $564K Rockwood Leadership Institute: received $510K on this topic Rockwood Leadership Institute $510K Working Films: received $510K on this topic Working Films $510K Cnex Foundation Limited: received $510K on this topic Cnex Foundation Limited $510K Afterimage Public Media: received $500K on this topic Afterimage Public Media $500K Women Make Movies Inc: received $500K on this topic Women Make Movies Inc $500K Nanfu Wang: received $500K on this topic Nanfu Wang $500K Lantigua Williams & Co Inc: received $500K on this topic Lantigua Williams & Co Inc $500K Harvest Film LLC: received $473K on this topic Harvest Film LLC $473K American Documentary Inc: received $440K on this topic American Documentary Inc $440K Faith Film LLC: received $435K on this topic Faith Film LLC $435K The River Project Inc Songbird Studios: received $432K on this topic The River Project Inc Songbird… $432K Green New Deal Documentary LLC: received $427K on this topic Green New Deal Documentary LLC $427K Gusto Moving Pictures LLC: received $424K on this topic Gusto Moving Pictures LLC $424K Wgbh Educational Foundation: received $400K on this topic Wgbh Educational Foundation $400K Family Pictures Institute for Inclusive Storytelling: received $400K on this topic Family Pictures Institute for I… $400K Deliver Us Film LLC: received $331K on this topic Deliver Us Film LLC $331K Believe Limited: received $323K on this topic Believe Limited $323K Risk Master Lp: received $294K on this topic Risk Master Lp $294K Wanderlust Productions LLC: received $240K on this topic Wanderlust Productions LLC $240K The Ctr for Indy Documentary: received $233K on this topic The Ctr for Indy Documentary $233K Commuted Film LLC: received $201K on this topic Commuted Film LLC $201K Center for Independent Documentary Inc: received $188K on this topic Center for Independent Document… $188K Walking Iris Media: received $185K on this topic Walking Iris Media $185K International Documentary Fdn: received $160K on this topic International Documentary Fdn $160K Women Make Movies: received $155K on this topic Women Make Movies $155K 12 funders, 61 recipients, grants matching “documentaries” only. Ribbon width is proportional to the total given; each funder has its own colour (smaller funders in gray). Hover a name to isolate its flows, click a funder to open it. Drag to move around; zoom with the buttons, a double-click, or the wheel after clicking the map. Largest: $310,000 to INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FOUNDATION (DBA INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY ASSOC — for the international documentary association nonfiction access initiative to support disabled documentary filmmakers through data collection, a field survey and the design and lau…
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Largest: $74,988 to HARVEST DOCUMENTARY LLC — film and documentary funding
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Largest: $850,000 to International Documentary Association Inc — in support of the enterprise documentary fund.
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Largest: $150,000 to CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT DOCUMENTARY INC — documentary film
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Largest: $75,000 to CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT DOCUMENTARY — documentary film "the disruptors"
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Largest: $166,250 to GREEN NEW DEAL DOCUMENTARY LLC — documentary filmmaking
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Largest: $72,668 to WAR ROOM DOCUMENTARY LLC — produce documentary film.
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Largest: $11.3M to GREATER WASHINGTON EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION INC — support for production of documentary films, outreach, education
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Largest: $224,533 to AMERICAN UNIVERSITY — state of the documentary field study
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Largest: $250,000 to AFTERIMAGE PUBLIC MEDIA — to support the post-production of an all-archival, feature length documentary about climate change and its shift from scientific phenomenon to political battleground
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Largest: $247,500 to BELIEVE LIMITED — on the shoulders of giants - production of documentary film on rare disease patients.
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Largest: $120,000 to The Ctr for Indy Documentary — documentary support
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