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12 funders with a record of paying for “movie”
Where the money went The Film Collaborative Inc → Lilly Movie Development Compa: $4.7M across 1 grant, latest 2022 Perspective Media Initiatives Inc → Women Make Movies: $1.7M across 8 grants, latest 2023 Chicken & Egg Pictures Inc → Women Make Movies: $1.2M across 5 grants, latest 2024 Rsf Social Finance Inc → Women Make Movies Inc: $1.1M across 4 grants, latest 2024 Dorot Foundation → Women Make Movies Inc: $525K across 5 grants, latest 2024 The Leatherman Foundation → Ucsf Corporate and: $520K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Alfred P Sloan Foundation → Women Make Movies Inc: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Jonathan Logan Family Foundation → Women Make Movies: $320K across 12 grants, latest 2024 Inmaat Foundation → Women Make Movies: $284K across 21 grants, latest 2024 International Documentary Foundation Inc → Unzipped Movie LLC: $114K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Seattle Foundation → Women Make Movies: $110K across 5 grants, latest 2024 Independence Public Media of → Women Make Movies - Fiscal Sponsor for Immigrant Mothers: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Alfred P Sloan Foundation → Ohio State University: $360K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Film Collaborative Inc → Millenial Movie LLC: $332K across 1 grant, latest 2022 International Documentary Foundation Inc → Women Make Movies: $60K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Rsf Social Finance Inc → Fractured Atlas Inc: $46K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Inmaat Foundation → Women Make Movies Inc: $38K across 4 grants, latest 2023 Independence Public Media of → Women Make Movies: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Seattle Foundation → In Real Life Movies Inc: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Alfred P Sloan Foundation → The Ohio State University: $300K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Film Collaborative Inc → One of A Kind Movie LLC: $153K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Independence Public Media of → Women Make Movies - Fiscal Sponsor for Wisdom Gone Wild: $24K across 2 grants, latest 2024 International Documentary Foundation Inc → Misima Movie LLC: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Seattle Foundation → Northwest Film Forum: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Film Collaborative Inc → Throuple the Movie LLC: $132K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Independence Public Media of → Women Make Movies - Fiscal Sponsor for You Were Dead Yesterday: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Independence Public Media of → Women Make Movies - Fiscal Sponsor for Stand Up for Madinah: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Independence Public Media of → Women Make Movies - Fiscal Sponsor for Hollwood Does Abortion: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Independence Public Media of → Women Make Movies - Fiscal Sponsor for the Rabbi's Intifada: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Film Collaborative Inc → Qr Movie LLC: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Film Collaborative Inc → The Hole Truth LLC: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Film Collaborative Inc: $5.3M on this topic. Open the funder. The Film Collaborative Inc $5.3M Perspective Media Initiatives Inc: $1.7M on this topic. Open the funder. Perspective Media Initiatives… $1.7M Chicken & Egg Pictures Inc: $1.2M on this topic. Open the funder. Chicken & Egg Pictures Inc $1.2M Alfred P Sloan Foundation: $1.2M on this topic. Open the funder. Alfred P Sloan Foundation $1.2M Rsf Social Finance Inc: $1.1M on this topic. Open the funder. Rsf Social Finance Inc $1.1M Dorot Foundation: $525K on this topic. Open the funder. Dorot Foundation $525K The Leatherman Foundation: $520K on this topic. Open the funder. The Leatherman Foundation $520K Inmaat Foundation: $322K on this topic. Open the funder. Inmaat Foundation $322K Jonathan Logan Family Foundation: $320K on this topic. Open the funder. Jonathan Logan Family Foundat… $320K International Documentary Foundation Inc: $184K on this topic. Open the funder. International Documentary Fou… $184K Independence Public Media of: $139K on this topic. Open the funder. Independence Public Media of $139K Seattle Foundation: $135K on this topic. Open the funder. Seattle Foundation $135K Lilly Movie Development Compa: received $4.7M on this topic Lilly Movie Development Compa $4.7M Women Make Movies: received $3.7M on this topic Women Make Movies $3.7M Women Make Movies Inc: received $2.1M on this topic Women Make Movies Inc $2.1M Ucsf Corporate and: received $520K on this topic Ucsf Corporate and $520K Ohio State University: received $360K on this topic Ohio State University $360K Millenial Movie LLC: received $332K on this topic Millenial Movie LLC $332K The Ohio State University: received $300K on this topic The Ohio State University $300K One of A Kind Movie LLC: received $153K on this topic One of A Kind Movie LLC $153K Throuple the Movie LLC: received $132K on this topic Throuple the Movie LLC $132K Unzipped Movie LLC: received $114K on this topic Unzipped Movie LLC $114K Fractured Atlas Inc: received $46K on this topic Fractured Atlas Inc $46K Women Make Movies - Fiscal Sponsor for Immigrant Mothers: received $25K on this topic Women Make Movies - Fiscal Spon… $25K Women Make Movies - Fiscal Sponsor for Wisdom Gone Wild: received $24K on this topic Women Make Movies - Fiscal Spon… $24K In Real Life Movies Inc: received $20K on this topic In Real Life Movies Inc $20K Women Make Movies - Fiscal Sponsor for You Were Dead Yesterday: received $20K on this topic Women Make Movies - Fiscal Spon… $20K Women Make Movies - Fiscal Sponsor for Stand Up for Madinah: received $20K on this topic Women Make Movies - Fiscal Spon… $20K Women Make Movies - Fiscal Sponsor for Hollwood Does Abortion: received $15K on this topic Women Make Movies - Fiscal Spon… $15K Misima Movie LLC: received $10K on this topic Misima Movie LLC $10K Women Make Movies - Fiscal Sponsor for the Rabbi's Intifada: received $10K on this topic Women Make Movies - Fiscal Spon… $10K Qr Movie LLC: received $6K on this topic Qr Movie LLC $6K The Hole Truth LLC: received $6K on this topic The Hole Truth LLC $6K Northwest Film Forum: received $5K on this topic Northwest Film Forum $5K 12 funders, 22 recipients, grants matching “movie” 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: $25,000 to WOMEN MAKE MOVIES — on the divide
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Largest: $50,000 to WOMEN MAKE MOVIES — documentary film "the gender project"
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Largest: $830,000 to WOMEN MAKE MOVIES — 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);…
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Largest: $25,000 to WOMEN MAKE MOVIES — to support film, and breathe
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Largest: $4.7M to Lilly Movie Development Compa — lilly movie project
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Largest: $400,000 to WOMEN MAKE MOVIES INC — for index: trace, a film by cynthia madansky
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Largest: $50,000 to WOMEN MAKE MOVIES — in support of impact campaign for "exposure" film.
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Largest: $471,500 to WOMEN MAKE MOVIES — documentary film
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Largest: $175,000 to WOMEN MAKE MOVIES INC — multitude films
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Largest: $500,000 to WOMEN MAKE MOVIES INC — to support the production of a feature length documentary called love + tech, about the increasing impact of technology on our romantic lives
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Largest: $130,000 to UCSF CORPORATE AND — smoke free movies project
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Largest: $60,528 to UNZIPPED MOVIE LLC — fiscal sponsorship
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