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Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.
12 funders with a record of paying for “movie”
Where the money went
Largest: $25,000 to WOMEN MAKE MOVIES — on the divide
Largest: $50,000 to WOMEN MAKE MOVIES — documentary film "the gender project"
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);…
Largest: $25,000 to WOMEN MAKE MOVIES — to support film, and breathe
The Film CollaborativeLos Angeles, CACharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $5.3M · through 2022Largest: $4.7M to Lilly Movie Development Compa — lilly movie project
Rsf Social FinanceSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2024Largest: $400,000 to WOMEN MAKE MOVIES INC — for index: trace, a film by cynthia madansky
Seattle FoundationSeattle, WACharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $135,000 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to WOMEN MAKE MOVIES — in support of impact campaign for "exposure" film.
Chicken & Egg PicturesBrooklyn, NYCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $1.2M · through 2024Largest: $471,500 to WOMEN MAKE MOVIES — documentary film
Largest: $175,000 to WOMEN MAKE MOVIES INC — multitude films
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
Largest: $130,000 to UCSF CORPORATE AND — smoke free movies project
International Documentary FoundationLos Angeles, CACharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $183,659 · through 2023Largest: $60,528 to UNZIPPED MOVIE LLC — fiscal sponsorship
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →