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12 funders with a record of paying for “pictures”
Where the money went Silicon Valley Community Foundation → Chicken & Egg Pictures Inc: $5.9M across 3 grants, latest 2024 The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation → Big Picture Company Inc: $4.5M across 9 grants, latest 2024 Donors Trust Inc → Moving Picture Institute: $4.1M across 7 grants, latest 2024 The Old Oak Foundation → Motion Picture Television Fund: $951K across 6 grants, latest 2024 The Film Collaborative Inc → Complexity Pictures LLC: $757K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Utah Film Center → Dinky Pictures LLC: $707K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Berlanti Family Foundation → Motion Picture and Television Fund: $680K across 11 grants, latest 2025 Independence Public Media of → Big Picture Alliance: $430K across 6 grants, latest 2024 Charles V Roven Family Foundation → Academy Museum of Motion Pictures: $375K across 3 grants, latest 2024 International Documentary Foundation Inc → Ubantu Motion Pictures: $366K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Ford Foundation → Aubin Pictures Inc: $200K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Helen and Jose Colton Foundation → Academy Foundation (Academy Museum of Motion Pictures): $43K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Silicon Valley Community Foundation → Aubin Pictures Inc: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Utah Film Center → Chain Camera Pictures (Med): $285K across 1 grant, latest 2021 The Ford Foundation → Quiet Pictures LLC: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2024 International Documentary Foundation Inc → Far Between Pictures LLC: $140K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Charles V Roven Family Foundation → Academy Museum of Motion Pictures: $125K across 1 grant, latest 2021 The Film Collaborative Inc → Automat Pictures: $107K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Independence Public Media of → Big Picture Alliance - Fiscal Sponsor for Philly Youth Media Collaborative: $60K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Old Oak Foundation → Academy Museum Foundation: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Berlanti Family Foundation → Safe Space Pictures Foundation: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Ford Foundation → Family Pictures Institute for Inclusive Storytelling Inc: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Utah Film Center → Raucous Pictures: $117K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Silicon Valley Community Foundation → Mirabel Pictures: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Charles V Roven Family Foundation → Mptf Motion Picture & Television Fund: $74K across 3 grants, latest 2024 International Documentary Foundation Inc → Kweighbaye Kotee Starlit Pictures LLC: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Film Collaborative Inc → Helix Pictures LLC: $48K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Independence Public Media of → Big Picture Alliance - Fiscal Sponsor for Tonight We Eat Flowers: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → Specific Pictures LLC: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Ford Foundation → Africa Uncensored Limited: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Ford Foundation → All Is Well Pictures LLC: $80K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Silicon Valley Community Foundation → Moving Picture Institute: $78K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Ford Foundation → Milwaukee Film Inc: $53K across 1 grant, latest 2022 International Documentary Foundation Inc → The River Picture LLC: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Film Collaborative Inc → On Assignment Pictures LLC: $47K across 1 grant, latest 2022 International Documentary Foundation Inc → 2728 Pictures LLC: $40K across 1 grant, latest 2023 International Documentary Foundation Inc → 2728 Pictures: $34K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Charles V Roven Family Foundation → Motion Picture & Television Fund: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Utah Film Center → Gravel Pit Pictures Inc: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Film Collaborative Inc → Freehold Pictures LLC: $18K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Film Collaborative Inc → Looky Looky Pictures: $16K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Silicon Valley Community Foundation → Open Eye Pictures: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2023 International Documentary Foundation Inc → Chain Camera Pictures: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2021 International Documentary Foundation Inc → Rallycap Pictures LLC: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023 International Documentary Foundation Inc → Georgie Girl Pictures: $9K across 1 grant, latest 2023 International Documentary Foundation Inc → Tini House Pictures: $9K across 1 grant, latest 2023 International Documentary Foundation Inc → Rally Cap Pictures LLC: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Independence Public Media of → Big Picture Alliance - Fiscal Sponsor for Queer Memoirs: $7K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Film Collaborative Inc → Magenta Pictures LLC: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Silicon Valley Community Foundation: $6.6M on this topic. Open the funder. Silicon Valley Community Foun… $6.6M The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation: $4.5M on this topic. Open the funder. The William & Flora Hewlett F… $4.5M Donors Trust Inc: $4.1M on this topic. Open the funder. Donors Trust Inc $4.1M Utah Film Center: $1.1M on this topic. Open the funder. Utah Film Center $1.1M The Old Oak Foundation: $1.0M on this topic. Open the funder. The Old Oak Foundation $1.0M The Film Collaborative Inc: $999K on this topic. Open the funder. The Film Collaborative Inc $999K The Ford Foundation: $933K on this topic. Open the funder. The Ford Foundation $933K International Documentary Foundation Inc: $726K on this topic. Open the funder. International Documentary Fou… $726K Berlanti Family Foundation: $710K on this topic. Open the funder. Berlanti Family Foundation $710K Charles V Roven Family Foundation: $594K on this topic. Open the funder. Charles V Roven Family Founda… $594K Independence Public Media of: $507K on this topic. Open the funder. Independence Public Media of $507K The Helen and Jose Colton Foundation: $43K on this topic. Open the funder. The Helen and Jose Colton Fou… $43K Chicken & Egg Pictures Inc: received $5.9M on this topic Chicken & Egg Pictures Inc $5.9M Big Picture Company Inc: received $4.5M on this topic Big Picture Company Inc $4.5M Moving Picture Institute: received $4.1M on this topic Moving Picture Institute $4.1M Motion Picture Television Fund: received $951K on this topic Motion Picture Television Fund $951K Complexity Pictures LLC: received $757K on this topic Complexity Pictures LLC $757K Dinky Pictures LLC: received $707K on this topic Dinky Pictures LLC $707K Motion Picture and Television Fund: received $680K on this topic Motion Picture and Television F… $680K Aubin Pictures Inc: received $500K on this topic Aubin Pictures Inc $500K Big Picture Alliance: received $430K on this topic Big Picture Alliance $430K Academy Museum of Motion Pictures: received $375K on this topic Academy Museum of Motion Pictur… $375K Ubantu Motion Pictures: received $366K on this topic Ubantu Motion Pictures $366K Chain Camera Pictures (Med): received $285K on this topic Chain Camera Pictures (Med) $285K Aubin Pictures Inc: received $200K on this topic Aubin Pictures Inc $200K Quiet Pictures LLC: received $200K on this topic Quiet Pictures LLC $200K Family Pictures Institute for Inclusive Storytelling Inc: received $150K on this topic Family Pictures Institute for I… $150K Specific Pictures LLC: received $150K on this topic Specific Pictures LLC $150K Far Between Pictures LLC: received $140K on this topic Far Between Pictures LLC $140K Academy Museum of Motion Pictures: received $125K on this topic Academy Museum of Motion Pictur… $125K Raucous Pictures: received $117K on this topic Raucous Pictures $117K Automat Pictures: received $107K on this topic Automat Pictures $107K Mirabel Pictures: received $100K on this topic Mirabel Pictures $100K Africa Uncensored Limited: received $100K on this topic Africa Uncensored Limited $100K All Is Well Pictures LLC: received $80K on this topic All Is Well Pictures LLC $80K Mptf Motion Picture & Television Fund: received $74K on this topic Mptf Motion Picture & Televisio… $74K Big Picture Alliance - Fiscal Sponsor for Philly Youth Media Collaborative: received $60K on this topic Big Picture Alliance - Fiscal S… $60K Milwaukee Film Inc: received $53K on this topic Milwaukee Film Inc $53K Academy Museum Foundation: received $50K on this topic Academy Museum Foundation $50K Kweighbaye Kotee Starlit Pictures LLC: received $50K on this topic Kweighbaye Kotee Starlit Pictur… $50K The River Picture LLC: received $50K on this topic The River Picture LLC $50K Helix Pictures LLC: received $48K on this topic Helix Pictures LLC $48K On Assignment Pictures LLC: received $47K on this topic On Assignment Pictures LLC $47K Academy Foundation (Academy Museum of Motion Pictures): received $43K on this topic Academy Foundation (Academy Mus… $43K 2728 Pictures LLC: received $40K on this topic 2728 Pictures LLC $40K 2728 Pictures: received $34K on this topic 2728 Pictures $34K Safe Space Pictures Foundation: received $30K on this topic Safe Space Pictures Foundation $30K Motion Picture & Television Fund: received $20K on this topic Motion Picture & Television Fund $20K Gravel Pit Pictures Inc: received $20K on this topic Gravel Pit Pictures Inc $20K Freehold Pictures LLC: received $18K on this topic Freehold Pictures LLC $18K Looky Looky Pictures: received $16K on this topic Looky Looky Pictures $16K Open Eye Pictures: received $15K on this topic Open Eye Pictures $15K Chain Camera Pictures: received $10K on this topic Chain Camera Pictures $10K Rallycap Pictures LLC: received $10K on this topic Rallycap Pictures LLC $10K Big Picture Alliance - Fiscal Sponsor for Tonight We Eat Flowers: received $10K on this topic Big Picture Alliance - Fiscal S… $10K Georgie Girl Pictures: received $9K on this topic Georgie Girl Pictures $9K Tini House Pictures: received $9K on this topic Tini House Pictures $9K Rally Cap Pictures LLC: received $8K on this topic Rally Cap Pictures LLC $8K Big Picture Alliance - Fiscal Sponsor for Queer Memoirs: received $7K on this topic Big Picture Alliance - Fiscal S… $7K Magenta Pictures LLC: received $6K on this topic Magenta Pictures LLC $6K 12 funders, 48 recipients, grants matching “pictures” 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: $1.2M to BIG PICTURE COMPANY INC — for support of a national education fellowship initiative
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Largest: $150,000 to MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION FUND — strike relief programs
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Largest: $250,000 to MOTION PICTURE TELEVISION FUND — motion picture charitable fund
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Largest: $366,275 to UBANTU MOTION PICTURES — fiscal sponsorship
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Largest: $150,000 to BIG PICTURE ALLIANCE — to support the general operations of big picture alliance, which works to empower philadelphia youth to define their own narrative through filmmaking & digital media arts.
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Largest: $200,000 to QUIET PICTURES LLC — for production of the documentary film"latinos '24 and related outreach to explore the latino electorate through immersive content focusing on issues such as reproductive rights, c…
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Largest: $5.2M to Chicken & Egg Pictures Inc — arts & culture
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Largest: $1.6M to Moving Picture Institute — for general operations
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Largest: $486,663 to DINKY PICTURES LLC — film and documentary funding
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Largest: $107,366 to Automat Pictures — automat pictures project
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Largest: $125,000 to Academy Museum of Motion Pictures — general fund project
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Largest: $13,000 to ACADEMY FOUNDATION (ACADEMY MUSEUM OF MOTION PICTURES) — research in history, arts and techniques of the motion picture industry
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