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12 funders with a record of paying for “videos”
Where the money went John S and James L Knight Foundation → The Miami Foundation: $2.2M across 4 grants, latest 2024 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Bay Area Video Coalition Inc: $975K across 4 grants, latest 2023 Alfred P Sloan Foundation → National Public Radio Inc: $975K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Independence Public Media of → Scribe Video Center: $935K across 9 grants, latest 2024 Donors Trust Inc → Emergent Order Foundation: $525K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Chicago Community Trust → Chicago Video Project: $350K across 4 grants, latest 2023 Silicon Valley Community Foundation → Video Veracity Inc: $288K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Abraham J and Phyllis Katz Foundation → Parker Kenneth: $216K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Southern Colorado Educational → Colorado Springs School District 11: $71K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Mediathe Foundation Inc → Issue Project Room: $60K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Jerome Foundation Inc → Alexander Bijan Zandi: $55K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Allied Media Projects Inc → Genre Urban Arts LLC: $40K across 2 grants, latest 2022 John S and James L Knight Foundation → Greater Miami Jewish Federation: $1.0M across 2 grants, latest 2023 Alfred P Sloan Foundation → Science Friday Initiative Inc: $751K across 3 grants, latest 2024 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Griot Studios Limited: $700K across 4 grants, latest 2023 Silicon Valley Community Foundation → Verse Video Education Inc: $250K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Chicago Community Trust → Open Center for the Arts: $180K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Abraham J and Phyllis Katz Foundation → Parker Kenneth: $179K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Donors Trust Inc → Prager University Foundation: $150K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Independence Public Media of → The Welcome Project Pa: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Southern Colorado Educational → University of Colorado Colorado Springs: $71K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Jerome Foundation Inc → Eunice Lau: $40K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Allied Media Projects Inc → Soulardarity: $34K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Mediathe Foundation Inc → Harvest Works Inc: $30K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Alfred P Sloan Foundation → Pioneer Works: $750K across 3 grants, latest 2024 John S and James L Knight Foundation → The Video Consortium Inc: $700K across 2 grants, latest 2024 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Mary Reid Kelley: $250K across 2 grants, latest 2021 Silicon Valley Community Foundation → Bay Area Video Coalition Inc: $225K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Chicago Community Trust → Garfield Park Community Council: $170K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Southern Colorado Educational → Cheyenne Mountain School District 12: $71K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Abraham J and Phyllis Katz Foundation → Willard Cameron: $62K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Independence Public Media of → The Scribe Video Center Inc: $45K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Allied Media Projects Inc → We Want Green Too: $34K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Jerome Foundation Inc → Sarah Friedland: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Mediathe Foundation Inc → Coaxial Arts Foundation: $20K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Donors Trust Inc → Stratford Hall: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024 John S and James L Knight Foundation → Public Art Saint Paul: $300K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Alfred P Sloan Foundation → International Documentary Association: $250K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Alfred P Sloan Foundation → Aspiration: $246K across 1 grant, latest 2024 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → The Video Consortium Inc: $200K across 2 grants, latest 2023 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Bay Area Video Coalition Inc: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Chicago Community Trust → Endeleo Institute Inc: $167K across 1 grant, latest 2022 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → The Video Consortium Inc: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Alfred P Sloan Foundation → Verse Video Education Inc: $126K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Chicago Community Trust → Strategy for Access Foundation Nfp: $100K across 2 grants, latest 2021 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → New Orleans Film and Video Society Inc: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2024 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → New Orleans Film and Video Society Inc: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2023 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Edumundo 360 Sa De Cv: $100K across 2 grants, latest 2021 Southern Colorado Educational → Pikes Peak State College: $71K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Southern Colorado Educational → Colorado School for the Deaf & Blind: $71K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Southern Colorado Educational → Pikes Peak Library District: $71K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Southern Colorado Educational → School District 49: $71K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Southern Colorado Educational → Academy School District 20: $61K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Silicon Valley Community Foundation → The Scribe Video Center Inc: $61K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Silicon Valley Community Foundation → Video Volunteers: $58K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Abraham J and Phyllis Katz Foundation → Guth Harry John: $54K across 2 grants, latest 2024 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Tricom Productions Limited: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Southern Colorado Educational → Harrison School District #2: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2025 The Chicago Community Trust → Oceti Wakan-Sacred Fireplace: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2021 Abraham J and Phyllis Katz Foundation → Mckenna Ryan: $43K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Independence Public Media of → Photography Without Borders: $40K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Abraham J and Phyllis Katz Foundation → Guth Harry John: $39K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Jerome Foundation Inc → Serena Hodges: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Independence Public Media of → Scribe Video Center - Fiscal Sponsor for Lanterns: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2024 John S and James L Knight Foundation: $4.2M on this topic. Open the funder. John S and James L Knight Fou… $4.2M Alfred P Sloan Foundation: $3.1M on this topic. Open the funder. Alfred P Sloan Foundation $3.1M John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated): $2.8M on this topic. Open the funder. John D and Catherine T Macart… $2.8M Independence Public Media of: $1.1M on this topic. Open the funder. Independence Public Media of $1.1M The Chicago Community Trust: $1.0M on this topic. Open the funder. The Chicago Community Trust $1.0M Silicon Valley Community Foundation: $882K on this topic. Open the funder. Silicon Valley Community Foun… $882K Donors Trust Inc: $685K on this topic. Open the funder. Donors Trust Inc $685K Southern Colorado Educational: $608K on this topic. Open the funder. Southern Colorado Educational $608K Abraham J and Phyllis Katz Foundation: $592K on this topic. Open the funder. Abraham J and Phyllis Katz Fo… $592K Jerome Foundation Inc: $155K on this topic. Open the funder. Jerome Foundation Inc $155K Mediathe Foundation Inc: $110K on this topic. Open the funder. Mediathe Foundation Inc $110K Allied Media Projects Inc: $107K on this topic. Open the funder. Allied Media Projects Inc $107K The Miami Foundation: received $2.2M on this topic The Miami Foundation $2.2M Bay Area Video Coalition Inc: received $1.2M on this topic Bay Area Video Coalition Inc $1.2M Greater Miami Jewish Federation: received $1.0M on this topic Greater Miami Jewish Federation $1.0M National Public Radio Inc: received $975K on this topic National Public Radio Inc $975K Scribe Video Center: received $935K on this topic Scribe Video Center $935K The Video Consortium Inc: received $850K on this topic The Video Consortium Inc $850K Science Friday Initiative Inc: received $751K on this topic Science Friday Initiative Inc $751K Pioneer Works: received $750K on this topic Pioneer Works $750K Griot Studios Limited: received $700K on this topic Griot Studios Limited $700K Emergent Order Foundation: received $525K on this topic Emergent Order Foundation $525K Chicago Video Project: received $350K on this topic Chicago Video Project $350K Public Art Saint Paul: received $300K on this topic Public Art Saint Paul $300K Video Veracity Inc: received $288K on this topic Video Veracity Inc $288K Verse Video Education Inc: received $250K on this topic Verse Video Education Inc $250K Mary Reid Kelley: received $250K on this topic Mary Reid Kelley $250K International Documentary Association: received $250K on this topic International Documentary Assoc… $250K Aspiration: received $246K on this topic Aspiration $246K Parker Kenneth: received $216K on this topic Parker Kenneth $216K The Video Consortium Inc: received $200K on this topic The Video Consortium Inc $200K Bay Area Video Coalition Inc: received $200K on this topic Bay Area Video Coalition Inc $200K Open Center for the Arts: received $180K on this topic Open Center for the Arts $180K Parker Kenneth: received $179K on this topic Parker Kenneth $179K Garfield Park Community Council: received $170K on this topic Garfield Park Community Council $170K Endeleo Institute Inc: received $167K on this topic Endeleo Institute Inc $167K Prager University Foundation: received $150K on this topic Prager University Foundation $150K Verse Video Education Inc: received $126K on this topic Verse Video Education Inc $126K The Welcome Project Pa: received $100K on this topic The Welcome Project Pa $100K Strategy for Access Foundation Nfp: received $100K on this topic Strategy for Access Foundation… $100K New Orleans Film and Video Society Inc: received $100K on this topic New Orleans Film and Video Soci… $100K New Orleans Film and Video Society Inc: received $100K on this topic New Orleans Film and Video Soci… $100K Edumundo 360 Sa De Cv: received $100K on this topic Edumundo 360 Sa De Cv $100K Colorado Springs School District 11: received $71K on this topic Colorado Springs School Distric… $71K University of Colorado Colorado Springs: received $71K on this topic University of Colorado Colorado… $71K Cheyenne Mountain School District 12: received $71K on this topic Cheyenne Mountain School Distri… $71K Pikes Peak State College: received $71K on this topic Pikes Peak State College $71K Colorado School for the Deaf & Blind: received $71K on this topic Colorado School for the Deaf &… $71K Pikes Peak Library District: received $71K on this topic Pikes Peak Library District $71K School District 49: received $71K on this topic School District 49 $71K Willard Cameron: received $62K on this topic Willard Cameron $62K Academy School District 20: received $61K on this topic Academy School District 20 $61K The Scribe Video Center Inc: received $61K on this topic The Scribe Video Center Inc $61K Issue Project Room: received $60K on this topic Issue Project Room $60K Video Volunteers: received $58K on this topic Video Volunteers $58K Alexander Bijan Zandi: received $55K on this topic Alexander Bijan Zandi $55K Guth Harry John: received $54K on this topic Guth Harry John $54K Tricom Productions Limited: received $50K on this topic Tricom Productions Limited $50K Harrison School District #2: received $50K on this topic Harrison School District #2 $50K Oceti Wakan-Sacred Fireplace: received $50K on this topic Oceti Wakan-Sacred Fireplace $50K The Scribe Video Center Inc: received $45K on this topic The Scribe Video Center Inc $45K Mckenna Ryan: received $43K on this topic Mckenna Ryan $43K Eunice Lau: received $40K on this topic Eunice Lau $40K Photography Without Borders: received $40K on this topic Photography Without Borders $40K Genre Urban Arts LLC: received $40K on this topic Genre Urban Arts LLC $40K Guth Harry John: received $39K on this topic Guth Harry John $39K Soulardarity: received $34K on this topic Soulardarity $34K We Want Green Too: received $34K on this topic We Want Green Too $34K Harvest Works Inc: received $30K on this topic Harvest Works Inc $30K Sarah Friedland: received $30K on this topic Sarah Friedland $30K Serena Hodges: received $30K on this topic Serena Hodges $30K Scribe Video Center - Fiscal Sponsor for Lanterns: received $30K on this topic Scribe Video Center - Fiscal Sp… $30K Coaxial Arts Foundation: received $20K on this topic Coaxial Arts Foundation $20K Stratford Hall: received $10K on this topic Stratford Hall $10K 12 funders, 62 recipients, grants matching “videos” 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 Alexander Bijan Zandi — support for two-year jerome hill artist fellowship (film, video and digital production)
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Largest: $700,000 to SCRIBE VIDEO CENTER — for continued general operating support.
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Largest: $40,000 to University of Colorado Colorado Springs — education-video technology
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Largest: $250,000 to Bay Area Video Coalition Inc — in support of the mediamaker fellowship program
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Largest: $246,234 to ASPIRATION — to investigate ai chatbots for accuracy and bias and disseminate the results via videos on youtube and tiktok, while developing a network of online video practitioners
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Largest: $108,000 to Parker Kenneth — project: luthier tutorial video series/content development, presentation
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Largest: $650,000 to THE VIDEO CONSORTIUM INC — to launch templatized local nonfiction video hubs, a professionalized events arm, and scalable digital tools to solidify video as a more durable future component of local journalis…
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Largest: $15,000 to ISSUE PROJECT ROOM — support presenter of new music and video
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Largest: $275,000 to Emergent Order Foundation — for goodkid video projects
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Largest: $25,000 to Oceti Wakan-Sacred Fireplace — support for: - developing a video to introduce the program curriculum to participants - developing videos that go into detail on the workbook curriculum life skills for the young n…
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Largest: $250,000 to Verse Video Education Inc — arts & culture
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Largest: $16,750 to WE WANT GREEN TOO — a. work directly with mejc and other energy democracy partners to develop and share an energy democracy narrative b. attend three core meetings about energy justice and democracy c…
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