Perspective Media Initiatives Inc | Foundation Profile

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EIN: 87-4236519

Foundation Overview

Based in New York, NY, Perspective Media Initiatives Inc has awarded 317 grants totaling $39,071,068 to organizations in Massachusetts, California and 15 other states, plus international recipients. Individual grants range from $5,000 to $830,000, with a median award of $75,000.

Latest Tax Year
2023
Total Giving (all years)
$39,071,068
Total Assets
$21,118,322
Median Grant (all grants)
$75,000

Latest Form 990-PF Snapshot

Total Grants
92
Median Grant
$57,500
% Median Grant Decline
-29% (vs previous year)
Data extracted from IRS Form 990-PF filings. Last filing year: February 2026

Foundation Intelligence

Advanced analytics and strategic insights to help nonprofit organizations assess grant opportunities and optimize their application strategies

New Applicant Friendliness
Closed Network: 10%

9 of 92 recipients (10%) were new grantees. Foundation maintains tight relationships with established partners. New applicants rarely succeed without insider connections.

Geographic Focus
New York

Grants are geographically diversified with 32% in New York and funding distributed across 19 total locations. This foundation values broad geographic impact and diverse community partnerships. Within New York, funding concentrates in New York (45%), Brooklyn (36%), Bronx (7%).

Funding Trajectory
+57%

Strong 57% growth in annual giving over 2 years indicates expanding philanthropic capacity and increasing opportunities for grant seekers. This upward trajectory suggests growing foundation resources and commitment.

Program Areas
Community Projects + 3 others

Diversified giving across multiple program areas with primary emphasis on community projects (67%). This broad approach suggests openness to various causes and innovative cross-sector solutions.

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Grants & Funding

Analyzing past grantees provides valuable insights into Perspective Media Initiatives Inc's funding preferences, organizational priorities, and grant making patterns. This historical data helps potential applicants understand the foundation's strategic focus and identify successful funding approaches.

Name Amount Location Purpose Year
Accelerate Change $250,000 Boston, MA, US Operating Support 2023
Afterimage Public Media $100,000 San Francisco, CA, US Production Support For Power And Light 2023
Allied Media Projects $110,000 Detroit, MI, US Undocumented Filmmakers Collective 2023
Allied Media Projects $150,000 Detroit, MI, US Emergence Media, Reimagine Project Support: A Legal Framework For Community-accountable Mediamaking 2023
Allied Media Projects $30,000 Detroit, MI, US Detroit Narrative Agency 2023
Allied Media Projects $20,000 Detroit, MI, US Reimagine Organizational Effectiveness 2023
Allied Media Projects $20,000 Detroit, MI, US Undocumented Filmmakers Collective Org Effectiveness Project 2023
Allied Media Projects $25,000 Detroit, MI, US General Operating Support 2023
American Documentary $65,000 Brooklyn, NY, US General Operating Support 2023
American University $224,533 Washington, DC, US State Of The Documentary Field Study 2023
American University $130,000 Washington, DC, US State Of The Documentary Field Study 2023
Austin Film Society $40,000 Austin, TX, US Impact Support Of For The Record 2023
Axs Lab $40,000 Long Island City, NY, US Axs Film Fund 2023
Bay Area Video Coalition Inc $35,000 San Francisco, CA, US Mediamaker Project Support 2023
Beirut Dccultural Association For Cinema And Audiovisual Aflamuna $50,000 Baabda, Foreign, LE General Operating Support 2023
Beirut Dccultural Association For Cinema And Audiovisual Aflamuna $15,000 Baabda, Foreign, LE Digital Capacity Building 2023
Black Lily Inc $125,000 Philadelphia, PA, US General Operating Support 2023
Black Lily Inc $20,000 Philadelphia, PA, US Org Effectiveness Strategic Planning Project 2023
Brown Girls Doc Mafia $50,000 Bronx, NY, US General Operating Support 2023
Brown Girls Doc Mafia $15,000 Bronx, NY, US 2024 Org Effectiveness Project 2023
Center For Independent Documentary $180,000 Newton, MA, US Fwd-doc Renewal 2023
Center For Independent Documentary $20,000 Newton, MA, US Fwd-doc Org Effectiveness 2023
Center For Independent Documentary $150,000 Newton, MA, US Canadaland Limited-series 2023
Center For Independent Documentary $100,000 Newton, MA, US Production Support For The Playbook 2023
Chicken & Egg Pictures $75,000 Brooklyn, NY, US General Operating Support 2023
Chicken & Egg Pictures $20,000 Brooklyn, NY, US Organizational Change Management 2023
Cinema Tropical $35,000 New York, NY, US Post-production And Impact Support For Ninxs 2023
Cinema Tropical $350,000 New York, NY, US Marketing Interventions Fund 2023
Color Farm Impact $75,000 Brooklyn, NY, US Impact Support For The Big Payback 2023
Common Counsel Foundation $190,000 Oakland, CA, US General Operating Support 2023
Common Counsel Foundation $25,000 Oakland, CA, US Org Effectiveness Project 2023
Community Partners $40,000 Los Angeles, CA, US Core Support For Justice For My Sister Project 2023
Denver Film Society $250,000 Denver, CO, US Exposure Lab's Organizational Capacity 2023
Doc Society $200,000 Brooklyn, NY, US General Operating Support 2023
Doc Society $225,000 Brooklyn, NY, US Global Impact Producers Alliance Project 2023
Documental Ambulante Ac $50,000 Ciudad De Mexico, Foreign, MX General Operating Support 2023
Documentary Africa $100,000 Nairobi, Foreign, KE Real Reel Impact Program 2023
Documentary Educational Resources $75,000 Watertown, MA, US Post-production And Impact Support For Election Administration Project 2023
Documentary Producers Alliance $25,000 Dover, DE, US General Operating Support 2023
Firelight Media $100,000 New York, NY, US General Operating Support 2023
Firelight Media $255,000 New York, NY, US William Greaves And Impact Campaign Funds 2023
Firelight Media $20,000 New York, NY, US Crm Licenses/training And Fund Development Strategy 2023
Floodlight $75,000 Washington, DC, US Core Support For Documentary Collaborative Project 2023
Historias En Kilometros $25,000 Bogota, Foreign, CO Community Film Training And Production Program In Colombia And Kenya 2023
If Not Us Then Who $60,000 Venice, CA, US General Operating Support 2023
Independent Feature Project $75,000 Brooklyn, NY, US Impact Support For Anonymous Sister 2023
International Documentary Association $20,000 Los Angeles, CA, US Strategic Planning Project 2023
Just Vision Inc $125,000 Washington, DC, US Development And Production Support For Untitled Albany Project 2023
Level Ground $100,000 Los Angeles, CA, US Impact Support For Union 2023
Liblab Llc $45,000 Philadelphia, PA, US 2023 - 2025 Inf Convening Series 2023
Native American Journalists Association $100,000 Norman, OK, US Impact Support For Bad Press 2023
New Orleans Film Society $75,000 New Orleans, LA, US General Operating Support 2023
New Orleans Film Society $20,000 New Orleans, LA, US Organizational Effectiveness Support 2023
Peace Is Loud Inc $100,000 New York, NY, US Operating Support 2023
Peace Is Loud $85,000 New York, NY, US General Operating Support 2023
Peace Is Loud $55,000 New York, NY, US Collective Lens Dissemination 2023
Peace Is Loud $20,000 New York, NY, US Crm Support Organizational Effectiveness Project 2023
Points North Institute $25,000 Camden, ME, US General Operating Support 2023
Potential Energy Coalition Inc $500,000 New York, NY, US General Operating Support 2023
Represent Justice $250,000 Los Angeles, CA, US Operating Support ($100,000); Capacity Building ($150,000) 2023
Represent Justice $20,000 Los Angeles, CA, US Org Effectiveness For Website Development Project 2023
Represent Justice $250,000 Los Angeles, CA, US Core Support For Storytelling Programs 2023
Sisters In Cinema $40,000 Chicago, IL, US General Operating Support 2023
Southern Documentary Fund $30,000 Durham, NC, US General Operating Support 2023
Story Money Impact $35,000 Vancouver, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CA General Operating Support 2023
Taturana $85,000 Sao Paulo, Foreign, BR General Operating Support 2023
Taturana $50,000 Sao Paulo, Foreign, BR Iii Latin American Forum On Film And Social Impact - Colombia Edition 2023
Taturana $20,000 Sao Paulo, Foreign, BR Org Effectiveness Project For Succession Planning And Diversity Policy 2023
The Center For Investigative Reporting $100,000 Emeryville, CA, US Impact Campaign Support For Victim-suspect Documentary 2023
The Film Collaborative $40,000 Los Angeles, CA, US Impact Support For Queendom 2023
The Film Collaborative $50,000 Los Angeles, CA, US Production Support For Disclosure Follow-up Project 2023
The Film Collaborative $100,000 Los Angeles, CA, US Post-production And Impact Support For Fault Lines 2023
The Film Collaborative $40,000 Los Angeles, CA, US Dc/dox Engagement And Accountability Projects 2023
The Redford Center $50,000 San Francisco, CA, US Post-production And Impact Support For Let No One Lose Heart 2023
The Scribe Video Center Inc $10,000 Philadelphia, PA, US Impact Support For The Command Center To Bring Women Home 2023
Uniondocs $53,000 Brooklyn, NY, US Project Support For Sunshine Cinema 2023
Uniondocs $16,282 Brooklyn, NY, US Sunshine Cinema Org Effectiveness 2024 2023
Video Veracity $75,000 New Orleans, LA, US Impact Support For Commuted 2023
Video Veracity $75,000 New Orleans, LA, US Production And Impact Support For Unlearned 2023
Walking Iris $35,000 San Francisco, CA, US Dhaka Doclab Impact Project 2023
Walking Iris $20,000 San Francisco, CA, US Empowering A-doc: Strategic Planning And Organizational Transformation 2023
Women Make Movies $75,000 New York, NY, US Production And Impact Support For Counted 2023
Women Make Movies $25,000 New York, NY, US Multitude Films: 2024 Org Effectiveness 2023
Women Make Movies $215,000 New York, NY, US Multitude Films General Operating Support 2023
Women Make Movies $50,000 New York, NY, US Impact Support For Razing Liberty Square 2023
Women Make Movies $100,000 New York, NY, US Post-production And Impact Support For Life After 2023
Women Make Movies $65,000 New York, NY, US Impact Support For Love Apptually 2023
Working Films $200,000 Wilmington, NC, US General Operating Support 2023
Working Films $120,000 Wilmington, NC, US Impact Kickstart 2024 2023
Working Films $20,000 Wilmington, NC, US Org Effectiveness Strategic Planning & Retreats 2023
Youth Fx $100,000 Albany, NY, US General Operating Support 2023
Youth Fx $20,000 Albany, NY, US Org Effectiveness Project Supporting Organizational Growth 2023
Accelerate Change $250,000 Boston, MA, US Operating Support 2022
Afterimage Public Media $150,000 San Francisco, CA, US Production Support For Power And Light 2022
Allied Media Projects $270,000 Detroit, MI, US Undocumented Filmmakers Collective ($120,000); Emergence Media, Reimagine Project Support: A Legal Framework For Community-accountable Mediamaking ($150,000) 2022
American Cinema Editors Educational Center $50,000 Los Angeles, CA, US Core Support For Black, Indigenous, And People Of Color (Bipoc) Doc Editors Project 2022
American Documentary $86,250 Brooklyn, NY, US Operating Support ($75,000); Organizational Effectiveness ($11,250) 2022
Austin Film Society $75,000 Austin, TX, US Impact Support For Breaking The News 2022
Axs Lab $20,000 Long Island City, NY, US Axs Film Fund 2022
Bay Area Video Coalition Inc $145,000 San Francisco, CA, US Mediamaker Project Support ($40,000); Post-production And Impact Support For Home Is A Hotel ($60,000); The Independent Media Arts Group (Imag) ($45,000) 2022
Beirut Dccultural Association For Cinema And Audiovisual Aflamuna $50,000 Baabda, Foreign, LE Operating Support 2022
Big Sky Film Institute Inc $40,000 Missoula, MT, US Native Filmmaker Initiative 2022
Black Lily Inc $150,000 Philadelphia, PA, US Operating Support ($125,000); Organizational Effectiveness Chief Operating Officer Transition ($25,000) 2022
Brown Girls Doc Mafia $25,000 Bronx, NY, US Organizational Effectiveness 2022
Center For Independent Documentary $414,454 Newton, MA, US Impact Support For The Big Payback ($150,000); Impact Support For A Decent Home ($75,000); Filmmakers With Disabilities (Fwd-doc) Organizational Effectiveness Project ($7,875); Post-production And Impact Support For The Strike ($50,000); Canadaland Limited-series ($131,579) 2022
Chicken & Egg Pictures $90,000 Brooklyn, NY, US Operating Support ($75,000); Salesforce Enhancement Project ($15,000) 2022
Cinema Tropical $25,000 New York, NY, US Distribution Advocates Project 2022
Common Counsel Foundation $199,380 Oakland, CA, US Color Congress Organizational Effectiveness Project ($24,380); General Support For The Color Congress Initiative ($175,000) 2022
Community Partners $40,000 Los Angeles, CA, US Core Support For Justice For My Sister Project 2022
Denver Film Society $250,000 Denver, CO, US Exposure Lab's Organizational Capacity 2022
Doc Society $675,000 Brooklyn, NY, US Development And Production Support For The War On Chaos ($75,000); Operating Support ($550,000); Customer Relationship Management (Crm) And Grants Management System ($25,000); Gender-informed Practices Assessment (Gipa) Strategic Planning & Professional Development ($25,000) 2022
Documental Ambulante Ac $57,500 Ciudad De Mexico, Foreign, MX Operating Support ($50,000); Capacity Building ($7,500) 2022
Doca Limited $100,000 Nairobi, Foreign, KE Real Reel Impact Program 2022
Documentary Educational Resources $150,000 Watertown, MA, US Production And Post-production Support For Election Administration Project 2022
Documentary Producers Alliance $25,000 Dover, DE, US Operating Support 2022
Film Independent Inc $76,750 Los Angeles, CA, US Post-production And Impact Support For The Tuba Thieves ($26,750); Production And Impact Support For You Don't Know My Name ($50,000) 2022
Firelight Media $125,000 New York, NY, US Operating Support ($100,000); Customer Relationship Management (Crm) Phase 2 And Website Accessibility Audit ($25,000) 2022
Floodlight $75,000 Washington, DC, US Core Support For Documentary Collaborative Project 2022
Fractured Atlas $90,000 Hartsdale, NY, US Post-production Support For Remaining Native ($40,000); Impact Support For Lo Que Queda En El Camino ($50,000) 2022
Guild Of Future Architects $10,000 New York, NY, US Restoring The Future Project 2022
If Not Us Then Who $65,000 Topanga, CA, US Emerging Filmmaker Professional Development Project 2022
Independent Feature Project $75,000 Brooklyn, NY, US Impact Support For Anonymous Sister 2022
Independent Television Service Inc $25,000 San Francisco, CA, US Impact Support For Building Bridges 2022
International Documentary Association $45,000 Los Angeles, CA, US Impact Tour Support For Fruits Of Labor 2022
Just Vision Inc $75,000 Washington, DC, US Impact Support For Boycott 2022
Life Media Projects $53,500 Santa Monica, CA, US Impact Support For La Lucha 2022
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology $25,000 Cambridge, MA, US Indigenous Digital Delegation 2022
Maysles Documentary Center $35,000 New York, NY, US Operating Support 2022
Native American Journalists Association $175,000 Norman, OK, US Impact Support For Bad Press 2022
New Orleans Film And Video Festival Inc $100,000 New Orleans, LA, US Operating Support ($75,000); Organizational Effectiveness Support ($25,000) 2022
New York Foundation For The Arts $100,000 Brooklyn, NY, US Support For Full Pictures Studios Project 2022
Paso Del Norte Community Foundation $35,860 El Paso, TX, US La Frontera Film Lab 2022
Peace Is Loud $235,500 New York, NY, US Team Building Organizational Effectiveness Project ($22,500); Reprofilm Collective Lens Project Support ($138,000); Operating Support ($75,000) 2022
Points North Institute $25,000 Camden, ME, US Operating Support 2022
Rada Collaborative Inc $100,000 Brooklyn, NY, US Impact Support For Going To Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 2022
Represent Justice $185,000 Los Angeles, CA, US Operating Support ($100,000); Impact Support For Sanson And Me ($60,000); Capacity Building ($25,000) 2022
Running Strong For American Indian Youth $50,000 Sacramento, CA, US Production And Impact Support For Remaining Native 2022
Sisters In Cinema $40,000 Chicago, IL, US Operating Support 2022
Southern Documentary Fund $125,000 Durham, NC, US Development Initiatives ($15,000); Production And Impact Support For The River ($110,000) 2022
Story Money Impact (Smi) Film Society $45,500 Vancouver, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CA Operating Support ($35,000); Organizational Effectiveness ($10,500) 2022
Storyline $25,000 Brooklyn, NY, US Post-production For Untitled Extremism Project 2022
The Center For Investigative Reporting $150,000 Emeryville, CA, US Impact Campaign Support For Victim-suspect Documentary 2022
The Film Collaborative $140,000 Los Angeles, CA, US Impact Support For Landfall ($40,000); General Support For Dc/dox Film Festival ($50,000); Post-production Support For Fault Lines ($50,000) 2022
The Freedom Bound Center $40,000 Sacramento, CA, US Impact Support For We Still Here - Nos Tenemos 2022
The Redford Center $175,000 San Francisco, CA, US Impact Support For To The End 2022
The Scribe Video Center Inc $50,000 Philadelphia, PA, US Impact Support For The Command Center To Bring Women Home 2022
Uniondocs $55,544 Brooklyn, NY, US Project Support For Sunshine Cinema 2022
Video Veracity $100,000 New Orleans, LA, US Production And Impact Support For Unlearned 2022
Walking Iris Media $235,000 San Francisco, CA, US Impact Support For Hidden Letters ($35,000); Asian American Documentary Network (A-doc) Impact Initiative ($200,000) 2022
Women Make Movies $830,000 New York, NY, US 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); Post-production And Impact Support For The Shadow Scholars ($60,000); Multitude Films: General Tax-exempt Activities ($200,000); Impact Support For Fire Through Dry Grass ($85,000); Production And Impact Support For Bad Therapy ($100,000); Post-production And Impact Support For Standing Above The Clouds ($50,000); Post-production Support For The Monster Of El Estor ($80,000); Post-production And Impact Support For Love And Tech ($100,000) 2022
Working Films $510,000 Wilmington, NC, US Impact Kickstart ($60,000); Documentary Accountability Working Group ($225,000); Operating Support ($200,000); Leadership Structure And Professional Development ($25,000) 2022
Youth Fx $250,000 Albany, NY, US Operating Support ($225,000); Organizational Effectiveness ($25,000) 2022
Accelerate Change $250,000 Boston, MA, US Operating Support 2022
Afterimage Public Media $150,000 San Francisco, CA, US Production Support For Power And Light 2022
Allied Media Projects $270,000 Detroit, MI, US Undocumented Filmmakers Collective ($120,000); Emergence Media, Reimagine Project Support: A Legal Framework For Community-accountable Mediamaking ($150,000) 2022
American Cinema Editors Educational Center $50,000 Los Angeles, CA, US Core Support For Black, Indigenous, And People Of Color (Bipoc) Doc Editors Project 2022
American Documentary $86,250 Brooklyn, NY, US Operating Support ($75,000); Organizational Effectiveness ($11,250) 2022
Austin Film Society $75,000 Austin, TX, US Impact Support For Breaking The News 2022
Axs Lab $20,000 Long Island City, NY, US Axs Film Fund 2022
Bay Area Video Coalition Inc $145,000 San Francisco, CA, US Mediamaker Project Support ($40,000); Post-production And Impact Support For Home Is A Hotel ($60,000); The Independent Media Arts Group (Imag) ($45,000) 2022
Beirut Dccultural Association For Cinema And Audiovisual Aflamuna $50,000 Baabda, Foreign, LE Operating Support 2022
Big Sky Film Institute Inc $40,000 Missoula, MT, US Native Filmmaker Initiative 2022
Black Lily Inc $150,000 Philadelphia, PA, US Operating Support ($125,000); Organizational Effectiveness Chief Operating Officer Transition ($25,000) 2022
Brown Girls Doc Mafia $25,000 Bronx, NY, US Organizational Effectiveness 2022
Center For Independent Documentary $414,454 Newton, MA, US Impact Support For The Big Payback ($150,000); Impact Support For A Decent Home ($75,000); Filmmakers With Disabilities (Fwd-doc) Organizational Effectiveness Project ($7,875); Post-production And Impact Support For The Strike ($50,000); Canadaland Limited-series ($131,579) 2022
Chicken & Egg Pictures $90,000 Brooklyn, NY, US Operating Support ($75,000); Salesforce Enhancement Project ($15,000) 2022
Cinema Tropical $25,000 New York, NY, US Distribution Advocates Project 2022
Common Counsel Foundation $199,380 Oakland, CA, US Color Congress Organizational Effectiveness Project ($24,380); General Support For The Color Congress Initiative ($175,000) 2022
Community Partners $40,000 Los Angeles, CA, US Core Support For Justice For My Sister Project 2022
Denver Film Society $250,000 Denver, CO, US Exposure Lab's Organizational Capacity 2022
Doc Society $675,000 Brooklyn, NY, US Development And Production Support For The War On Chaos ($75,000); Operating Support ($550,000); Customer Relationship Management (Crm) And Grants Management System ($25,000); Gender-informed Practices Assessment (Gipa) Strategic Planning & Professional Development ($25,000) 2022
Documental Ambulante Ac $57,500 Ciudad De Mexico, Foreign, MX Operating Support ($50,000); Capacity Building ($7,500) 2022
Doca Limited $100,000 Nairobi, Foreign, KE Real Reel Impact Program 2022
Documentary Educational Resources $150,000 Watertown, MA, US Production And Post-production Support For Election Administration Project 2022
Documentary Producers Alliance $25,000 Dover, DE, US Operating Support 2022
Film Independent Inc $76,750 Los Angeles, CA, US Post-production And Impact Support For The Tuba Thieves ($26,750); Production And Impact Support For You Don't Know My Name ($50,000) 2022
Firelight Media $125,000 New York, NY, US Operating Support ($100,000); Customer Relationship Management (Crm) Phase 2 And Website Accessibility Audit ($25,000) 2022
Floodlight $75,000 Washington, DC, US Core Support For Documentary Collaborative Project 2022
Fractured Atlas $90,000 Hartsdale, NY, US Post-production Support For Remaining Native ($40,000); Impact Support For Lo Que Queda En El Camino ($50,000) 2022
Guild Of Future Architects $10,000 New York, NY, US Restoring The Future Project 2022
If Not Us Then Who $65,000 Topanga, CA, US Emerging Filmmaker Professional Development Project 2022
Independent Feature Project $75,000 Brooklyn, NY, US Impact Support For Anonymous Sister 2022
Independent Television Service Inc $25,000 San Francisco, CA, US Impact Support For Building Bridges 2022
International Documentary Association $45,000 Los Angeles, CA, US Impact Tour Support For Fruits Of Labor 2022
Just Vision Inc $75,000 Washington, DC, US Impact Support For Boycott 2022
Life Media Projects $53,500 Santa Monica, CA, US Impact Support For La Lucha 2022
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology $25,000 Cambridge, MA, US Indigenous Digital Delegation 2022
Maysles Documentary Center $35,000 New York, NY, US Operating Support 2022
Native American Journalists Association $175,000 Norman, OK, US Impact Support For Bad Press 2022
New Orleans Film And Video Festival Inc $100,000 New Orleans, LA, US Operating Support ($75,000); Organizational Effectiveness Support ($25,000) 2022
New York Foundation For The Arts $100,000 Brooklyn, NY, US Support For Full Pictures Studios Project 2022
Paso Del Norte Community Foundation $35,860 El Paso, TX, US La Frontera Film Lab 2022
Peace Is Loud $235,500 New York, NY, US Team Building Organizational Effectiveness Project ($22,500); Reprofilm Collective Lens Project Support ($138,000); Operating Support ($75,000) 2022
Points North Institute $25,000 Camden, ME, US Operating Support 2022
Rada Collaborative Inc $100,000 Brooklyn, NY, US Impact Support For Going To Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 2022
Represent Justice $185,000 Los Angeles, CA, US Operating Support ($100,000); Impact Support For Sanson And Me ($60,000); Capacity Building ($25,000) 2022
Running Strong For American Indian Youth $50,000 Sacramento, CA, US Production And Impact Support For Remaining Native 2022
Sisters In Cinema $40,000 Chicago, IL, US Operating Support 2022
Southern Documentary Fund $125,000 Durham, NC, US Development Initiatives ($15,000); Production And Impact Support For The River ($110,000) 2022
Story Money Impact (Smi) Film Society $45,500 Vancouver, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CA Operating Support ($35,000); Organizational Effectiveness ($10,500) 2022
Storyline $25,000 Brooklyn, NY, US Post-production For Untitled Extremism Project 2022
The Center For Investigative Reporting $150,000 Emeryville, CA, US Impact Campaign Support For Victim-suspect Documentary 2022
The Film Collaborative $140,000 Los Angeles, CA, US Impact Support For Landfall ($40,000); General Support For Dc/dox Film Festival ($50,000); Post-production Support For Fault Lines ($50,000) 2022
The Freedom Bound Center $40,000 Sacramento, CA, US Impact Support For We Still Here - Nos Tenemos 2022
The Redford Center $175,000 San Francisco, CA, US Impact Support For To The End 2022
The Scribe Video Center Inc $50,000 Philadelphia, PA, US Impact Support For The Command Center To Bring Women Home 2022
Uniondocs $55,544 Brooklyn, NY, US Project Support For Sunshine Cinema 2022
Video Veracity $100,000 New Orleans, LA, US Production And Impact Support For Unlearned 2022
Walking Iris Media $235,000 San Francisco, CA, US Impact Support For Hidden Letters ($35,000); Asian American Documentary Network (A-doc) Impact Initiative ($200,000) 2022
Women Make Movies $830,000 New York, NY, US 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); Post-production And Impact Support For The Shadow Scholars ($60,000); Multitude Films: General Tax-exempt Activities ($200,000); Impact Support For Fire Through Dry Grass ($85,000); Production And Impact Support For Bad Therapy ($100,000); Post-production And Impact Support For Standing Above The Clouds ($50,000); Post-production Support For The Monster Of El Estor ($80,000); Post-production And Impact Support For Love And Tech ($100,000) 2022
Working Films $510,000 Wilmington, NC, US Impact Kickstart ($60,000); Documentary Accountability Working Group ($225,000); Operating Support ($200,000); Leadership Structure And Professional Development ($25,000) 2022
Youth Fx $250,000 Albany, NY, US Operating Support ($225,000); Organizational Effectiveness ($25,000) 2022
Accelerate Change $500,000 Boston, MA, US Media Acquisition Fund 2021
Afterimage Public Media $60,000 San Francisco, CA, US Development Support For Untitled Sea Level Rise Project 2021
American Cinema Editors Educational Center $15,000 Los Angeles, CA, US Core Support For Bipoc Doc Editors 2021
American University $473,060 Washington, DC, US Documentary's Social Influence And Impact In The Participatory Media Age Project 2021
Brown Girls Doc Mafia $15,000 Bronx, NY, US Brown Girls Doc Mafia Org Effectiveness 2021
Center For Independent Documentary $187,579 Newton, MA, US Canadaland Limited-series ($131,579), Impact Support For The Community Wellbeing Initiative Pilot ($21,000), Impact Support Of Black Mothers Love And Resist ($35,000) 2021
Chicken & Egg Pictures $5,000 Brooklyn, NY, US Org Effectiveness Compensation Project 2021
Cinema Tropical $171,000 New York, NY, US Distribution Advocates Org Effectiveness Bookkeeping Project ($11,000), Post-production Support For Igualada ($110,000), Distribution Advocates Project ($50,000) 2021
Common Counsel Foundation $206,500 Oakland, CA, US Color Congress Initiative ($180,000), Color Congress Org Effectiveness Project ($26,500) 2021
Cousin Collective Inc $40,000 Riverside, CA, US Production And Impact Support For Aanikoobijigan 2021
Doc Society $340,000 Brooklyn, NY, US Global Impact Producers Assembly ($140,000), Operating Support ($200,000) 2021
Documentary Educational Resources $100,000 Watertown, MA, US Impact Support For No Time To Fail 2021
Empowerment Works $25,000 Santa Barbara, CA, US Production Support For 34 Days: The Fight For Dyett 2021
Filmscene $50,000 Iowa City, IA, US Impact Support For Storm Lake 2021
Firelight Media $411,000 New York, NY, US Organizational Effectiveness Crm Project Phase 2 ($11,000), Operating Support ($150,000), William Greaves And Impact Campaign Funds ($250,000) 2021
Guild Of Future Architects $25,000 New York, NY, US Restoring The Future Project 2021
If Not Us Then Who $65,000 Topanga, CA, US Emerging Filmmaker Professional Development Project 2021
International Documentary Association $155,000 Los Angeles, CA, US Impact Support For Aftershock ($100,000), Impact Support For Fruits Of Labor ($55,000) 2021
Kartemquin Educational Films $25,000 Chicago, IL, US Impact Support For Freedom Hill 2021
New Orleans Film Society $75,000 New Orleans, LA, US Operating Support 2021
New York Foundation For The Arts $150,000 Brooklyn, NY, US Support For Full Pictures Studios Project 2021
Peace Is Loud $75,000 New York, NY, US Operating Support 2021
Potential Energy Coalition Inc $500,000 New York, NY, US Operating Support 2021
Southern Documentary Fund $50,000 Durham, NC, US Operating Support 2021
Story Money Impact $35,000 Vancouver, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CA Operating Support 2021
Sundance Institute $50,000 Park City, UT, US The Independent Film + Media Arts Group 2021
The Film Collaborative $65,000 Los Angeles, CA, US Project Support For The Guided Campaign Program ($40,000), Post-production And Impact Support For Undocumented Justice ($25,000) 2021
The Scribe Video Center Inc $20,000 Philadelphia, PA, US Impact Support For The Command Center To Bring Women Home 2021
Uniondocs $16,120 Brooklyn, NY, US Project Support For Sunshine Cinema 2021
Video Veracity $160,000 New Orleans, LA, US Impact Support For Powerlands ($60,000), Post-production And Impact Support For Commuted ($100,000) 2021
Visual Communications Media $65,000 Los Angeles, CA, US Post-production And Impact Support For Unseen 2021
Walking Iris $300,000 San Francisco, CA, US Impact Support Of Hidden Letters ($50,000), Brown Girls Doc Mafia Project ($50,000), A-doc Impact Initiative ($200,000) 2021
Women Make Movies $382,000 New York, NY, US Production Support For The Shadow Scholars ($25,000), Post-production And Impact Support For Standing Above The Clouds ($35,000), Production Support For Queer Futures ($25,000), Multitude Films ($150,000), Impact Support For Fire Through Dry Grass ($75,000), Impact Support For Tiktok Boom ($50,000), Impact Support For Winn ($22,000) 2021
Working Films $260,000 Wilmington, NC, US Impact Kickstart 2022 ($60,000), Operating Support ($200,000) 2021
Youth Fx $20,000 Albany, NY, US Impact Support For Change The Name 2021
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Southern Documentary Fund $50,000 Durham, NC, US Operating Support 2021
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Walking Iris $300,000 San Francisco, CA, US Impact Support Of Hidden Letters ($50,000), Brown Girls Doc Mafia Project ($50,000), A-doc Impact Initiative ($200,000) 2021
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Working Films $260,000 Wilmington, NC, US Impact Kickstart 2022 ($60,000), Operating Support ($200,000) 2021
Youth Fx $20,000 Albany, NY, US Impact Support For Change The Name 2021
Accelerate Change $500,000 Boston, MA, US Media Acquisition Fund 2021
Afterimage Public Media $60,000 San Francisco, CA, US Development Support For Untitled Sea Level Rise Project 2021
American Cinema Editors Educational Center $15,000 Los Angeles, CA, US Core Support For Bipoc Doc Editors 2021
American University $473,060 Washington, DC, US Documentary's Social Influence And Impact In The Participatory Media Age Project 2021
Brown Girls Doc Mafia $15,000 Bronx, NY, US Brown Girls Doc Mafia Org Effectiveness 2021
Center For Independent Documentary $187,579 Newton, MA, US Canadaland Limited-series ($131,579), Impact Support For The Community Wellbeing Initiative Pilot ($21,000), Impact Support Of Black Mothers Love And Resist ($35,000) 2021
Chicken & Egg Pictures $5,000 Brooklyn, NY, US Org Effectiveness Compensation Project 2021
Cinema Tropical $171,000 New York, NY, US Distribution Advocates Org Effectiveness Bookkeeping Project ($11,000), Post-production Support For Igualada ($110,000), Distribution Advocates Project ($50,000) 2021
Common Counsel Foundation $206,500 Oakland, CA, US Color Congress Initiative ($180,000), Color Congress Org Effectiveness Project ($26,500) 2021
Cousin Collective Inc $40,000 Riverside, CA, US Production And Impact Support For Aanikoobijigan 2021
Doc Society $340,000 Brooklyn, NY, US Global Impact Producers Assembly ($140,000), Operating Support ($200,000) 2021
Documentary Educational Resources $100,000 Watertown, MA, US Impact Support For No Time To Fail 2021
Empowerment Works $25,000 Santa Barbara, CA, US Production Support For 34 Days: The Fight For Dyett 2021
Filmscene $50,000 Iowa City, IA, US Impact Support For Storm Lake 2021
Firelight Media $411,000 New York, NY, US Organizational Effectiveness Crm Project Phase 2 ($11,000), Operating Support ($150,000), William Greaves And Impact Campaign Funds ($250,000) 2021
Guild Of Future Architects $25,000 New York, NY, US Restoring The Future Project 2021
If Not Us Then Who $65,000 Topanga, CA, US Emerging Filmmaker Professional Development Project 2021
International Documentary Association $155,000 Los Angeles, CA, US Impact Support For Aftershock ($100,000), Impact Support For Fruits Of Labor ($55,000) 2021
Kartemquin Educational Films $25,000 Chicago, IL, US Impact Support For Freedom Hill 2021
New Orleans Film Society $75,000 New Orleans, LA, US Operating Support 2021
New York Foundation For The Arts $150,000 Brooklyn, NY, US Support For Full Pictures Studios Project 2021
Peace Is Loud $75,000 New York, NY, US Operating Support 2021
Potential Energy Coalition Inc $500,000 New York, NY, US Operating Support 2021
Southern Documentary Fund $50,000 Durham, NC, US Operating Support 2021
Story Money Impact $35,000 Vancouver, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CA Operating Support 2021
Sundance Institute $50,000 Park City, UT, US The Independent Film + Media Arts Group 2021
The Film Collaborative $65,000 Los Angeles, CA, US Project Support For The Guided Campaign Program ($40,000), Post-production And Impact Support For Undocumented Justice ($25,000) 2021
The Scribe Video Center Inc $20,000 Philadelphia, PA, US Impact Support For The Command Center To Bring Women Home 2021
Uniondocs $16,120 Brooklyn, NY, US Project Support For Sunshine Cinema 2021
Video Veracity $160,000 New Orleans, LA, US Impact Support For Powerlands ($60,000), Post-production And Impact Support For Commuted ($100,000) 2021
Visual Communications Media $65,000 Los Angeles, CA, US Post-production And Impact Support For Unseen 2021
Walking Iris $300,000 San Francisco, CA, US Impact Support Of Hidden Letters ($50,000), Brown Girls Doc Mafia Project ($50,000), A-doc Impact Initiative ($200,000) 2021
Women Make Movies $382,000 New York, NY, US Production Support For The Shadow Scholars ($25,000), Post-production And Impact Support For Standing Above The Clouds ($35,000), Production Support For Queer Futures ($25,000), Multitude Films ($150,000), Impact Support For Fire Through Dry Grass ($75,000), Impact Support For Tiktok Boom ($50,000), Impact Support For Winn ($22,000) 2021
Working Films $260,000 Wilmington, NC, US Impact Kickstart 2022 ($60,000), Operating Support ($200,000) 2021
Youth Fx $20,000 Albany, NY, US Impact Support For Change The Name 2021

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EIN 87-4236519
Website http://www.perspectivefund.org
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Chief Operating Officer, Treasurer Eliana Kraus Piper
Chief Executive Officer, Chair Jacob Taylor
Board Member Meskerem Taylor
Secretary Jennifer Reynoso
Board Member C Frederick Taylor

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