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.
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New Applicant Friendliness
9 of 92 recipients (10%) were new grantees. Foundation maintains tight relationships with established partners. New applicants rarely succeed without insider connections.
Geographic Focus
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
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
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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Address |
Key People (7)
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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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