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The Annenberg Foundation
www.annenbergfoundation.org
Advances the public well-being through improved communication. As the principal means of achieving its goal, the Foundation encourages the development of more effective ways to share ideas and knowledge.
Black Rock Arts Foundation
www.blackrockarts.org
Support and promotes community-based interactive art. They define interactive art as art that generates social participation. The process whereby this art is created, the means by which it is displayed and the character of the work itself should inspire immediate actions that connect people to one another in a larger communal context.
The Center for Asian American Media
www.asianamericanmedia.org
The Center for Asian American Media is a non-profit organization dedicated to presenting stories that convey the richness and diversity of Asian American experiences to the broadest audience possible. They do this by funding, producing, distributing and exhibiting works in film, television and digital media.
Creative Capital Foundation
www.creative-capital.org
Creative Capital acts as a catalyst for the development of adventurous and imaginative ideas by supporting artists who pursue innovation in form and/or content in the performing and visual arts, film and video, and in emerging fields.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting
www.cpb.org
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is a private, nonprofit corporation created by Congress in 1967. The mission of CPB is to facilitate the development of, and ensure universal access to, non-commercial high-quality programming and telecommunications services.
Film Arts Grants
www.filmarts.org (click on "funding")
The goal of the FAF Grants Program is to encourage new and diverse works by film and video artists who have little likelihood of being supported through traditional funding sources. These awards are targeted for film and videomakers in categories that are among the most difficult areas in which to raise money for media projects.
The Ford Foundation
www.fordfound.org
A major funding source for media, arts and culture through its "Knowledge, Creativity & Freedom" program.
The Fund for Women Artists
www.womenarts.org (click on "grants/resources")
The Fund for Women Artists is founded on the belief that women artists have the power to change the way women are perceived in our society. They want to make sure that artists have full access to the financial and other resources they need to do this crucial work. The Fund has listings for both female and male artists.
The Gunk Foundation
www.gunk.org
Small grants giving for public arts projects intended to challenge the current market-dominated system of art production and to move art into the public realm; giving also to scholarly/artistic publications devoted to publishing thought-provoking books and journals in an attempt to broaden the intellectual climate.
ITVS
www.itvs.org (click on “for producers”)
ITVS funds, distributes and promotes new programs produced by independent producers primarily for public television and beyond. ITVS is looking for proposals that increase diversity on public television and present a range of subjects, viewpoints and forms that complement and challenge existing public television offerings.
Latino Public Broadcasting
www.lpbp.org
Latino Public Broadcasting supports the development, production, acquisition and distribution of non-commercial educational and cultural television that is representative of Latino people, or addresses issues of particular interest to Latino Americans. These programs are produced for dissemination to the public broadcasting stations and other public telecommunication entities.
National Endowment for the Arts
www.nea.gov
The National Endowment for the Arts is a public agency dedicated to supporting excellence in the arts, both new and established; bringing the arts to all Americans; and providing leadership in arts education.
Native American Public Telecommunications
www.nativetelecom.org
Native American Public Telecommunications (NAPT) supports the creation, promotion and distribution of Native public media.
Pacific Pioneer Fund
www.pacificpioneerfund.com
To support emerging documentary filmmakers. The term "emerging" is intended to denote a person committed to the craft of making documentaries, who has demonstrated that commitment by several years of practical film or video experience.
The Skirball Foundation
www.skirball.org
The Skirball Foundation supports arts, cultural activities, medical and biological studies, and human services.
The Sundance Documentary Fund
www.sundance.org
The Sundance Documentary Fund makes grants in support of U.S. and international documentary films focused on current issues and movements in contemporary human rights, freedom of expression, social justice, and civil liberties.