National Endowment for the Humanities offers up to $800,000 in Development and Program grants

“Grants for America’s Media Makers support projects in the humanities that explore stories, ideas, and beliefs in order to deepen our understanding of our lives and our world. The Division of Public Programs supports the development of humanities content and interactivity that excite, inform, and stir thoughtful reflection upon culture, identity, and history in creative and new ways. Grants for America’s Media Makers should encourage dialogue, discussion, and civic engagement, and they should foster learning among people of all ages. To that end, the Division of Public Programs urges applicants to consider more than one format for presenting humanities ideas to the public.”

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Native American Public Telecommunications offers up to $100,000 in documentary grants

Native American Public Telecommincations offers grants from $10,000-$100,000 for documentaries exploring the Native American experience and distributed through public television.   “NAPT shares Native stories with the world through support of the creation, promotion and distribution of Native media.”

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Pacific Islanders in Communications offers Grants for public television programming

“The goal of Pacific Islanders in Communications is to support the development of national public broadcast programming that enhances public recognition of and appreciation for Pacific Islander history, culture, and society. PIC accomplishes this by nurturing and supporting filmmakers through its Research & Development (R&D), Production, and Completion funds. PIC staff is available to help throughout the application process and to provide feedback on all film proposals.”

The next deadline is July 29, 2011.  Click here for more information.

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Center for Asian Americna Media grant information

“The Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) 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.”

The next deadline for funding is May 19, 2011.  For more information, click here.

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Latino Public Broadcasting Funds Projects for $5,000-$100,000

“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. By acting as minority consortium, LPB provides a voice to the diverse Latino community throughout the United States.”

The next deadline is June 6, 2011.  Click here for more information.

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National Black Programming Consortium Funds African-American & African Diasporic Programs

The National Black Programming Consortium (NBPC) offers funding for series, documentaries and online media relating to the black global experience.  “Since 1991 NBPC has invested $7 million dollars in iconic documentary productions for public television; trained, mentored and supported a diverse array of producers who create content about contemporary black experiences; and emerged as a leader in the evolving next-media landscape through it’s annual New Media Institute: Africa Programs.”

 

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National Science Foundation grant for science programming

The National Science Foundation has a Communication Research to Public Audiences grants for media that presents science programming in these areas:

Office of Polar Programs

Mathematical and Physical Sciences

International Science and Engineering (OISE)

Geosciences

Engineering

Education and Human Resources

Computer and Information Science and Engineering

Biological Sciences

Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences

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Authur Vining Davis Foundation offers public television grants

The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations offers grants to public television series with lasting educational value particularly in the areas of history and science.  There are no yearly deadlines.

Proposals for “capstone” grants to complete production funding are preferred. Initial research and pre-production funding are seldom supported. Neither multi­year grants nor annual funding of continuing series are normally considered. Recent “capstone” produc­tion grants have ranged from $100,000 to $400,000.

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$50-million documentary grant initiative from Ford Foundation

The Ford Foundation just launched JustFilms – a documentary initiative to fund independent production for the next 5 years from a well of $50-million.  The purpose is to “support and expand the community of documentary filmmakers whose works focus on urgent social issues.”

There is no deadline for submission.  It is advisable to read the grant guidelines before submitting. Check out more at the Ford Foundation website.

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Global Film Initiative offers completion grants

The Global Film Initiative is offering completion grants for films that offer an international perspective.  The grant is open to films  from Africa, Asia (excluding Japan, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan), the Caribbean (excluding Cuba), Central and Eastern Europe (excluding European Union), Latin America, the Middle East (excluding Iran) and Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand).

Grant amount: $10,000.

Find out about his grant at The Global Film Initiative website.

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