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Who does Academy Foundation fund?

Academy Foundation has awarded $575 million across 215 grants to 86 organizations between 2019 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in arts & culture. Its typical grant is $25,000, with most between $15,000 and $45,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $18,469,943 versus $25,000 for first-time grantees.

Total awarded
$575.2M
Typical grant
$25K
Grantees
86
Grants
215
Years
2019–2024

Organizations this funder supports

Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.

86 of 86 grantees
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Grantee Total receivedGrantsYearsLatestState Follow
Academy Museum Foundation $387.2M72019–20242024CA
Archival Foundation $130.6M72019–20242024CA
The Vine Street Archive Foundation $51.7M72019–20242024CA
Michigan Theater Foundation INC $400K220192019MI
Film Independent INC $200K220192019CA
Frameline INC $170K220192019CA
Sundance Institute $170K220192019UT
Women in Film $170K220192019CA
International Documentary Association INC $170K220192019CA
National Association of Latino Independent Producers INC $140K220192019CA
Kartemquin Educational Films $125K420192019IL
Streetlights $100K220192019CA
Siff $100K220192019WA
Center for Asian American Media $100K220192019CA
Outfest $100K220192019CA
American Museum of the Moving Image $90K220192019NY
Pan African Film Festival INC $75K220192019CA
Film at Lincoln Center INC $70K220192019NY
Chicken & Egg Pictures INC $70K220192019NY
Asian Cine-Vision INC $65K220192019NY
African Diaspora Film Festival INC $60K420192019NY
Indie Memphis $60K220192019TN
Visual Communications Media $60K220192019CA
Women Make Movies INC $60K220192019NY
The Scribe Video Center INC $60K220192019PA
Exceptional Minds $60K220192019CA
Internews Network $56K220192019CA
I Inner-City Filmmakers $50K220192019CA
T The Flaherty Film Seminarintl Film Seminars $50K220192019— —
Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-Qwocmap $50K220192019CA
Media Arts Center San Diego $50K220192019CA
The Independent Feature Project INC $50K220192019NY
Smithsonian Institution $50K220192019DC
Chicago International Film Festival INC Cinema-Chicago $50K220192019IL
S Sffilm $50K220192019CA —
Blackstar Projects INC $50K220192019PA
Firelight Media INC $50K220192019NY
Maysles Institute INC $50K220192019NY
N Newfest $50K220192019NY —
Mizna $50K220192019MN
Educational Video Center INC $50K220192019NY
Muslim Public Affairs Council Foundation $50K220192019CA
New York Women in Film & Television INC $50K220192019NY
R Reel Abilities NY $50K220192019NY —
Ragtag Film Society $45K220192019MO
Atlanta Jewish Film Society INC $45K220192019GA
New Orleans Film and Video Society INC $45K220192019LA
I Indigenous Showcase $45K220192019— —
International Latino Cultural Center of Chicago $45K220192019IL
Reel Stories Teen Filmmaking INC $40K220192019NY
The American Film Institute $40K220192019CA
Facets Film Forum $40K220192019IL
Jewish Film Institute $40K220192019CA
Cinema Tropical INC $40K220192019NY
Uniondocs INC $40K220192019NY
Northwest Film Forum $40K220192019WA
George Eastman Museum $35K220192019NY
San Francisco Cinematheque $35K220192019CA
Filmforum INC $33K220192019CA
Echo Park Film Center $32K220192019CA
Inner-City Arts $30K220192019CA
Rosendale Theatre Collective INC $30K220192019NY
The Silent Film Festival $30K220192019CA
Utah Film Center DBA Salt Lake City Film Center and $30K220192019UT
Big Sky Film Institute INC $30K220192019MT
G Glas Animation $30K220192019CA
Sedona International Film Festival & Workshop $30K220192019AZ
Ghetto Film School INC $30K220192019NY
Jacob Burns Film Center INC $30K220192019NY
Columbia Film Society $25K220192019SC
Montclair State University Foundation INC $24K220192019NJ
Venice Arts $20K220192019CA
American Museum of Natural History $20K220192019NY
Trustees of Hamilton College $20K220192019NY
Raw Art Works INC $20K220192019MA
Silver Bullet Productions $20K220192019NM
The Film Society of Minneapolis St Paul $20K220192019MN
Film Society of Austin INC $20K220192019TX
Gala INC Groupo De Artistas Latinoamericanos $20K220192019DC
N NY Asian Film Fndny Asian Film Festival $20K220192019NY —
D Diamond in the Raw $20K220192019CA
C Camden International Film Festival $20K220192019ME —
The Center for Documentary Studies $20K220192019NC
International Institute for Indigenous Resource Management INC $20K220192019CO
A African Film Festivalinc $15K220192019NY
Berkshire International Film Festival INC $15K220192019MA

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