Geographically Targeted Funding for Film/Video

Kentucky Foundation for Women

Grants to Kentucky feminist film/video artists.

Moving Image Fund

Grants are awarded to fund the work of independent documentary film and video artists who reside in New England.

Haymarket People’s Fund

New England only for films that are part of an ongoing community organizing effort or are accountable to social change movements.

Jerome Foundation

A grant program for individual media artists who reside within the five boroughs of New York City and work in the genres of experimental, narrative, animation and documentary production.

The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes

Offers Presentation Funds and Finishing Funds for Electronic Media and Film, in partnership with the New York State Council on the Arts. Presentation Funds offers partial support to non-profit organizations located in New York State for in-person appearances by independent artists working in moving image media and sound art, including video, digital and computer-based works. Deadlines quarterly. Finishing Funds provides support to New York State artists for the completion of film, video, sound, new media and web-based art. Awards range from $500-$2,500. Deadline annual. These grants used to be administered by the Experimental Television Center.

San Francisco Film Society

Grants to encourage new and diverse works by film and video artists who have little likelihood of being supported through traditional funding sources. Has recently taken stewardship of all former Film Arts Foundation programs.

Bay Area Video Coalition

Grants to San Francisco Bay Area artists, though the Phelan Award is available to artists born in California, regardless of current residence. Programs include the Women’s High Definition Artist-in-Residency.

Columbia Foundation

The foundation gives priority to Bay Area filmmakers; to films or videos that will be used by Columbia Foundation-funded public-interest organizations to further their work in human rights and sustainable communities and economies; and to projects for which a grant of $5,000 to $25,000 makes a difference in getting the project started or completed.

Texas Filmmakers’ Production Fund

An annual grant awarded to emerging film and video artists in the state of Texas. Funds films in all genres in the production, post-production or distribution stages.

 Lilla Jewel Award for Women Artists

Oregon only. The artistic categories rotate and include Media and Multi-Arts, Visual Arts, and Music and/or Dance. Grants up to $4,000. Emphasis on women of color and lesbians. As of January 2009, the program was temporarily suspended, but will resume sometime in the future.

Women’s Vision Film Grants

Supports female filmmakers in Oregon and SW Washington who tell engaging stories that increase social awareness and tolerance, both within and beyond our immediate communities. Eligible projects must be directed by a woman and must include at least two women in key roles – producer, writer, cinematographer or editor. Documentary and narrative projects eligible.

Agape Foundation

Western states only. Funds for distribution of films/videos that address peace and justice issues. Grants:  $500 – $2,000.

Pacific Pioneer Fund

Funds in the range of $1,000 to $10,000 to support emerging CA, WA, and OR documentary filmmakers. Projects must have non-profit fiscal sponsors, which may be based anywhere in the United States.

Artist Trust

Grants and fellowships to Washington State artists in all disciplines.

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* Many state arts councils also provide grants for film/video and/or fellowships for individual media artists. For an alphabetical listing of state and regional councils with links to web sites go to:

* State humanities councils provide support for public programming that interprets the arts and humanities. An alphabetical listof state councils with links can be found at: