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Film/Video Grants Targeted to Specific Groups

Power Up

Promotes the visibility and integration of gay women in the arts, entertainment, and all forms of media. POWER UP's members are women and men, gay and straight, who share a singular purpose - to promote diversity by supporting our mission. POWER UP grants filmmakers funds to produce short films. These films are screened at POWER UP's POWER PREMIERE and play the festival circuit before being released on DVD.

Power Up
419 N. Larchmont Blvd., #283
Los Angeles, CA 90004
Phone: (323) 463-3154

Fax: (323) 467-6249
Email: JoinPowerUp@aol.com
Website:www.power-up.net

Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice

Astraea's U.S. Fund Panel Grants support lesbian-led and lesbian-focused film and video projects.

Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice
116 East 16th Street, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10003
Phone: (212) 529-8021
Fax: (212) 982-3321
Email:
grants@astraeafoundation.org
Website: www.astraeafoundation.org

National Black Programming Consortium

NBPC is a non-profit national media arts organization dedicated to the funding, promotion, presentation and distribution of quality films and video projects that reflect African Americans and the African Diaspora. Through their annual Request For Proposals (RFP), NBPC seeks contemporary films about the Black experience for the National PBS Schedule.

National Black Programming Consortium
68 East 131st Street, 7th floor
New York, NY 10037
Phone: (212) 234-8200
Fax: (212) 234-7032
Email:
info@nbpc.tv
Website: www.nbpc.tv

Center for Asian American Media

Distributes funds with the goal of increasing visibility of Asian American programs on public television and impacting the way in which Asian Americans are perceived and understood. Open Door Completion Funds to $20,000 and Production Funds, $20,000 to $50,000 on average.

Center for Asian American Media
145 Ninth Street, Suite 350
San Francisco, CA 94103
Phone: (415) 863-0814
Fax: (415) 863-7428
Email:
info@asianamericanmedia.org
Website: www.asianamericanmedia.org

Native American Public Telecommunications

The NAPT Public Television Program Fund supports program ideas that bring new perspectives on Native American cultures to public television audiences, increasing the quality and quantity of Native American television programming on a national and international scale. For projects in all stages of development: up to $25,000 for pre-production and up to $100,000 for production.

Native American Public Telecommunications
1800 N. 33rd St.
Lincoln, NE 68503
Phone:(402) 472-3522
Email: native@unl.edu
Website: www.nativetelecom.org

Pacific Islanders in Communication (PIC)

The PIC Media Fund is the prime vehicle to spark the development of Pacific Islander programming for national public television. Projects selected must present the Pacific Islander experience in an authentic and educational manner, as well as meet PBS’ high standards of journalistic balance, storytelling, and technical quality. Supports programs in all stages of development.

Pacific Islanders in Communication
1221 Kapi'olani Blvd., #6A-4
Honolulu, HI 96814
Phone: (808) 591-0059
Fax: (808) 591-1114
Email:
info@piccom.org
Website: www.piccom.org

Latino Public Broadcasting

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. Programs should bring new audiences to public television and have a recognizable impact on a broad range of viewers, presenting a range of subjects, viewpoints and forms from a variety of Latino producers across the country that complement and challenge existing public television offerings.

Latino Public Broadcasting
6777 Hollywood Boulevard, Suite 500
Los Angeles, CA 90028
Phone: (323) 466-7110
Fax: (323) 466-7521
Email:
info@lpbp.org
Website: www.lpbp.org

National Foundation for Jewish Culture

The Fund is designed to support the creation of original documentary films and videos that promote thoughtful consideration of Jewish history, culture, identity, and contemporary issues among diverse public audiences. Grants up to $35,000.

Fund for Jewish Documentary Filmmaking
330 Seventh Avenue, 21st floor
New York, NY  10001
Phone: (212) 629-0500
Fax: (212) 629-0508
Email:
Grants@JewishCulture.org
Website: www.jewishculture.org/grants/grants_listing.html

The Arch and Bruce Brown Foundation

Grants for film projects that are gay-positive and based on history.

The Arch and Bruce Brown Foundation
2500 N. Palm Canyon Drive #A4
Palm Springs, CA  92262
Email:
ArchWrite@aol.com
Website: www.aabbfoundation.org

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