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Directory of Funding Sources


It seems a great miracle that queer films and videos ever get made. We know that all of you talented moviemakers out there might need a little financial assistance to implement your ideas, hence this Directory of Funding Sources.

Please do not send proposals and requests to any of these organizations without first requesting guidelines.

View all funding sources as a single document.


  • AFI Independent Film & Videomaker Program
  • Aperture
  • Astraea National Lesbian Action Foundation
  • Ben and Jerry's Foundation
  • Chicago Underground Film Fund
  • Cinemax Reel Life and HBO America Undercover
  • Colin Higgins Foundation, The (at the Tides Foundation)
  • Cream City Foundation
  • Deer Creek Foundation
  • Film Arts Foundation
  • FilmCore Post-Production Fund
  • Flicker's Resources for Film and Video Artists
  • Ford Foundation -- Media, Arts & Culture
  • Frameline Film/Video Completion Fund
  • Funding Exchange National Grants Program, The
  • George Gund Foundation, The
  • Horizons Foundation, The
  • Independent Television Service (ITVS)
  • Japan Foundation Los Angeles Office, The
  • Jerome Foundation, The
  • KQED-TV
  • Laine Family Foundation
  • MacArthur Foundation -- General Program
  • Minnesota Independent Film Fund
  • NAATA
  • National Black Programming Consortium
  • National Geographic Television's Cultural Diversity Project
  • National Latino Communications Center
  • New York Foundation for the Arts
  • New York State Council on the Arts
  • Oregon Arts Institute/Western States Media Arts Fellowships
  • Out Fund, The
  • P.O.V., Minority Funding Partnership
  • Pacific Islanders in Communications Executive Production Fund
  • Panavision's New Filmmaker Program
  • Philanthrofund Foundation
  • Pioneer Fund, The
  • Pride Foundation, The
  • Robeson Fund for Independent Media
  • Roy W. Dean Film Grant, The
  • Search Party
  • Soros Documentary Fund
  • Thoresen Foundation, The
  • Trellis Foundation, The
  • Women in Film Foundation
  • Working Group Directory of LGBT Funders


    Massive Resources...

  • Self Distributing Your GLBT Film or Video
  • What To Do With Your GLBT Film Script
  • Directory of Funders
  • Directory of Distributors
  • How to Program Your Own Film and Video Festival
  • Super Dooper Film & Video Source List (Warning! Big file)
  • Books to Watch Out For
  • International Directory of Lesbian and Gay Film Festivals
  • Film Preservation and You



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