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Foundation Funding
Arthur Vining Davis Foundations Public Educational Media Grants
07/24/20
The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations invite letters of intent for public educational media projects. Eligible film and television productions must have national distribution. Grants range $100,000 - $300,000. Deadline was August 28, 2020. -
Foundation Funding
Dollar General Youth Literacy Grant Program
04/23/20
Grants of up to $5,000 will be awarded to schools, public libraries and nonprofit organizations to help students who are reading below grade level or experiencing difficulty reading. Applicants must be located within 15 miles of a Dollar General store. The 2025 cycle has closed. The last deadline was April 3, 2025 -
Foundation Funding
Dollar General Adult, Family and Summer Literacy Grants
01/13/20
The Dollar General Foundation will provide grants of up to $10,000 to nonprofits located within 15 miles of a Dollar General store for direct services to adults with literacy needs. This program cycle has ended after the February 2025 deadline. We expect to see a new competition in 2026. -
Foundation Funding
East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story Community Engagement Grants
11/22/19
WETA will make community engagement grants of up to $10,000 to support activities around the upcoming documentary series East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story. Deadline: December 16, 2019. -
Foundation Funding
Asian Americans Community Engagement Grants
10/22/19
WETA and the Center for Asian American Media will award community engagement grants of up to $10,000 to support activities around the upcoming documentary film series, Asian Americans. Deadline: December 9, 2019. -
Foundation Funding
The Gene: An Intimate History Community Engagement Grants
10/22/19
WETA will make community engagement grants of up to $10,000 to support activities around the upcoming documentary series The Gene: An Intimate History. Deadline: December 9, 2019. -
Foundation Funding
Finding Your Roots Season Seven Community Engagement Grants
10/11/19
WETA will make mini-grants of up to $5,000 to stations that host community engagement events focused on the new season of Finding Your Roots. This funding opportunity ended on November 20, 2020. -
Foundation Funding
Jacquie Jones Memorial Scholarship Fund
08/15/18
This fund, established by CPB and administered by Black Public Media, was created to support diverse documentary producers. Deadline was September 30, 2018. -
Foundation Funding
Ford Foundation
07/24/17
The Ford Foundation's focus post-2020 is on challenging inequality. Grants for media focus on informing the public about complex social issues. Documentary funding is available through the JustFilms program. -
Foundation Funding
New Community-Building Initiative Focused on Improving Outcomes for Children is a Strong Fit for Stations
03/22/17
March 2017. A new foundation initiative launched by the Greater Good Studio through a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant is an opportunity for stations to make an impact in their communities. -
Foundation Funding
Knight (John S. and James L. Knight Foundation)
02/22/17
The Knight Foundation is a top funder of journalism and public media, and an investor in the Press Forward collaborative. They invest in the sustainable and scalable growth of local journalism, as well as program areas in designated local communities, the arts, and impact measurement. Giving for some programs is limited to the 26 designated Knight Communities. -
Foundation Funding
Kresge Foundation
02/16/17
The Foundation's arts and culture grantmaking focuses on "creative placemaking." Grants also available for college readiness and access. -
Foundation Funding
Fledgling Fund
02/13/17
Grants support outreach, engagement and some production for social justice-focused documentary film. As of 2022, the fund is no longer accepting media proposals. -
Foundation Funding
Idaho Media Initiative
07/15/15
This grant opportunity offers small grants for public affairs journalism in Idaho. -
Foundation Funding
The Nathan Cummings Foundation
06/15/15
The Foundation is committed to democratic values and social justice and focuses its grantmaking on two issues: inequality and climate change.
