Resources

The Doc Society's Impact Field Guide database is a collection of tools, organizations, trainings, case studies, templates, funding opportunities, and more to support your efforts to have an impact.

Australia
The Commons Social Change Library
The Commons Social Change Library
1500+ educational resources covering campaign strategy, community organising, working effectively in groups, justice and diversity, creative activism…
Topic: Strategic Planning
List/Database Website
The Commons Social Change Library
United States of America
Food Inc/Case Study
Doc Society
Health, labor, and environmental effects of corporate farming
Topic: Examples of Impact
Case Study Video Farming
Food Inc/Case Study
Solidarity Economy Funding Library
New Economy Coalition
Funding database
Topic: Funding
List/Database Website
Solidarity Economy Funding Library
Czechia
One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival
One World/People in Need
Impact-friendly documentary film festival
Topic: Festivals
Festival Website Human Rights
Mexico
Sea Of Shadows/Case Study
Doc Society
Eco thriller about the interplay of corruption and conservation
Topic: Examples of Impact
Case Study PDF Climate Change
Sea Of Shadows/Case Study
GIPA Impact Producer Glossary
Global Impact Producers Alliance
Definitions that can help us clearly communicate the role and participation in each project
Topic: Strategic Planning
Glossary Website
GIPA Impact Producer Glossary
United States of America
Gasland/Case Study
Doc Society
Impact of fracking across the US
Topic: Examples of Impact
Case Study PDF Climate Change
Gasland/Case Study
Impact Drop: Simultaneously pursuing impact and raising revenue
Global Impact Producers Alliance
Conversation with GIPA member Keith Ochwat and Sara Needham at Filmpath about leading impact work while generating revenue.
Topic: career sustainability
Online Training Video
Impact Drop: Simultaneously pursuing impact and raising revenue
Australia
DocAccess
Documentary Australia
Through DocAccess, Documentary Australia helps communities to access and screen documentaries
Topic: Distribution
Program/Initiative Website
DocAccess
United States of America
Jonathan Logan Family Foundation
Jonathan Logan Family Foundation
Supports organizations that advance social justice by empowering world-changing work in investigative journalism, documentary film and arts & culture
Topic: Funding
Funding Opportunity Website
Jonathan Logan Family Foundation
United States of America
Storytellers' Guide to Changing the World
Culture Surge
Illuminates how and why stories create cultural, social, and political change
Topic: Narrative Change/Cultural Strategy
Thought Piece PDF
Storytellers' Guide to Changing the World
United States of America
IRIS
IRIS
Donor collaborative supporting storytelling and narrative strategy for impact around gender, racial and ethnic justice, natural resources and climate…
Topic: Funding
Funding Opportunity Website
IRIS