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.
Centralised Indigeneous Fellowship
Documentary Australia
The fellowship is focused on the career advancement of First Nations documentary filmmakers
Topic: Funding
Funding Opportunity
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BFI Doc Society Fund
Doc Society
Supports and nurtures independent non-fiction film and immersive projects by UK filmmakers, prioritising expansive, director-led storytelling
Topic: Funding
Funding Opportunity
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Sundance: Labs, Fellowships, Grants, Programs
Sundance Institute
Support for independent storytellers
Topic: Funding
Funding Opportunity
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Impact Funders List
Peace is Loud
Comprehensive, though not all-inclusive, list of funders who have previously supported impact campaigns
Topic: Funding
List/Database
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Solidarity Economy Funding Library
New Economy Coalition
Funding database
Topic: Funding
List/Database
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Big Tech Narrative Initiative
Doc Society
Initiative to help artists and storytellers unlock creative and courageous vision and give our publics a clearer understanding of how Big Tech is sha…
Topic: Funding
Funding Opportunity
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Big Tech
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DIFFER: Doc Impact Funder/Foundation Ever-Expanding Rolodex
Global Impact Producers Alliance
Open source, ever growing database
Topic: Funding
List/Database
Shared Document
Open file
Nonfiction Core Application Checklist
Sundance Institute
Field-wide effort to standardize a set of questions that are used in non-fiction funding, fiscal sponsor, or artist support opportunities
Topic: Funding
Tool
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Impact Kickstart
Working Films
Impact Kickstart supports underrepresented filmmakers with resources, strategic goals for impact, and specific plans to engage future partners and au…
Topic: Funding
Funding Opportunity
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IDFA Professionals Funder List
IDFA Professionals
Global overview of main funding bodies for documentary filmmakers
Topic: Funding
List/Database
Website
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Non-Fiction Core Application Project
International Documentary Association
Collaborative effort by grantors who regularly fund documentary projects to standardize application requirements, with the aim of fostering greater a…
Topic: Funding
Tool
Website
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JustFilms
Ford Foundation
JustFilms funds social justice storytelling and the 21st-century arts infrastructure that supports it
Topic: Funding
Funding Opportunity
Website
Equity
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