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Grants paid by Perspective Media Initiatives Inc, tax year 2023
EIN 87-4236519 · NY · Form 990-PF, Part XV
In tax year 2023, Perspective Media Initiatives Inc (EIN 87-4236519) reported 60 grants paid totaling $7,890,238. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.
Every grant, 2023
| Tax year | Recipient | Match | Amount | Type | Purpose | Source filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Women Make Movies New York, NY | B | $830,000 | paid | IMPACT SUPPORT FOR STORMING CAESARS PALACE ($50,000); POST-PRODUCTION SUPPORT OF PEACE FOR NINA ($30,000); POST-PRODUCTION AND IMPACT SUPPORT FOR UNTITLED UVALDE PROJECT ($75,000); POST-PRODUCTION AND IMPACT SUPPORT FOR THE SHADOW SCHOLARS ($60,000); MULTITUDE FILMS: GENERAL TAX-EXEMPT ACTIVITIES ($200,000); IMPACT SUPPORT FOR FIRE THROUGH DRY GRASS ($85,000); PRODUCTION AND IMPACT SUPPORT FOR BAD THERAPY ($100,000); POST-PRODUCTION AND IMPACT SUPPORT FOR STANDING ABOVE THE CLOUDS ($50,000); POST-PRODUCTION SUPPORT FOR THE MONSTER OF EL ESTOR ($80,000); POST-PRODUCTION AND IMPACT SUPPORT FOR LOVE AND TECH ($100,000) | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | Doc Society Brooklyn, NY | C | $675,000 | paid | DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION SUPPORT FOR THE WAR ON CHAOS ($75,000); OPERATING SUPPORT ($550,000); CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT (CRM) AND GRANTS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ($25,000); GENDER-INFORMED PRACTICES ASSESSMENT (GIPA) STRATEGIC PLANNING & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ($25,000) | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | Working Films Wilmington, NC | U | $625,000 | approved, future | DOCUMENTARY ACCOUNTABILITY WORKING GROUP ($225,000); OPERATING SUPPORT ($400,000) | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | Working Films Wilmington, NC | U | $510,000 | paid | IMPACT KICKSTART ($60,000); DOCUMENTARY ACCOUNTABILITY WORKING GROUP ($225,000); OPERATING SUPPORT ($200,000); LEADERSHIP STRUCTURE AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ($25,000) | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | Center for Independent Documentary Newton, MA | C | $414,454 | paid | IMPACT SUPPORT FOR THE BIG PAYBACK ($150,000); IMPACT SUPPORT FOR A DECENT HOME ($75,000); FILMMAKERS WITH DISABILITIES (FWD-DOC) ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS PROJECT ($7,875); POST-PRODUCTION AND IMPACT SUPPORT FOR THE STRIKE ($50,000); CANADALAND LIMITED-SERIES ($131,579) | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | Doc Society Brooklyn, NY | C | $400,000 | approved, future | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | American University Washington, DC | U | $354,533 | approved, future | STATE OF THE DOCUMENTARY FIELD STUDY | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | Peace Is Loud New York, NY | C | $310,000 | approved, future | COLLECTIVE LENS DISSEMINATION ($225,000); OPERATING SUPPORT ($85,000) | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | Allied Media Projects Detroit, MI | B | $285,000 | approved, future | UNDOCUMENTED FILMMAKERS COLLECTIVE ($135,000); EMERGENCE MEDIA, REIMAGINE PROJECT SUPPORT: A LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR COMMUNITY-ACCOUNTABLE MEDIAMAKING ($150,000) | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | Allied Media Projects Detroit, MI | B | $270,000 | paid | UNDOCUMENTED FILMMAKERS COLLECTIVE ($120,000); EMERGENCE MEDIA, REIMAGINE PROJECT SUPPORT: A LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR COMMUNITY-ACCOUNTABLE MEDIAMAKING ($150,000) | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | Represent Justice Los Angeles, CA | U | $250,000 | approved, future | OPERATING SUPPORT ($100,000); CAPACITY BUILDING ($150,000) | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | Youth Fx Albany, NY | B | $250,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT ($225,000); ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS ($25,000) | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | Denver Film Society Denver, CO | B | $250,000 | paid | EXPOSURE LAB'S ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | Denver Film Society Denver, CO | B | $250,000 | approved, future | EXPOSURE LAB'S ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | Accelerate Change Boston, MA | B | $250,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | Accelerate Change Boston, MA | B | $250,000 | approved, future | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | Peace Is Loud New York, NY | C | $235,500 | paid | TEAM BUILDING ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS PROJECT ($22,500); REPROFILM COLLECTIVE LENS PROJECT SUPPORT ($138,000); OPERATING SUPPORT ($75,000) | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | Walking Iris Media San Francisco, CA | B | $235,000 | paid | IMPACT SUPPORT FOR HIDDEN LETTERS ($35,000); ASIAN AMERICAN DOCUMENTARY NETWORK (A-DOC) IMPACT INITIATIVE ($200,000) | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | Common Counsel Foundation Oakland, CA | B | $199,380 | paid | COLOR CONGRESS ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS PROJECT ($24,380); GENERAL SUPPORT FOR THE COLOR CONGRESS INITIATIVE ($175,000) | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | Represent Justice Los Angeles, CA | U | $185,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT ($100,000); IMPACT SUPPORT FOR SANSON AND ME ($60,000); CAPACITY BUILDING ($25,000) | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | The Redford Center San Francisco, CA | B | $175,000 | paid | IMPACT SUPPORT FOR TO THE END | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | Native American Journalists Association Norman, OK | B | $175,000 | paid | IMPACT SUPPORT FOR BAD PRESS | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | Documentary Educational Resources Watertown, MA | B | $150,000 | paid | PRODUCTION AND POST-PRODUCTION SUPPORT FOR ELECTION ADMINISTRATION PROJECT | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | Black Lily Inc Philadelphia, PA | U | $150,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT ($125,000); ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER TRANSITION ($25,000) | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | Afterimage Public Media San Francisco, CA | B | $150,000 | paid | PRODUCTION SUPPORT FOR POWER AND LIGHT | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | The Center for Investigative Reporting Emeryville, CA | C | $150,000 | paid | IMPACT CAMPAIGN SUPPORT FOR VICTIM-SUSPECT DOCUMENTARY | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | Bay Area Video Coalition Inc San Francisco, CA | B | $145,000 | paid | MEDIAMAKER PROJECT SUPPORT ($40,000); POST-PRODUCTION AND IMPACT SUPPORT FOR HOME IS A HOTEL ($60,000); THE INDEPENDENT MEDIA ARTS GROUP (IMAG) ($45,000) | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | The Film Collaborative Los Angeles, CA | B | $140,000 | paid | IMPACT SUPPORT FOR LANDFALL ($40,000); GENERAL SUPPORT FOR DC/DOX FILM FESTIVAL ($50,000); POST-PRODUCTION SUPPORT FOR FAULT LINES ($50,000) | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | Firelight Media New York, NY | C | $125,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT ($100,000); CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT (CRM) PHASE 2 AND WEBSITE ACCESSIBILITY AUDIT ($25,000) | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | Black Lily Inc Philadelphia, PA | U | $125,000 | approved, future | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | Southern Documentary Fund Durham, NC | C | $125,000 | paid | DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES ($15,000); PRODUCTION AND IMPACT SUPPORT FOR THE RIVER ($110,000) | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | Doca Limited Nairobi | U | $100,000 | paid | REAL REEL IMPACT PROGRAM | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | Video Veracity New Orleans, LA | B | $100,000 | paid | PRODUCTION AND IMPACT SUPPORT FOR UNLEARNED | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | New York Foundation for the Arts Brooklyn, NY | C | $100,000 | paid | SUPPORT FOR FULL PICTURES STUDIOS PROJECT | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | Youth Fx Albany, NY | B | $100,000 | approved, future | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | New Orleans Film and Video Festival Inc New Orleans, LA | C | $100,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT ($75,000); ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS SUPPORT ($25,000) | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | Rada Collaborative Inc Brooklyn, NY | B | $100,000 | paid | IMPACT SUPPORT FOR GOING TO MARS: THE NIKKI GIOVANNI PROJECT | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | Doca Limited Nairobi | U | $100,000 | approved, future | REAL REEL IMPACT PROGRAM | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | Chicken & Egg Pictures Brooklyn, NY | B | $90,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT ($75,000); SALESFORCE ENHANCEMENT PROJECT ($15,000) | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | Fractured Atlas Hartsdale, NY | C | $90,000 | paid | POST-PRODUCTION SUPPORT FOR REMAINING NATIVE ($40,000); IMPACT SUPPORT FOR LO QUE QUEDA EN EL CAMINO ($50,000) | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | American Documentary Brooklyn, NY | B | $86,250 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT ($75,000); ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS ($11,250) | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | Film Independent Inc Los Angeles, CA | B | $76,750 | paid | POST-PRODUCTION AND IMPACT SUPPORT FOR THE TUBA THIEVES ($26,750); PRODUCTION AND IMPACT SUPPORT FOR YOU DON'T KNOW MY NAME ($50,000) | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | New Orleans Film and Video Festival Inc New Orleans, LA | C | $75,000 | approved, future | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | Independent Feature Project Brooklyn, NY | B | $75,000 | approved, future | IMPACT SUPPORT FOR ANONYMOUS SISTER | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | Floodlight Washington, DC | B | $75,000 | paid | CORE SUPPORT FOR DOCUMENTARY COLLABORATIVE PROJECT | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | Chicken & Egg Pictures Brooklyn, NY | B | $75,000 | approved, future | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | Independent Feature Project Brooklyn, NY | B | $75,000 | paid | IMPACT SUPPORT FOR ANONYMOUS SISTER | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | Austin Film Society Austin, TX | B | $75,000 | paid | IMPACT SUPPORT FOR BREAKING THE NEWS | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | Just Vision Inc Washington, DC | B | $75,000 | paid | IMPACT SUPPORT FOR BOYCOTT | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | Floodlight Washington, DC | B | $75,000 | approved, future | CORE SUPPORT FOR DOCUMENTARY COLLABORATIVE PROJECT | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | If Not US Then Who Topanga, CA | C | $65,000 | paid | EMERGING FILMMAKER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | Documental Ambulante Ac Ciudad de Mexico | U | $57,500 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT ($50,000); CAPACITY BUILDING ($7,500) | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | Uniondocs Brooklyn, NY | C | $55,544 | paid | PROJECT SUPPORT FOR SUNSHINE CINEMA | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | Life Media Projects Santa Monica, CA | B | $53,500 | paid | IMPACT SUPPORT FOR LA LUCHA | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | Uniondocs Brooklyn, NY | C | $53,000 | approved, future | PROJECT SUPPORT FOR SUNSHINE CINEMA | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | The Scribe Video Center Inc Philadelphia, PA | C | $50,000 | paid | IMPACT SUPPORT FOR THE COMMAND CENTER TO BRING WOMEN HOME | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | American Cinema Editors Educational Center Los Angeles, CA | B | $50,000 | paid | CORE SUPPORT FOR BLACK, INDIGENOUS, AND PEOPLE OF COLOR (BIPOC) DOC EDITORS PROJECT | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | Beirut Dccultural Association for Cinema and Audiovisual Aflamuna Baabda | U | $50,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | Beirut Dccultural Association for Cinema and Audiovisual Aflamuna Baabda | U | $50,000 | approved, future | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | Running Strong for American Indian Youth Sacramento, CA | U | $50,000 | paid | PRODUCTION AND IMPACT SUPPORT FOR REMAINING NATIVE | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | Story Money Impact (smi) Film Society Vancouver, BRITISH COLUMBIA | U | $45,500 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT ($35,000); ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS ($10,500) | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | International Documentary Association Los Angeles, CA | B | $45,000 | paid | IMPACT TOUR SUPPORT FOR FRUITS OF LABOR | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | Sisters in Cinema Chicago, IL | B | $40,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | Community Partners Los Angeles, CA | B | $40,000 | approved, future | CORE SUPPORT FOR JUSTICE FOR MY SISTER PROJECT | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | Community Partners Los Angeles, CA | B | $40,000 | paid | CORE SUPPORT FOR JUSTICE FOR MY SISTER PROJECT | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | The Freedom Bound Center Sacramento, CA | B | $40,000 | paid | IMPACT SUPPORT FOR WE STILL HERE - NOS TENEMOS | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | Big Sky Film Institute Inc Missoula, MT | B | $40,000 | paid | NATIVE FILMMAKER INITIATIVE | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | Sisters in Cinema Chicago, IL | B | $40,000 | approved, future | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | Paso del Norte Community Foundation El Paso, TX | B | $35,860 | paid | LA FRONTERA FILM LAB | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | Maysles Documentary Center New York, NY | U | $35,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | Cinema Tropical New York, NY | C | $35,000 | approved, future | POST-PRODUCTION AND IMPACT SUPPORT FOR NINXS | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | Brown Girls Doc Mafia Bronx, NY | B | $25,000 | paid | ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | Documentary Producers Alliance Dover, DE | U | $25,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | Points North Institute Camden, ME | B | $25,000 | approved, future | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | Storyline Brooklyn, NY | B | $25,000 | paid | POST-PRODUCTION FOR UNTITLED EXTREMISM PROJECT | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA | B | $25,000 | paid | INDIGENOUS DIGITAL DELEGATION | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | Cinema Tropical New York, NY | C | $25,000 | paid | DISTRIBUTION ADVOCATES PROJECT | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | Points North Institute Camden, ME | B | $25,000 | paid | OPERATING SUPPORT | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | Independent Television Service Inc San Francisco, CA | B | $25,000 | paid | IMPACT SUPPORT FOR BUILDING BRIDGES | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | Axs Lab Long Island City, NY | B | $20,000 | paid | AXS FILM FUND | 202402819349101100 |
| 2023 | Guild of Future Architects New York, NY | U | $10,000 | paid | RESTORING THE FUTURE PROJECT | 202402819349101100 |
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