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Organization	Fund	Description
Black Public Media	NBPC360	The 360 Incubator and Fund is a funding initiative of the National Black Programming Consortium (NBPC) devised to help launch multi-part, non-fiction broadcast projects, non-fiction and scripted web serial content, as well as interactive or "trans-media" projects, about the Black experience.
California Humanities	California Documentary Project Grant	The California Documentary Project (CDP) is a competitive grant program that supports the research and development and production stages of film, audio, and interactive media projects that enhance our understanding of California and its cultures, peoples, and histories. Projects should use the humanities to provide context, depth, and perspective and be suitable for California and national audiences through public and educational screenings and presentations, broadcast, distribution, and/or online.
Filmmakers Without Borders	FWB New Media Grants	FWB provides grant funding for narrative, documentary, and experimental new media projects at various stages of production (development, production, post-production, distribution) that align with themes of social justice, women's voices, youth voices, identity, cultural exchange, or climate change. Award amounts are up to $5,000 USD. Note: There are three grant cycles throughout each year (Spring/Summer/Fall).
ITVS	Digital Open Call	ITVS is looking for exceptional stories on any subject. They provide up to $30,000 in research and development funding to help you take your original digital content idea to the pilot stage for distribution on public media. Digital Open Call is only open to pre-production projects.
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)	Funding Opportunities in Media Arts	The National Endowment for the Arts provides several funding opportunities for organizations working in media arts.
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)	Media Projects: Development Grants	The Media Projects program supports film, television, and radio projects that engage general audiences with humanities ideas in creative and appealing ways. All projects must be grounded in humanities scholarship in disciplines such as history, art history, film studies, literature, drama, religious studies, philosophy, or anthropology. Projects must also demonstrate an approach that is thoughtful, balanced, and analytical (rather than celebratory). The approach to the subject matter must go beyond the mere presentation of factual information to explore its larger significance and stimulate critical thinking.
New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA)	Electronic Media & Film	Electronic Media and Film (EMF) advances artistic exploration and public engagement in the media arts. EMF is dedicated to experimental and creative expression in all genres of time-based and moving image media, including emergent technology. Support is provided for projects that employ electronic media, film and technology as an art form, including historical and rarely seen works that enable media arts appreciation.
POV	POV Digital Lab	POV Digital Lab is a weekend media incubator with a track record of launching funded, highly viewed, and Webby- and Emmy-award nominated media.
Tribeca Film Institute	TFI New Media Fund	Funding and support to non-fiction, social issue media projects which go beyond traditional screens—integrating film with content across media platforms, from video games, apps, social networks and Web. For projects based anywhere in advanced development or beyond. Grants range from $50,000 to $100,000.
Tribeca Film Institute	Tribeca All Access: Interactive	Celebrating twelve years, TAA supports working filmmakers and producers based in U.S. and Puerto Rico who come from communities underrepresented in the film industry and whose projects are in all stages of development, production or post-production.
Vision Maker Media	Public Media Fun: New Media	Vision Maker Media invites proposals for programs intended for Public Television that represent the experiences, values and cultures of American Indians and Alaska Natives. It provide funding for filmmakers to research, produce and complete innovative "short form" (no more than 20-minute) projects for primary distribution over the Internet and/or another Public Media platform, and include vignettes, webisodes and other new media content.

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Last Updated: 9/20/2017