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Film/Video/Radio Resources

Funding

State Arts Agencies/Regional Arts Organizations
Funding for individuals and organizations.

Foundation Center
The leading web site on philanthropy serving grantseekers, grantmakers, researchers, policymakers, the media, and the general public.

Nonprofit Finance Fund
Loans for facilities projects and for other growth-related needs and planning assistance.

NYFA Source
The largest national database of information on grants, awards, services, and publications for artists in all disciplines.

Publication

From Celluloid to Cyberspace: The Media Arts and the Changing Arts World
by Kevin F. McCarthy, Elizabeth Heneghan Ondaatje. Published by RAND. This publication examines the media arts - art produced using or combining film, video, and computers - in the context of the broader arts environment and identifies the unique challenges they face. The authors discuss audiences, media artists as a group, arts organizations, and funding opportunities for the media arts. May be purchased in hard copy or downloaded for free in PDF. Please go to the RAND web site for more information.

Organizations

Association of Independents in Radio
1452 Dorchester Ave, 2nd Floor
Dorchester, MA 02122
Tel: (617) 825-4400
Fax: (617) 825-4422
The Association of Independents in Radio (AIR) is a membership organization which serves as a professional and social network of producers, providing training and support to stretch the boundaries of technology and journalism and to spread and engage audiences for digital public media. 

Association of Moving Image Archivists
1313 N. Vine Street
Hollywood, CA 90028
Voice: (323) 463-1500
FAX: (323) 463-1506
The Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA) is a professional association established to advance the field of moving image archiving by fostering cooperation among individuals concerned with the collection, preservation, exhibition and use of moving image materials.

Bay Area Video Coalition
2727 Mariposa Street, 2nd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94110
Tel: (415) 861-3282
Fax: (415) 861-4316
BAVC exists to serve all artistic disciplines through technical assistance, training, and low cost access to the newest communications technologies. In the early 1990's, BAVC took the initiative to expand its offerings into the video preservation field. It has developed video preservation standards and resurrected obsolete equipment so works can be restored.

Center for Asian American Media
145 Ninth Street, Suite 350
San Francisco, CA 94103-2641
Tel: (415) 863-0814
Fax: (415) 863-7428
By providing opportunities to Asian Pacific American artists working in film, radio, video, and other electronic media, CAAM seeks to advance the ideal of the U.S. as a pluralistic society where diverse cultures and people are empowered and respected. CAAM aims to promote better understanding of the Asian Pacific American experience to the broadest audience possible.

Corporation for Public Broadcasting
401 9th Street NW
Washington, DC 20004-2129
Tel: (202) 879-9600
Fax: (202) 879-9700
In 1967, the United States Congress created the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). CPB created the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in 1969 and National Public Radio (NPR) in 1970. PBS and NPR produce and distribute national programs. CPB cultivates and funds these programs and seeks ways to use them to serve communities better. CPB develops public telecommunications services (radio, television and new media such as online programming), investing in nearly 1,000 local radio and television stations that reach virtually every household in the country. It's the largest, single source for funding for public programming.

Games For Change
261 Madison Avenue, 9th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Tel: (212) 242-4922
Games For Change is a nonprofit corporation which supports games for social good and education through their creation and distribution by providing resources for designers and developers, convening stakeholders, and directing investment to new projects.

International Documentary Association
3470 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 980
Los Angeles, CA 90010 USA
Tel: (213) 232-1660
Fax: (213) 232-1669
The IDA is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting the documentary form, supporting documentary film and video makers, and increasing public appreciation and demand for nonfiction programs.

Independent Filmmaker Project
68 Jay Street Room 425
Brooklyn, NY 11201 
Tel: (212) 465-8200
Fax: (212) 465-8525
A resource for independent filmmakers, the IFP is a membership organization that provides educational services and support to its constituency. The IFP's activities include: the annual Independent Feature Film Market; Filmmaker Magazine; From Script to Screen, and annual screenplay development conference; a monthly screening series to provide the public and distributors an opportunity to view films which are seeking theatrical distribution; and various seminars and workshops to encourage filmmakers in all aspects of production.

Independent Television Service
651 Brannan Street, Suite 410
San Francisco, CA 94107
Tel: (415) 356-8383
Fax: (415) 356-8391
Established in 1988 to energize public television, ITVS funds innovative proposals by independent producers by providing production, promotion, marketing, and distribution support.

Latino Public Broadcasting
2550 N. Hollywood Way, Suite 301
Burbank, CA 91505
Tel: (818) 847-9656
Fax: (818) 847-9663
Latino Public Broadcasting supports the development, production, acquisition and distribution of non-commercial educational and cultural television programming that is representative of Latino people, or addresses issues of particular interest to Latino Americans. These programs are produced for dissemination to public broadcasting stations and other public telecommunications entities. Funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, LPB's mission is to provide a voice to the diverse Latino community throughout the United States.

National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture
145 Ninth Street, Suite 102
San Francisco, CA 94103
Tel: (415) 431-1391
Fax: (415) 431-1392
The National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture (NAMAC) is a nonprofit association comprised of diverse member organizations who are dedicated to the production, exhibition, distribution, and preservation of film, video, audio and online/multimedia arts. Its mission is to: strengthen media arts organizations as an integral part of the community; facilitate the support of independent media artists form all cultural communities and regions; integrate media into all levels of education and advocate for media literacy as an educational goal promote humane uses of and individual access to current and future media technologies; and encourage media arts that are rooted in communities, as well those that are global in outlook.

National Black Programming Consortium
68 East 131st Street, 7th floor
Harlem, NY 10037
Tel: (212) 234-8200
Fax: (212) 234-7032
The NBPC is a national non-profit media arts organization dedicated to the presentation, funding, promotion and distribution of positive images of Black film and video. It houses one of the largest archive collections in the country and produces an international film/video competition and festival.

National Center for Film and Video Preservation at the American Film Institute
2021 North Western Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90027-1657
Tel: (323) 856-7600
Fax: (323) 467-4578
AFI is dedicated to advancing and preserving the art of film, television and other forms of the moving image. AFI's programs provide innovation and excellence through teaching, presenting, preserving and redefining the role of the moving image. The National Center for Film and Video Preservation was established in 1984 by the AFI and the National Endowment for the Arts. Its mission is: to serve as a center for coordinating American moving image preservation activities, to implement a National Moving Image Database of film and television archival holdings, to research and publish the AFI Catalog of American Feature Films, to locate and acquire films and television programs for inclusion in the AFI Collection at the Library of Congress and other archives, and to create broader public awareness of preservation needs.

National Endowment for the Humanities
1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20506
Tel: 1-800-NEH-1121; (202) 606-8400
The NEH is a federal agency that supports learning in history, literature, philosophy, and other areas of the humanities. It funds research, education, museum exhibitions, documentaries, preservation, and activities throughout the country. The NEH supports media projects which engage the public in critical analysis and interpretation of humanities themes though television, film, and radio programming.

National Federation of Community Broadcasters
1101 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Suite 600
Washington, DC 20004
Tel: (202) 756-2268
The National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB) is a national membership organization of community-oriented, non-commercial radio stations. Large and small, rural and urban, eclectic or targeted toward specific communities, the member stations are distinguished by their commitment to localism and community participation and support.

National Film Preservation Board at the Library of Congress
101 Independence Avenue SE
Washington DC 20540
Tel: (202) 707-5912
Fax: (202) 707-2371
The National Film Preservation Board (NFPB), authorized and established by the National Film Preservation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-285; 2 U.S.C. 179), serves as a public advisory group to the Librarian of Congress. The Board consists of 40 members and alternates representing the film industry, archives, scholars, filmmakers and others who make up the diverse American motion picture community. As its primary mission, the Board works to ensure the survival, conservation and increased public availability of America's film heritage, including: advising the Librarian on the annual selection of films to the National Film Registry, and counseling the Librarian on development and implementation of the national film preservation plan.

National Film Preservation Foundation
870 Market Street, Suite 1113
San Francisco, CA 94102
Tel: (415) 392-7291
Fax: (415) 392-7293
The National Film Preservation Foundation is a new, non-profit organization created by Congress to save America's film heritage. The Foundation raises money for the non-profit and public archives to preserve and make available endangered films that are not protected by commercial interests. In October 1999, the Foundation will be eligible to receive federal support. Federal funds go entirely to film preservation projects; none will be spent on the administration of the Foundation. NFPF raises money to support film preservation activities in archives, libraries, museums, historical societies, universities, and other non-profit organizations across the United States.

National Public Radio (NPR)
1111 North Capitol St., NE
Washington, DC 20002
Tel: (202) 513-2000
Fax: (202) 513-3329
Founded in 1970, NPR is a nonprofit membership organization that is a leading producer of public radio programming in the United States. NPR has 490 member public radio stations nationwide, and also operates a national satellite program distribution system, with regional uplinks for public radio stations and other producers.

Pacific Islanders in Communications
615 Pi'ikoi Street Suite 1504
Honolulu, HI 96814
Tel: (808) 591-0059
Fax: (808) 591-1114
Pacific Islanders in Communications (PIC) is a national nonprofit media organization established primarily for the purpose of increasing national public broadcast television programming by and about indigenous Pacific Islanders. PIC promotes programming which fosters a deeper understanding of the values inherent in Pacific Island cultures and which enhance public recognition of and appreciation for Pacific Islanders; that is, the descendants of the first peoples of Hawai'i, Guam, the Northern Marianas Islands, American Samoa and other Pacific Islands.

Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
2100 Crystal Drive
Arlington, VA 22202
Tel: (703) 739-5000
Fax: (703) 739-0775
The Public Broadcasting Service, created and owned by the nation's public television stations, exists to serve its Members with programming and services of the highest quality and the imaginative use of technology to advance education, culture and citizenship.

Public Radio International (PRI)
401 2nd Avenue North, Suite 500
Minneapolis, MN 55401
Tel: (612) 338-5000
Fax: (612) 330-9222
Public Radio International (PRI) is a public radio network that acquires, develops, funds, and distributes public radio programming from station-based, independent and international producers. PRI Program Fund awards are made for program research, piloting, and production in fields of news and information, music and variety, with emphasis on developing new talents and program concepts, and on serving diverse audiences.

Sundance Institute
5900 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 800
Los Angeles, CA 90036
Tel: (310) 360-1981
Fax: (310) 360-1969
In 1981 Robert Redford gathered a group of colleagues to discuss new ways to enhance the artistic vitality of the American film. The result was the establishment of the Sundance Institute, a non-profit organization, dedicated to the support and development of emerging screenwriters and directors of vision, and to the national and international exhibition of new, independent dramatic and documentary films.

Vision Maker Media
1800 N. 33 St.
Lincoln, NE 68503
Tel: (402) 472-3522
Fax: (402) 472-8675
Vision Maker Media offers grants for research, development, or completion of programs which bring a new perspective, quality and quantity of Native American productions to national audiences via public broadcasting.