Our grantees are addressing a number of social issues impacting the United States.

2025 Grantees

The Librarians

PEN America

The issue area: Book Bans and Intellectual Freedom

The film and nonprofit highlight the brave librarians fighting book bans in their communities.

2024 Grantees

Daughters
2024 Sundance Festival Favorite Award and Audience Award: U.S. Documentary

Girls For A Change

The issue area: Mass Incarceration

The film and nonprofit are addressing the impacts of mass incarceration on families.

All We Carry
Best Doc Feature, The Indie Awards

Northwest Immigrant Rights Project

The issue area: Immigration

The film and nonprofit are addressing immigrant rights and the asylum seeking process.

I’m Your Venus

House Lives Matter

The issue area: LGBTQIA+ Rights

The film and nonprofit are addressing the human rights and dignity of the LGBTQIA+ community, especially the trans and house communities.

Homegrown

The 22nd Century Initiative

The issue area: Political Violence

The film and nonprofit are addressing authoritarian movements and ways to end political violence.

2023 Grantees

Breaking the News

The 19th

The issue area: Gender Inequality

The film and nonprofit are addressing representation and diversity in mainstream media coverage.

Every Body
2023 Emmy Nominated

interACT

The issue area: LGBTQIA+ Rights

The film and nonprofit are addressing the human rights and dignity of people born with intersex traits.

36 Seconds: Portrait of a Hate Crime

Our Three Winners

The issue area: Hate, violence, and extremism

The film and nonprofit are addressing the growing epidemic of hate, Islamophobia, and extremism in America.

2022 Grantees

Aftershock
2023 Peabody Award Winner

saveArose Foundation

The issue area: Healthcare

The film and nonprofit are addressing the maternal mortality crisis impacting Black and Brown communities.

Lakota Nation vs. United States
2024 Emmy Winner for Best Documentary and Outstanding Directing

Lakota People’s Law Project

The issue area: Indigenous Rights

The film and nonprofit are addressing the betrayal of the Lakota Nation and the threat to the sacred Black Hills.

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Parents for Peace

The issue area: Hate, violence, and extremism

The film and nonprofit are addressing the growing epidemic of hate and extremism in America.

A Woman on the Outside

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Essie Justice Group

The issue area: Mass Incarceration

The film and nonprofit are addressing the impacts of mass incarceration on families.