Institutional Grants
The Institutional Grants Program assists in fostering educational activities between the public and the film industry while encouraging the appreciation of motion pictures as both an art form and a vocation.
In 2009 the program distributed $500,000 to 64 institutions.
How to Apply
Applications
The 2010 Institutional Grants applications are now available. Proposals must be received by January 15, 2010, and all applicants will be notified of the status of their proposals by the end of April 2010. More
Downloadable Applications
Grant Recipients
Outreach to Minorities
Among the organizations receiving money for 2009–2010 are Streetlights and the Institute of American Indian Arts, both of which have benefitted from Academy grants in the past as well, and both of which focus their efforts on improving skills and opportunities for minority populations. More
More Grant Recipients
Since 1968 the program has distributed over 400 grants to a variety of motion picture-related schools, colleges and nonprofit organizations. In recent years, grants have been made to the AFI for the Directing Workshop for Women; to Cornell Cinema (Ithaca, NY) for visiting artists within a screening series; to Streetlights (Los Angeles) for a production assistant training and placement program; to FilmAid for their African screening program; and to IFP for their “Rough Cut” Film Lab mentoring program.
