Funder Q&As

What is the Astraea National Lesbian Action Foundation?
Astraea is a multicultural, feminist, public foundation whose mission is to distribute funds and provide assistance to organizations and projects that directly benefit or serve lesbians and to expand the community of individuals and institutions financially supporting lesbian issues.

What is the Astraea National Lesbian Action Foundation?

What is the Minnesota Independent Film Fund?

What is the Minnesota Independent Film Fund?

What is the Pacific Pioneer Fund?
We’re a private foundation, and our exclusive mission is to support “emerging” West Coast documentary film- and videomakers.

How, when and why did the fund come into being?

What is the Pacific Pioneer Fund?
We’re a private foundation, and our exclusive mission is to support “emerging” West Coast documentary film- and videomakers.

How, when and why did the fund come into being?

What is the Funding Exchange?
The Funding Exchange (FEX) is a network of 15 progressive community foundations located across the country and a national office located in New York City with its own grant-making programs.

When and why did it come into being?

What is the Funding Exchange?
The Funding Exchange (FEX) is a network of 15 progressive community foundations located across the country and a national office located in New York City with its own grant-making programs.

When and why did it come into being?

What is IFFCON?
IFFCON [International Film Financing Conf- erence] is an annual conference in San Francisco with a dual purpose: to educate filmmakers about financing independent films in today’s global marketplace, and to facilitate direct contact between independent filmmakers and international financiers, commissioning editors, co-producers, and distributors.

What is IFFCON?
IFFCON is an annual conference in San Francisco with a dual purpose: to educate filmmakers about financing independent films in today’s global marketplace, and to facilitate direct contact between independent filmmakers and international financiers, commissioning editors, co-producers, and distributors.

When and why did it come into being?