AFS Grant
Austin Film Society
Texas filmmakers have their own state fund: cash for features and shorts in production or post, with camera and finishing packages on top.
up to$20kGrantbetween rounds
Broadcaster United States, Los Angeles
Public Media Content Fund
Run by Latino Public Broadcasting
Documentaries and limited series about Latino life for national public television, funded from first research through the final mix. Production and post are the priority and the sums run to USD 100,000, but the agreement hands LPB the public television rights and a slice of revenue. Scripted projects are read too if a script is attached.
Investment, $10,000 to $100,000Open to writers in United StatesA writer with a producer or a production company
Next dates not yet published
That closing date has passed. We check the funder's page every day and add the next dates once they are published.
The money
- Amount
- $10,000 to $100,000USD 10,000 to 20,000 for research and development, USD 40,000 to 100,000 for production, USD 25,000 to 100,000 for post-production; paid under a production agreement that grants LPB exclusive public television rights and a share of ancillary revenue for fifteen years
- What it is
- InvestmentThe fund takes a share of the film and recoups from its earnings.
- To apply
- Free
Who can apply
- Applicant
- A writer with a producer or a production company
- Where you write
- In United States
- Rules
- Independent filmmakers or their own production entities, aged 18 or over, who are US citizens or legal residents with prior film or television credits and a real connection to the Latino community or issue in the film. The applicant keeps the copyright and editorial control and must shoot in HD. Advocacy and student projects are out.
- Stages
- Development, production and completion
- Formats
- Documentary, Series
- Language of the application
- English
When to apply
The fund opens once a year. The next cycle's dates are not yet published; we add them when they are. The guidelines and FAQ carry no dates for the next round; decisions come five to six months after a deadline.
What it gives besides money
A route to PBS and the VOCES strand, with LPB's broadcast standards and deliverables guidance.
Also open to writers in United States
Arts Innovator Award
Artist Trust
Two Washington artists a year receive USD 25,000 for pushing at the edges of their field, with no project report attached.
range$25kGrantbetween rounds
Creative Accelerator Fund
Illinois Arts Council
Illinois pays working artists USD 10,000 by lottery rather than by jury: show an active practice with two work samples and the state lottery draws the winners region by region.
range$10kGrantbetween rounds
Fellowship Awards
Artist Trust
Washington State's merit award for working artists: USD 10,000 with no strings, judged on the body of work rather than a project.
range$10kGrantcloses tomorrow
More development funding elsewhere
CMF Indigenous Development, Predevelopment and Production Programs (administered by the ISO)
Indigenous Screen Office with the Canada Media Fund
The Canada Media Fund's Indigenous money is handed to the Indigenous Screen Office to run, with higher contribution rates than the general programs: up to 84 percent of a predevelopment…
up toCA$750kGrant or repayablebetween rounds
Development and Predevelopment Funding (Broadcaster Envelope Program, Development)
Canada Media Fund
Television and digital series development in Canada mostly runs through this fund, but a broadcaster has to commit first: the money follows a development deal rather than a pitch.
VariesRepayablecloses in 37 days
Development Program
Telefilm Canada
Canada's federal feature film agency pays for script drafts and packaging through a production company, from a first draft to the attachment of a director and distributor.
up toCA$100kRepayablebetween rounds
Development Program (ISO Story Fund)
Indigenous Screen Office
An Indigenous writer can apply here alone, without a producer or broadcaster, for research, script drafts, story editing, knowledge keepers and pitch materials.
up toCA$40kGrantbetween rounds
Also useful
Fellowships and labsPrograms that pick a few writers and work with them for months, on the events pages.Where Creative Europe's development money goesEvery MEDIA development grant since 2014, by country, company and year.How to write a treatmentThe document a development application is built on, step by step.Screenwriting eventsContests, labs, festivals and conferences, with their deadlines.