How much does American Documentary Inc give?

American Documentary Inc reported 6 grants totaling $45,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 7 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.

What does American Documentary Inc fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (79%), Public Benefit (7%), Education (7%).

Who are American Documentary Inc's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Film Collaborative Inc ($25k), Newfilmmakers Los Angeles ($24k), Whyy Inc ($23k).

Does American Documentary Inc fund new organizations?

In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Where is American Documentary Inc based?

American Documentary Inc is based in NY.

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American Documentary Inc

A national non-profit media arts organization, american documentary strives to make essential documentaries accessible as a catalyst for public discourse. We collaborate with passionate filmmakers to amplify their voices, nuture the nonfiction community, and conduct community outreach.

$46k
Granted FY2024(still arriving): 6
Grants FY2024: 6
Organizations funded FY2023: 100%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Median grant, FY2024: $7,500
Largest grant, FY2024: $8,000
Organizations funded a year: 3 to 7; FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024: 6
Total assets, FY2024: $2.5M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 100% of the organizations American Documentary Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $55k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

Arts & CultureCrime & LegalEducationOther

How this is measured

First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2024still arriving	6	$46k	50%
FY2023	6	$55k	100%
FY2022	6	$57k	83%
FY2021	7	$85k	100%
FY2020	6	$62k	100%
FY2018	3	$43k	67%
FY2017	3	$24k	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$294kPublic Benefit$28kEducation$26kScience & Tech$14kCrime & Legal$10k

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
The Film Collaborative Inc	$25,000	1	0%
Newfilmmakers Los Angeles	$24,000	2	3%
Whyy Inc	$22,856	2	0%
University of Utah	$17,500	2	n/a
Prairie Public Broadcasting Inc	$17,500	2	0%
GA Public Telecom Commision	$17,500	2	n/a
St Louis Regional Public Media Inc	$14,000	1	n/a
Urban Gateways	$12,500	1	1%
Public Broadcasting of Northwest Pennsylvania Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Alaska Public Media Inc	$10,000	1	0%

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All grantees of American Documentary Inc by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
The Film Collaborative Inc	$25,000	1	0%
Newfilmmakers Los Angeles	$24,000	2	3%
Whyy Inc	$22,856	2	0%
University of Utah	$17,500	2	n/a
Prairie Public Broadcasting Inc	$17,500	2	0%
GA Public Telecom Commision	$17,500	2	n/a
St Louis Regional Public Media Inc	$14,000	1	n/a
Urban Gateways	$12,500	1	1%
Public Broadcasting of Northwest Pennsylvania Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Alaska Public Media Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Hawaii Public Television Foundation Dba Pbs Hawaii	$10,000	1	0%
The Greater Chattanooga Public Television Corporation	$10,000	1	0%
Southern Documentary Fund	$10,000	1	2%
Kentucky Educational Television Foundation Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Wskg Public Telecommunications Council	$10,000	1	0%
Maui County Community Television Inc	$10,000	1	0%
From Prison Cells to Phd Inc	$10,000	1	2%
Storyville Center for the Spoken Word Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Florida Gulf Coast University Foundation Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Ohio University	$10,000	1	n/a
Blue Ridge Public Television Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Bang on a Can	$9,000	1	0%
The Howard University	$8,000	1	0%
Delta College	$8,000	1	n/a
Net Foundation for Radio	$8,000	1	0%
Rocky Mountain Public Media Inc	$7,500	1	0%
ETV Endowment of South Carolina Inc	$7,500	1	0%
West Virginia Public Broadcasting Founda	$7,500	1	1%
Oklahoma State University	$7,500	1	n/a
Wtjx	$7,500	1	n/a
Doc Savannah Inc	$6,000	1	n/a

Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($14k), not named here.

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget American Documentary Inc supplied at peak.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 23.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

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How this is measured

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About American Documentary Inc

How much does American Documentary Inc give?: American Documentary Inc reported 6 grants totaling $45,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 7 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does American Documentary Inc fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (79%), Public Benefit (7%), Education (7%).
Who are American Documentary Inc's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Film Collaborative Inc ($25k), Newfilmmakers Los Angeles ($24k), Whyy Inc ($23k).
Does American Documentary Inc fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as American Documentary Inc?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Public Broadcasting Service, Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc.
Where is American Documentary Inc based?: American Documentary Inc is based in NY.