New York · Public charity
Doc Society Inc
We bring people together to unleash the transformational power of independent documentary film. We serve individual filmmakers and the growing network of partners who support them globally. We help build new models, aiming to innovate, share freely and innovate again.a commitment to anti-racism, economic equity and climate justice is…
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $313k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $17,575
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $251,750
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 21
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.5M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations Doc Society Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $366k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 5 | $313k | 40% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $366k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $87k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $393k | 70% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $100k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 21 | $633k | 90% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $595k | 57% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $416k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
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, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Sky Film Productions Inc | $446,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Plan C for Civilization LLC | $380,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Memory Project LLC | $251,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Curious Matters LLC | $214,225 | 3 | n/a |
| Blueshift Media | $172,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Greener Pastures Film LLC | $142,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Our Theory LLC | $121,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Philadelphia Public Access Corporation | $116,500 | 3 | 3% |
| Unaccompanied Children LLC | $85,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Roll Red Roll LLC | $71,250 | 2 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Sky Film Productions Inc | $446,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Plan C for Civilization LLC | $380,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Memory Project LLC | $251,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Curious Matters LLC | $214,225 | 3 | n/a |
| Blueshift Media | $172,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Greener Pastures Film LLC | $142,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Our Theory LLC | $121,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Philadelphia Public Access Corporation | $116,500 | 3 | 3% |
| Unaccompanied Children LLC | $85,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Roll Red Roll LLC | $71,250 | 2 | n/a |
| Asociacion de Documentalistas de Pr | $50,000 | 1 | 31% |
| Copper Queen Movie LLC | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Earth Day Texas Inc | $45,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Life Beyond LLC | $43,750 | 2 | n/a |
| Caesura Films | $41,325 | 2 | n/a |
| River of Grass LLC | $41,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Foammentary LLC | $41,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Unseen Documentary LLC | $41,000 | 2 | n/a |
| These Socks Are on Fire LLC | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| M Link LLC | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cafa-Third Horizon Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Pacific Islanders in Communications | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Allied Media Projects Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Trinity Films Entertainment Group | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Health Leads Inc | $23,600 | 1 | 0% |
| Points North Institute | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Storyline Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Heartache and Paint LLC | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Report Media LLC | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mare Sciallo Films Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Goldfish Films Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Prettier in the Dark LLC | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Unlocked the Film LLC | $19,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Rabbit Raccoon LLC | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Amistad Law Project | $11,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Bimshire Project LLC | $11,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Why Not Prosper Inc | $10,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Culturetrust Greater Philadelphia | $10,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Fire Work Media LLC | $10,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Camino Productions NYC LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Brown Girls Doc Mafia Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Maya Worthy | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| And She Could Be Next LLC | $9,436 | 1 | n/a |
| Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation | $5,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Women Make Movies Inc | $5,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Alliance for Health Equity | $5,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Kidethnic LLC | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Exposure Labs | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Attie & Goldwater Productions | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sistersong Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Brava Media Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Shella Films | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| A Love Supreme | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($24k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Doc Society Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 16 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Sundance Institute · The Ford Foundation · The Philadelphia Foundation · Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia · Scattergood Behavioral Health Foundation · Independence Public Media of Philadelphia Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Doc Society Inc
- How much does Doc Society Inc give?
- Doc Society Inc reported 5 itemized grants totaling $313,075, out of $1,136,661 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 21 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Doc Society Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (84%), Education (6%), Community Improvement (3%).
- Who are Doc Society Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Big Sky Film Productions Inc ($447k), Plan C for Civilization LLC ($380k), The Memory Project LLC ($252k).
- Does Doc Society Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Doc Society Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Sundance Institute, The Ford Foundation, The Philadelphia Foundation.
- Where is Doc Society Inc based?
- Doc Society Inc is based in NY.
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