· Public charity
Doc Society Inc
We bring people together to unleash the transformational power of independent documentary film.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2025
- $10k–50k4 grants · $61k
- $250k+1 grant · $252k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| THE MEMORY PROJECT LLC | $251,750 |
| PLAN C FOR CIVILIZATION LLC | $23,750 |
| CAESURA FILMS | $17,575 |
| POINTS NORTH INSTITUTE | $10,000 |
| BGDM | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–18, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
Grants abroad, by region: $819k on the FY2025 return
Schedule F, as filed: 4 regions. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.
Stated purpose: FILM PRODUCTION
Stated purpose: FILM PRODUCTION
Stated purpose: FILM PRODUCTION
Stated purpose: FILM PRODUCTION
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +23% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.
17 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 16% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $262k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- PPPHILADELPHIA PUBLIC ACCESS CORPORATION3× · 2020–2022 · $117k · revenue +16%
AMISTAD LAW PROJECT2× · 2021–2022 · $12k · revenue +52%- WNWhy Not Prosper Inc2× · 2020–2022 · $11k · revenue +295%
Funded once
- GPGREENER PASTURES FILM LLCone grant, 2020 · $143k
- OTOUR THEORY LLCone grant, 2020 · $121k
- ADASOCIACION DE DOCUMENTALISTAS DE PRgraduatedone grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue +46% · 31% of their budget
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
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…
The corporation advances excellence in the arts, including studio, media, and creative writing. to achieve its mission, the corporation provides equipment and facilities for individual artists, conducts educational programs, and stimulates…
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,…
Docs in progress is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization which gives individuals the tools to tell stories through documentary film to educate, inspire, and transform the way people view their world.
To present independent films from around the world to deepen audiences' understanding of culture, tolerance, and common humanity.
Women In Media encourages gender balance in film and entertainment industries by providing networking, professional development, and advocacy for above and below the line women and all genders who love making movies with them.
To produce and distribute socially conscious documentaries.
To impact society through the powerful tools of media and film. we are a resource for uniting individuals interested in media and developing a core group of informed citizens.
Advocate for gender equality in the film industry.
Prpd (dba, public media content collective (pmcc)) is a membership organization that empowers public media content leaders, managers, and professionals to understand, serve, and grow their audiences within an increasingly complex and…
COUSIN is a collective supporting Indigenous artists expanding the form of film. We are building an Indigenous-led film movement. We create work that is personal, proudly provocative and driven by strong, artistic voices. We celebrate this…
How this is measured
18 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 18 of the 55 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds PHILADELPHIA PUBLIC ACCESS CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds ASOCIACION DE DOCUMENTALISTAS DE PR ↗
- Who funds EARTH DAY TEXAS INC ↗
- Who funds CAFA-THIRD HORIZON INC ↗
- Who funds PACIFIC ISLANDERS IN COMMUNICATIONS ↗
- Who funds ALLIED MEDIA PROJECTS INC ↗
- Who funds COMMON COUNSEL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HEALTH LEADS INC ↗
- Who funds Points North Institute ↗
- Who funds STORYLINE INC ↗
- Who funds AMISTAD LAW PROJECT ↗
- Who funds Why Not Prosper Inc ↗
- Who funds CULTURETRUST GREATER PHILADELPHIA ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Doc Society Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Doc Society Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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