Maryland · Public charity
Docs in Progress Inc
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.
- $161k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 60%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $156k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,678
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $125,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 5
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $310k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 60% of the organizations Docs in Progress Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 29% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $58k 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 | 3 | $156k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $196k | 60% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $474k | 75% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $35k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $60k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $85k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $15k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $117k | 25% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cinediaz Inc | $345,203 | 6 | n/a |
| Listening Is Key LLC - Tisdale | $271,702 | 2 | n/a |
| This Is How It Ends LLC | $175,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Docs in Progress Inc | $158,440 | 2 | 21% |
| Together Helping Unite God's Sons Inc Man II Man | $48,220 | 2 | 24% |
| 1331 Productions LLC | $47,490 | 4 | n/a |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Washington and Affiliate | $36,649 | 2 | 0% |
| Listen to Me | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Forced Detour Films LLC | $33,278 | 2 | n/a |
| Tangerine LLC | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cinediaz Inc | $345,203 | 6 | n/a |
| Listening Is Key LLC - Tisdale | $271,702 | 2 | n/a |
| This Is How It Ends LLC | $175,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Docs in Progress Inc | $158,440 | 2 | 21% |
| Together Helping Unite God's Sons Inc Man II Man | $48,220 | 2 | 24% |
| 1331 Productions LLC | $47,490 | 4 | n/a |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Washington and Affiliate | $36,649 | 2 | 0% |
| Listen to Me | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Forced Detour Films LLC | $33,278 | 2 | n/a |
| Tangerine LLC | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Trudat Productions | $20,100 | 1 | n/a |
| For US by US Documentary LLC | $10,300 | 1 | n/a |
| Oliafilm LLC | $5,400 | 1 | n/a |
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About Docs in Progress Inc
- How much does Docs in Progress Inc give?
- Docs in Progress Inc reported 3 itemized grants totaling $155,978, out of $160,833 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Docs in Progress Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (66%), Education (26%), Youth Development (8%).
- Who are Docs in Progress Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Cinediaz Inc ($345k), Listening Is Key LLC - Tisdale ($272k), This Is How It Ends LLC ($175k).
- Does Docs in Progress Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Docs in Progress Inc based?
- Docs in Progress Inc is based in MD.
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