Funding Opportunities

• Research and Development 2012-2013 Supplemental Funding Awards - The intent of this award is to improve the quality of life for the people of Hawai‘i County through responsible and sustainable economic, societal and environmental practices in agriculture, tourism, new business development, energy, film resources and community capacity building.  For more information on funding, visit:
County Funding Sources

Below is a selected sample of organizations and websites for general overviews of the funding and grant application process, and a few local and specific resources that do invite applications for production:

• e-Civis Grants Network - A comprehensive web-based grant search engine and online grantsmanship training program provided by the Department of Research and Development.
• The National Endowment for the Humanities Grants of America's Media Makers - Projects in the humanities are funded that explore stories, ideas and beliefs that deepen our understanding of our lives and our world. There are two categories of grants: Development and Production.
• The Foundation Center Funding Resource Guide - Established in 1956, and today supported by close to 600 foundations, the Foundation Center is a national non-profit service organization recognized as a leading authority on organized philanthropy, connecting non-profits and the grant makers supporting them to tools they can use and information they can trust.
• What Grant Writing Is and What It's Not - A blog that describes basics about, how to's, current events in and gives practical examples of how non-profits can achieve success. A strategic advice and guidance tool for non-profit grant writers.
• Pacific Islanders in Communication (PIC) - Grants in Research and Development, production and completion: Fosters and develops programs that illuminate the Pacific Island experience. PIC works with the PBS system on a national, regional and local level to ensure broadcast of culturally authentic work. PIC acquires and packages completed works, and also serves as executive producer on selected collaborative projects.
• Center for Public Broadcasting (CPB) - Federal support for public broadcasting: CPB is a private non-profit organization created by Congress in 1967. It funds local station and diverse programming. It provides funding in three broad areas: Content and Services, Support for Public Media and Innovation.
• Roy H. Dean Film and Video Production Grants - This grant program provides funds to support short, low budget independent filmmakers and documentary filmmakers. The goal is to create short films that are unique and make a contribution to society.
• Numerous non-profits offer grants for filmmakers nationwide like the Sundance Institute which offers Sundance/Sloan Commissioning Grant and the Sundance Documentary Fund. Similarly, the Tribeca Film Institute funds both narrative and documentary projects through their Tribeca All Access Program and their Gucci Tribeca Documentary Finishing Fund. Other organizations support specific types of projects like Black Rock Arts Foundation, which funds interactive artworks throughout the world; the Paul Robseson Fund for Independent Media supports media activism by funding the pre-production and distribution of social issue film and video projects; or the Roy W. Dean Film and Writing Grants which are now available for short and low budget independents as well as documentary filmmakers.