PBS's mission is to inform, to inspire, and to educate.

PBS and more than 350 local stations offer every American opportunities to experience new places, explore new ideas and discover new worlds.

Public Broadcasting Service

Women of Color Unite fights for fair access, fair treatment & fair pay for WOC in the entertainment industry. 

Women of Color Unite (WOCU) is a social action non-profit organization focusing on fair access, fair treatment and fair pay for women of color in all aspects of the entertainment and media industries.  This organization works towards these goals by creating self-sustaining long-term programs for:  Facilitating fair hiring practices; Fostering a more inclusive and diverse workplace environment; Promoting access for excluded content creators; Expanding audiences represented by those excluded content creators; Raise funds for WOCU to produce their own content; Hold events, seminars, workshops, panels and summits to get more women of color hired, fund their projects and distribute their content; Work with additional organizations to develop analytics of under-represented marginalized groups to better identify their needs; and, Help companies incubate talent and integrate them into their work force.

Women Of Color Unite

The Mendocino Film Festival brings the prestige of independent film to venues throughout Mendocino County.  http://mendocinofilmfestival.org 707-937-0171

The Mendocino Film Festival is dedicated to providing quality independent films, documentaries, foreign films, short films, and animation to audiences of all ages and cinematic tastes and to educate film and video students in the art of filmmaking and production.

Mendocino Film Festival

A new non-profit content accelerator empowering the next generation of Hollywood leaders.

Our Mission
To empower BIPOC creators, artists, and entrepreneurs to make popular entertainment that reflects our multicultural society so we can help improve racial equity in America.

We're creating a system of change designed to reshape majority opinions by ensuring that creators of all backgrounds can tell their stories and see themselves in popular culture.

Our Vision
We are committed to creating a more empathic world. We believe stories and content have the power to unite people, bridge cultures, and achieve racial equity.

Rideback Rise Inc

Reel Start is developing the next generation of creators and craftspeople

Help us prepare for our 2024 programing and to continue to place our past program participants in industry jobs. We set out to change the future of our industry, and your support is making that happen. Thank you in advance for giving new voices a voice.

Reel Start

The National Film Preservation Foundation is the independent, nonprofit organization created by the U.S. Congress to help save America’s film heritage. Working with archives and others who appreciate film, the NFPF supports activities that save films for future generations, improve film access for education and exhibition, and increase public commitment to preserving film as a cultural resource, art form, and historical record. Established in 1996, the NFPF is the charitable affiliate of the National Film Preservation Board of the Library of Congress.

National Film Preservation Foundation

Olympia Film Collective is a nonprofit organization focused on arts, culture, or humanities. It is based in Olympia, WA. It received its nonprofit status in 2017.

Olympia Film Collective

The Blackhouse Foundation  believes in the importance & power of diversity in film. Our goal: expand opportunities, increase knowledge & provide support for Black filmmakers in the US & abroad via partnerships w/the world's most prominent festivals.

The mission of the Blackhouse Foundation is to expand opportunities for Black filmmakers by providing a physical venue for our constituents at the world's most prominent film festivals and creating a nucleus for continuing support, community, education and knowledge.

The Blackhouse Foundation

Presenters of the San Diego Asian Film Festival and other year-round events.

Pacific Arts Movement presents Pan Asian media arts to San Diego residents and visitors in order to inspire, entertain, and support a more compassionate society.

Pacific Arts Movement

"The best video store in Seattle? No, the world." --Not For Tourists Seattle 2009

Scarecrow Video

EarthEcho International inspires young people worldwide to act now for a sustainable future.

EarthEcho International’s mission is to inspire young people worldwide to act now for a sustainable future.

EarthEcho International

We create a unique blend of theatrical and musical experiences through professional performance and education for all people.

As a professional theatre in the St. Croix Valley, The Zephyr Theatre produces productions of the highest quality that are visually, acoustically, and artistically beautiful. We create and revive classic musicals and plays, while incorporating music, musical cultures, and dance into the live arts in meaningful ways. We provide a testing ground for new ideas and projects, while providing a place for the community and youth to learn and grow to their full potential in the arts.

Stillwater Zephyr Theatre

Brings the world of film to local audiences 

Utah Film Center inspires and engages diverse audiences to initiate conversation and community building through curated film exhibition, educational programs, and artist support.

Utah Film Center

Activating documentary film for a more equitable world!

Maysles Institute

📽️ In theatres since 1985. Celebrating the experience of cinema. Live events and films in 35mm, 70mm, nitrate and more!

The American Cinematheque believes that cinema is a communal experience with the power to entertain, enlighten and inspire. We build a diverse and engaged film community through immersive film curation, conversation, and presentation. We bridge the filmmaker to the audience and film history to its future.

In 1984, after an inspiring trip to the Cinémathèque Française in Paris, Filmmaker Sydney Pollack joined forces with the team behind FILMEX to continue developing a year-round film festival for the city of Los Angeles where cinephiles and filmmakers could discover, engage with and discuss the seventh art.

Since it began screening films to the public in 1985, the American Cinematheque has provided diverse film programming and immersive in-person discussions and events with thousands of filmmakers and luminaries, presenting new and repertory cinema to Los Angeles.

True to the hope and intent of Sydney Pollack, the American Cinematheque is a place where both the public and members of the film industry come together as a community with the common language of film.



American Cinematheque

Tiny Little Shorts is a nonprofit organization focused on arts, culture, or humanities. It is based in Fremont, CA. It received its nonprofit status in 2018.

Tiny Little Shorts

Public television channels WETA PBS, WETA UK, WETA World, WETA Kids and WETA Metro.

Founded in 1961, WETA is the leading public broadcasting station in the nation’s capital and serves our community with educational, cultural, news and public affairs programs and services.



Weta Tv & Fm

NewFilmmakers Los Angeles is a nonprofit organization focused on arts, culture, or humanities. It is based in Los Angeles, CA. It received its nonprofit status in 2009.

NewFilmmakers Los Angeles

Your Move envisions a world where people recognize that following Jesus will make their lives better & the world a better place. 

Your Move Collective aims to intersect culture with the teaching of Jesus by placing helpful content and practical next steps where people are and where they expect it least. 

Based on a research-backed understanding of the Religiously Unaffiliated population, Your Move Collective orchestrates digital journeys designed to guide individuals from apathy to becoming resolute seekers of Jesus.

For over a decade, we’ve aired Your Move with Andy Stanley--a TV program containing practical, Christ-centered content--on NBC after Saturday Night Live (SNL) and on CBS after The Late Late Show across 37 television markets nationwide.  In 2022, over 80 million messages were accessed via these broadcast purchases.  Another 10 million messages were accessed through other digital placements.  But viewership has never been our end goal.

Our goal is engagement.

Not simply engagement with us.  Ultimately, our goal is for religiously unaffiliated people to engage with a local church.  Not a small task to say the least.  But one we are committed to nonetheless.  And thanks to generous donations and support, we are making progress.

Your Move Collective, Inc.

The Darkroom video series & materials for teens and leaders provides safe & engaging content to explore key issues of faith.

Why Darkroom? We believe that faith often develops in the dark, and that many times spiritual growth starts with comfort in the not knowing. So we implore students to go ahead, break the silence, get it off their chest. Ask the unaskable. Doubt the undoubtable. Say it like you see it. Here there’s room for your eyes to adjust and your perspective to take shape. Students are invited to join us, stay curious, keep questioning, and “Find Your Way in the Dark”.

Darkroom 

Established in 2003, ArteEast is a leading nonprofit presenting contemporary arts of the SWANA region and its diasporas. 

ArteEast is a leading NY-based nonprofit dedicated to promoting contemporary arts of the Southwest Asia and North Africa (SWANA). Through public programming, strategic partnerships, and online platforms, ArteEast is a forum for critical dialogue and exchange.

Through a broad range of activities---including film screenings, exhibitions, educational programs, artist-specific resources, a resource-rich website, the ArteHub signature event series highlighting contemporary arts and expression from the SWANA region, a legacy ArteArchive program preserving and presenting 17+ years of film and video programming from and about the SWANA region, and much more---ArteEast aims to elicit a broader and deeper understanding of the region's arts and cultures among an increasingly global audiences as well as to encourage artistic excellence.


Arteeast, Inc.

Northwest Film Forum is a nonprofit organization focused on arts, culture, or humanities. It is based in Seattle, WA. It received its nonprofit status in 1996.

Northwest Film Forum

The Kiarostami Foundation is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit based in San Francisco, CA, and is focused on arts and culture.

The Kiarostami Foundation’s mission is to archive and manage the films, photographs, and other works of Abbas Kiarostami, to increase knowledge of and interest in the work of Abbas Kiarostami, to promote his work worldwide, and to encourage or participate in new art and educational projects in keeping with the spirit of his work.

Kiarostami Foundation

We are dedicated to advancing independent cross-border investigative journalism across Europe in order to strengthen democracy. 

Journalismfund Europe vzw is a Brussels-based independent non‐profit organisation incorporated by citizens in 1998. The organisation was established with the purpose of facilitating investigative, cross-border and independent journalism in order to strengthen democracy in Europe by connecting donors and journalists without endangering the journalists’ independence.

Journalismfund Europe ultimately serves the public interest, furthers accountability as well as transparency, and contributes to critical thinking and well-informed debate. 

Journalismfund Europe’s flexible grants programmes enable journalists to produce relevant public interest stories with a European mind-set from international, national, and regional perspectives.

Journalismfund Europe

Making a More Informed and Connected Life Possible for All Alaskans.

Alaska Public Media harnesses the power of [multiple media platforms](https://alaskapublic.org/about/#waystowatchlisten) to make a more informed and connected life possible for all Alaskans. We produce and present news and content that provides lifelong learning opportunities in public affairs, health and leisure, science and nature, economic and social development, civic engagement and world events. The company is located in Southcentral Alaska and is comprised of [KSKA](https://alaskapublic.org/kska/) radio, [KAKM-TV, Create TV, PBS KIDS,](https://alaskapublic.org/television/) and alaskapublic.org. Alaska Public Media also operates the [Statewide News](https://alaskapublic.org/aprn/) and a shared television service with KTOO in Juneau and KYUK in Bethel. Alaska Public Media and its affiliates deliver content that reaches 97% of the population of Alaska.

Alaska Public Media

If Innovation Foundation is a nonprofit organization focused on the production of artists working in film and new media.





If Innovation Foundation

We empower refugees by helping them reclaim access to education, develop modern media skills, and pursue professional employment.

At ReFOCUS Media Labs, our mission is to empower asylum seekers and refugees by equipping them with modern media skills to overcome the challenges they face, such as limited access to education, language barriers, financial constraints, mental health support, skills training and job placement. 

US-BASED DONATIONS ARE 100% TAX DEDUCTIBLE

Through our three Media Labs (Lesvos, Athens, Krakow) workshops and original content productions on location (Amsterdam, Berlin, Athens, Krakow) we provide comprehensive education in photography, filmmaking, audio engineering, and graphic design. Moreover, we actively collaborate with our students in the production of impactful dramatic films and documentaries.

Established in 2017 in Lesvos, Greece as a pilot project when we supported the residents of the infamous Moria refugee camp. in 2019 we officially registered ReFOCUS Media Labs as a foundation in Poland, and started formalizing our work. In 2022 we expanded our efforts by adding new media labs in Athens (GR) and Krakow (PL).  Athens was established to support refugees who struggled to secure access to education and job placement in the Greek system, and Krakow was created to support the massive influx of Ukrainian refugees who fled to Poland after the full-scale Russian invasion. Our work throughout our global network of media creation labs demonstrates our commitment to empowering our community members, and ensuring they have a seat at the table in determining our present and future direction. 

Our mission is to transform lives through education, career training, and psychosocial support, and ultimately sustainable employment. 

In Greece, we primarily work with minors and young adults, who are either stuck in the asylum system or struggling to integrate after receiving minimal asylum protection.  In Poland, our focus groups are women and young adults who fled the war, and now put down roots in Poland.  A key highlight of our training is the creation of professional portfolios, an essential tool that enables our beneficiaries to effectively showcase themselves to potential employers. This part of our program is particularly important as many refugees arriving in Europe have faced educational disparities due to conflict, poverty or discrimination in their home countries. Even those who have a university degree often struggle to be recognized in Europe as education systems in their home countries often fail to meet EU standards. As a result, many higher education graduates are forced to adapt and accept employment well below their skill and education level. In most cases this leads to exploitation on the European labor market.

Our programming aims to break the cycle of disadvantage that refugees and asylum seekers encounter in the labor market. By providing a platform for our students to showcase their original work, share their stories, and employ them as teachers, lab coordinators and co-creators we empower them to become skilled professionals within the global media industry. But our work goes beyond the technical training by providing foundational support and safe spaces for people with refugee backgrounds to be accepted and flourish. Put simply, we treat the whole human being. 

Since our establishment in 2017, we have successfully certified hundreds of media students, produced feature films and music videos; internationally published original photography and graphic design, and collaborated with mainstream media partners on investigative reportage.

We've been featured in National Geographic, collaborated on investigative reports with Forensic Architecture, Human Rights Watch, BBC Newsnight, Aljazeera, the Guardian, and BBC Panorama, and also produce our own original podcast "Fractured", which focuses upon refugee issues and human rights violations in Europe and around the world.

What sets ReFOCUS apart is our dedication to mentoring students beyond the traditional classroom setting. We actively collaborate with our students to create compelling films and documentaries based on their own scripts and concepts. Since 2019 ReFOCUS has produced several films directed, filmed and edited by our students and alumni including  “Even After Death”, “Nothing About Us Without Us”, “Dancing Bells”, “Dead End”, Interview" and "Erantzun", all of which were written and directed by community members. 

“Stitches” - our latest film is currently in post production and will premiere in March 2024 at Movies that Matter Film Festival. Our films and work has been internationally recognised and showcased at prestigious film festivals worldwide, including the Human Rights Film Festival Berlin (DE), Movies that Matter Film Festival (Hague, NL), CPH:DOX (Copenhagen, DK), Melbourne International Film Festival (AU), Rotterdam International Film Festival (NL), IDFA (Amsterdam, NL), New Delhi International Film Festival (India), the World International Film Festival (Amsterdam, NL), and the (in)Justice Film Festival (Chicago, US) and many more. 

In recent years we have expanded to reach larger audiences and provide even more community members with employment and pathways to develop their own careers as freelance media creators. We also take a local approach to ensure the settled communities we work with have foundational support. A great example of this local approach is our Art Under Pressure Arts Festival, which was inaugurated in Athens, Greece (May 2023). The festival provided a platform for artists from Athens, both from within our community and the greater cultural community, to showcase their music, art, performance, design, photography, films and critical reportage on issues the community faces. In 2024 the festival will travel throughout Europe and North America in an effort to activate new local communities of artist who can learn from one another and create together. 

At the heart of our organization is a fundamental belief that individuals can make a difference in the issues they see in the world. Our extensive experience in the field working on the front line of the "refugee crisis" in Europe proves that civil actions can have a massive impact in the lives of people at risk, especially when media and governments claim otherwise. These challenges are not intractable, rather they are opportunities for us to think creatively, and work collectively to ensure we build the societies we know are possible. 

And so we remain committed to helping people with real lives in crisis develop the real skills needed to pursue the real futures they envision. No matter how many times the fast news frames people in need as "takers" and "burdens", we are proving every day that it is possible to cultivate givers who enhance and power our society into the future. 

Fundacja ReFOCUS Media Labs

BlackStar, home of the BlackStar Film Festival, celebrates the work of Black, Brown, and Indigenous artists.

BlackStar produces year-round programs including film screenings, exhibitions, our annual film festival, a filmmaker seminar, a film production lab, and a journal of visual culture. These programs provide artists opportunities for viable strategies for collaborations with other artists, audiences, funders, and distributors.

BlackStar Projects

We are an organization dedicated to the inspiration of youth by providing hands-on educational aviation and aerospace experiences.

The "Dare to Dream Dallas" Aviation Days are being organized in order to inspire our youth to dream big! We want them to know that no dream or goal is insurmountable. At these event we will be offering free discovery flights in helicopters, interactive career activities, STEAM arts and crafts, aircraft static displays, and access to speak with military recruiters, colleges, and flight schools. 

Additionally, we are building the FOTF Helicopter Flight Scholarship Fund, which will be dedicated to providing flight school financial assistance to minority students of financial need. 

Forever on the Fly

The vision of Reach Church is to Reach Up to love God, Reach In to love each other, and Reach Out to love the world.  

BELIEFS 
The following are the core beliefs of Reach Church based on the foundational truths taught in the Bible. All of our teaching and ministry is rooted in and flows out of these biblical doctrines.
God
There is one eternally existing God who has three distinct persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. He is the creator of all that exists, both visible and invisible, and is therefore worthy of all glory and praise.  God is perfect in love, power, holiness, goodness, knowledge, wisdom,  justice, and mercy. He is unchangeable and therefore is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow.

Bible
We believe the Bible to be the inspired, infallible, authoritative, and the inerrant Word of God.

Jesus
We believe in the deity of Christ; His virgin birth; His sinless life; His miracles; His substitutionary and atoning death; His resurrection; His ascension to the right hand of the Father; His personal return to earth in power and glory.

Holy Spirit
We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit by Whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life.

Mankind
Humans, both male and female, were created in God's image for His glory. The first humans, Adam and Eve, were created without sin and appointed as caretakers of the rest of God's creations.

The Fall
When Adam and Eve chose not to obey God, they ceased to be what they were made to be and became distorted images of God. This caused them to fall out of fellowship with God, and fractured all of creation ever since that time.

Salvation
Jesus Christ came to reconcile us with God. He lived a life without sin and willingly died on the cross to pay the penalty for our transgressions. God raised him from the dead and now, by grace, offers as a free gift eternal life to all who follow Christ, by faith, as their Lord and Savior. That is why salvation can be found in Christ alone.

The Church
The Church is meant to be the visible body of Christ, sent into the world to glorify God and proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Ressurection
Jesus Christ is returning one day to judge both the living and the dead and to usher in the fullness of God's kingdom on earth. 

Reach Church

The International Beethoven Project, est. 2008 as a NFP, celebrates the extraordinary lives & creative music of unique composers.

​​The mission of the International Beethoven Project is threefold: 

1) to celebrate Beethoven's music and humanist legacy

2) to make classical music more engaging, exciting and meaningful for all people

3) to serve as an educational resource 

By showcasing Beethoven as the revolutionary musician he was, we believe we can inspire new generations of listeners, performers and arts administrators to appreciate and engage with this art form. To do this, IBP has used many different approaches, from producing numerous events to making films, recordings and educational media.

Launching the "International Beethoven Day" initiative in 2021, IBP seeks to engage even more people across the world in carrying Beethoven's legacy of humanism and music forward.

Upcoming projects include a sweeping multi-media traversal of Beethoven's epic 32 piano sonatas that will include, in addition to recordings and films of the originals, music by contemporary composers and musicians inspired by the sonatas, along with readings of Beethoven's letters by actors and musicians and visual works of art to accompany the whole.

This project will be presented globally as well as brought to schools around the world.

IBP is also currently organizing the first-ever web3/blockchain/metaverse/NFT conference focused on the classical music sector.

From annual celebrations of Beethoven's birthday every December since 2010 and through his 250th anniversary in 2020, to multi-disciplinary festivals that have brought all the arts and many musical genres together under one roof, we have sought engagement across generations and society. 

"An event of world-class importance" (Chicago Tribune), IBP's Beethoven Festival has served as a showcase for what was possible in the future of classical music.

The International Beethoven Project has also produced several critically-hailed recordings, including a now-legendary album with a first-ever recording of a work by Beethoven, the Trio Hess 47, a top 25 on the Classical Billboard charts in 2010.

In the last few years, IBP has produced several music films and documentaries on Bach and Beethoven and continues to work on future productions. IBP's goal is to leverage the wide-reaching impact of audiovisual media to create novel ways of appreciating classical music's great classics, as well as inspiring contemporary composers and musicians. 


Stay up to date by visiting our website or following on social media.

www.internationalbeethovenproject.com 


International Beethoven Project

Celebrate and share Estonian culture in an architectural jewel in the heart of Toronto, North America's 4th largest city.

Estonian Arts Centre (EAC) is the charity associated with KESKUS International Estonian Centre being built in the heart of Toronto, North America's 4th largest city.  EAC promotes development of KESKUS in Toronto in which to further its charitable objects, and these include promotion and support of the arts, multiculturalism, preservation of literary, musical and visual arts and the welfare and education of artists. 

KESKUS will be a dynamic hub showcasing Estonian heritage and promoting Estonian innovation. It will be a vibrant gathering place for Estonians of all generations and backgrounds to connect, celebrate, and share Estonian culture and achievements with each other and the world. It is scheduled to open in the spring of 2025.

Please sign up for the monthly newsletter at our website and donate today, to help EAC achieve its mission in KESKUS.

KESKUS International Estonian Centre

With ayahuasca being used now in more than 65 countries, Ayahuasca Diaries is for both the curious and the well initiated. 

Join director Maxi Cohen in finishing Ayahuasca Diaries.  It will help to heal and awaken people, honor the sacredness of plant medicines and indigenous elders, make a difference in saving our environment, and inform policy decisions in the US and internationally. 

Small or large, all donations make a difference, and they are tax-deductible through MAPS. If you’d like to use that gift to honor a friend or loved one, please consider giving over $100. Every gift above $100 will appear in the credits of the film. Contributors of $75,000 will get producing credits at the beginning if listed and at end of the film. 

Ayahuasca Diaries, in a distinctive style going far beyond any film yet made, anticipates the future.  How ayahuasca is used by Amazonian tribes, the on-the-ground protectors of the Amazon who are being annihilated* to scientists who have FDA approval to conceive these “plant teachers" as a medicine, the film testifies to what is mind-bogglingly humanly possible, delivers the science, calls for sacred reciprocity and shows how ayahuasca plays a role in saving the Amazon and transforming world culture.

Maxi's documentary feature films, cited for being ground breaking in form and content, have played in theaters and on television internationally. As a student/practitioner of ayahuasca for more than thirty years, she has decades of trusted relationships with ayahuasca shamans, scientists, tribes, churches, authorities and leaders.  From Shock to Awe*, which Maxi executive produced, has changed and saved many lives from suicide and has been viewed in 65 countries!  

*From Shock to Awe is available on Amazon, iTunes, and Google Play.  
"If you have an interest in psychedelics, ayahuasca, veteran affairs, or healing, take a look at this documentary. I’ve watched it 3x already and highly recommend it."  -  Tim Ferriss   
"A must-see"  -   Michael Pollan  

See highlights of the film at https://www.ayahuascadiariesfilm.com/

Ayahuasca Diaries 

Artists' Television Access is an all-volunteer, artist-run, underground and experimental media arts gallery founded in 1984.

Artists’ Television Access is a San Francisco-based, artist-run, non-profit organization that cultivates and promotes culturally-aware, underground media and experimental art. We provide an accessible screening venue and gallery for the presentation of programmed and guest-curated screenings, exhibitions, performances, workshops and events. We believe in fostering a supportive community for the exhibition of innovative art and the exchange of non-conformist ideas.

Artists' Television Access

We focus on knowledge, access, community, and equity for Black women in Media and Entertainment.

At Sister Circle Media we are committed to advancing Black women in Media and Entertainment. We make the K.A.C.E (Knowledge, Access, Community, and Equity) for Black women by providing valuable resources and hosting networking events, mentor programs, speaker series and more. 


Sister Circle Media

FAB provides funding, promotion, education and credibility to creators working at the intersection of blockchain and creativity.

Foundation For Art And Blockchain

Non-profit that secures legal protections for workers in fashion from sexual exploitation - from the runway to the factory floor.

Model Alliance

An organization focused on arts, culture, or humanities. It received its nonprofit status in 2020.

Levanjil Agogo Inc

 Women Make Movies elevates diverse women directors and producers and improves equity in the film industry.   



From cutting-edge documentaries that give depth to today’s headlines to smart, stunning films that push artistic and intellectual boundaries in all genres, Women Make Movies (WMM), a non-profit feminist social enterprise based in New York, is the world’s leading distributor of independent films by and about women. Our Production Assistance Program assists diverse women directors with their productions from concept through completion with fiscal sponsorship, consultations and other technical assistance. We work with creative, ground-breaking films which win awards at festivals around the world. Films and filmmakers we have supported have been nominated for or won Academy® Awards For the last 15 years.  

Women Make Movies

Global Girl Media trains young BIPOC women to stand behind the camera and at the center of the story.

You can’t be what you can’t see. Our media tells us a lot about who we are and the stories we believe about ourselves. Yet, a female POV is under-published, under-broadcast and under-streamed compared to a male POV. Now more than ever, women and girls of color need a place at the table to change the narrative.

We change the storytellers so they can change the world.

Global Girl Media empowers young women to bring their often-overlooked perspectives onto the global media stage. By turning up the volume of girls’ voices globally, GGM promotes freedom of expression and strengthens substantive journalism that addresses historically marginalized voices. We do this while also building self-esteem, leadership capacity, and 21st century skills. Founded in 2010, we are currently active in South Africa, Kosovo, Chicago, Los Angeles, Greece, London and the Bay Area.

GGM believes training young women of color in digital media journalism is important to developing strong, healthy communities. For youth, particularly young women, education and self expression are key to changing the entrenched stereotypes and values that hold them back and keep them from succeeding in the fields of media and technology. GGM intentionally works exclusively with girls to provide a safe, nurturing environment where they can lead, speak their minds, and learn how to close the gender/technology divide.

GGM partners with schools, after-school programs, other NGO’s, and community centers to select girls for our programs and help sustain their work. In addition to four-week summer trainings, Global Girls participate in year-long mentorships with leading journalists, filmmakers, and new media mavericks. In this way, we provide both short-term and long-term support to low-income, marginalized girls around the world.

Global Girl Media

WAVES uses art, community gatherings, and immersive experiences as a catalyst for water stewardship. 

WAVES is a multimedia movement, encompassing an art as activism campaign and community events whose efforts aim to protect, restore, and revere water. Through our work, we are creating ripples that deepen the relationship between water and humankind. We are creating a culture of reciprocity between nature and humanity, showcasing ways, and advocating for behavioral shifts to maintain the living integrity of water, from micro to macro. 

Waves the Movement 

How to REGISTER: Donate $25 to PRAY CALIFORNIA & reserve a seat.  The Annual Conference is vital for UNITY in the Body of CHRIST!

How to REGISTER: Donate $25 to PRAY CALIFORNIA & reserve a seat.  The Annual Conference is vital for UNITY in the Body of CHRIST!

JOIN US in Los Angeles County on Friday afternoon October 20th (12:30pm - 5:30pm) and Saturday October 21st, 2023 (8:30am - 5:30pm)!

The theme for this year's conference is: "GOD'S KINGDOM COME... ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN!"

We are inviting and welcoming the Precious Holy Spirit to lead and direct, and the Presence of Our Lord to invade this gathering!

Shofars, Praise and Worship, Anointed Speakers, a Panel of Pastors, Fervent Intercession, a Panel of Ministry Leaders, and Individual Prayer will be available. 

Some of our topics will include the PROTECTION of the "Unborn", our "Youth", "School and University Campuses", "Families", and "Traditional Marriage". 

Other focuses are "Human Trafficking", "Hollywood/Arts and Media", "Teaching on Prayer/Intercession", "Holiness and Reverence", "Evangelism", "Biblical Prophetic Declarations", "Governmental Influence - Good vs Evil", "UNITY within the BODY of CHRIST", and "Israel".

Host Church: New Beginning Community Ministries - Pastors David and Donna Diaz
Location: 504 Rimgrove Drive, La Puente, CA 91744

Date: October 20th (12:30pm - 5:30pm) and Saturday October 21st, 2023 (8:30am - 5:30pm)

How to REGISTER:
Donate $25 to PRAY CALIFORNIA. The donation is non-refundable. A donation of $25 reserves one seat at the conference. Friday and Saturday, October 20 & 21, 2023

You can show proof of the donation at the conference registration table to claim a reserved seat for yourself. If you are unable to attend, you may forward your donation record to a friend so they can claim your seat.

We appreciate your desire to partner together to see God's Kingdom come here in California and far beyond! We are looking forward to a Holy Spirit filled encounter with Yeshua, our Lord Jesus Christ, at New Beginning Community Ministries in La Puente, CA!

Please visit our website for Conference, Speaker, and Hotel Reservation information to be posted in the near future. https://praycalifornia.org/annual-conference-2023/

If you have questions, please contact us: https://praycalifornia.org/contact/

Please REGISTER SOON, SPACE is LIMITED!

May the LORD protect and abundantly bless you!

REGISTER for 22nd Annual PRAY CALIFORNIA Conference - Oct. 20 & 21, 2023

On a mission to increase representation in the Entertainment, Gaming, Media & Tech industries, BRIC by BRIC.

BRIC Foundation has one main goal: to increase representation in Entertainment, Gaming, Media and Tech. By strategically engaging with leaders across these industries, along with Government and Education Partners, BRIC strives to Break, Reinvent, Impact and Change the foundations of these businesses and create inclusive opportunities for women and underrepresented people to be successful.

Bric Foundation

Lil BUB's Small & Mighty Concert Series:

Intimate performances with huge impact.

Small and Mighty is an intimate live concert series with one-of-a-kind storytelling performances by nationally renowned artists, filmed before a live studio audience. This unique series provides opportunities for transformational moments and community enrichment all while raising money and awareness for special needs pets; focusing on restorative justice, community care, and accessibility.

Small&Mighty Concert Series

The Peace Studio develops artists and journalists who seek to inspire hope and catalyze transformative change in local communities

The Peace Studio

National human services organization. Our mission is to foster stability and resiliency, and provide a safety net for performing arts and entertainment professionals over their lifespan.

Founded in 1882, we serve all professionals—and not just actors—in film, theater, television, music, opera, radio and dance through programs that address our community's unique and essential needs.

Employment in any division of the performing arts and entertainment industry is unpredictable. Work is erratic, security is fleeting and health insurance is often just a dream. For all of these reasons and many more, The Actors Fund is an indispensable and deeply significant part of the entire entertainment community.

As a national organization with offices in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, we directly serve thousands of performing arts and entertainment professionals across the country every year, in person and via our online resources. Our programs are wide in scope, responsive in nature and produce significant results.

Entertainment Community Fund (formerly The Actors Fund)

Teaching teens to relentlessly fight for positive social change through practical application of the performing arts since 1999.

A BRIEF HISTORY & MISSION
Developing Artists (DA) teaches undervalued teens to relentlessly fight for positive social change through practical application of the performing arts.  We help diverse students to proclaim themselves as artists and activists, to find their place and their connection in their community, and to bring about positive social change through participation in the arts. 

DA offers rigorous theater education to underserved high school students (aged 13-19) in the New York City metropolitan area and produces REBEL VERSES Youth Arts Festival. Our goal is to provide young people with professional performing arts training that will equip them with valuable artistic and life skills, and the confidence to take action in their lives. 
DA was founded in 1999 with a simple act of protest against youth discrimination. Following Artistic Director Jill DeArmon's experiences teaching performing arts in NYC public schools and established studios, she was astonished by the lack of freedom students were given to create and empower and felt they were censored rather than amplified and trusted. While teaching at one of these institutions, she was threatened to either stay and stick to the status quo or be fired. Jill told her class that she was leaving, because she could not accept ageism towards her students. Every student decided to follow her out and the first DA Ensemble was born. In collaboration with the ensemble, Jill offered classes where teens could be heard, with support to create original work that tackles important social issues. She committed to empowering students through art by giving them practical tools to express themselves and learn to collaborate.

THE NEED OR PROBLEM WE WORK TO ADDRESS 
We impact students by creating a forum to navigate life's increasing challenges (e.g. age discrimination, social injustices, gender inequality, institutional racism, economic disparity, sexism); to use their voice in dealing with these issues; and channel that energy into self-expression and self-confidence. DA has a track record of engaging positively with those who face significant barriers in their daily lives. 

Developing Artists serves students aged 13 to 19 from all five boroughs of New York. 35% of our students identify as Latinx, 40% as African American, 20% as Caucasian, and 5% as Asian/other. Most of our students face socio-economic challenges; many experience physical, sexual or emotional abuse. We are committed to invite and include all of these young artists so their voices can be heard, their lives healed and their lifetime trajectory changed. 

We can confidently say that participation in our programs has a life-changing long-term impact on the young people we serve – 95% of whom go onto college. We know that our students subsequently utilize their arts training in their careers in a variety of different ways – as professional artists, writers, producers, drama therapists, etc. In our recent past, we helped DA students get into notable high school and college performing arts programs, and some have gone on to study at prestigious institutions such as The Juilliard School, University of North Carolina School of the Arts, New School, Royal Conservatory of Scotland, Liverpool Institute of the Performing Arts, Fordham University, Rutgers University, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, AMDA, Elon College and Yale Drama.

In the past, we charged for classes while providing full or partial scholarships for students in need (about 85% of students received a full or partial scholarship). In 2018, Developing Artists began making all classes 100% FREE so that we could abolish this financial barrier once and for all, and serve those students who were overlooked by so many other programs.

As emphasized in our mission, equity, access and inclusion are some of our primary objectives.  The last three years also helped solidify the identity of DA: Our ensemble engages with individuals on the frontline of important social issues then utilizing various performing arts, we bring to light these issues to a broader audience as we seek allies along the way to impact positive social change. Developing Artists was tapped to perform in numerous events including: We Rise: A Celebration of Resistance at the Delacorte Theatre (Public Forum in Collaboration with Resistance Revival Chorus), New York Women’s Foundations Celebrating Women Breakfast 2019, City Hall rally hosted by New York 4 Culture and Art to protest the proposed 6 millions dollar cut in cultural and arts funding. Developing Artists’ trajectory is leading us to connect and work with many social justice organizations for our future projects. 

Through the years, DA has directly served over 3,000 students and thousands of audience members. DA fostered a community of diverse artist citizens and maintains ongoing connections with our alumni network, some of which return as Teaching Artists. One alumnus, Julian Elijah Martinez, recently made his Broadway debut in NETWORK starring Bryan Cranston and was one of the stars of WU-TANG: AN AMERICAN SAGA on Hulu. Another alumna, Jessica Asch, Program Creator and Lead Clinician at Shine MSD, Inc, became a licensed arts and drama therapist whose work with at-risk youth has included developing and implementing a creative arts therapy program around collective healing in Parkland, Florida.

REBEL VERSES Youth Arts Festival
Founded in 2001, REBEL VERSES is a 2-week festival of performances by some of the best youth companies in NYC & beyond. This festival was born out of the dire need here in New York City for new voices in theater.  It is a journey into the unapologetic, unrelenting creativity of the next generation. Since the festival’s inception, REBEL VERSES has provided youth companies with the opportunity to collaborate and network with their peers and prominent artists, encouraging the development of new works in theater through this two-week event.  In 2017, Developing Artists began a partnership with the notable Vineyard Theatre to co-produce REBEL VERSES. The Vineyard Theatre (108 East 15th) hosts RV at its 132-seat off-Broadway venue and provides technical, management, audience development and promotional support, resulting in increased visibility, participation and audiences for REBEL VERSES.

TESTIMONIAL
"I’ve been continually impressed with these students’ critical engagement with the most pressing issues of our day: social responsibility, economic access, representational inequity, voting rights, and much more. On top of their mastery of civic literacy, they are astonishingly talented artists, both as writers and performers.

These teens’ capacity for this level of discourse and creativity is clearly traceable to their training and experience through Developing Artists. Jill and Jinn’s personal and professional dedication to the holistic development and success of each student is total. Their high expectations elicit excellence, dedication, maturity, and long-lasting relationships across a wide diversity of backgrounds. They’ve formed a family commitment to one another that far exceeds any after-school arts program I know."

Kenneth J. Cerniglia, PhD
Former Literary Manager and Dramaturg, Disney Theatrical Productions Past President, Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas (LMDA) 

Developing Artists Theater Company

Bridging the cultures and traditions from around the world.

Bridging the cultures and traditions from around the world.

Bamdad Foundation is a 501(c)(3) public charity nonprofit tax-exempt organization. (EIN: 92-2497402)

Bamdad Foundation

501(c)3 Charity since 2004. We Nurture & Help Grow Ideas into Programs about Community Activism & Social Movements seeding CHANGE.

HELP US GROW LOCAL COMMUNITIES
AFTER TIMES OF CRISIS THERE IS A RENAISSANCE

We Nurture, Support, and help Grow Ideas, Entrepreneurs & Creatives into programs and projects all about Community Activism and Social Movements that Cause CHANGE. We focus on Educating & Creating Seeds of Change through Human Driven Movements & causes that inspire & uplift.

Our target areas of Focus include The Arts & Humanities, Education, Self-Reliance, and Freedom of Traditional Indigenous Expression of Spirituality & Culture, including revitalization of Tribal Art, Ceremonial & Spiritual Awareness.

CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM
We Provide Emergency Services during times of crisis or need with focus on heavily impacted areas first, on any Federally designated Tribal lands, and then any and all surrounding areas of service as needed.

Starlight Projects Foundation

JustMedia is an open-access online platform that catalogs, preserves, and centralizes media content related to criminal justice.

JustMedia prioritizes the leadership of people directly impacted by the criminal justice system, including incarcerated individuals, returning citizens, and their communities, and people who are excluded from the political, economic, and social institutions that shape their lives. Given the stark racial disparity in mass incarceration, JustMedia’s staff and Board are largely comprised of people of color. In more broadly considering people who have been excluded from the political, economic, and social institutions that shape their lives, we intentionally consider race, gender, sexual orientation, religious affiliation, and agency in making decisions around Board development and staff hiring. JustMedia has already cultivated an intersectional community and expects to hire new staff members from our community through competitive processes with a view toward equity. JustMedia has maintained partnerships, developed media literacy focused curriculum, facilitated workshops, and sustained relationships with those utilizing our database and resources.

Throughout the last year, we were able to grow our archive database from 719 films on our to 1,264 films. Additionally, we have created several resource videos that serve as navigation tools for visitors as they are researching our database. We have been able to train lawyers, advocates, educators, and filmmakers on how to use our archive using these videos and presentations.
