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The Pacific Pioneer Fund supports emerging documentary filmmakers—those who have demonstrated commitment to the craft of making documentaries for a period of no more than ten years of practical film or video experience.

Funds are limited to US-based nonprofit organizations, certified by the IRS as "public charities," that undertake to supervise any project for which individuals receive funds, and control the selection of individual recipients of funds. The Fund does not provide support for endowments, building campaigns, accumulated deficits or ordinary operating budgets, or make grants to individuals. The fund does not support instructional or performance documentaries or student film projects. Filmmakers are eligible for only one grant from the Pacific Pioneer Fund during their careers.

Grants to support filmmakers are limited to filmmakers or videographers who live and work in California, Oregon and Washington. The grant range is $1,000-$10,000.

The board meets three times a year. Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis. The next application deadline is June 1.

Print out an application from this  website and send it, along with a VHS tape or DVD of up to 10 minutes of edited footage from the project for which support is sought, to PO Box 5775, Berkeley, CA 94705  For questions, e-mail Armin Rosencranz:armin@stanford.edu.