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Our Supporters

Our Grateful Acknowledgments

We extend our heartfelt gratitude to all IDA members, donors, and sponsors. Your unwavering support is crucial to our ongoing success, and together, we can continue to break new ground in the world of non-fiction media. The below report is of members, donors, supporters, and sponsors since January 2022.


Individuals

$50,000+

  • James Costa
  • David Hatton
  • Lauren Lexton
  • Jessica Sarowitz 

$25,000+

  • Hallee & David Adelman
  • David Hatton

Institutional Funders

  • JustFilms/Ford Foundation
  • Golden Globe Foundation
  • Jonathan Logan Family Foundation 
  • City of Los Angeles, 
    Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA)
  • Los Angeles County Department of
    Arts and Culture (LACDAC)
  • John D. and Catherine T. 
  • MacArthur Foundation
  • National Endowment for the Arts
  • New York Community Trust
  • Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Arts

Corporate Supporters

  • ABC News VideoSource
  • A&E Indie Films
  • Amazon Studios
  • Apple Original Films
  • Briarcliff Entertainment
  • Chiledoc
  • Donaldson, Calif & Perez, LLP
  • Firelight Media
  • HBO Max
  • Indiewire
  • ITVS
  • Mt. St. Mary’s University
  • National Geographic Documentary Films
  • Netflix
  • Onyx
  • Our American Family
  • Participant 
  • PBS
  • Showtime Documentary Films
  • The New Yorker
  • Viewers Like Us
  • WME

Institutional Members

  • Northwestern University
  • Saybrook University
  • School of Visual Arts
  • University of Southern California

Corporate Members

  • Front Row Insurance Brokers, LLC
  • INSTITUTE By Frank Evers
  • Kino Lorber
  • Getty Images

Organizational Members

  • Documentary Film Council
  • Humanitas Prize
  • Pacific Islanders in Communications
  • FilmAid
  • The Film Collaborative

$10,000-$24,999

  • Anonymous
  • Fonda Berosini
  • Bonni Cohen
  • Grace Lee
  • Chris Perez
  • Alfred Clinton Perry
  • Amir Shahkhalili

$5,000-$9,999

  • Anonymous
  • Anonymous
  • Robert Greenwald
  • Julie Morris
  • Bader Tony Nasrallah
  • Katharina Otto-Bernstein
  • Elaine Mae Woo

$2,500-$4,999

  • Michael Watson
  • Greg Stikeleather
  • Valerie Nervo-Groesbeck

$1,000-$2,499

  • Anonymous
  • Judd Apatow
  • Ross Bengel
  • Ellie Bilotti
  • Lisa Kirk Colburn
  • Sheila Nevins
  • Peter Nicks
  • Airib Sweis
  • Nancy Willen
  • Jamie Wolf

$500-$999

  • Dan Abrams
  • Anonymous
  • Mustafa Ali Alaidaroos
  • Sam Bisbee
  • Theodore J Bonus Blasi
  • Keayr Braxton
  • Andrew M. Cohen
  • Dale Cohen
  • Daniel Cowles
  • Yuval David
  • Robert Fernandez
  • Lucas De Jesus Ferreira
  • Ina Fichman
  • Paul S Foley
  • Laura W Gabbert
  • Dayna Goldfine
  • Leo Grillo
  • Allison Groves
  • Ayanna Henderson
  • Craig E. Jenest
  • John Kennedy
  • Afnahn Khan
  • Anne Lee
  • Celeste Liversidge
  • Billy Luther
  • Susan MacLaury
  • Brendan Mason
  • Steve Michelson
  • Audrey Olsen
  • Shari Sant Plummer
  • Dawn Porter
  • Cole Sax
  • Cecily Tyler
  • David Ulich
  • Steven Ungerleider
  • Desiree Watson
  • Jen Westphal
  • Alex Winter

$250-$499

  • Laurel A Adler
  • Rishika Advani
  • Maria A Agui Carter
  • Beau Aguon
  • Nick Aldridge
  • Danny Alpert
  • Anonymous
  • Susan Anthony
  • Ashley Avis
  • Fenton Bailey
  • Randy Barbato
  • Joslyn Barnes
  • Ed Barreveld
  • Diane Becker
  • Alexander Bendahan
  • John Bilas
  • Mathilde Bittner
  • Julia Black
  • Din Blankenship
  • Becca Braren 
  • Cat Brewer
  • Jess Bushyhead
  • Kenneth Carlson
  • Carlos Carneiro
  • Samson Chan
  • Lori Cheatle
  • Cynthia Childs
  • Dennis Clancey
  • Robert Coleman Jr
  • Chris Collier
  • Chico Colvard
  • Ghislaine Couvillat
  • Frances Cudjoe-Waters
  • Pamella D'Pella
  • Jesse Dana
  • Joleen Deatherage
  • Annalaura Di Luggo
  • Mario Diaz
  • Shannon Dill
  • Jeff Dolen
  • Davis Donna Davis
  • Amy Drewry
  • Joshua Dreyfus
  • Matt Dutcher
  • Tanaz Eshaghian
  • Jodie Evans
  • Kathryn Everett
  • Joel Farran
  • Joanna Forscher
  • Michael Frenschkowski
  • Alison Fujino
  • Asako Fujioka
  • Dominic Gabello
  • Erin Gamble
  • Ted Gerdes
  • Debbie Goldman
  • Julie  Goldman
  • Mike Gonzalez
  • Charles Goubert
  • Catherine Gray
  • Ellen B Greenleaf
  • Janet Greenleaf
  • Robin Greenspun
  • Dielson Gustama
  • Zarian Hadley
  • Sterling Hampton
  • David Peter Hansen
  • Katherine Harper
  • Anna Hashmi
  • Carolyn Hepburn
  • Hudson Hickman
  • James Andrew Hogan
  • Tim Horsburgh
  • Diego Huerta
  • Bella Hutchins
  • Attique Iqbal
  • Liz Irons
  • Jeffrey F. Jackson
  • Yvonne Jimenez
  • Eric W Johnson
  • Willa K Johnson
  • Sam W Karney
  • Chris Kasick
  • Brigid Kelly
  • Aviva Kempner
  • Peter A Kerr
  • David Paul Kiess
  • Laura C. Kim
  • Simon F Kirke
  • Patrick Hasso Kohl
  • Christine La Monte
  • Jacek Laskus
  • Meredith Lavitt
  • David Lawless
  • Kira Leinonen
  • Amy Letourneau
  • Christine Leuthold
  • Dan Levinson
  • Lauren Lexton
  • Jasmine Lord
  • Tim Lott
  • Juan Mandelbaum
  • Elizabeth Marsh
  • Adrianna Martin
  • Carol Martori
  • Kyeng McGuirk
  • Kathleen McInnis
  • Peltier Melissa Peltier
  • Robin Miller Ungar
  • Ido Mizrahy
  • Anita Modak-Truran
  • Brittany Chrishawn Moore
  • Jonathan Murray
  • Matthew Q. Nelson
  • Andrea Nevins
  • Suzanne Niedland
  • Sarah Nörenberg
  • Leslie Oberhelman
  • Sarah Olson
  • Jean Oppenheimer
  • Catherine Orchard
  • Tess Ornstein
  • Jeff Ostenson
  • Howard Owens
  • Amanda Paules
  • Lisa Peters
  • Aron Phillips
  • Paul Phillips 
  • Spencer Daniel Proffer
  • Virginia Quesada
  • Carrie Radigan
  • Nathan Ranney
  • Michelle Raven
  • Tracy Rector
  • Sara J Reddy
  • Annie Roney
  • Ilja Roomans
  • Serginho Roosblad
  • Barry Rubinow
  • Sergei Safiullin
  • Safa Samiezade-Yazd
  • Mark Sandelson
  • Jessica Sarowitz
  • Benjamin Selkow
  • Joaquin M Sena
  • Alissa Shapiro
  • Anupam Sharma
  • Russell Sheaffer
  • Maria Slaughter
  • Jennifer Smith
  • Christopher Sprinkle
  • Cheryl Staurulakis
  • Colleen Steward
  • Gretchen Stockdale
  • Nicholas Stuart
  • Jennifer Suwak
  • Mike Syers
  • Vivien Tartte
  • Rahdi Taylor
  • Rebecca Teitel
  • Bonnie Thompson
  • Oliver Thompson
  • Howard Tomb
  • Thea Touchton
  • Chezik Tsunoda
  • Yasin Ali Turkeri
  • John E. Turner
  • So Yun Um
  • Nicole Vinnola
  • Susan Vitka
  • Angie Vorhies
  • India Wadsworth
  • Caroline Elizabeth Waterlow
  • Bill Webb
  • Jane Wells
  • Marla Williams
  • Gwendolyn Wynne
  • Xin Xue
  • Dan Yashinsky
  • Christine Yoo
  • Andrei Zinca


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