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Our Grateful Acknowledgments

We extend our deepest gratitude to all IDA members, donors, and sponsors whose unwavering support fuels our mission. Together, we continue to champion the power and integrity of nonfiction storytelling. The report below recognizes our Impact Circle and Institutional Members, Institutional Funders, donors, and sponsors whose generous contributions since September 2024 have strengthened the foundation of documentary freedom and creativity.


Sponsors and Institutional Members
ABC News VideoSource
CNN Collection
EPF Media 
Glendale Community College, Visual & Performing Arts Division
HUB International
Kino Lorber
LEF Foundation
National Geographic Documentary Films
Northwestern University, Department of Radio/Television/Film
PBS
Variety
HBO Max
The Film Collaborative
University of Miami, School of Cinematic Arts
University of Missouri, School of Journalism

Institutional Funders and Individuals

$50,000+
Anonymous
City of Los Angeles, Department of Cultural Affairs
Doris Duke Foundation
Ford Foundation / JustFilms
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
New York Community Trust
Open Society Foundations
Wyncote Foundation

$25,000–$49,999
Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture
Regina K. Scully, President, Artemis Rising Foundation

$10,000–$24,999
Golden Globe Foundation
Perspective Fund

$5,000–$9,999
Marcus Adolf
Fonda Berosini
Mickey Lemle
Katharina Otto-Bernstein
Alfred Perry, in tribute to Alfred Cotton Perry

$2,500–$4,999
María A. Agui Carter
Ina Fichman
Amanda Branson Gill
Melony Lewis
Barry Rubinow
Elias Savada
Dominic Asmall Willsdon

$1,000–$2,499
Judd Apatow
Joe Berlinger
Dee Brown
Scott Glosserman
Galassia Grassetto
Grace Lee, in tribute to Loni Ding
Paul Levine
Lynne Littman, in tribute to Mitchell Block
Audrey Olsen
Cecilia A. Peck
Nathalie Seaver, in tribute to Nancy Buirski
Anastasiya Siro
Greg Stikeleather
Erik Thureson
Nancy Willen
Jamie Wolf

Up to $1,000 
Anonymous
Dan Abrams
Chris Albert
Tom Barrett
Bob Berney
Steven Bognar
Richard Bond
Stephen Brucher
Randall Burton
Alex Cadena
Andrew M. Cohen
Akili Davis
Ryan Davis
Maria Delgado
Shannon Dill
Jessie V. Ewing
Laura W. Gabbert
Marie Therese Guirgis
Sylvia Johnson
Toni Kamau
Kyra Knox
Brendan Mason
Carl McKinney II
Kim Moir
Sheila Nevins
Kathryn Parsons
Dawn Porter
Chanel Pysnik
Kristin Reniers
Nancy Stephens Rosenthal
Shari Sant
Edwin Scharlau
Leslie Siben
Jonathan Stack
Brittany Stevenson
David Ulich
David Whitman
Alex Winter

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