How to apply
Accepts applications
The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.
- Contact person
- On file
- Phone
- On file
- On file
- Mailing address
- On file
- Form and materials
- On file
- Deadlines
- Grants are provided on an annual basis. The annual grant deadline is generally january 31st.
- Restrictions
- Eligibility requirements include the following: - applicants must be age 18+. Students are welcome to apply. - applicant must reside, or attend college or university in chicagoland. - applicant must identify as female, non-binary, and/or LGBTQ. - project must be a film or video that focuses on art or artists. - project can be documentary, fiction, hybrid, or experimental. - project can be collaborative, but applicant must serve as the director. - there is no maximum or minimum project length, although preference will be given to films that seem feasible and realistic in scope. - the grant is intended for emerging, up-and-coming filmmakers, meaning applicants should have a background in and prior experience with filmmaking, but should not have extensive filmmaking accomplishments.
Contact person, phone, email, mailing address and application materials on file. See them with a plan.
Assets and giving by year
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Tax year 2024
$8,000
- Grants listed
- 4
- Assets, end of year
- $57,599
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Tax year 2023
$250
- Grants listed
- 1
- Assets, end of year
- $37,410
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Tax year 2022
$10,263
- Grants listed
- 6
- Assets, end of year
- $18,479
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Tax year 2021
$6,500
- Grants listed
- 4
- Assets, end of year
- $67,017
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Tax year 2020
$3,650
- Grants listed
- 8
- Assets, end of year
- $57,928
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Tax year 2019
$0
- Grants listed
- 0
- Assets, end of year
- $36,454
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Tax year 2018
$0
- Grants listed
- 0
- Assets, end of year
- $24,328
Grants paid in 2024
As listed on the return.
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Veronica Anne SalinasChicago, IL
Emerging filmmakers grant
$2,000 -
Erin F BabbinChicago, IL
Emerging filmmakers grant
$2,000 -
Rebecca Sarah ShaidBrooklyn, NY
Emerging filmmakers grant
$2,000 -
Allyssa LoweLos Angeles, CA
Emerging filmmakers grant
$2,000
Where the money goes
By State
Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.
- Illinois2 grants $4,000
- California1 grant $2,000
- New York1 grant $2,000
Officers, directors and trustees
As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.
- Leslie BuchbinderPRESIDENT Hours 40Pay $0
- Kay KaminSECRETARY Hours 1Pay $0
- Andrea BuchbinderTREASURER Hours 1Pay $0
The return
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- Fienberg Family Foundation 4 grants Preselected only $8,000 giving
- Streska Family Foundation 4 grants Accepts applications $8,000 giving
- Patricia Astor Gomez Foundation 1 grant Preselected only $8,000 giving
- Danny Gillespie Scholarship Fund 3 grants Preselected only $8,000 giving