A museum gallery with a large landscape painting in a gilt frame

Grant recipient EIN 04-2498206Arts and culture

Who funds Documentary Educational Resources Inc?

41 private foundations gave Documentary Educational Resources Inc in Watertown, MA $3.5 million across 73 grants, in tax years 2017 to 2025.

Grants listed on funders’ 990-PF returns for tax years 2017 to 2025, read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

Grants received by year

Grants from private foundations by the funder’s tax year. The latest year is in blue; it is not complete until all its returns reach the IRS.

Every foundation grant, by year

73 grants

Each line as the funder listed it on its return, newest year first, then largest.

  1. Roth Family FoundationLos Angeles, CA 2025

    Finishing costs for the film "cut to david"

    $65,000
  2. Rowan T O'Riley Family FoundationWellesley, MA 2025

    Support

    $30,000
  3. The Boudinot FoundationMalvern, PA 2025

    Grant to another 501(c)(3) org

    $20,000
  4. Novo FoundationHurley, NY 2024

    Delevan street films: join or die documentary

    $350,000
  5. Cedar Tree FoundationBoston, MA 2024

    Project support for join or die 2024 impact tour

    $100,000
  6. Rockefeller Brothers Fund IncNew York, NY 2024

    For its impact campaign for join or die

    $50,000
  7. The Lef FoundationBelmont, MA 2024

    Unrestricted gift in support of documentary educational resources

    $25,000
  8. The Henry Luce Foundation IncNew York, NY 2024

    General Operating Support

    $1,200
  9. The Fagin Family FoundationWoodmere, NY 2024

    General

    $1,000
  10. Marilyn & Mike Grossman FoundationCambridge, MA 2024

    General support

    $100
  11. Verizon FoundationBasking Ridge, NJ 2024

    Other civic / community

    $50
  12. Perspective Media Initiatives IncNew York, NY 2023

    Post-production and impact support for election administration project

    $75,000
  13. Rapoport Family FoundationWaco, TX 2023

    FBO putnam film

    $25,000
  14. The Genevieve McMillan-Reba Stewart FoundationNorwood, MA 2023

    Charitable

    $20,000
  15. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2023

    For production of her socialist smile, a documentary film which explores helen kellers advocacy for social justice

    $5,500
  16. The Andrea-Mennen Family FoundationWilmington, DE 2023

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  17. The Henry Luce Foundation IncNew York, NY 2023

    General operating support

    $1,200
  18. The Henry Luce Foundation IncNew York, NY 2023

    General operating support

    $1,200
  19. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2023

    General support

    $25
  20. Perspective Media Initiatives IncNew York, NY 2022

    Production and post-production support for election administration project

    $150,000
  21. The Elsie Procter Van Buren FoundationSomerville, MA 2022

    Charitable

    $50,000
  22. Virginia Hodgkins Somers Foundation IncKennebunkport, ME 2022

    General operating support

    $30,000
  23. Democracy Fund IncWashington, DC 2022

    Program support for a documentary about local election administration

    $25,000
  24. E Rhodes and Leona B Carpenter FoundationRadnor, PA 2022

    Help with the production costs of a new humankind public radio project entitled, "existential crisis"

    $15,000
  25. William & Salome McAllen Scanlan FoundationSan Antonio, TX 2022

    Kevin BubriskiProject-UYGHUR

    $13,000
  26. Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley FoundationChicago, IL 2022

    Job Loss and Environmental Activism

    $10,500
  27. The JM Kaplan Fund IncNew York, NY 2022

    General operating support

    $6,000
  28. Frances Lear FoundationHarrison, NY 2022

    Project support for no time to fail

    $5,000
  29. Linked FoundationCarpinteria, CA 2022

    Documentaryno time to failoutreach

    $5,000
  30. Empire Loan Charitable FoundationWilmington, DE 2022

    Documentary Film- More Than a Name

    $5,000
  31. The Gertler Clark Foundation IncWeston, MA 2022

    General

    $250
  32. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2022

    General support

    $5
  33. Alfred P Sloan FoundationNew York, NY 2021

    To support a feature-length documentary on the pivotal work of social scientist and bowling alone author robert putnam

    $200,000
  34. Perspective Media Initiatives IncNew York, NY 2021

    Impact support for no time to fail

    $100,000
  35. Spunk Fund IncNew York, NY 2021

    Support cambodia: war and beauty, a photographic exhibition planned for siem reap, phnom penh and paris,that embodies key contrasting elements of cambodian traditional culture and tragic modern history, preserving them in a form accessible to multi-generational audiences, both khmer and western.

    $35,000
  36. Democracy Fund IncWashington, DC 2021

    Program support for a documentary about local election administration

    $25,000
  37. The Henry Luce Foundation IncNew York, NY 2021

    The Uyghurs of Kashgar

    $20,000
  38. William & Salome McAllen Scanlan FoundationSan Antonio, TX 2021

    Kevin bubriski project-uyghur

    $20,000
  39. The Andrea-Mennen Family FoundationWilmington, DE 2021

    ParaGold

    $20,000
  40. The John A Hartford Foundation IncNew York, NY 2021

    Public Radio Documentary Series: Aging at Home, Stories of Transition and Dignity

    $10,000
  41. Roxanne Quimby Foundation IncPortland, ME 2021

    Operational support

    $5,000
  42. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2021

    General support

    $25
  43. Lilly Endowment IncIndianapolis, IN 2020

    Unraveling america documentary

    $1,000,000
  44. Alfred P Sloan FoundationNew York, NY 2020

    To support a feature-length documentary on the pivotal work of social scientist and bowling alone author robert putnam

    $300,000
  45. Democracy Fund IncWashington, DC 2020

    Program support for the Judicial Independence series on Humankind Public Radio

    $75,000
  46. Democracy Fund IncWashington, DC 2020

    Program support for documentary about local election administration

    $75,000
  47. Spunk Fund IncNew York, NY 2020

    Support cambodia: war and beauty, a photographic exhibition planned for siem reap, phnom penh and paris,that embodies key contrasting elements of cambodian traditional culture and tragic modern history, preserving them in a form accessible to multi-generational audiences, both khmer and western.

    $50,000
  48. Germeshausen Foundation IncWayne, PA 2020

    General support

    $10,000
  49. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2020

    General support

    $11
  50. Alfred P Sloan FoundationNew York, NY 2019

    To support two radio documentaries on the evolving role of libraries and library technology as part of the Humankind public radio series

    $150,774
  51. Spunk Fund IncNew York, NY 2019

    Support cambodia: war and beauty, a photographic exhibition planned for siem reap, phnom penh and paris,that embodies key contrasting elements of cambodian traditional culture and tragic modern history, preserving them in a form accessible to multi-generational audiences, both khmer and western.

    $65,000
  52. William & Salome McAllen Scanlan FoundationSan Antonio, TX 2019

    Kevin bubriski project - the american street

    $30,000
  53. The Genevieve McMillan-Reba Stewart FoundationNorwood, MA 2019

    Charitable

    $25,000
  54. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2019

    For production of Her Socialist Smile a documentary film which explores Helen Kellers advocacy for social justice

    $15,750
  55. The Lef FoundationBelmont, MA 2019

    Program support of margo guernseys project the philadelphia eleven

    $15,000
  56. The Lef FoundationBelmont, MA 2019

    Mary lampsons book the cutting room

    $15,000
  57. Youtheplanet FoundationGwynedd Valley, PA 2019

    General use

    $5,000
  58. The Lef FoundationBelmont, MA 2019

    Invisible

    $5,000
  59. CrossCurrents Foundation IncWashington, DC 2019

    General Support

    $4,000
  60. John E Fetzer Institute IncKalamazoo, MI 2019

    Matching grant

    $2,000
  61. The Nell Newman Foundation IncSanta Cruz, CA 2019

    Tribes on the edge film screening in monterey county

    $1,000
  62. Spunk Fund IncNew York, NY 2018

    Support for david feingold's photographic exhibition depicting six decades of cambodian life.

    $30,000
  63. The Lef FoundationBelmont, MA 2018

    Program support

    $25,000
  64. The Lef FoundationBelmont, MA 2018

    Program support

    $25,000
  65. The Rogovy FoundationWilmington, DE 2018

    Miller / Packan 2018 Winter Awards for the film: Against Goliath

    $15,000
  66. The Lef FoundationBelmont, MA 2018

    Program support

    $15,000
  67. The Lef FoundationBelmont, MA 2018

    The philadelphia eleven

    $5,000
  68. The Lef FoundationBelmont, MA 2018

    Program support

    $5,000
  69. Jerome Lyle Rappaport Charitable FoundationBurlington, MA 2017

    Charitable general fund

    $20,000
  70. The Lef FoundationBelmont, MA 2017

    The android project

    $15,000
  71. The Lef FoundationBelmont, MA 2017

    Mi casita

    $15,000
  72. The Lef FoundationBelmont, MA 2017

    Program support

    $5,000
  73. Cinereach LTDBrooklyn, NY 2017

    Film production

    $2,631

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other arts and culture organizations in Watertown, MA and are not among Documentary Educational Resources Inc’s funders above.

  1. Charles Mosesian Family FoundationWeston, MA 12 grants Preselected only $302,925 to similar organizations
  2. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncCharlotte, NC 12 grants Accepts applications $4,289 to similar organizations
  3. Sami & Annie Totah Family FoundationBethesda, MD 7 grants Preselected only $4,000 to similar organizations
  4. The Parsekian Foundation IncSouth Boston, MA 4 grants Preselected only $2,500 to similar organizations
  5. Nazarian Family FoundationEnglewood Cliffs, NJ 4 grants Preselected only $115,250 to similar organizations
  6. The Pfizer Foundation IncNew York, NY 4 grants Preselected only $12,000 to similar organizations
  7. Citizens Charitable FoundationJohnston, RI 5 grants Preselected only $5,000 to similar organizations
  8. Vartkess & Rita Balian Family Foundation IncArlington, VA 7 grants Preselected only $2,750 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 04-2498206 by name and ZIP code, or by name, city and State against the IRS list of exempt organizations and our list of filers. Grants we could not tie to one organization are not counted here.