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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, Film, TV and Media Arts Department
HBO Max
HUB International
Industry Standard
Kino Lorber
LEF Foundation
National Geographic Documentary Films
Northwestern University, Department of Radio/Television/Film
One World International Human Rights Film Festival
PBS
The Film Collaborative
Theorem Media
University of Miami, School of Cinematic Arts
University of Missouri, School of Journalism
Variety
Vista House

Institutional Funders and Individuals

$50,000+
Anonymous
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
Spaht Family Foundation
Wyncote Foundation

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

$10,000–$24,999
California Arts Council
City of Los Angeles, Department of Cultural Affairs
Golden Globe Foundation
Melony and Adam Lewis
Perspective Fund

$5,000–$9,999
Alfred Perry, in tribute to Alfred Cotton Perry
Fonda Berosini
Jeffrey Lurie, Lurie Family Foundation
Judd Apatow
Karen Freedman and Roger E. Weisberg
Katharina Otto-Bernstein
Lauren Lexton
Wendy Ettinger

$2,500–$4,999
Amanda Branson Gill
Cecilia A. Peck and Daniel Voll
Carey and Barry Rubinow
Dominic Asmall Willsdon
Elias Savada
Ina Fichman
Katie Townsend
María Agui Carter
Monika Parekh

$1,000–$2,499
Joe Berlinger
Carole Blueweiss
Dee Brown
Andrew Black
Scott Glosserman
Galassia Grassetto
David Haugland
Ann Hassett and Bob Niemack
Albie Hecht
Amanda Lebow
Grace Lee, in tribute to Loni Ding
Paul Levine
Lynne Littman, in tribute to Mitchell Block
Susan Margolin
Julie Morris
Lisa Nishimura
Audrey Olsen
Joanna Raczynska
Nathalie Seaver, in tribute to Nancy Buirski
Elisabeth Shue and Davis Guggenheim
Anastasiya Siro
Andrew Solt
Ricki Stern and Evan Guillemin
Brittany Stevenson
Greg Stikeleather
Brooke Thompson
Erik Thureson
Nancy Willen
Jamie Wolf
Dr. Joseph Youngblood II

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
David Ulich
David Whitman
Alex Winter

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