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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 nonfiction media. The below report is of members, donors, supporters, and sponsors since September 2023.


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
  • The Just Trust
  • Jonathan Logan Family Foundation
  • City of Los Angeles, Department of Cultural Affairs 
  • Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture 
  • John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
  • National Endowment for the Arts
  • New York Community Trust
  • Perspective Fund
  • Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Arts
  • Wyncote Foundation

Sponsors

  • ABC News VideoSource
  • Chiledoc
  • Delta Air Lines
  • Donaldson, Calif & Perez LLP
  • Firelight Media
  • Indiewire
  • ITVS
  • KCRW
  • Mt. St. Mary’s University
  • National Geographic Documentary Films
  • Netflix
  • PBS
  • University of Miami, School of Cinematic Arts
  • Variety
  • Wrapbook

Educational Members

  • Northwestern University
  • Occidental College
  • School of Visual Arts

Corporate Members

  • Front Row Insurance Brokers LLC
  • National Geographic Documentary Films

Organizational Members

  • Pacific Islanders in Communicaitons
  • FilmAid
  • The Film Collaborative

$10,000-$24,999

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

$5,000 +

  • Katharina Otto-Bernstein
  • Fonda Berosini
  • Grace Lee
  • Alfred Perry

$2,500-$4,999

  • Maria A. Agui Carter
  • Melony Lewis

Up to $1,000

  • Hallee Adelman
  • Chris Albert
  • Dee Brown
  • Lisa Kirk Colburn
  • Jessie V. Ewing
  • Scott Glosserman
  • Peter Nicks
  • Elias Savada
  • Dominic Asmall Willsdon
  • Jamie Wolf

$500-$999

  • Dan Abrams
  • Laurel A. Adler
  • Beau Aguon
  • Danny Alpert
  • Ruth Rachel Anderson-Avraham
  • James Angelo
  • Susan Anthony
  • Maria Gabriella Arcadu
  • Fenton Bailey
  • Randy Barbato
  • Joslyn Barnes
  • Tom Barrett
  • Ed Barreveld
  • Diane Becker
  • Dana Belcastro
  • Alexander Bendahan
  • Josh Bernstein
  • John Bilas
  • Din Blankenship
  • Theodore J Bonus Blasi
  • Rachel Bozich
  • Keayr Braxton
  • Josiah Brownell
  • Stephen Brucher
  • Brian Bush
  • Kenneth Carlson
  • Carlos Carneiro
  • Francisco Carrasco
  • Jim Cathcart
  • Samson Chan
  • Dennis Clancey
  • Alexandra Codina
  • Andrew M. Cohen
  • Robert Coleman Jr
  • Cordero Laura Elena
  • Ghislaine Couvillat
  • Jesse Dana
  • Donna Davis
  • Maria Delgado
  • Juan Devis
  • Shannon Dill
  • Amy Drewry
  • Joshua Dreyfus
  • Sigrid Dyekjær
  • Tanaz Eshaghian
  • Jodie Evans
  • Joel Farran
  • Robert Fernandez
  • Ina Fichman
  • Leslie Fields-Cruz
  • Joanna Forscher
  • Alison Fujino
  • Asako Fujioka
  • Nial Fulton
  • Laura W Gabbert
  • Katie Galloway
  • Erin Gamble
  • Ted Gerdes
  • Mike Gonzalez
  • Ellen B. Greenleaf
  • Robin Greenspun
  • Leo Grillo
  • Dielson Gustama
  • Jon Hallberg
  • Sterling Hampton
  • David Peter Hansen
  • Anna Hashmi
  • Derek Helwig
  • Priscilla Hensley
  • Carolyn Hepburn
  • Hudson Hickman
  • James Andrew Hogan
  • Jahmal Holland
  • Tim Horsburgh
  • Attique Iqbal
  • Jeffrey F. Jackson
  • Yvonne Jimenez
  • Eric W Johnson
  • Alykhan Kaba
  • Chloe Keirsted
  • Brigid Kelly
  • David Paul Kiess
  • Laura C. Kim
  • Tanner Kling
  • Patrick Hasso Kohl
  • Sharon La Cruise
  • Jacek Laskus
  • Meredith Lavitt
  • Katherine Leblond
  • Kira Leinonen
  • Amy Letourneau
  • Ry Levey
  • Lauren Lexton
  • Kathleen Lingo
  • Jasmine Lord
  • Tim Lott
  • Michael Lumpkin
  • Susan Maclaury
  • Juan Mandelbaum
  • Elizabeth Marsh
  • Adrianna Martin
  • Brendan Mason
  • Bruno Mastrocolla
  • Kyeng Mcguirk
  • Kathleen Mcinnis
  • Lorena Mendez-Quiorga
  • Ido Mizrahy
  • Paul Moakley
  • Anita Modak-Truran
  • Kim Moir
  • Dakota Morton
  • Sheila Nevins
  • Tracy Nguyen-Chung
  • Suzanne Niedland
  • Mamounata Nikiema
  • Christopher Noviello
  • Chris Nylund
  • Yann Ollivier
  • Audrey Olsen
  • Sarah Olson
  • Tess Ornstein
  • Jeff Ostenson
  • Nisha Pahuja
  • Amanda Paules
  • Lisa Peters
  • Aron Phillips
  • Paul Phillips
  • Maria Elena P. Piñeda
  • Dawn Porter
  • John Potash
  • Nomi Prins
  • Virginia Quesada
  • Michelle Raven
  • Beth Read
  • Tracy Rector
  • Teddy Reeves
  • Anonymous
  • Aimara Reques
  • Joe Rollins
  • Annie Roney
  • Serginho Roosblad
  • Barry Rubinow
  • Shari Sant
  • Allison Schatz
  • Benjamin Selkow
  • Joaquin M Sena
  • Alissa Shapiro
  • Russell Sheaffer
  • Aniela Sidorska
  • Andrea Von Siebenthal
  • Yeshvir Singh
  • Jennifer Smith
  • Cheryl Staurulakis
  • Brittany Stevenson
  • Colleen Steward
  • Gretchen Stockdale
  • Nicholas Stuart
  • Jennifer Suwak
  • Mike Syers
  • Michael Taylor
  • Rahdi Taylor
  • Jack Teetor
  • Flor Tejada
  • Brian Tessier
  • Bonnie Thompson
  • Oli Thompson
  • Erik Thureson
  • Josh Tickell
  • Rebecca Tickell
  • Howard Tomb
  • Chezik Tsunoda
  • Cecily Tyler
  • David Ulich
  • Robin Miller Ungar
  • Susan Vitka
  • Vibeke Vogel
  • India Wadsworth
  • Zijian Wang
  • Jane Wells
  • Lauren Wertheimer
  • Marla Williams
  • Alex Winter
  • Meimei Yue
  • Zixuan Zhang
  • Joey Zhou
  • Andrei Zinca


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