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Mission Possible: Finding Grants for Independent Producers.

Posted by: sbroun on October 26, 2006 07:14 PM | Comments (1)

Amie Miller. An A to Z on fundraising. The good news is that the number of foundations is growing each year and they are giving away about $33.5 billion dollars. The bad news? That out of 68,000 foundations 1,000 to 1,500 give to individuals who work in media. Sigh. For independents, Amie recommends partnering with a fiscal agent - an organization - or officially forming a 501C3 (non-profit) yourself. One more bit of good news in all of this, Amie says foundation folk like stories and that when pitching a project you should tell a story. Now, we know how to do that! Onward!

Posted by: sbroun on October 26, 2006 07:14 PM | Comments (1)

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I thought her idea that the foundations like radio shows the can advance key issues to an expanded audience of public radio listeners, which they like because they are policymakers, vote regularly and write letters to the editor.

She said producers have better luck with longer series in getting funding from foundations.

She gave some good resources for foundations:
fndcenter.org
grants.gov
Philanthropy News Digest
National subscription database

Posted by: Kathy gronau on November 2, 2006 02:45 AM

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