List of the Best Documentary Grants to Fund Your Film

The Points North Fellowship early- and mid-career filmmakers to Maine to accelerate the development of their feature documentary.

The Film & TV Funding Award is awarded annually to an emerging filmmaker from anywhere in the world with the most promising pitch for a director-led documentary.

Grants are offered to independent artists who are working at the intersection of science and nonfiction storytelling.

The Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program (DFP) prioritizes support for independent nonfiction films with budgets under $1,000,000 USD.

The SFFILM Documentary Film Fund (DFF) supports engaging documentaries in post-production which exhibit compelling stories, intriguing characters, and an original, innovative visual approach.

The Library of Congress Lavine Ken Burns Prize for Film is a $200,000 cash award for a late-stage documentary film with a running time of 50 minutes or more.

Redford Center Grants supports environmental filmmakers and frontline stories that drive solutions for people and the planet, providing the hope necessary for audiences to feel ready to engage in addressing our environmental crises.

Vision Maker Media funds Native American and Alaska Native media at all stages of development.

The Media Projects program supports the development, production, and distribution documentary film  that engage general audiences with humanities ideas in creative and appealing ways.

The World Cinema Fund supports exclusively the production and distribution of feature films and feature-length documentaries.