Grants Worth Up To $7500 Through Art With Impact

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Do you have a short film idea that engages with mental health issues? Art With Impact is now accepting proposals for Voices With Impact, a year-long project that celebrates mental health stories, with production grants wroth up to $7500 in funding towards their films.

 
Voices With Impact
 

This year the topics will be focused on Grief and Resilience, as well as Substance Use Disorder and proposals are encouraged to include any considerations of the intersections of identities relevant to the story being told, including gender, sexual orientation, race, religion, socioeconomic status, disability, nationality, citizenship, and other identities that can impact one’s experience of mental health.

If selected, Arts With Impact will also match you with partnership organizations, mental health organizations, and experts related to your topic for consultation and support. The films will have their final premiere on June 22, 2022 in Los Angeles and will be followed by a week-long festival of dialogue and discussion in which Art For Impact’s esteemed storytellers lead interactive, enlightening sessions on topics related to mental health issues specific to these topics.

How To Apply

Proposals are due October 1, 2021. They will be juried by subject matter experts and filmmaking professionals, and the ten final grantees will be notified by November 30, 2021. The final films must be submitted by April 1st, 2022.

Proposals will need to include a resume as well as proposal document answering several prompts highlighting your previous experience, projects, scripts, as well as a brief summary and outline of your project. Be sure to include why exactly you want to make the project and why this is the right time. Specific proposal requirements, dates, and where to submit can be found here in this document. And feel free to check out Art With Impact’s website for more details and other grant opportunities.

Art With Impact will be hosting an informational session on August 3rd from 10am - 11am (PST) during which Art With Impact's Executive Director will walkthrough the Request for Proposals, provide insights into what jurors will be looking for, share successful proposals from past rounds of this project, and answer questions about the program and process. You can register for this information session here. Good luck!