NonprofitsDoc Society Inc

Public Foundations

Doc Society Inc

NEW YORK, NY

Total revenue

$2.4M

Total expenses

$1.7M

Net assets

$2.8M

Grants received

$14.4M

93 grants

EIN

461094197

Tax year

2023

Mission

Doc society inc supports documentary filmmakers globally by providing production financing, as well as creative, editorial, strategic, legal, and other forms of assistance. We foster collaborations between public interest filmmakers and charities, and other partners to enhance financing, strategic support, and distribution opportunities for documentary projects that serve the public good.in undertaking this work, doc society cooperates closely with its sister entities: doc society, and doc society charitable trust in the uk, stichting doc society in the netherlands, and doc society australia pty ltd. These entities are legally independent, but have identical aims and objectives and often collaborate with one another.

Financials

FY 2023

Revenue

Contributions & grants$2.3M
Program service revenue$71K
Investment income$3K
Other revenue$1K
Total revenue$2.4M

Expenses

Grants paid$891K
Salaries & benefits$547K
Fundraising$30K
Other expenses$280K
Total expenses$1.7M
Total assets$2.9M
Net assets$2.8M

People

11 listed

NameRoleCompensation

MEGHA AGRAWAL SOOD

BOARD MEMBER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Board

$154K

35 hrs/wk

MAXYNE FRANKLIN

SECY/TREASURER & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Board

$145K

35 hrs/wk

EDITH FINZI

VICE PRESIDENT

Board

5 hrs/wk

ANURIMA BHARGAVA

BOARD CHAIR

Board

1.5 hrs/wk

JADE BEGAY

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

HEATHER GRADY

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

TWIGGY PUCCI GARCON

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

KERI PUTNAM

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

VINCENT WARREN

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

KATHARINE WILKINSON

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

JESS SEARCH

PRESIDENT

Board

5 hrs/wk

Grants received

Showing 93 of 93

FromAmountPurposeYear
$250K
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS
2024
$125K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$125K
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
2024
$50K
DOCUMENTARY FILM
2024
$27K
HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES
2024
$25K
Development Grant
2024
$15K
SALT, VINEGAR, MADHUR
2024
$10K
FOX UNDER A PINK MOON 3
2024
$750K
General Operating Support
2023
$333K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$320K
TO PROVIDE GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$250K
Doc Society - The Climate Story Unit
2023
$250K
TO STIMULATE THE PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF DOCUMENTARY NARRATIVES TO BUILD SUPPORT FOR PRO-DEMOCRACY AND DEMOCRATIC REFORM MOVEMENTS
2023
$250K
General Operating Support
2023
$225K
GLOBAL IMPACT PRODUCERS ALLIANCE PROJECT
2023
$200K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$175K
PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
2023
$175K
CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION, ADVOCACY
2023
$125K
CORE SUPPORT FOR THE CLIMATE STORY UNIT AND PROJECT SUPPORT FOR STORYTELLING AND AUDIOVISUAL INITIATIVES THAT ELEVATE WOMEN ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENDERS
2023
$100K
FOR A DOCUMENTARY INVESTIGATING THE GLOBAL LANDSCAPE OF SEX, GENDER, AND FEMINISM
2023
$100K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$60K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2023
$50K
HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES
2023
$50K
SPECIAL GIFT IN HONOR OF JESS SEARCH'S PASSING
2023
$50K
Arts & Culture
2023
$50K
Climate Story Unit
2023
$40K
FILM UNLOCKED
2023
$40K
FILM UNLOCKED
2023
$40K
PIC SPECIAL PROJECT LICENSING FEE
2023
$25K
CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION
2023
$20K
GRANT RECIPIENT - CIVIL LIBERTIES
2023
$17K
OPERATIONS
2023
$15K
FOR PROGRAM SUPPORT.
2023
$10K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT - ARTS
2023
$675K
DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION SUPPORT FOR THE WAR ON CHAOS ($75,000); OPERATING SUPPORT ($550,000); CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT (CRM) AND GRANTS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ($25,000); GENDER-INFORMED PRACTICES ASSESSMENT (GIPA) STRATEGIC PLANNING & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ($25,000)
2022
$450K
CLIMATE STORY UNIT
2022
$333K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$325K
CORE SUPPORT FOR THE CLIMATE STORY UNIT AND PROJECT SUPPORT FOR STORYTELLING AND AUDIOVISUAL INITIATIVES THAT ELEVATE WOMEN ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENDERS
2022
$250K
The Climate Story Unit
2022
$180K
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS
2022
$175K
PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
2022
$125K
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
2022
$100K
FOR A DOCUMENTARY INVESTIGATING THE GLOBAL LANDSCAPE OF SEX, GENDER, AND FEMINISM
2022
$100K
FRAMERATE: PULSE OF THE EARTH GIFT
2022
$75K
SUPPORT OF PUBLIC CHARITY
2022
$40K
PROJECT SUPPORT
2022
$25K
TO SUPPORT GREENER PASTURES FILM PRODUCTION
2022
$25K
DOCUMENTARY FILM
2022
$21K
A FOX UNDER A PINK MOON
2022
$20K
A Fox Under a Pink Moon
2022
$20K
FILM UNLOCKED
2022
$20K
FOR QUEER NOW ACTIVITIES
2022
$16K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$16K
IDENTITY CRISIS
2022
$10K
A FOX UNDER A PINK MOON 2
2022
$924K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$924K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$340K
GLOBAL IMPACT PRODUCERS ASSEMBLY ($140,000), OPERATING SUPPORT ($200,000)
2021
$25K
"LIFE BEYOND LIFE" - TO ENGAGE COMMUNITIES IN RE-IMAGINING WHAT RE-ENTRY COULD LOOK LIKE IF IT WAS DESIGNED BY FORMERLY INCARCERATED WOMEN.
2021
$25K
CAESURA FILMS - TO REFRAME LOCAL NARRATIVES ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE AND URBAN RENEWAL IN ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA BY CENTERING THE STORIES, VOICES, AND LEADERSHIP OF BLACK WOMEN.
2021
$20K
LAUNCHING A DOC LAB DEDICATED TO LGBTQIA+ FILMS, AS AN INITIAL STEP TOWARDS CREATING A LARGER DOCUMENTARY FUND DEDICATED TO LGBTQIA+ CONTENT
2021
$1M
General support and core support for institutional strengthening
2020
$538K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2020
$100K
SUPPORT FOR ONGOING PROGRAMS
2020
$100K
For the Climate Story Labs to pilot sessions with storytellers, artists and video makers working on climate change with partners in the Global South
2020
$65K
to support the Grantee's Impact Labs, which provide a creative environment to help develop an impact strategy for social justice film projects and connect with new partners and allies on social justice themes
2020
$21K
TO SUPPORT, "TTYLORNOT: THEOLOGY TALKS YOU LIKE OR NOT," A DOCU-NARRATIVE FILM SERIES BY DASHA SAINTREMY THAT SHARES STORIES ON THE OTHER EXPERIENCE UNDERSTANDING GOD, THE DIVINE, AND SPIRITUAL JOURNEYS
2020
$21K
TO SUPPORT THE FILM, "IN LOVE, IN MEMORY" BY SHALON BUSKIRK AND DREW SWEDBERG, WHICH FOLLOWS A MOTHER, IN THE WAKE OF HER SONS MURDER, AS SHE MOVES INTO COMMUNITY ACTIVISM, ASSEMBLING PERSONAL AND COLLECTIVE MEMORIES TO REFRAME AN INTIMATE LOSS WITHIN HER CITYS HAUNTING LEGACY OF SYSTEMIC VIOLENCE
2020
$21K
TO SUPPORT "LIFE BEYOND LIFE," A COLLABORATIVE SHORT HYBRID FILM ABOUT WOMENS RE-ENTRY EXPERIENCES DIRECTED BY MADELEINE HUNT-EHRLICH AND PRODUCED BY WREN RENE
2020
$20K
FOR COVID-19 EMERGENCY SUPPORT
2020
$5K
FOR PROJECT SUPPORT FOR CURIOUS MATTERS LLC'S FILM THE PUSHOUTS IMPACT CAMPAIGN TO BRING NEEDED ATTENTION TO UNDERSERVED AND OVERLOOKED YOUTH IN CALIFORNIA AND TO PROMOTE THEIR HEALTH, WELLNESS AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.
2020
$3K
General Support
2020
$1.2M
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2019
$100K
PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
2019
$25K
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS
2019
$10K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2019
$615K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2018
$125K
SUPPORT THE MAKING OF THE FILM "DARK MONEY."
2018
$35K
DOCUMENTARY FILM
2018
$20K
TO FUND PROMOTION OF DOCUMENTARY FILM.
2018
$10K
General Support
2018
$10K
DOCUMENTARY FILM
2018
$25K
General Support
2017
$15K
FILMMAKING
2017

Funded by

$14.4M from 38 funders · 93 grants · 2017–2024

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

$4.3M · 6 grants · 2018–2023

The Ford Foundation

$2.4M · 8 grants · 2020–2023

The Skoll Foundation

$1.5M · 4 grants · 2022–2023

Perspective Media Initiatives Inc

$1.4M · 4 grants · 2021–2023

Foundation To Promote Open Society

$635K · 3 grants · 2020–2023

New Venture Fund

$630K · 4 grants · 2019–2024

Silicon Valley Community Foundation

$516K · 3 grants · 2022–2024

The Kendeda Fund

$500K · 2 grants · 2022–2023

Details

EIN461094197
NTEE codeT30
Subsection03
Ruling date2014-01
Formed2012
Employees3
Volunteers7
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