NonprofitsThe Southern Documentary Fund

Arts, Culture & Humanities

The Southern Documentary Fund

DURHAM, NC

Total revenue

$1.5M

Total expenses

$1.2M

Net assets

$1.0M

Grants received

$4.8M

108 grants

EIN

752993148

Tax year

2024

Mission

The southern documentary fund cultivates documentary projects made in or about the american south.

Programs

1 program

The sdf mentorship program is designed to pair established filmmakers and industry experts with emerging and new filmmakers. We provide support, which includes filmmaking grants and monthly mentorship meetings with filmmakers who have impact on the community.

Expenses: $130KGrants: $130K

Financials

FY 2024

Revenue

Contributions & grants$422K
Program service revenue$1.0M
Investment income$22K
Other revenue
Total revenue$1.5M

Expenses

Grants paid$130K
Salaries & benefits$277K
Fundraising
Other expenses$813K
Total expenses$1.2M
Total assets$1.2M
Net assets$1.0M

People

10 listed

NameRoleCompensation

CLINT JUKKALA

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Board

$102K

40 hrs/wk

IRENE OAKLEY-JOHNSON

VICE PRESIDENT

Board

1 hrs/wk

FIRAS QURAN

SECRETARY

Board

1 hrs/wk

BOBBY DONALDSON

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

MEI-YEN IRELAND

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

ELLEN STOLZMAN

PRESIDENT

Board

1 hrs/wk

WILLIAM LINK

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

STEVEN RAETS

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

NICOLE TRICHE

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

ERIC JOHNSON

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

Grants received

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FromAmountPurposeYear
$200K
IN SUPPORT OF GENERAL OPERATIONS
2024
$159K
SUPPORT DOCUMENTARY TO BE INVISABLE
2024
$60K
CORE SUPPORT FOR THE SDF PRODUCTION GRANT INITIATIVE FOR FILMMAKERS TELLING STORIES THEY ARE CONNECTED TO, AND THAT FULLY REPRESENT THE COMPLEXITY AND NUANCE OF, THE AMERICAN SOUTH
2024
$50K
ARTS AND CULTURE
2024
$50K
CORE SUPPORT FOR THE DOCUMENTARY FILM "PLAINSPOKEN" TO EXPLORE THE ONGOING CULTURAL CONVERSATION OF RACIAL EQUALITY
2024
$30K
SISTER SENATORS DOCUMENTARY, OVER TWO YEARS
2024
$16K
CRIME/LEGAL RELATED
2024
$15K
OPERATING GRANT
2024
$10K
UNRESTRICTED
2024
$10K
SUPPORTING LOCAL COMMUNITIES
2024
$6K
COLLABORATION GRANT
2024
$5K
General Charitable Purposes
2024
$250
SERVES AS A FISCAL SPONSOR FOR DOCUMENTARY MEDIA PROJECTS PRODUCED WITHIN OR ABOUT THE SOUTH.
2024
$305K
CULTURE & ARTS
2023
$250K
in support of general operations
2023
$200K
in support of general operations
2023
$100K
CHARITABLE
2023
$76K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2023
$40K
DOCUMENTARY FILM
2023
$30K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$20K
to support "How to Sue the Klan" documentary by John Beder
2023
$15K
OPERATING GRANT
2023
$10K
SISTER SENATORS
2023
$8K
RIGHTS & JUSTICE
2023
$8K
RIGHTS & JUSTICE
2023
$7K
INVEST TO RESTART GRANT
2023
$5K
SEASON GRANT
2023
$5K
GENERAL USE
2023
$5K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$5K
CHARITABLE
2023
$5K
TO PROMOTE DESIGN EDUCATION
2023
$4K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$250K
In support of general operations
2022
$125K
DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES ($15,000); PRODUCTION AND IMPACT SUPPORT FOR THE RIVER ($110,000)
2022
$25K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2022
$25K
INDIGENOUS FILM SUPPORT
2022
$20K
PROJECT SUPPORT
2022
$10K
OPERATING GRANT
2022
$10K
ARTS-CULTR-HUMAN
2022
$10K
The River
2022
$10K
THE CIVIL CASE DOCUMENTARY
2022
$10K
CLEAN ENERGY AND JUST TRANSITION
2022
$7K
SEASON GRANT-ANNUAL OPERATIONS
2022
$6K
HUMANITIES PROJECT
2022
$1K
SUPPORT ARTS
2022
$1K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$250K
in support of general operations.
2021
$250K
in support of general operations.
2021
$94K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$94K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$50K
OPERATING SUPPORT
2021
$25K
INITIAL & INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING
2021
$13K
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
2021
$10K
NEA CARES - ARP
2021
$10K
Our America subgrant
2021
$5K
SEASON GRANT - ANNUAL OPERATIONS
2021
$3K
UNDERWRITE DOCUMENTARY MEDIA PROJECT
2021
$1K
"BIG NIGHT IN" GRANT - COVID LOSSES
2021
$300K
in support of an expansion of its documentary support programs.
2020
$150K
PROJECT SUPPORT: THE BEAUTIFUL PROJECT
2020
$85K
SUPPORT EVIDENCE BUILDING FOR PROGRAMS BY AND FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR
2020
$80K
SOUTHERN DOCUMENTARY FUND - BETWEEN THE RAINS
2020
$50K
Core support for The Double Shift, an investigative and field reporting based podcast about the political, civil society, and economic complexities of working motherhood and theinequalities therein
2020
$40K
DOCUMENTARY FILM
2020
$40K
OPERATIONS
2020
$36K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2020
$30K
RESILIENCE FUND - MELLON FOUNDATION
2020
$15K
ANNUAL OPERATIONS, NC CARES COVID RELIEF, BIG NIGHT COVID RELIEF
2020
$15K
PROGRAM SUPPORT OF RAUL PAZ PASTRANA'S
2020
$12K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$10K
GenX: A Chemical Cocktail
2020
$6K
SOUTHERN DOCUMENTARY FILM SCREENING TOUR AND DISCUSSION SERIES. SCREENINGS WILL TAKE PLACE IN-PERSON AT VARIOUS VENUES AROUND NORTH CAROLINA, FOLLOWED BY A SERIES OF HUMANITIES BASED PANEL DISCUSSIONS. ALL SCREENINGS WILL INCLUDE VIRTUAL COMPONENTS FOR THOSE UNABLE TO ATTEND AND RECORDED DISCUSSIONS WILL REMAIN AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC THROUGH SDFS WEBSITE. SPEAKERS AND PRESENTERS WILL INCLUDE HUMANITIES SCHOLARS, ASSOCIATED FILMMAKERS, COMMUNITY LEADERS, KEY INDIVIDUALS FEATURED IN THE FILM. WE WILL FOCUS ON VENUES IN WILMINGTON, WAKE FOREST, AND LOCATIONS IN AND NEAR RALEIGH, DURHAM, CHAPEL HILL, INCLUDING ADJACENT RURAL COMMUNITIES LIKE GRAHAM. FILMS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: THE NEUTRAL GROUND (HISTORY, JURISPRUDENCE, CULTURAL STUDIES; COMMUTED (JURISPRUDENCE, WOMENS STUDIES); AND WILMINGTON ON FIRE: CHAPTER 2 (HISTORY, AFRICAN AMERICAN AND CULTURAL STUDIES).
2020
$5K
EDUCATION PROGRAMMING
2020
$5K
UNDERWRITE DOCUMENTARY MEDIA PROJECT
2020
$5K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2020
$35K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2019
$25K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2019
$15K
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
2019
$8K
OPERATING SUPPORT
2019
$8K
TO PROMOTE HUMANITIES IN MISSISSIPPI PUBLIC LIFE.
2019
$140K
GENERAL OPERATIONAL SUPPORT
2018
$86K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2018
$30K
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2018
$25K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2018
$23K
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
2018
$10K
FILMCRAFT GRANTS
2018
$5K
DOCUMENTARY FILM
2018
$3K
GENERAL OPERATIONAL SUPPORT
2018
$500
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
2018
$34K
General Support
2017
$28K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2017
$26K
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
2017
$5K
OPERATING SUPPORT
2017

Funded by

$4.8M from 63 funders · 108 grants · 2017–2024

John D And Catherine T Macarthur

$1.7M · 7 grants · 2020–2024

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

$444K · 7 grants · 2018–2023

National Philanthropic Trust

$305K · 1 grant · 2023

Singh Singh Film Fund

$239K · 2 grants · 2020–2024

Perspective Media Initiatives Inc

$205K · 3 grants · 2021–2023

The Ford Foundation

$160K · 3 grants · 2020–2024

Novo Foundation

$150K · 1 grant · 2020

Community Foundation

$143K · 2 grants · 2018

Details

EIN752993148
NTEE codeA30
Subsection03
Ruling date2002-07
Formed2002
Employees6
Volunteers11
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