Frequently Asked Questions

If you would like to share information about a project or an organization, please review our funding strategies for films and organizations and submit a letter of inquiry (LOI) form. 

Please email hello@perspectivefund.org and we will direct you to the appropriate team member.

We don't have any requirements for project or organization budget minimums or maximums and approach the funding possibilities for each grant based on their unique needs.

Grant sizes vary as we approach the funding possibilities for each grant based on the project or organization's unique needs. 

With the exception of any open calls, submissions are reviewed on a rolling basis. There are no deadlines for submission. 

If projects do not hear from our team within one month of submitting the inquiry form, the project has not advanced in consideration at that time. For inquiries that do advance, there are a series of conversations between the project team and the relevant program officer before an invitation to apply for a grant may be extended. Your program officer will be able to provide an estimated consideration and application timeline at that point.

We do not require co-production credits or film rights. Past a certain funding threshold we may request an “in association with” credit as a way of seeking to align the overall visibility of your project and our funding strategy. However, this is generally negotiated on a case-by-case basis. Perspective Fund never assumes editorial oversight or control of a project, beyond the standard proposal and grant monitoring due diligence, plus fiscal oversight, required in private foundation grantmaking.

Reporting requirements and formats may vary but we do require final reporting for all grants. 

No, Perspective does not have geographical requirements. We evaluate geographical considerations on a case-by-case basis.

Our primary focus is assessing feature-length documentary film production plans, their accompanying impact campaigns, and organizations that are similarly focused on the documentary impact ecosystem. If your inquiry is related to impact campaign work for a fully financed project in a format other than a feature-length documentary, it is more likely to advance in consideration than a production funding request in those other formats.