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Become a Member

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Become an Individual Patron

Whether your love is for theatre, film, the Festival or the Institute overall, we have the perfect program to connect you with your passion. Discover the ways to support Sundance Institute from a one-time gift through the Artist Fund, to joining Sundance Circle for year-round Institute engagement to championing the independent artists and stories you love through Artist Circle. Learn More.
Become a Corporate Supporter

Sundance Institute builds multi-faceted partnerships for leading brands to engage with a creative community of artists and audiences. From Film Festival sponsorships to named artist fellowships that provide funding to artists during their creative process, there are many unique ways to engage with Sundance Institute Learn More.
Become a Foundation Partner

Foundation Giving enables Sundance Institute to support the vital work of independent storytellers. We work closely with each foundation to connect it to Institute activities that reflect shared values and priorities. Learn More.
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Volunteering for Sundance Institute is truly a one-of-a-kind experience. We rely on volunteers from around the world who generously dedicate their time and commitment to the Sundance Film Festival, our summer labs in Utah, our year-round work at our Los Angeles, Park City, and New York City offices, and all of our many programs that support independent storytelling. Learn More.
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Support For Sundance Institute

From Individual Donors to Sundance Institute Members and Foundations to Corporate Sponsors, we thank you for your commitment to our mission to advance the work of artists in film, theatre, and music and to promote these important voices in society.

As of August 2018

Endowment support

Dwight Anderson
Ariel Investments, LLC
Lin Arison
Susan Cronyn
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Jake Eberts
The Charles Engelhard Foundation
Entertainment Industry Foundation
Jeanne Donovan Fisher

Ford Foundation
Mellody Hobson
Cindy and Alan Horn
Karen Lauder
LisaBeth Foundation
Occidental Petroleum Corporation
Geoffrey K. Sands
Target Corporation
Steve Tisch Foundation
Walter L. Weisman
Individuals
$100,000 & above
- Anonymous (3)
- Mr. and Mrs. Ed Aldag, Jr.
- Mary Lake Polan and Frank A. Bennack, Jr.—Hearst
- Peggy Bergmann
- Sandra and Malcolm Berman Charitable Foundation
- John Boccardo and J. Derek Esplin
- Steve Cohen and Paula Froehle—Chicago Media Project
- Peyton Gallant
- Genuine Article Pictures
- Perry and Martin Granoff
- The Gruneich Foundation
- Bill and Ruth Ann Harnisch—The Harnisch Foundation
- The Horn Foundation
- Sarah Johnson—Lozen Foundation
- Maja Kristin
- Karen Lauder
- Suzanne Lerner
- Lippman Family Foundation
- New Slate Ventures
- Florence and Harry Sloan
- Octavia Spencer
- Violet Spitzer-Lucas and the Spitzer Family Foundation
- Kimberly Steward—K Period Media
- Elizabeth and Kenneth Whitney
$50,000 - $99,999
- Anonymous (2)
- Jill and Ryan Ahrens
- Charmaine and Sean Bailey
- Amy and Barry Baker Family Foundation
- Paul and Katy Drake Bettner
- Jason Blum—Blumhouse Productions
- Barbara Bridges
- Ebs Burnough and Pierre LaGrange
- David Chan
- Donald C. Clark, Jr.
- Kenneth Cole and Maria Cuomo Cole
- David and Linda Cornfield
- Rene Cruz—Esperanza Arts Foundation
- Dwight Curry
- Pascal Desroches and Yvette DeGannes
- Abigail E. Disney and Pierre N. Hauser—Like a River Fund
- Jeanne Donovan Fisher
- Dana and Andy Eckert
- Jana Edelbaum
- Richard and Jill Schnitzer Edelson
- The Eisenberg Family
- Philipp Engelhorn and Cameron Yates
- Caterina Fake
- Barry R. Feirstein
- Linda and Bob Frankenberg
- The Fredston-Hermann Family
- Wyncote Foundation—Leonard Haas
- Hantz Family
- Ann Hill
- Caroline and Edward Hyman
- Rhianon Jones
- Joanne Kagle
- Heather Kahlert—The Kahlert Foundation
- Dennis and Karen Keegan
- Amanda Kelso
- Charles D. King
- Barrie Landry
- Lyn and Norman Lear
- Jason Delane Lee and Yvonne Huff Lee
- Bobbi and Marcus Lemonis
- Shelly and Robert Light
- Matt Lindner
- David and Jody Lippman
- Cristina Ljungberg
- Ann Lovell
- Nion McEvoy and Leslie Berriman
- Elizabeth and Chuck Mooty
- Damien Newman and Stacey Frost
- Susan Bay Nimoy
- R. David Peeler
- Bill Plapinger and Cassie Murray
- John and Marcia Price Family Foundation
- Gigi Pritzker and Michael Pucker
- Alejandro Ramírez Magaña
- Rick and Melinda Reed
- Riccitiello Family
- Nadine Schiff and Fred Rosen
- Thomas E. Rothman and Jessica Harper
- Christina and David Royce
- Elena and Geoffrey Sands
- Nancy Stephens and Rick Rosenthal
- Laura Stuart
- Jim and Susan Swartz
- Janet and Gottfried Tittiger
- John and Marva Warnock
- Lynda Weinman and Bruce Heavin
- Jenifer and Jeffrey Westphal
- J.A. & H.G. Woodruff, Jr. Charitable Trust
- The Jacquelyn and Gregory Zehner Foundation
$30,000-$49,999
- Anonymous
- Thomas R. Ajamie
- Frankie and Joseph Armstead
- Colleen Bell
- Steven Boal
- Thor Bjorgolfsson and Kristin Olafsdottir
- Nancy Blachman and David desJardins
- Caryn Bronstein and Barry Rudofsky
- Joe and Liz Casale
- Joyce Keil-Chafin and Bruce Chafin
- Hannalorre Chahine
- Beth and Jeffrey Cohen
- Pamela Crooke
- Dana DiCarlo and Scott Plank
- Dobkin Family Foundation
- Chandler and Oliver Evans
- Nina and David Fialkow
- William and Sakurako Fisher
- Scott and Molly Forstall
- Roberto Grande
- Marni Grossman
- The Handasyde Group
- Andrew Hee and Rachel Erickson Hee
- Deirdre Hegarty
- Jamie Hormel
- Tony Hsieh
- Arlene Inch
- Ken and Margaret Jacobs
- Ann Kaplan
- Phil Kent
- Kim Keywell and Liz Lefkofsky
- Bruce and Lynn Lindsey
- Cathy and Alex Mendez
- Pat Mitchell and Scott Seydel
- Susan and Gib Myers
- Mark Nunnelly
- Constance Orlando
- Maureen Pelton
- Stuart Pollard
- Bill and Eva Price
- Diana and Bruce Rauner
- Carolyn Rozwat
- Jane Solomon
- The Steiner King Family
- Lessing and Babbie Stern
- Chris and Heidi Stolte
- Marni and Richard Waterfield
- Mark Wawro
- Joanne Wilson
- Jean and John Yablonski
$20,000-$29,999
- Anonymous (3)
- Hallee Adelman
- Mohamed AlRafi
- Phyllis and Scott Bedford
- April and Andrew Bosworth
- Jen Chaiken
- Sharon Chang
- Matthew Clyde
- Elliot Cooperstone
- Jeff Desich
- Martha Dudley
- Janis Fleming
- Philip Fung—A3 Foundation
- Kieran and Mel Gallahue
- Ambassador Mark & Nancy Gilbert
- Ronnie Hooks
- Jason Hirschhorn
- Amanda Kelso
- Grace Lay & Sumalee Montano
- Jenn Lee Smith
- Ann Lewnes
- Susan and Christopher Lockwood
- Katy Loria
- Crystal and Charles Maggelet
- Robert and Suzanne Marquardt
- Meryl Metni and Ubiquitous Entertainment Group
- Nicholas Pardon
- Ken Pelletier
- Shelby Rachleff—Westridge Foundation
- Bill and Emily Reedy
- Adam Riemer
- Carol Rosebrough
- Jim and Stacy Scott
- Peter Sullivan
- Fred Thompson
- Kevin and Shelley Turner
- Gayle and Barry Tyerman
- Andrea van Beuren
- Blaine Vess
- Alexandra Wells
- Ed Wilson
$10,000-19,999
- Anonymous (4)
- Laurence Bardoff and Lilli Alberga
- Mark Berns
- Ellen Bialis
- Anne and Jim Bodnar
- Sue Bostrom
- Robyn Carp
- Jennifer Carrico
- Anla Chang
- Christine Curtis
- Peggy and Yogen Dalal
- Robert De Swart
- John and Lauren Driscoll
- Marian E. Davis and David R. Parker Foundation
- Kevin and Molly Efrusy
- Wendy Ettinger
- Leslie and Jeffrey Fischer
- Ronaldo M. Foresti
- Patty Francfort
- Lenny Gail
- Jessica Goldman-Foung
- Kathleen Hagen
- Anne and Mark Hansen
- Linda and Malcolm Hastings
- Janice and Steven Hefter
- Marleen and David Hood
- Mark and Karen James
- Steve Jang
- Jean Kaplan
- Sharrington and Parker Kennedy
- Katherine Kohatsu
- Alison Leupold
- Edde Loelinger
- Janelle Mariani
- Linda Mason
- Nancy Medford
- Rob and Laura Medway
- Buzz and Donna Miller
- Ed Nahmias
- Lori Ordover
- Kelly and Michael Palmer
- Kathryn Petersen
- Patrice Picone
- Kara Ross
- J. Rutherford and Laura Seydel
- Stacy Sachen
- Susan Sherrerd
- Tricia and Bryan Smith
- David Stertzer
- Rosalie Swedlin and Robert Cort
- Rebecca Teitel
- Nancy and Brent Trostle
- Christina Varotsis
- Martin Werner
- Kat White
- Teri Meno Zingale
$5,000-9,999
- Anonymous (4)
- Jim Altman
- Elizabeth Bagley
- Lisa Baronsky
- Paula Bennett
- Bill Bindley
- Blue Eyed Club Productions
- Alexandra Bowes
- Mary Boyle
- Stephen Braun
- Benjamin Breitbart
- Carlease Burke
- Marguerite and David Camarata
- David Carrico
- Ron Carson
- Lorinda Chiang
- Scott Claus
- Larry Clemmensen
- Sarah Chuthill
- Deborah and Forrest Danson
- Ruth and Phil Davidson
- Michael Decker
- Fotene Demoulas
- William Dietz
- Annika Dubrall and Jigar Mehta
- Linda and Thomas Dupree
- Jill and Andrew Ellner
- Mary Jo Emfield
- Elizabeth and Jesse Fink
- Christine Fisher
- Audra Ford-Paterna
- Pamela Foxworthy
- Jason Friedrichs
- Debbie and Alan Gold
- Andrew Goldstein
- Sapphira Goradia
- Shari Gottlieb
- Sherri and John Grace
- Gardner Grout
- Anna Guiro
- Steve Harris
- Anna Hashmi
- Robin Hauser Reynolds
- Sheree and Lawrence Hayward
- Lynn Hubbard
- Leah Hunt-Hendrix
- Barbara and Julius Hyatt
- Mary Innis
- Kiva Iscol
- Justine Jacob
- Andrea Jaron
- Allison Jones
- Barbara and Bob Jones
- Artemis Joukowsky
- Jon Kamen
- Elizabeth Karlsberg
- Jeff and Tracy Katz
- Heather Kenihan
- Mina Kim
- Stefani and Scott Kimche
- Ellen Kirsh
- Patricia Kivel
- Bonnie and Mark Kowalsky
- Leslie and Deborah Kratter
- Whitaker Lader
- Jim Ladner
- Ryan Laney
- Kim Lawrence
- David Lee
- Shari Levitin and Lee Gerstein
- Michael Levinthal
- Ted Lieu
- Suzanne Lueder
- Lumberyard Studios
- John Lyons
- William Maich
- Bethany Mayer
- Mr. and Mrs. Clayton McNeel
- Paris Medsger
- Joanna Miles-Basta
- Katherine Milias
- Dale Miller
- Roswitha Mueller
- Christie Mullen
- Tim Nash
- Steven Norris
- Judy and Henry Otto
- Ryan Pallas
- Cindy Pearlstein
- Mark and Kara Peterson
- Andrea Piatt
- Carrie Pomerantz
- Dwight Poler
- Stacey and Steven Rauch
- Judith Rice
- Michelle and Larry Richman
- Fiona and Sophia Robert
- Jen Roddick
- Kyra Rogers
- Ruthanne Roth
- Laurie and Owen Schwartz
- Wendy and Frank Serrino
- Maureen and Tom Shea
- Lori Sibunruang
- Joel and Lisa Shine
- Pamela Skene
- Elisa and Brian Slobodow
- Linda and Rick Smaligo
- Joy and Bruce Soll
- James P. Steyer and Kat Taylor
- Santiago Tapia
- Danielle Tapper
- Judi and Howard Teig
- Mary and Peter Tennyson
- Judy and Tim Terrell
- Rebecca Thomley
- Zibby and Jim Tozer
- Millicent and Todd Tracey
- Lisa and Steve Tullman
- Gary and Margo Weinstein
- Gayle Wieseneck
- Barbara Wolf
- Nancy Woolf
- Jean Wyman
$2,500-$4,999
- Sid Ahl
- Lisa Anderson
- Marilyn August
- Brian Azouz
- Julie Beffort
- Alice Berger
- Mary Boyle
- Patrick Carothers
- Jill I Carter
- Tara Chen
- Russ Caso
- Donna Colomby
- Mary Delle Stelzer
- Stuart Stelzer
- Lisa L Donini
- Ruth Duenser
- Mary Ellyn R. Hogan
- Ellen Falguiere
- Robert Finney
- Christopher Gabrieli
- Ryan Gallagher
- Andrew Garbarino
- Gabriella Glenn
- Kim K Goldberg
- Roger S. Goldman
- Peggy Goulding
- Peggy Gutterman
- Edith Haddock
- Edward Haddock Jr
- Kimberly Hansen
- Caroline Hargreaves
- Doris Harrigan
- Allison Hill
- Gretchen Hollingsworth
- Barbara Hulit
- Gina Jansen
- Seth Kaufman
- David Kelly
- Ellen Kirsh
- Rahul Kishore
- Lisa Koxlien
- Sandra Kozel
- Peter LaFleche
- Sandy Leong-Gelfond
- Patricia A Lucas
- Chayah Masters
- Howard Mavity
- Charles Mudd
- Edward Nahmias
- Sharon Nehls
- Peter Niehoff
- Bryan OKeefe
- Paul Panelli
- Pishnu Peamchareon
- Diane Philips
- Jodi Pliskin
- Laura Poitras
- Matthew Ratner
- Steven Rosenfeld
- Howard R Rothwell
- Celeste Roxbury
- Lawrence Rubin
- John Ruhl
- Shawn Ryan
- Angela M. Schmidt
- Shauna Schmunk
- Elizabeth Schwartz
- William H Scripps
- Russell A Smith
- Pamela Stevenson
- Chelsea R Stith
- Curtis Tamkin
- Katarina van Alebeek
- Stephen Wallace
- Amy Weis
- Elaine Weis
- Kaylene Whalen
- Emily White
- Kat White
- Gayle Wieseneck
- Lori L Wulfe
- Thomas Zimmermann
Foundations
$1,000,000 and above
- Acton Family Giving
- explore.org, a direct charitable activity of the Annenberg Foundation
- Ford Foundation
- John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
- John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
- The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
- The Open Society Foundations
$500,000-$999,999
- Anonymous
- Charles Engelhard Foundation
- W. K. Kellogg Foundation
- The Kendeda Fund
- Luminate
- Sandbox Films
- Skoll Foundation
- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
$250,000-$499,999
- The David and Lura Lovell Foundation
- Will & Jada Smith Family Foundation
$100,000-$249,999
- Arison Arts Foundation
- Cinereach
- Compton Foundation
- Critical Minded
- Ray and Dagmar Dolby Family Fund
- George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation
- Hollywood Foreign Press Association
- Ruderman Family Foundation
- Surdna Foundation
$50,000-$99,999
- Anonymous
- Bertha Foundation
- The Fledgling Fund
- Luma Foundation
- Nia Tero Foundation
- The Shubert Foundation, Inc.
$25,000-$49,999
- Anonymous
- Asante Family Philanthropic Fund
- Code Blue Foundation
- EarthSense Foundation
- Harbour
- Indigenous Screen Office
- JL Foundation
- Joan and Lewis Platt Foundation
- Robert Chinn Foundation
- The Yellow Chair Foundation
$10,000-$24,999
- The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation
- Film Music Foundation
- Gruber Family Foundation
- Promontory Foundation
$5,000-$9,999
- Cliff Curtis
- Felix Culpa
- Carrie Louise Hamilton Foundation
- Francena T. Harrison Foundation Trust
- Indigenous Media Initiatives
- Deborah Reinisch and Michael Theodore Fund
Government Agencies
$500,000 and above
- State of Utah
- Utah Division of Arts & Museums
$250,000–$499,999
- National Endowment for the Arts
$100,000–$249,999
- Oneida Indian Nation
- Salt Lake County Community Services
- Salt Lake County Zoo, Arts & Parks (ZAP)
- Summit County Restaurant Tax
$50,000–$99,999
- Summit County Recreation, Arts, and Parks (RAP) Tax
$10,000–$49,999
- New Zealand Film Commission
- Salt Lake City Arts Council
Special thanks to the Utah Film Commission, Park City Municipal Corporation, and Park City Visitors Bureau and Film Commission.
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