Overview of Opportunities

Learn about all of the labs, grants, and fellowships we offer and how our programs work together to support independent storytellers in developing their craft.

Programs

Initiatives

Workshops

Open to all artists, and held around the country, Workshops and Day Labs offer participants premium resources and expert advice on topics ranging from screenwriting to digital distribution.

Sundance Alumni Artists

Have you participated in a program or had a film in one of our festivals? Then you're part of our alumni community. Learn about the on-going support and benefits we offer you!

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News & Stories

Serving Up Independent Culture

Events

Support Overview

Meet the diverse group of Sundance Institute supporters. A passionate community of groups and individuals who believe that everyone has the right to tell their story.

Membership

Join a community of like-minded individuals who believe in the power of great art.

Individual Giving

Corporate Support

Sundance Institute builds multi-faceted collaborations with leading brands to engage with a creative community of artists and audiences.

Foundation Giving

Foundation grants provide stability for existing Programs and seed the launch of new initiatives.

Government Support

Contributions from federal, state, and community agencies and embassies provide endorsements for our local, national, and international work.

Sundance Film Festival

Sundance NEXT FEST

International Festivals

Film Forward

Sundance Film Forward is a touring program which introduces a new generation of audiences to the power of story through the exhibition of film and conversations with filmmakers to create greater cultural awareness.

Shorts Tour

Showcasing a wide variety of story and style, the Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour is a 95-minute theatrical program of eight short films from the 2016 edition of the January Festival

Utah Community Events

Programs for Utah audiences to experience independent film, theatre, and music through free screenings and discussions.

Watch Films

Watch Films

Individual Giving

About

Together we can preserve the future of Storytelling.

We believe artists should always be able to create in their truest voice, independent and authentic to their vision. We believe that a story should be crafted to add meaning in our lives. We believe a story should build to the moment that steals us away from a day, to transform us to be ready for tomorrow.

We believe that artists should always have the means to create and the ability to reach the audience who crave to see their work.

If you believe as we do, please join us and become a part of the Sundance Institute community.

For more information on supporting Sundance Institute, please contact the Sundance Institute Individual Giving Office at (310) 360-1981 or giving@sundance.org.

Ways to Participate

Find your home at Sundance Institute

At Sundance Institute we are committed to providing and preserving the space for artists to create and thrive. We invite you to find your home with us, whether your love is for theatre, film, the Festival or the Institute overall, we have the perfect program to connect you with your passion. We’ll even offer you a variety of benefits as a way of showing our gratitude. Our Leadership Programs provide an even deeper level of engagement with our Sundance artists, allowing donors to provide a philanthropic level of resources in the form of grants, fellowships and exclusive visionary support. There's also our Catalyst Program, which connects forward thinking financiers with the world of independent film and creates opportunities to invest in the production of compelling, unique stories. Our Sundance Circle program will give you an up close and personal Institute experience including great access to the Festival.

Whether your gift is $150 or $150,000, there is a place for you to profoundly connect with Sundance Institute. Join our community and become a champion for the independent artists and stories you love.

Sundance Circle

Leadership Giving

Women At Sundance

Programs Supported By Individuals

Documentary Film

Women At Sundance

Diversity Initiative

Sundance Film Festival

Donor Spotlight

Individual Supporters

$2,500-$4,999

$5,000-9,999

$10,000-19,999

$20,000-$29,999

$30,000-$49,999

$50,000 - $99,999

Jill & Ryan Ahrens
Mr. & Mrs. Ed Aldag, Jr.
Charmaine & Sean Bailey
John Boccardo & Derek Esplin
Angus Deardoff
Ted Dintersmith & Elizabeth Hazard
Abigail Disney & Pierre Hauser
Philipp Engelhorn & Cameron Yates
J.A. & H.G. Woodruff, Jr. Charitable Trust
Barry R. Feirstein
Linda & Bob Frankenberg
Aaron Gilbert & Jason Cloth - Bron Studios
Lynn Gorman
Gardner Grout
Donna & Kevin Gruneich
Michael Kaeske & Haven Parchinski
Chris Kelly & Jennifer Carrico
Lisa Leder
Martha & Carl Lindner
Lippman Family Foundation
Katherine Lo
Michael Mailis
Jenny & Andrew Mason
Nion McEvoy & Leslie Berriman
Kate & Michel Merkt
Elizabeth & Chuck Mooty
Manish & Pramila Mundra
Susan Bay Nimoy
James & Laura Parra - Valley Packline Solutions, Inc.
John & Marcia Price Family Foundation
Gigi Pritzker & Michael Pucker
Erik & Melinda Reed
Burton & Stephanie Ritchie - Heretic Films
Thomas Rothman & Jessica Harper
David & Christina Royce
Carolyn & Charles Rozwat
Elena & Geoffrey Sands
Nadine Schiff & Fred Rosen
Spencer Silna & Nicole Barton
Iris & Michael Smith
Jim & Susan Swartz
Wendy Vanden Heuval - Distracted Globe Foundation
John & Marva Warnock
Lynda Weinman & Bruce Heavin
Elizabeth & Kenneth Whitney

$100,000 & above

Anonymous
Bertha Foundation
Frank A. Bennack, Jr. & Mary Lake Polan - Hearst Communications
Robert A. Compton
Jeanne Donovan Fisher
Perry & Martin Granoff
Ruth Ann Harnisch & William Harnisch - The Harnisch Foundation
Cindy Harrell Horn & Alan Horn
Lyn & Norman Lear
Liminal Fund
The Jacquelyn & Gregory Zehner Foundation