Many foundations and large donors require grant applicants to be 501(c)(3) nonprofits, and unfortunately, obtaining this status is time-consuming and labor-intensive. This process is especially frustrating for independent artists searching for funding to complete their projects in a timely manner.
Luckily, Utah Film Center offers artist support with an alternative program: fiscal sponsorship. Artists and filmmakers in need of funding can apply to our fiscal sponsorship program online and approved non-commercial film projects are eligible to use the Film Center’s nonprofit status, rather than establishing their own.
All donations made to projects fiscally sponsored by Utah Film Center are 100% tax-deductible, and filmmaker recipients are awarded 94% of each of their donations. Utah Film Center retains 6% of each donation to cover administrative costs. Best of all, the fiscal sponsorship program also allows Utah Film Center to support artists and projects worldwide and provides Utahns access to each completed project free of charge.
Scroll below for a list of current and past fiscal sponsor projects. To learn more about the program or apply, click here.
To donate to any of the film/projects, please send a check to:
Utah Film Center
50 W Broadway Ste 1125
Salt Lake City UT 84101
Include the name of the film/project in the memo line. For questions, contact our team via email at fiscal_sponsorship@utahfilmcenter.org or by phone at 801-746-7000.
Utah Film Center Fiscal Sponsorship Projects
| Project | Director |
|---|---|
| When Claude Got Shot | Brad Lichtenstein |
| Baseline: Part 1 | John D Sutter |
| Be Natural: The Untold Story Of Alice Guy-Blache | Pamela Green |
| Bending The Arc | Kief Davidson |
| The Bleeding Edge | Kirby Dick |
| Born With A Chance | David Cummins |
| Bread Head | Max Lugavere |
| Changing Of The Gods | Louie Schwartzberg And Kenny Ausubel |
| Earth Camp One | Jennie Livingston |
| I Am We | Ron Davis |
| Life In The Doghouse | Ron Davis |
| Embargo | Jeri Rice |
| Far Between | Kendall Wilcox |
| Genevieve: Girl Before A Mirror | Jill Goldman |
| Jesus Town, Usa | Julian T. Pinder And Billie Mintz |
| Eli | Nora Mandray & Jason B Kohl |
| Oslo Diaries | Mor Loushy And Daniel Sivan |
| Twyla Moves | Steven Cantor |
| Untitled Family Movie Project | Ry Russo-Young |
| Another | Lane Russell |
| Casey | Rylee Syme |
| Once Was Water | Christopher Beaver |
| Prophet'S Prey | Amy Berg |
| Say Her Name: The Life And Death Of Sandra Bland | David Heilbroner And Kate Davis |
| The Eagle Huntress | Otto Bell |
| The Condor & The Eagle | Sophie & Clement Guerra |
| The Crash Reel | Lucy Walker |
| The C Word | Meghan O'Hara |
| The Hunting Ground | Kirby Dick |
| The Man Who Saved The World | Peter Anthony |
| The Square (Al Midan) | Jehane Noujaim |
| The Weight Of A Decision | Pamela D. Smith |
| 3000 Cups Of Tea | Jennifer Jordan |
| Alive Inside | Michael Rossato-Bennett |
| All Eyes And Ears | Vanessa Hope |
| Bias | Robin Hauser |
| Breadwinner | Nora Twomey |
| Dark_Rooms | Celeste Chaney |
| Cello | Angie Su |
| Chalkboard Chronicles | Jeffrey Wolfe And Tom Judd |
| Clarkston (Working Title) | Erin Bernhardt & Din Blankenship |
| Holy Hell | Will Allen |
| Cortina | Harper Klay |
| The Great Divide | Tom Donahue |
| Dogtown Redemption | Amir Soltani |
| The Donut Dollies | Norm Anderson |
| Down The Fence | Mj Isakson And Lori Adamski Peek |
| Dying In Vein | Jenny Mackenzie |
| Elder | Genea Gaudet |
| 306 Hollywood | Elan Bogarin And Jonathan Bogarin |
| Enongo | Kevin Schreck |
| Changin' Times Of Ike White | Daniel Vernon |
| Kingmaker | Lauren Greenfield |
| Step | Amanda Lipitz |
| Frame By Frame | Alexandria Bombach And Mo Scarpelli |
| Franca: Chaos And Creation | Francesco Carrozzini |
| Healing Quest | Judy Brooks; Roy Walkenhorst |
| In Football We Trust | Tony Vainuku And Erika Cohn |
| Janis: Little Girl Blue | Amy Berg |
| Out And Around | Lauren Fash And Ryan Suffern |
| Like A Rolling Stone | Suzanne Kai |
| Meet The Patels | Geeta V. Patel And Ravi V. Patel |
| Newtown | Kim A. Snyder |
| One Planet | Bambi Lynn Blitz |
| Open Shadow: The Story Of Teal Swan | Paola Marino |
| Oxbelly | Christos V. Konstantakopoulos |
| Traffic Stop | Kate Davis |
| The Ride That Got Away | Courtney Hansen |
| The Name Game | Savannah Ostler |
| Twice The Dream 2 | Savannah Ostler |
| The Burning | Isabella Alexander-Nathani |
| Comic Relief | Koura Linda |
| Splinters Of A Nation | Scott Porter |
| Swift Current | Joshua Rofe |
| Mormon Pavilion | |
| The 5 Browns: Digging Through The Darkness | Ben Niles |
| The Grand Rescue | Jenny Wilson And Meredith Lavitt |
| Inheritance | Laura Davis |
| Keepers Of The Message | Te Anu Tonga And Heather Harrison |
| The Seventh Fire | Jack Riccobono |
| I Want My Mtv | Tyler Measom |
| Undiagnosed: Medical Refugees | Dr. Katia Moritz |
| Unrest | Jennifer Brea |
| Seeking Asylum | Rae Ceretto |
| Wrenched | Ml Lincoln |
| In Jackson Heights | Frederick Wiseman |
| Ex Libris | Frederick Wiseman |
| Compared To What : The Improbable Journey Of Barney Frank | Sheila Canavan And Mike Chandler |
| Rebel Hearts | Pedro Kos |
| Anchor Point | Holly Tuckett |
| However Long | Jenny Mackenzie |
| Alternative Peaks | Jamie Mocrazy |
| Relevium | Brannon Richardson |
| Untitled JR Project | JR |
| Ailey | Jamila Wignot |
| A Song That Slays | Mo Scarpelli |
| Anbessa | Mo Scarpelli |
| Solicitor General: The Rex E. Lee Story | Dodge Billingsley |
| Second Sight | Cole Sax |
| Still Working 9 To 5 | Camille Hardman |
| The Right To Read | Jenny Mackenzie |
| Connecting Thread | Tbd |
| Distance | Anson Fogel And Alexandra Fuller |
| Snake Oil Song | Micah Van Hove |
| Albatross | Chris Jordan |
| A Crime On The Bayou | Nancy Buirski |
| Rocky Mountain Mythology (Trilogy) | Maxim And Lucy Nebeker |
| Church & State | Kendall Wilcox And Holly Tuckett |
| Clemency | Chinonye Chukwu |
| Cusp | Parker Hill, Isabel Bethencourt |
| Dolores | Peter Bratt |
| Breaking Bones, Breaking Barriers | Cecilia Peck |
| Fascinating Womanhood | Erin Fox |
| Feels Good Man | Arthur Jones |
| $Avvy | Robin Hauser |
| The Apollo | Roger Ross Williams |
| Rafea: Solar Mama | Jehane Noujaim And Mona Eldaief |
| Song Of Lahore | Andy Schocken And Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy |
| Cracked Up | Michelle Esrick |
| Bisbee '17 | Robert Greene |
| Jacinta | Jessica Earnshaw |
| Wide Awake | Hemal Trivedi |
| That Is Circling All Round The Sun | Colleen Kwok |
| Omoiyari Song Film | Justin Taylor Smith, Kaoru Ishibashi |
| The Other Side Of Everything | Mila Turajlic |
| The Arm Race: How We Conquered Covid (Working Title) | David France |
| Quiet Heroes | Jenny Mackenzie |
| Recovery High | Steven Liss |
| The Speedway Project | Trinity West |
| "Same Sex Attracted" | Maddy Purves And Zoie Young |
| The Judge | Erika Cohn |
| The Rape Of Recy Taylor | Nancy Buriski |
| The Water Song Project | Nicole Betancourt |
| Planet Z | Tom Donahue |
| Before Your Time | Lucas James Mcgraw |
| A Tale Of Two Drugs | Lucy Walker |
| Admin - Test 12182020 | Admin |
| Afghan Cycles | Sarah Menzies |
| After Tiller | Lana Wilson And Martha Shane |
| Afterward | Ofra Bloch |
| Against All Odds - The Lily Zhang Story | Ms. Vatsala Goel |
| Almost Inland | John Raftery/Heather Flanders |
| Always In Season | Jacqueline Olive |
| American Voices Project | David Heilbroner And Kate Davis |
| An Insignificant Man | Khushboo Ranka And Vinay Shukla |
| Animal Rights Project | Kirby Dick |
| Another Body | Sophie Compton and Reuben Hamlyn |
| Another Night In The Free World | Susanne Rostock |
| Apostate | Alexandra Fuller & Anson Fogel |
| Assassins | Ryan White |
| Atomic Hope | Frankie Fenton |
| Battlement Mesa | Gayle Embrey |
| Belly Of The Beast | Erika Cohn |
| Between Love And Madness | Ismene Vetas |
| Bioko: The Fight To Eliminate Malaria | Harvey Burrell, Tripp Clemens And Will Humphrey |
| Bitterbrush | Emelie Mahdavian |
| Black Diamond | Brian A. Wilkins |
| Born Into The Gig | David Heilbroner And Kate Davis |
| Breakthrough | Laura Gabbert |
| Bring Your Own Brigade | Lucy Walker |
| Burger Kings | Doug Liman, Tom Scott |
| Butterfly Hunter | Melora Hardin |
| Campesino | Mia Tate And Tchavdar Georgiev |
| Changing The Game | Michael Barnett |
| Charlotte So Far | Charlotte Tirola And Douglas Tirola |
| Chasing The Moon | Robert Stone |
| Chewed Gum | Alana Maiello |
| Cipher | Cam Goold |
| City Hall | Frederick Wiseman |
| Coming Clean | Ondi Timoner |
| Comparsa | Vickie Curtis And Doug Anderson |
| Confluence | Amy Marquis And Dana Romanoff |
| Cowboys & Indians | Amy Redford |
| Cradle Song | Celeste Chaney |
| Dear Mr. Brody | Keith Maitland |
| Disappearing Insects | Jennifer Baichwal |
| Divide And Conquer: The Story Of Roger Ailes | Alexis Bloom |
| Dog Valley | Chad Anderson; Jason Conforto - Co-Director |
| Don'T Make Me Over: Dionne Warwick'S Crossover Journey | Dave Wooley And David Heilbroner |
| Down Ticket | Adam Moffat |
| Dreamcatcher | Kim Longinotto |
| Dress Rehearsal | David Modigliani |
| El Father Plays Himself | Mo Scarpelli |
| Emily Dickinson Radio Program | Frederick Wiseman |
| Ethel | Rory Kennedy |
| Eye Of The Storm | Brooke Harris Wolff |
| First Wave | Stephanie Johnes |
| Following Harry | Susanne Rostock |
| Found | Amanda Lipitz |
| Frederick Wiseman Preservation Project | Frederick Wiseman |
| Gauchos | Michael Dweck And Gregory Kershaw |
| Generation Wealth | Lauren Greenfield |
| Giving Voice | James D. Stern |
| Global Crossroads | Ross Kauffman |
| Growing Up Behind Bars | Avery Peterson And Lulu Orozco |
| Heart | Annalynne Mccord |
| Hebron- H2 | Idit Avrahami, Noam Sheizaf |
| Hoops On The Move | Chase Niesner |
| Hurricane Hate | Kim A. Snyder |
| Hurricane Roxcy | Susanna Styron |
| Invisible Disabilities | Jenny Mackenzie |
| Invisible Nation | Vanessa Hope |
| Jane Doe Project | Kirby Dick; Amy Ziering |
| Joan Little | Nelson George |
| K'Naan: The Storyteller | Alexandra Shiva |
| Katie & Jason: An Unlikely Love Story | Daniel Pappas |
| La Borrega | Carly Jakins And Jared Jakins |
| Lali | Dana Ware |
| Lectures Of Frank Daniel (Book) | Alex Nibley |
| Leftover Women | Hilla Medalia And Shosh Shlam |
| Life + Life | Contessa Gayles |
| Lines | Emelie Mahdavian |
| Lion'S Mouth Opens | Lucy Walker |
| Liv | Alan Hicks |
| Lost And Found | Johnny Saint Ours |
| Love & Stuff | Judith Helfand |
| Making The Play (Working Title) | Robin Greenspun |
| Making Waves Education | Jon Shenk |
| Mallory | Amy Ziering And Kirby Dick |
| Mandela'S Children | Kweku Mandela And Kemal Akhtar |
| Maxima | Claudia Sparrow |
| Mayor Pete Project | Jesse Moss |
| Mixed Status | Isabel Castro |
| Moksha | Francesca Weikert |
| Mom And Dad Save The World | Vanessa Williamsen |
| Monrovia, Indiana | Frederick Wiseman |
| Monumenta: Beverly Pepper | Gregory Whitmore |
| Moonlight Sonata: Deafness In Three Movements | Irene Taylor Brodsky |
| Motherland | Jesse Soursourian |
| Not Carol | Eamon Harrington |
| One Of Us | Heidi Ewing And Rachel Grady |
| Pandora's Promise | Robert Stone |
| Piper's Price | Nino Delgiudice |
| Plan C | Tracy Droz Tragos |
| Possible Selves | Shaun Kadlec |
| Project Coexistence | Abigail Rodriguez |
| Quiet Storms Of Reform | Ben Desoto; Julye Newlin, Co-Director |
| Restorative Youth Circles | Eric Metzgar |
| Revolution Rent | Victor Patrick Alvarez & Andy Senor Jr. |
| Riley Can You Hear Me? | Weston Razooli |
| Roll Red Roll | Nancy Schwartzman |
| Salamander | Tyler Measom |
| Sao Tome | Julia Steers |
| Saving Grace | Mckarah Dreyfous |
| Shooting The Mafia: Letizia Battaglia | Kim Longinotto |
| Short Cuts: Bridges | Lucy Walker |
| Side Effect | Andrea Shreeman And Renny Grames |
| Silicon Nation | Sarah Scott And Michel Knowles |
| Sketchbook | Helen Nightengale |
| Social Secretary | Shaun Kadlec |
| Spaceship Earth | Matt Wolf |
| Stranger With A Camera | Oorlagh George |
| Sugar Babies | Jenny Mackenzie |
| Sun Ladies | Celine Tricart |
| Swallowing Stones | Deanna Blake |
| The Ag Project | Kirby Dick |
| The Art Of Political Murder | Paul Taylor |
| The Deporter | Alex Buono |
| The Education Of Shelby Knox | Alethea Jones |
| The Empire Of Ebony | Lisa Cortes |
| The Experiment | Sarah Johnson & Sian Edwards-Beal |
| The Glorias | Julie Taymor |
| The Great Hack | Jehane Noujaim, Karim Amer |
| The Ground Between Us | Galen Knowles, Co-Director; Phil Hessler, Co-Dir |
| The Guardians | Billie Mintz |
| The Invisible War | Kirby Dick |
| The Life Ahead | Edoardo Ponti |
| The Lion Project/Eliza Project | Kirby Dick |
| The Other Boys | Robert Greene |
| The Poorest President | Brannon Richardson |
| The Radicals | Jehane Noujaim |
| The Red Dresses | Amy Ziering And Kirby Dick |
| The Shelter | Bob Caso |
| The Take Care Campaign | Mulitple |
| The Tribal | Samuel Owens |
| The Truffle Hunters | Michael Dweck And Gregory Kershaw |
| The Vow | Jehane Noujaim And Karim Amir |
| The Wild Ones | Lydia Nibley |
| This Is America | Amy Berg |
| This Is Home | Alexandra Shiva |
| Tom Stockham: The Father Of Digital Audio Recording | Sam Katz |
| Trailblazer | Megan Mcjames |
| Train (John Scully Train Film) | Ross Kauffman |
| Trial By Fire | Ross Kauffman |
| Tsunami | Jace Alexander |
| Tv Event | Jeff Daniels |
| Tyranny Like Hell | Madeleine Carter |
| Uncomfortably Numb | Alexandra Mcdougald |
| Untitled Danny Gans Project | Andrew Gans |
| Untitled Emile Weaver Project | Jessica Earnshaw |
| Untitled Evan Rachel Wood Project | Amy Berg |
| Untitled Lincoln Project | Karim Amer And Fisher Stevens |
| Untitled Postal Project | Amy Berg |
| Untitled Sam Project | Nadav Kurtz |
| Untitled Yannis Behrakis Project | Buddy Squires |
| Us Kids | Kim A Snyder |
| Wait For Me | Ross Kauffman |
| Waterproof | Ross Kauffman |
| We The Animals | Jeremiah Zagar |
| What Would Sophia Loren Do? | Ross Kauffman |
| Where'S My Roy Cohn? | Matt Tyrnauer |
| Wild: Of Wolves And Wildness | Darcy Dennett |
| Won'T You Be My Neighbor | Morgan Neville |
| Wrestling Ghosts | Ana Joanes |
| You Resemble Me | Dina Amer |
| Youngstown Underground | Jesse Soursourian |
| Zip-Tie (Or Dead Pen Tracks) | Kohl Glass |
