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