The Climate Story Fund supports compelling storytelling and impact campaigns from around the world that move us closer to a climate just and biodiverse future.
Donor Name: Doc Society
Country: Global
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/01/2023
Size of the Grant: $50,000 to $100,000
Details:
The Climate Story Fund prioritizes climate stories centering the most affected, the unengaged and the underrepresented, and puts them at the center of the story. The Fund also prioritizes storytellers working in and from those communities, sharing narratives that resonate deeply with new and unengaged audiences, bringing them into critical conversations around climate justice.
Funding Information
The Fund will support 6-8 projects with grants ranging between $50,000 to $100,000 per project.
Doc Society can support
- Projects from all over the world, these can be localised stories serving local communities, or projects suited to a global audience
- Projects from both new and established artists
- Creative nonfiction projects, including long form, shorts or episodic documentaries as well as podcasts and radio documentaries in production
- Completed creative nonfiction and fiction projects of any medium looking to pilot an impact campaign
Requirements
- All projects must be climate themed with an intention to implement an impact campaign. They don’t need you to be an impact expert but open to the idea
- To qualify for production funding, projects must complete production in 2023
- To qualify for impact funding, projects must pilot an impact campaign in 2023
- As part of their grant making for this fund, they require all grantees to attend an Impact Lab to connect with impact producers and climate experts, to help develop impact strategies and to craft impact campaigns that are built upon existing expertise and advocacy efforts to engage their intended audiences. Project teams must be able to attend their virtual Impact Lab during the week of 5-9 June 2023.
Eligibility Criteria
Doc Society are happy to receive applications from Producers, Directors, Lead Creatives or Impact Producers on the project.
For more information, visit Doc Society.
