Lioness Impact Report

The Fledgling Fund is pleased to share this report with you from Lioness - a documentary film by Meg McLagan and Daria Sommers which tells the story of a group of female Army support soldiers who were part of the first program in American history to send women into direct ground combat. The film has had tremendous success changing hearts, minds and policies. Read the report here.

The Fledgling Fund Announces Spring 2010 Grantees

The Fledgling Fund is pleased to announce our newest grantees. The spring application round was incredibly competitive with nearly 350 Letters of Inquiry submitted, of which 75 were invited to submit full applications.  We appreciate the effort that all applicants put into completing the process and wish each project tremendous success. We believe that each of the following 22 projects holds enormous potential for changing hearts and minds that will lead to social change. We congratulate them all on their grants! Please come back and check our website as we continue to add more information about each of these projects to our Creative Media page.

Funded Projects:
Power Writers
Budrus
Planeat
No Dumb Questions
Turkey Creek
Picture My World
Witness
The MacDowell Colony

The Fledgling Fund and Working Films Launch Second Video in Impact Series

IMPACT is a series of videos created by Working Films and The Fledgling Fund focused on building film campaigns that ignite social change.

How do you create an audience engagement campaign that is unique, yet has ties to a movement that already exists? Gillian Caldwell, Campaign Director of 1Sky, puts it simply when speaking about their partnership with No Impact Man, Its important that the relationship be reciprocal.

No Impact Man: Activating Your Audience is our second video in the series. It illustrates the benefits of mutually beneficial relationships and demonstrates creating opportunities for participation that extends the story beyond the film. Find out how the film No Impact Man and its partners, like 1Sky, worked together to move participants from individual action to collective action.



To see more IMPACT videos and learn more about The Fledgling Fund's work on measuring the impact of our grantees, please click here.

The Fledgling Fund on Twitter

You can now follow The Fledgling Fund on Twitter - @fledglingfund.  We look forward to seeing you there!

The Fledgling Fund and Working Films Launch Impact Video Series

IMPACT is a new series of videos created by Working Films and The Fledgling Fund focused on building film campaigns that ignite social change.

Assessing Impact: A Funder's Perspective is the first video in our series. It features The Fledgling Fund Founder Diana Barrett and Executive Director Sheila Leddy as they discuss the impact of Born into Brothels and Ghosts of Abu Ghraib. You'll get a close look at how these films supported the social change goals of their partner organizations and how they were tied to urgent actions. Diana and Sheila also lead you through The Fledgling Fund's transformation into one of the leaders in the field of supporting creative media and audience engagement.

Check out this video and learn the elements that will make your campaign a success.