http://www.thefledglingfund.org Documentary Grants | Outreach & Audience Engagement Tue, 21 May 2013 16:58:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://www.thefledglingfund.org/fledgling-announces-new-grantees http://www.thefledglingfund.org/fledgling-announces-new-grantees#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:07:42 +0000 emily.verellen http://www.thefledglingfund.org/?p=2473 Join us in celebrating our latest grantees!  All of these projects reflect our strong belief that compelling stories can be a starting point for engagement and action around critical and timely issues. Seven projects in this round, 99% - The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film, After Tiller, American Promise, Citizen [...]]]> http://www.thefledglingfund.org/fledgling-announces-new-grantees/feed 0 http://www.thefledglingfund.org/fledgling-congratulates-inocente-on-academy-award http://www.thefledglingfund.org/fledgling-congratulates-inocente-on-academy-award#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:06:21 +0000 emily.verellen http://www.thefledglingfund.org/?p=2471 Fledgling grantee, Inocente, took home an Academy Award for Documentary Short last weekend.  We are thrilled to have supported this powerful film and know that this honor will help propel it to even greater impact.]]> http://www.thefledglingfund.org/fledgling-congratulates-inocente-on-academy-award/feed 0 http://www.thefledglingfund.org/fledgling-supported-films-nominated-for-academy-awards http://www.thefledglingfund.org/fledgling-supported-films-nominated-for-academy-awards#comments Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:53:12 +0000 emily.verellen http://www.thefledglingfund.org/?p=2447 The Fledgling Fund congratulates all of the nominated documentary films for the 2012 Academy Awards.  We are especially proud of the following films that we have supported:  Inocente (Short), The Invisible War, Open Heart and How To Survive a Plague.  We are cheering for each of them as they continue [...]]]> http://www.thefledglingfund.org/fledgling-supported-films-nominated-for-academy-awards/feed 0 http://www.thefledglingfund.org/fledgling-grantees-on-academy-awards-shortlist http://www.thefledglingfund.org/fledgling-grantees-on-academy-awards-shortlist#comments Wed, 05 Dec 2012 22:14:30 +0000 emily.verellen http://www.thefledglingfund.org/?p=2420 The Fledgling Fund is proud to celebrate our grantees who have been selected for the Academy Awards shortlist for documentaries.  We are confident that each of these films is worthy of this honor and will continue to change the world.  They include: Bully The House I Live In The Invisible [...]]]> http://www.thefledglingfund.org/fledgling-grantees-on-academy-awards-shortlist/feed 0 http://www.thefledglingfund.org/fledgling-grantees-head-to-sundance http://www.thefledglingfund.org/fledgling-grantees-head-to-sundance#comments Wed, 05 Dec 2012 17:27:05 +0000 The Fledgling Fund http://www.thefledglingfund.org/?p=2410 We congratulate all of our grantees headed to the 2013 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, UT.  We can't wait to celebrate your work as you launch your films and action campaigns into the world.  They include: American Promise Citizen Koch Gideon's Army God Loves Uganda The Square Who Is [...]]]> http://www.thefledglingfund.org/fledgling-grantees-head-to-sundance/feed 0 http://www.thefledglingfund.org/fledgling-launches-new-website-and-branding http://www.thefledglingfund.org/fledgling-launches-new-website-and-branding#comments Fri, 16 Nov 2012 20:36:10 +0000 The Fledgling Fund http://www.thefledglingfund.org/?p=2321 We are pleased to launch our new website. Our hope is that this site will better communicate our vision, mission, work and application process to all who visit. Along with this website launch, we have also updated our logo. We hope you are able to explore the site, find what [...]]]> http://www.thefledglingfund.org/fledgling-launches-new-website-and-branding/feed 0 http://www.thefledglingfund.org/impact-grants http://www.thefledglingfund.org/impact-grants#comments Thu, 08 Nov 2012 20:29:40 +0000 The Fledgling Fund http://www.thefledglingfund.org/?p=2316 Our grantees have impact on the world every day.  We are committed to understanding and communicating both their quantitative and qualitative impact and encourage them to capture and share that impact through their Sparkwise boards (see our grantee pages on this site) and our homepage impact timeline.  That is why [...]]]> http://www.thefledglingfund.org/impact-grants/feed 1 http://www.thefledglingfund.org/sparkwise-boards http://www.thefledglingfund.org/sparkwise-boards#comments Mon, 05 Nov 2012 20:26:27 +0000 The Fledgling Fund http://www.thefledglingfund.org/?p=2313 As part of our commitment to document and share the impact of our grantees, we have incorporated Sparkwise into our work and website. Sparkwise is an online tool that allows users to create and share beautiful data sets and track the right metrics. It also provides an opportunity to provide [...]]]> http://www.thefledglingfund.org/sparkwise-boards/feed 0 http://www.thefledglingfund.org/the-fledgling-fund-announces-july-2012-grantees http://www.thefledglingfund.org/the-fledgling-fund-announces-july-2012-grantees#comments Fri, 13 Jul 2012 19:41:11 +0000 The Fledgling Fund http://www.thefledglingfund.org/?p=186 The Fledgling Fund is happy to introduce our July 2012 grantees. We are confident that all of the projects below are poised for impact. At Fledgling, we believe that compelling stories can be a starting point for engagement and action around critical and timely issues. Of the 26 projects we [...]]]> http://www.thefledglingfund.org/the-fledgling-fund-announces-july-2012-grantees/feed 0 http://www.thefledglingfund.org/fledgling-grantee-saving-face-wins-academy-award http://www.thefledglingfund.org/fledgling-grantee-saving-face-wins-academy-award#comments Wed, 29 Feb 2012 19:40:42 +0000 The Fledgling Fund http://www.thefledglingfund.org/?p=184 The Fledgling Fund congratulates grantee, Saving Face, for winning the 2012 Academy Award for Documentary Short. Every year in Pakistan, there are at least 100 people attacked with acid-the majority women. Many more go unreported. Saving Face is the story of two survivors of such attacks--their battle for justice and [...]]]> http://www.thefledglingfund.org/fledgling-grantee-saving-face-wins-academy-award/feed 0