Guided by our vision that film and other creative media projects can educate, engage and mobilize individuals around entrenched and complex social issues, we have supported over 400 documentary films and other creative media projects. In addition to individual project support to documentary filmmakers, Fledgling also supported field-building activities designed to share lessons learned and support storytellers in their efforts to drive social change.

FIELD BUILDING GRANTS

You can learn about some of Fledgling’s past work by exploring the projects in the Fledgling Engagement Lab, Immersive Storytelling Initiative, Outreach and Engagement Fund, and Rapid Story Deployment Fund.

CASE STUDIES

Fledgling published white papers, case studies, and impact stories in order to share different kinds of impact as well as lessons that we hope will inform and strengthen the field. Click here to see all creative media case studies. 

 

“From Born into Brothels to Who Is Dayani Cristal? and projects in between, The Fledgling Fund has been instrumental in the success of projects I and my teams have worked on. As funders and partners, the Fund provides a source of support that allows our teams to build dynamic, innovative projects that have demonstrable community-level impact. And beyond individual project support, the organization has a unique understanding of and vision for the growth of the media impact field. I couldn’t have done my past work without Fledgling’s support, and our growing, evolving field is richer for their guidance.”

– Lina Srivastava, Social Impact Strategist