Fiscal Sponsorship
SLFW is not accepting applications as we are migrating the process to a new platform.
We're excited to announce a new way that SLFW can support and empower St. Louis filmmaking.
Our fiscal sponsorship program provides emerging storytellers with a way to accept tax-deductible donations to fund their project.
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What is a Fiscal Sponsor?
Fiscal sponsorship is an arrangement between an existing 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and an individual or entity lacking the ability to receive grants from foundations, government agencies and individual tax-deductible donations.
The main benefit of a fiscal sponsorship is giving emerging storytellers, filmmakers and entertainment artists access to charitable funding for their project without the expense and time-consuming process of creating and running a 501(c)(3) organization.
For the recipient, fiscal sponsors can provide infrastructure, oversight, and home for donations to an artist’s project. The fiscal sponsor also agrees to assume limited legal and financial responsibility for the activities of groups or individuals engaged in
work that furthers the fiscal sponsor’s mission. For SLFW, this allows us to support creative independence in visual storytelling and uphold a community of diverse, innovative artists with unique vision.
For SLFW, this allows us to support creative independence in visual storytelling and uphold a community of diverse, innovative artists with unique vision.
SLFW offers the region’s only fiscal sponsorship program geared toward filmmakers and motion media.
For an overview of the program, roles and responsibilities, download the
SLFW Fiscal Sponsorship Program Guidelines Index.
The guidelines cover the following topics
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The What is a Fiscal Sponsor
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Benefit of a Fiscal Sponsorship
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How it Works
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Who can Apply
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How to Apply
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Project Review Criteria
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Program Fees
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Acceptable Donations
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Distribution of Funds
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FAQs
Current Projects
If supporting by check, please make out checks to: SLFW, Inc. Put project name in Memo to ensure disbursement.
Mail to:
(Project Name)
St. Louis Filmworks
12 N Sarah Street PMB1194
St. Louis, MO 63180
MOTHER BLUES is a feature length documentary project that will examine the lives and music of the African American women who helped transform vaudeville and 'Tin Pan Alley' music that was popular in the 1920’s and '30's to create songs of heartache and joy that became the modern American blues.
Director: Brent Jaimes
Visit campaign page to donate.
CHEF BITES explores the inner lives of renowned chefs by way of three past experiences paired with three key dishes that took them from underdogs to the artists they are today.
Director: Christopher Foster
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A personal and cultural exploration of Italian-American life in Kansas City, revealing how mafia stereotypes shaped public perception, left lasting scars, and contrasted with the real, hardworking lives of Italian immigrant families.
Director: Toni Farina
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This is the story of veteran civil rights lawyer Stephen Hanlon, who The New York Times has described as “one of the leading voices in public interest law for decades.” His next fight is reforming our public defense system so we can transform our criminal processing system into a criminal justice system
Director: Tim Breitbach
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A gripping documentary feature about human survival, resilience and hope against all odds in the perilous forests of “Sundarbans”, facing severe threat from tigers as their homeland gradually sinks from ever-increasing climate change.
Director: Kaustuv Mukherje
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A 'Steak Guerrilla' in St. Louis
Director: Ron Watermon
steakguerrilla.com
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Past Projects
