Grant funders

LEF Foundation

Private foundation

United States
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Given in 2024 $177k
Typical grant $5,000 Middle half $5,000 to $10k
New grantees in 2024 69% first grant from this funder

Giving by year

69% of 2024 grantees were new to this funder

Amount and number of grants we hold records for in each year, which can be less than everything the funder gave. The current year is incomplete.

Where it gives

New York 21 grants · typical $9,000
Massachusetts 20 grants · typical $13k
California 20 grants · typical $9,000
Maine 5 grants · typical $25k
Illinois 3 grants · typical $15k
New Mexico 2 grants · typical $6,000
Washington 1 grant · typical $10k
Minnesota 1 grant · typical $5,000

All years we hold. Grants with no recorded place are left out.

Latest grants made

Save the Children Grant to Save the Children $20k 30 Jun 2024
Points North Institute Grant to Points North Institute $36k 30 Jun 2024
Palm Springs Cultural Center Grant to Palm Springs Cultural Center $5,000 30 Jun 2024
Waipa Foundation Grant to Waipa Foundation $5,000 30 Jun 2024
Calistoga Art Center Grant to Calistoga Art Center $8,000 30 Jun 2024
Watershed Center for the Creative Arts Grant to Watershed Center for the Creative Arts $5,000 30 Jun 2024
Color Congress Grant to Color Congress $25k 30 Jun 2024
California College of the Arts Grant to California College of the Arts $23k 30 Jun 2024
Uniondocs Grant to Uniondocs $5,000 30 Jun 2024
Horizons Albuquerque Grant to Horizons Albuquerque $5,000 30 Jun 2024

How to apply

How to apply
Guidelines lef invests in documentary film and video projects that demonstrate excellence in technique, originality of vision and voice, and creativity in form. The strongest proposals will be those that clearly articulate the ways in which the proposed project aligns with the program's funding criteria. Funding criteria quality of cinematic form and technique originality of filmmaker's voice, vision, and point of view resonance and power of the film's core idea or story feasibility of production. Eligibility projects must be long format; running times of 40 minutes or more. Primary creative personnel (director and/or producer) must reside in new England. Projects with directors or producers enrolled in high school, undergraduate or master's degree prpgra,s at the time of application are ineligible. Multi-channel or installation work will not be considered. Applicants are no longer required to have a fiscal sponsor.
Deadlines
Production & post-production letter of inquiry deadline Friday, January 20, 2025.
Restrictions
See 2B above
Contact
Genevieve Carmel
Address
PO Box 382066, Cambridge, MA 02238
Phone
6174925333
Email
Gen@lef-foundation.org

From the funder's IRS Form 990-PF for the year to 30 Jun 2025.

Data: Source: Internal Revenue Service, Form 990-series e-file data. (Public IRS data); Source: Internal Revenue Service, Form 990-series e-file data (Public IRS data)