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HFPA Grants $1,249,000 to 29 Film Schools and Non-Profit Organizations During Annual Installation Luncheon

August 11, 2009
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HFPA Grants $1,249,000 to 29 Film Schools
 and Non-Profit Organizations During Annual Installation Luncheon
 
BEVERLY HILLS, CA, August 11, 2009 – The Hollywood Foreign Press Association presented $1,249,000 in financial grants to 29 film schools and non-profit organizations at its annual Installation Luncheon honoring the organization’s 2009-2010 slate of officers today at the Beverly Hills Hotel. 
            Rose McGowan joined HFPA President Philip Berk to announce grants. Acceptance remarks on behalf of the grants were made by Warren Beatty (The Film Foundation), Jordana Brewster (Lollipop Theatre Network), Hugh Dancy (Outfest), Carla Gugino (Inner-City Arts), Rex Lee (Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment), Eva Longoria Parker (National Association of Latino Independent Producers), Dylan McDermott (FilmAid International), Chris Pine (UCLA), Jason Reitman (Los Angeles Conservancy), Emmy Rossum (California Summer School for the Arts Foundation), Kerry Washington (Film Independent) and Evan Rachel Wood (CSU Northridge).
Berk introduced the officers Hans J. Spurkel (vice president), Meher Tatna (executive secretary), Jack Tewksbury (treasurer), Jorge Camara (board chairman), and board members Ali Sar, Ruben Nepales, Theo Kingma, Armando Gallo and Frances Schoenberger.
“Members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association always look forward to our annual summer luncheon,” said Berk. “Not only do we celebrate the installation of the organization’s new officers and board members, we take pride in donating over $1,000,000 in charitable contributions to many outstanding film-related charities and educational institutions. We are fortunate that the success of the Golden Globes allows us to do so. Over the past 15 years, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association Foundation has presented more than $10.5 million in financial grants to dozens of film schools and non-profit organizations.”
 
  
HFPA 2009 GRANTS
 
HIGHER EDUCATION HFPA FELLOWSHIPS & INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT
  • American Film Institute – $30,000 Fellowships
  • California Institute of the Arts- $60,000 Fellowships
  • CSU Long Beach – $50,000 Fellowships
  • CSU Northridge – $86,000 – HFPA Fellowships $60,000; Inst. Support $26,000
  • Columbia University School – $50,000 Fellowships
  • Loyola Marymount University – $10,000 Fellowships
  • NYU – Tisch School of the Arts – $20,000 Fellowships
  • UCLA – $90,000 – HFPA Fellowships $70,000; Institutional Support $20,000
  • University of North Carolina School of the Arts Foundation – $20,000 Fellowships
 
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND MENTORING
  • Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment - $8,000 
             Writers Program – Monetary Awards
  • Film Independent, Inc. - $30,000 Project:Involve
  • Independent Feature Project – $10,000 Rough Cuts Labs
  • National Association of Latino Independent Producers, Inc - $20,000
            Latino Producers Academy
  • Streetlights Production Assistant Program – $5,000 training/job placement
  • Sundance Institute – $100,000; Creative Producing Summit – $30,000
             Writer/Director Labs – $70,000 support international participants
         
PRE-PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND EDUCATION
  • California State Summer School Arts Foundation   - $20,000 Scholarships
  • Ghetto Film School – $20,000 Training in filmmaking for minority youth in the Bronx
  • Inner-City Arts – $25,000 Animation program
  • Inner-City Filmmakers – $20,000 Training in filmmaking for minority youth 
  • Los Angeles County High School for the Arts Foundation – $20,000
           Film/TV Teaching Artists and Technical Assistants
 
PRESERVE THE CULTURE AND HISTORY OF FILM
  • The Film Foundation, Inc. – $350,000 Preservation of HFPA approved film
  • Los Angeles Conservancy – $30,000 Last Remaining Seats Series
  • Museum of African American Cinema – $10,000 Preserving and Archiving films
  • Outfest – $25,000 Acquisition of and preservation education for films
 
PROMOTE CULTURAL EXCHANGE THROUGH FILM
  • American Cinematheque – $40,000 Foreign Language nominee screening series
  • FilmAid International – $50,000 Films and filmmaking for refugees in Kenya
 
SPECIAL PROJECTS
  • Ensemble Studio Theatre – The L.A. Project – $10,000 
            Play development for emerging writers and actors
  • Lollipop Theater Network – $10,000
            Screening films for critically ill children in hospital
 
SUBTOTAL:                                                    $1,219,000
PRESIDENTS DISCRETIONARY FUND:      $ 30,000*
* includes FINCA International – $10,000
 
GRAND TOTAL:                                              $1,249,000