Grant Application Questions Checklist

Logline

Provide a brief, catchy summary of your story.

Story Summary

What is your documentary about?

How you plan to tell this story stylistically and structurally?

Access to story/characters

Why are you best suited to tell this story?

What connection do you have to the story?

Anticipated project length (run time)

Why are you best suited to tell this story? What connection do you have to the story?

Audience engagement

Who do you want this film to speak to and why?

Applicant’s bio

Provide a brief biography

Key collaborators

Provide brief biographies of key collaborators involved in your project.

For each additional creative team member, list information about the individual’s role in the project and relevant expertise.

Additionally, list names and titles of any attached advisors and/or consultants in list form.

Director’s experience

Project Stage

Project Timeline

Total project budget

Total money spent to date

Estimate to complete

Fundraising plan

Legal

Specifically how would you spend SDF grant monies?

Work sample
URL and password

Project website and social media links

Fiscal sponsor

Note: You do not need a fiscal sponsor in order to apply for the grant. But, if you are accepted, you must have a US fiscal sponsor in order to receive the funds.

Budget

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