Hal's Guide to Documentary Film Funding:

Searching for funding for a documentary film project is often a very difficult task, even for accomplished filmmakers. The competition is tougher than ever. What's more, there's often a gap between the interests of foundations that support documentary filmmakers and the current interests of filmmakers. That's one of the the main reasons we created www.ReelChanges.org, the first website to facilitate public financing of quality screened documentary projects.

If you are looking for a creative way to get the public to fund your documentary film then ReelChanges.org should be your first stop.

However, not all filmmakers will qualify to have their projects listed on ReelChanges.

Here is a resource list of links to other websites that help documentary filmmakers in one way or another.

Guide to Obtaining Documentary Film Funding
Environmental Media Fund
Documentary.org
The Independent Television Service (ITVS)
Hartley Film Foundation
Tribeca Film Institute
DocumentaryFilms.net
Sundance Documentary Fund
Regulation D Resources.com
SilverDocs
Indepedent Feature Project
Women Make Movies
Latino Independent Film Producers
Asian American Media Fund
Docs That Inspire
Social Edge
Ford Foundation
Durango Film Festival