Support for
Sundance Institute

Our supporters enrich Sundance Institute’s Film Festival and other public events, and help to sustain our year-round programs for independent artists. As a nonprofit, Sundance Institute relies on gifts from our generous community of supporters, including many individuals, foundations, government agencies, and corporate sponsors and partners. These gifts make our programs possible, and we are grateful to those listed here.

PRESENTING SPONSORS

PRESENTING SPONSORS

LEADERSHIP SPONSORS

LEADERSHIP SPONSORS

SUSTAINING SPONSORS

SUSTAINING SPONSORS

MEDIA
SPONSORS

MEDIA SPONSORS

FESTIVAL
HOST STATE

FESTIVAL HOST STATE

INSTITUTE SUPPORTERS

As a nonprofit, the Sundance Institute relies on gifts from our generous community of supporters, including many individuals, foundations, government agencies, and corporate sponsors and partners. These gifts make our programs possible, and we are grateful to those listed here who contributed between December 1, 2021, and November 30, 2022.

INDIVIDUALS

INDIVIDUALS

$100,000 AND ABOVE

Anonymous
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Aldag, Jr.
Peggy Bergmann
John Boccardo and J. Derek Esplin
Genuine Article Pictures
The Gruneich Foundation
Bill and Ruth Ann Harnisch – The Harnisch Foundation
Maja Kristin
Karen Lauder
The Lozen Foundation
Mary Lake Polan and Frank A. Bennack, Jr. – Hearst
Octavia Spencer
Kimberly Steward – K Period Media
Jenifer and Jeffrey Westphal
Elizabeth and Kenneth Whitney

$50,000-$99,999

Anonymous
Charmaine and Sean Bailey
Jason Blum – Blumhouse Productions
Barbara Bridges
Ebs Burnough and Pierre LaGrange
David Chan
Steve Cohen and Paula Froehle – Chicago Media Project
David and Linda Cornfield
Dwight Curry
Pascal Desroches and Yvette DeGannes
Abigail E. Disney and Pierre N. Hauser – Like a River Fund
Jana Edelbaum
Philipp Engelhorn and Cameron Yates
Caterina Fake
Jeanne Donovan Fisher
Linda and Bob Frankenberg
Andrew Hee and Rachel Erickson Hee
Ann Hill
The Horn Foundation
Caroline and Edward Hyman
Amanda Kelso
Charles and Stacey King
Barrie Landry
Lyn and Norman Lear
Melony and Adam Lewis
Ann Lewnes
Shelly and Robert Light
Wonya Lucas
Alejandro Ramírez Magaña
Andrea Meditch
Cathy and Alex Mendez
Susan Bay Nimoy
Bill Plapinger and Cassie Murray
David and Kate Porter
Matthew and Tatiana Prince
Gigi Pritzker and Michael Pucker
Rick and Melinda Reed
Thomas E. Rothman and Jessica Harper
Elena and Geoffrey Sands
Nadine Schiff and Fred Rosen
Florence and Harry Sloan
Violet Spitzer-Lucas and the Spitzer Family Foundation
John and Marva Warnock

$25,000-$49,999

Frankie and Joseph Armstead
Phyllis and Scott Bedford
Colleen Bell
Paul and Katy Drake Bettner
Thor Bjorgolfsson and Kristin Olafsdottir
Nancy Blachman and David desJardins 
Sue Bostrom
April and Andrew Bosworth
Jen Chaiken
Sharon Chang
Joseph Cleary 
Beth and Jeffrey Cohen
Kenneth Cole and Maria Cuomo Cole
The Sean Connery Foundation
Pamela Crooke
Rene Cruz
The Desich Family Foundation
Dobkin Family Foundation
Chandler and Oliver Evans
Nina and David Fialkow
William and Sakurako Fisher

Anonymous
Hallee Adelman
The Fledgling Fund
Janis Fleming
Scott and Molly Forstall
Scott and Jennifer Frank
The Fredston-Hermann Family
Josh Garcia
Wyck Godfrey
Martha Gregory
Ken Grossinger and Micheline Klagsbrun, CrossCurrents Foundation
Marni Grossman
Lauren Hantz
Deirdre Hegarty
Jason Hirschhorn
Jamie Hormel
Margaret Jacobs
Nicole Jordan-Webber
Phil Kent
Grace Lay and Sumalee Montano
Bruce and Lynn Lindsey
David and Jody Lippman
Lippman Family Foundation
Ann Lovell
Crystal and Charles Maggelet
Philip Maritz
Nion McEvoy and Leslie Berriman
Meryl Metni and Ubiquitous Entertainment Group
Pat Mitchell and Scott Seydel
Bayard Productions SA 
Natalie Orfalea Foundation and Lou Buglioli
Nicholas Pardon and Sean Devlin
Jeffrey Pechter
Maureen Pelton
JS Plank and DM DiCarlo Family Foundation
Bill and Eva Price
SJ and Jessie E Quinney Foundation
Shelby Rachleff – Westridge Foundation
Diana and Bruce Rauner
Bill and Emily Reedy – Peak 5 Films
Robina Riccitiello
Adam Riemer
Carol Rosebrough
Jim and Stacy Scott
Jill and Niraj Shah
Iris Smith
Jane Solomon
Scott Sparvero
Nancy Stephens and Rick Rosenthal
Christopher and Heidi Stolte
Fred Thompson
Janet and Gottfried Tittiger
Samantha Topping Gellert
Yoshinobu Tsuji and Shannon Akegarasu – Philote Factory
Kevin and Shelley Turner
Jeff Valaningham and Beth Galetti
Andrea van Beuren
Blaine Vess
Marni McKinney Waterfield and Richard Waterfield 
Mark Wawro
Ed Wilson
Joanne Wilson

$10,000-$24,999

Anonymous
Amy Abrams
Jamie Amos and Patrick Kennedy
Amy and Barry Baker Family Foundation
Steven Boal
Bill and Maria Boyce
Benjamin Breitbart
Kathy Chan
Lorinda Chiang
Elliot Cooperstone
Deborah and Forrest Danson
Fotene Demoulas and Tom Cote
John Driscoll
Richard and Jill Schnitzer Edelson
Kevin and Molly Efrusy
The Eisenberg Family
Leslie and Jeffrey Fischer
Greg and Patty Francfort
Susan Friedenberg

Anil Godhwani
Heidi and Gardner Grout
Bill Guthy and Victoria Jackson
Kathleen Hagen
Linda and Malcolm Hastings
Hollie and Jay Haynes
Jim Hinrichs 
Terry and Ann Marie Horner
Arlene Inch
Barbara and Bob Jones
Sharrington and Parker Kennedy
Mischel Kwon
Antje Lechner
Alison Leupold
Naja Lockwood
Jesse Gordon Long
Kelley and Stephen Lubanko
Suzanne Lueder
John Lyons
Rob and Laura Medway
John Mooty Foundation – Elizabeth and Chuck Mooty
Ken Pelletier
William Peteroy
Kathryn Petersen
Talechia Plumlee-Baker
Dwight Poler
Ellen and Michael Rosenberg
Caryn and Barry Rudofsky
Wendy and Frank Serrino
Deborah and Gary Shedlin
Susan Sherrerd
Susan Shilliday
Melissa and Marc Spellman
Barry Stark
Laura Stuart
Rosalie Swedlin and Robert Cort
Gayle and Barry Tyerman
Konstantin Vertogradsky
Elaine Weis
Martin Werner
Gayle and Larry Wieseneck
Catherine Wyler
Diane Young
The Jacquelyn and Gregory Zehner Foundation

$5,000-$9,999

Anonymous
Cynthia C. Amitin, MD and Steven C. Ludwig, MD
Amanda Archibald
Shizuka Asakawa
Laurence Bardoff and Lilli Alberga
Lisa Baronsky
Kenya Barris
Elizabeth Barrow
Susan Barsamian
Jill Bee
William Bindley
Jeanne Blasberg
Michele Boal
Anne and Jim Bodnar
Tanum Bohen
Alexandra Bowes
Mary Boyle
Neill and Linda Brownstein
Jessica and Robb Carter
Buffy Castillo
Matthew Clyde
Marni Cohen
Deborah Collmer
Laura Cornish
Michael and Christine Curtis
Sarah Cuthill
Margaret and Yogen Dalal
Ruth and Phil Davidson
Sam Day
Eric Diefenbach and JK Brown
William Dietz
Ted Dintersmith and Elizabeth Hazard
Karen DiNunzio
Dana and Andy Eckert
Fred Egan
Ziad Elchaar
Wendy Ettinger
Beth Falcone
Hannah Fidell
Jesse Fink
Nancy Forster
Pamela and Jeff Foxworthy

Kevin Foyle
Chris Fralic
Jason Friedrichs
Leonard Gail
Mell and Kieran Gallahue
Ambassador Mark and Nancy Gilbert
Mark and Debra Gregg
Vishal Gurbuxani
Carlton Guthrie
Brian Halligan
Anne and Mark Hansen
Janice and Steven Hefter
Barbara Hulit
Mary Innis
Justine Jacob
Glenn Jaffe
Karen and Mark James
Andrea Jaron
Allison Jones
Jon Kamen
MaryBeth Kane
Jean Kaplan
Stephen Kay and Susan Bloch Kay
Joyce Keil-Chafin and Bruce Chafin
Brynn Kelly
Heather Kenihan
Stefani and Scott Kimche
Ellen Kirsh
Rahul Kishore
Patricia Kivel and Tom Biafore
Katherine Kohatsu
Leslie Kratter
Whitaker Lader
Shari Levitin and Lee Gerstein
Susan E. Lockwood
Bethany Mayer and Dale Jantzen
James McElwee
Mr. and Mrs. Clayton McNeel
Ian and Julie McNeel
Nancy Medford
Katherine Milias
Dale Miller
Beth Monaghan
Julie Morris and Diane Philips
Susan Morrison
Irene and Gary Mottola
Susan and Gib Myers
Reid Nagle
Monica O’Neil
Judy and Henry Otto
Kelly and Michael Palmer
Cindy Pearlstein
Joshua Peek
Jennifer Pelling
John and Marcia Price Family Foundation
Othon Prounis
David Pruner
Jennifer Rainin – in memory of Graham Leggat
Robin Hauser Reynolds
Adam Riemer
Kara Ross
Ruthanne Roth
Mr. Howard R. Rothwell
Stacy Sachen
Robert and Deborah Schiller
Laurie and Owen Schwartz
Beesham Seecharan
Dina Shaw
Maureen and Tom Shea
Joel and Lisa Shine
Elisa and Brian Slobodow
Jenn Lee Smith – Bewilder Films
Ragen Smith
Joy and Bruce Soll
The Steiner King Family
Jane Syrquin
Kat Taylor and Tom Steyer
Mary and Peter Tennyson
Zibby and Jim Tozer
Millicent and Todd Tracey
Brent Trostle
Christina Varotsis
Arun Vijayvergiya
Stacey and Paul Von Berg
Kelly Waller
Margot Weinstein
Martin Werner
Kelly Whitcomb
Kat White
Chelsea Winstanley
Susan Wishnow
Barbara Wolf
Jean Wyman
David Zapolsky

INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORTERS

FOUNDATIONS

FOUNDATIONS

$1,000,000 AND ABOVE

Acton Family Giving
Anonymous
explore.org, a direct charitable activity of the Annenberg Foundation
Ford Foundation
Luminate
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
The Open Society Foundations

$500,000-$999,999

W.K. Kellogg Foundation
The Kendeda Fund
Mellon Foundation
Sandbox Films
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

$250,000-$499,999

The Asian American Foundation (TAAF)
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Helen Gurley Brown Foundation
The David and Lura Lovell Foundation
Will & Jada Smith Family Foundation

$100,000-$249,999

The 11th Hour Project/The Schmidt Family Foundation
Arison Arts Foundation
Charles Engelhard Foundation
Cinereach
George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation
Hollywood Foreign Press Association
K Period Media Foundation
Ray and Dagmar Dolby Family Fund
Sobrato Philanthropies

$50,000-$99,999

Anonymous
Critical Minded
Nia Tero Foundation
Perspective Fund
The Yellow Chair Foundation

$25.000-$49,999

The Christensen Fund
Code Blue Foundation
The deNovo Initiative
JL Foundation
Sabrina Merage Foundation

$10,000-$24,999

Critics Choice Association
Lurie Family Foundation

$5,000-$9,999

Deborah Reinisch and Michael Theodore Fund
Exposure Labs
Felix Culpa
Indigenous Media Initiatives

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

$500,000 AND ABOVE

National Endowment for the Humanities
State of Utah

$100,000-$249,999

National Endowment for the Arts
Salt Lake County
Salt Lake County Zoo, Arts & Parks (ZAP)
Summit County Restaurant Tax

Utah Department of Cultural & Community Engagement

$50,000-$99,999

Summit County Recreation, Arts, and Parks (RAP) Tax

$10,000-$49,999

Global Affairs Canada
Indigenous Screen Office
New Zealand Film Commission
Oneida Indian Nation

$5,000–$9,999

European Film Promotion
Salt Lake City Arts Council

Special thanks to the Utah Film Commission.
Park City Municipal Corporation.
and Park City Visitors Bureau and Film Commission.

CORPORATE SUPPORTERS

CORPORATE SUPPORTERS

INSTITUTE LEADERS

Adobe
Amazon Studios
CNN Films
Gucci
Hartbeat
NBCUniversal
Netflix
SeaFest, LLC
Stars Collective Films Entertainment Group, Inc.
United Airlines
The Walt Disney Company
Zions Bank

INDUSTRY PARTNERS

A&E IndieFilms
Amazon Studios
AMC Networks
Bearcat Content – Gloria Zhu and Stanley Tang
Best Yet Entertainment
Bindery Films
CAA

Cinetic Media and Sloss Eckhouse Dasti Haynes LawCo
Confluential Films
Culture Machine
Diorama
Dogwoof
Endeavor
Fit Via Vi Film – Bill and Mary Way
Impact Partners
MGM+
MRC Television
MSNBC Films
MUBI
National Geographic Documentary Films
NBC News Studios
NEON
NHK/NHK Enterprises, Inc.
Obscura
Olive Hill Media
Participant
Pinky Promise
Rise Films
Salmira Productions
SHOWTIME
Sons of Rigor Films
Sony Pictures Classics 
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions
STARZ
Storm City Films – Dennis Masel
UTA
WME 

INSTITUTE ASSOCIATES

1497
3M
ACLU
ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers)
Asia Society Northern California
The Blackhouse Foundation
Bloomberg Philanthropies
BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.)
Brand Storytelling
Carnegie Mellon University: Master of Entertainment Industry Management
Color of Change
Directors Guild of America (DGA)
Disney’s Onyx Collective
Easterseals Disability Services
Eventive
FilmFreeway
Fremantle
GLAAD
Gold House
GoogleTV
IllumiNative
IMDbPro
J.Crew
Jew in the City
Josh Cellars
The Latinx House
Loyola Marymount University
MPAC® Hollywood Bureau
NRDC
NYU Tisch School of the Arts

Philadelphia Film Society
Planned Parenthood
Pop Culture Collaborative
The Redford Center
Rotten Tomatoes
SAGindie
Syracuse University
UNC School of the Arts – School of Filmmaking
WeShort
Windrider Institute 

NON PROFIT PARTNERS

1497
ACLU
Asia Society Northern California
The Blackhouse Foundation
Color of Change
Easterseals Disability Services
GLAAD
Gold House
IllumiNative
Jew in the City
The Latinx House
MPAC® Hollywood Bureau
NRDC
Philadelphia Film Society
Planned Parenthood
Pop Culture Collaborative
The Redford Center

OFFICIAL PROVIDERS

OFFICIAL PROVIDERS

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