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.
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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, 2022, and October 31, 2023.
INDIVIDUALS
INDIVIDUALS
$100,000 AND ABOVE
Anonymous
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Aldag, Jr.
Peggy Bergmann
John Boccardo and J. Derek Esplin
Facet
The Gruneich Foundation
Bill and Ruth Ann Harnisch – The Harnisch Foundation
Sarah Johnson
Maja Kristin
The Lozen Foundation
Minderoo Pictures
Mary Lake Polan and Frank A. Bennack, Jr. – Hearst
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
Ebs Burnough and Pierre LaGrange
Curtis Chambers
Steve Cohen and Paula Froehle – Chicago Media Project
David and Linda Cornfield
Dwight Curry
Pascal Desroches and Yvette DeGannes
Jana Edelbaum
Philipp Engelhorn and Cameron Yates
Caterina Fake
Nina and David Fialkow
Jeanne Donovan Fisher
Linda and Bob Frankenberg
Andrew Hee and Rachel Erickson Hee
Ann Hill
The Horn Foundation
Yan Huo
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
Maureen Pelton
Bill Plapinger and Cassie Murray
Matthew and Tatiana Prince
Gigi Pritzker and Michael Pucker
Rick and Melinda Reed
Max Rifkind-Barron
Elena and Geoffrey Sands
Nadine Schiff and Fred Rosen
Florence and Harry Sloan
Violet Spitzer-Lucas and the Spitzer Family Foundation
$25,000-$49,999
Anonymous
Frankie and Joseph Armstead
Paul and Katy Drake Bettner
Michele Boal
Steven Boal
April and Andrew Bosworth
Hannalorre Chahine
Jen Chaiken
Leigh Ann Charlot
Joseph Cleary
Beth and Jeffrey Cohen
Kenneth Cole and Maria Cuomo Cole
Robert A. Compton
The Sean Connery Foundation
René Simon Cruz-Esperanza Entertainment, LLC
Geralyn Dreyfous
The Desich Family Foundation
Abigail E. Disney and Pierre N. Hauser – Like a River Fund
John and Lauren Driscoll
Roger Ehrenberg and Carin Levine-Ehrenberg
Chandler and Oliver Evans
William and Sakurako Fisher
Scott and Molly Forstall
Scott and Jennifer Frank
The Fredston-Hermann Family
Wyck Godfrey
Heather Goodman
Marni Grossman
The Handasyde Group
Margaret Jacobs
Phil Kent
Grace Lay
David and Jody Lippman
Lippman Family Foundation
Dave Liu
Crystal and Charles Maggelet
Nion McEvoy and Leslie Berriman
Medical Properties Trust, Inc.
Meryl Metni and Ubiquitous Entertainment Group
Pat Mitchell and Scott Seydel
Bayard Productions SA
Natalie Orfalea Foundation and Lou
Buglioli
Monika Parekh
Jeffrey Pechter
Ken Pelletier
Jennifer Pelling
Shelby Rachleff – Westridge Foundation
Diana and Bruce Rauner
Bill and Emily Reedy – Peak 5 Films
Robina Riccitiello
John Riccitiello
Jane Solomon
Nancy Stephens and Rick Rosenthal
Christopher and Heidi Stolte
Janet and Gottfried Tittiger
Samantha Topping Gellert
Gayle and Barry Tyerman
Jeff Valaningham and Beth Galetti
Andrea van Beuren
Marni McKinney Waterfield and Richard Waterfield
Mark Wawro
Catherine Wyler
$10,000-$24,999
Anonymous
Amy Abrams
Cynthia C. Amitin, MD and Steven C. Ludwig, MD
Jamie Amos and Patrick Kennedy
Amy and Barry Baker Family Foundation
Elizabeth Barrow
Elizabeth and Brad Bird
Nico Bird
Nancy Blachman and David desJardins
Karen and Ian Calderon
David Chan
Kathy Chan
Lorinda Chiang
Elliot Cooperstone
Deborah and Forrest Danson
Karen DiNunzio
Dana and Andy Eckert
Richard and Jill Schnitzer Edelson
Kevin and Molly Efrusy
The Eisenberg Family
Wendy Ettinger
Leslie and Jeffrey Fischer
Sarah Foshee
Greg and Patty Francfort
Whitney Goin
David Golob
Robert Goodman
Heidi and Gardner Grout
Kathleen Hagen
Brad Hart
The Jesse & Dorothy Hartman Foundation
Anne and Mark Hansen
Hollie and Jay Haynes
Janice and Steven Hefter
Jim Hinrichs
Terry and Ann Marie Horner
Arlene Inch
Barbara and Bob Jones
Sharrington and Parker Kennedy
Jeffrey Kolovson
Joshua Korman
Mischel Kwon
Antje Lechner
Alison Napoli Leupold
Naja Lockwood
Jesse Gordon Long
Kelley and Stephen Lubanko
Suzanne Lueder
John Lyons
Rob and Laura Medway
Diane Modesett
John Mooty Foundation – Elizabeth and Chuck Mooty
Craig Mundie
William Peteroy
Kathryn Petersen
Dwight Poler
Othon Prounis
Ellen and Michael Rosenberg
Ruthanne Roth
Caryn and Barry Rudofsky
Anish Savjani
Jason Seegert
Wendy and Frank Serrino
Deborah and Gary Shedlin
Melissa and Marc Spellman
Barry Stark
Laura Stuart
Rosalie Swedlin and Robert Cort
Elaine and Joe Weis
Gayle and Larry Wieseneck
Lisa Wilson
Catherine Wyler
The Jacquelyn and Gregory Zehner Foundation
$5,000-$9,999
Anonymous
Shizuka Asakawa
Laurence Bardoff and Lilli Alberga
Lisa Baronsky
William Bindley
Jeanne Blasberg
Anne and Jim Bodnar
Sue Bostrom
Maria Boyce
Mary Boyle
Benjamin Breitbart
Susan Capitelli
Robyn Carp
Scot Claus
Matthew Clyde
Marni Cohen
Deborah Collmer
Laura Cornish
Michael and Christine Curtis
Sarah Cuthill
Margaret and Yogen Dalal
Ruth and Phil Davidson
Sam Day
Dana DiCarlo
William Dietz
Dunitz/Brennan Charitable Foundation
Fred Egan
Chandler Evans
Beth Falcone
Jesse Fink
Howard Fischer
Pamela and Jeff Foxworthy
Chris Fralic
Leonard Gail
Mell and Kieran Gallahue
Ambassador Mark and Nancy Gilbert
Chris Golec
Vishal Gurbuxani
Carlton Guthrie
Barbara Hulit
Mary Innis
Justine Jacob
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
Antje Lechner
Susan Lockwood
Jonathan Logan
Charlotte Lubert
Bethany Mayer and Dale Jantzen
Julianne McDowell
James McElwee
Ian and Julie McNeel
Katherine Milias
Dale S. Miller
Susan and Gib Myers
Julie Morris and Diane Philips
Judy and Henry Otto
Jamie Pafford-Gresham
Kelly and Michael Palmer
Cindy Pearlstein
Joshua Peek
R. Allen Pixton
John and Marcia Price Family Foundation
Dwight Poler
David Pruner
Adam Riemer
Kara Ross
Ruthanne Roth
Mr. Howard R. Rothwell
Caryn and Barry Rudofsky
J. Rutherford and Laura Seydel
Jim and Stacy Scott
Beesham Seecharan
Laurie and Owen Schwartz
Woody Shackleton
Dina Shaw
Maureen and Tom Shea
Robin Shepherd
Joel and Lisa Shine
Elisa and Brian Slobodow
Joy and Bruce Soll
The Steiner King Family
Jamie Tisch
Jordan Toman
Zibby and Jim Tozer
Millicent and Todd Tracey
Brent Trostle
Christina Varotsis
Margot Weinstein
George and Victoria Whipple
Kat White
Barbara Wolf
Jean Wyman
Samantha Zinober
$2,500-$4,999
Sandy Abrams
Julie Baker
Susan Barsamian
Lorna Borenstein
Suki Carson
Jill Carter
James Cox
Michael Curry
Lisa Donini
Mary Dougherty
Rita Edlein
Judith Fader
Robert and Elisha Finney
Julie Fisher
Shari Gottlieb
John Graham
Theresa Graham
Mark and Debra Gregg
Jack Howard
Alison Mars
Sandy Leong
Julie Klaus
Barbara Wolf
Edward Nahmias
Tiffany Schauer
Jaice DuMars
Lisa Donini
Diane Philips
Cindy Pearlstein
Stephen Purvis
Marilyn August
Katherine Tallering
Catherine Sansbury
Kenneth Ham
Amy Haught
Di Huang
Peter and Sharon Ivany
Kathy Izard
Octavio Karbank
Lisa Koxlien
Susanna Lachs
Craig Langdon
Sandy Leong
Russell Long
Robert Lusardi
Kathleen MacLennan
Lynda and John Marren
Alison Mars
Kris McGarry
Robert Miller
Erin Moos
Rishita Mukherjee
Deena and Edward Nahmias
Anna Near
Melissa and Michael Neborak
Lee Oesterling
Thomas Ogden
Bryan Okeefe
Beth Park
Barvette Patterson
Carrie Pomerantz
Tiffany Schauer
Lizzie Schwartz
Anastasiya Sergienya
Michelle Skally Doilney
Harrison Smith
Marcie Stein
Robyn Stiefeld
Samuel Strang
Katherine Tallering
Leslie and Ken Tepper
Jon Tullis
Brooke and Winston Weinmann
Liesl Wilke
Dale Yake
INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORTERS
FOUNDATIONS
FOUNDATIONS
$1,000,000 AND ABOVE
Acton Family Giving
Anonymous
explore.org, a direct charitable activity of the Annenberg Foundation
John Templeton Foundation
Ford Foundation
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Open Society Foundations
$500,000-$999,999
The Kendeda Fund
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Sandbox Films
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
$250,000-$499,999
The Asian American Foundation (TAAF)
Helen Gurley Brown Foundation
The David and Lura Lovell Foundation
Arison Arts Foundation
The 11th Hour Project, a program of the Schmidt Family Foundation
$100,000-$249,999
Charles Engelhard Foundation
Cinereach
George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation
Golden Globe Foundation
K Period Media
Ray and Dagmar Dolby Fund
Sobrato Philanthropies
$50,000-$99,999
The Kahlert Foundation
Nia Tero Foundation
Skyliner Foundation
$25,000-$49,999
Baszucki Group
The Christensen Fund
The deNovo Initiative
Doris Duke Foundation
JL Foundation
Evoke Media
Harbour
$10,000-$24,999
EarthSense 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
Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria
State of Utah
$100,000-$249,999
National Endowment for the Arts
Salt Lake County
Salt Lake County Zoo, Arts & Parks (ZAP)
Summit County Recreation, Arts, and Parks (RAP) Tax
Summit County Restaurant Tax
Utah Department of Cultural & Community Engagement
$10,000-$49,999
Resilient Nation Partnership Network
Indigenous Screen Office
$5,000–$9,999
European Film Promotion
New Zealand Film Commission
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 MGM Studios
Hartbeat
NBCUniversal
Netflix
Sony Music Group
United Airlines
The Walt Disney Company
Zions Bank
INDUSTRY PARTNERS
A&E IndieFilms
AMC+
Best Yet Entertainment
Bindery Films
Cedar Road
Cinema Inutile
Cinetic Media and Sloss Eckhouse Dasti Haynes LawCo
ColorCreative
Dennis Masel, Storm City Films
Diorama
HHMI Tangled Bank Studios
Impact Partners
Levantine Films
Mizzel Media
National Geographic Documentary Films
NEON
NHK/NHK Enterprises, Inc.
Participant
Pinky Promise
Real Lava
Sons of Rigor Films
Sony Pictures Classics
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions
UTA
WBD Access
WME
INSTITUTE ASSOCIATES
1497
ACLU
African American Policy Forum
Antigravity Academy
Argo
ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers)
Asia Society Northern California
The Asian American Foundation
The Blackhouse Foundation
Bloomberg
BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.)
Brady: United Against Gun Violence
BrandStorytelling
Caspian Agency
Directors Guild of America (D
dpop Studios
FilmFreeway
GLAAD
Google TV
IllumiNative
ITVS
Jew in the City
The Latinx House
Level Forward
MPAC® Hollywood Bureau
MPI Original Films
NBCUniversal Launch
NRDC
NYU Tisch School of the Arts
Onyx Collective
Pioneer Works
Polish Film Institute
Pop Culture Collaborative
Project Blackbird Inc.
The Redford Center
Rotten Tomatoes
SAGindie
Spotlight on San Francisco
Subject Matter
Sundance Mountain Resort
T-Street
TikTok
WaterBear
WeShort
Windrider Institute
OFFICIAL PROVIDERS
OFFICIAL PROVIDERS
16×9 Inc.
AbsenLive
Adobe
All Seasons Resort Lodging
Allora Catering & Events
Anton Bauer
ARRI Lighting
ARRI Rental
Atomos
Audio-Technica U.S., Inc.
August
Becky Ochsner
Cardozo Law School Filmmakers Legal Clinic
Cigna Healthcare
CooperWynn Property Management
Corey Field Law Group, P.C.
Cuisine Unlimited
Culinary Crafts
Dan and Ben Production Company LLC
Deer Valley Mountain Resort
Delta Air Lines
Deluxe Media Inc.
Diamond Event and Tent
Dolby Laboratories, Inc.
Electronic Theatre Controls, Inc.
Film Independent
FilmMaker Magazine
Final Draft
Fusion Imaging
The Gotham Film and Media Institute
HANDLE
World of Hyatt®
ICG Magazine
In The Event
Jacob Burns Film Center
International Documentary Association
K-TEK
Kendall, Brill & Kelly
Kenneth Cole
Keslow Camera
Kino Flo Lighting Systems
KPCW
Lola Valentina
LUX Catering & Events
MASS MoCA
Megaplex Theatres at The Gateway
Miderra Event Management
MovieMaker Magazine
Natural Retreats US LLC
Park City Lodging
Public-Library
Q4 Technologies
Realscreen Magazine
Red Butte Garden & Arboretum
Reftab LLC
Rosco
Royal Restrooms Mountain West
Salt Lake City Weekly
Sclera Digital
Screen International
Sennheiser
Sheraton Park City Hotel
The Shop Workspace
Shutterstock
SLUG Magazine
Sony Professional Solutions
Splash
Studio System, by Gracenote, a Nielsen Company
Sundance Catalog
Sundance Mountain Resort
Swire Coca Cola
The Tiffen Company
Ucross
VFXnow
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Visit Park City
Western Nut
Web Sheriff
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ZEISS Cinematography
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