As a social impact company, we believe in sharing information and materials from trusted sources. Engage with these organizations to educate yourself and find out how you can support their initiatives.
This is not an exhaustive list nor is this an endorsement of any particular organization.
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LGBTQIA+
GLAAD rewrites the script for LGBTQ acceptance. As a dynamic media force, GLAAD tackles tough issues to shape the narrative and provoke dialogue that leads to cultural change.
CDC LGBT Health provides information and resources on health issues and inequities affecting LGBT communities.
ILGA World is a worldwide federation of more than 1,700 organizations from over 160 countries and territories campaigning for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex human rights.
Black and People of Color
Check out Cierra’s blog on How to Find POC-Owned and Minority-Owned businesses. Also check out the Black Business Green Book.
World Economic Forum engages the foremost political, business, cultural and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas.
Minority Rights Group International (MRG) is the leading international human rights organization working to secure rights for ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities and indigenous people around the world.
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) focuses on grassroots activism for civil rights and social justice.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) works in the courts, legislatures and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to all people in the United States.
Indigenous
Support Native and Tribal-owned businesses: search the business directory at American Indian Business Alliance.
Native Land Digital strives to create and foster conversations about the history of colonialism, Indigenous ways of knowing, and settler-Indigenous relations, through educational resources such as a map and Territory Acknowledgement Guide.
Cultural Survival advances indigenous peoples’ rights and cultures worldwide.
Survival International is the global movement for tribal people’s rights helping tribal peoples defend their lives, protect their lands and determine their own futures.
Mental Health
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) provides advocacy, education, support and public awareness so that all individuals and families affected by mental illness can build better lives.
World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH) promotes the advancement of mental health awareness, prevention of mental disorders, advocacy, and best practice recovery focused interventions worldwide.
The Asian Mental Health Project (AMHP) aims to educate and empower asian communities in seeking mental healthcare.
The Loveland Foundation aims to bring opportunity and healing to communities of color, and especially to Black women and girls.
Domestic Violence/Intimate Partner Violence
National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP) works to prevent, respond to, and end all forms of violence against and within LGBTQ communities.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Intimate Partner Violence program works to understand the problem of intimate partner violence and prevent it before it begins.
Futures without Violence believes that ending violence against women is essential to development, health, and prosperity in nations and communities around the globe.
Women in Film
ReFrame was founded and led by Sundance Institute and Women in Film, Los Angeles (WIF) to provide research, support, and a practical framework that can be used by companies to mitigate bias during the creative decision-making and hiring process, celebrate successes, and measure progress toward a more gender-representative industry on all levels.
Women in Film (WIF) advocates for and advances the careers of women working in the screen industries – to achieve parity and transform culture.
Women Make Movies (WMM) champions women filmmakers and their stories.
Environmental Sustainability
Check out our Indie Sustainability Infographic based on our learnings during the filming of Serpentine Pink.
Conservation International (CI) is dedicated to protecting the most fundamental things that nature provides for us: food, fresh water, our livelihoods, and a stable climate.
Sierra Club is dedicated to support people enjoying, exploring, and protecting the earth for everyone.
Oceana is focused on protecting and restoring the world’s oceans.
350.org aims to keep carbon in the ground, help build a more equitable zero-carbon economy, and hold governments accountable to limiting their emissions.