Independent Television Service Established by Congress to fund and present programming that involves creative risks and addresses the needs of under-served audiences, especially children and minorities. http://www.itvs.org/

Soros Documentary Fund Grants and funds for documentaries by the Open Society Institute http://www.soros.org/sdf/index.htm

MEDIA Programme Programme of the European Union that aims at strenghtening the competitiveness of the European audiovisual industry. Possibility of grants and funds for documentaries. http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/dg10/avpolicy/media/index_en.html

Fund for Jewish Documentary Filmmaking Funding for documentaries. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. http://www.jewishculture.org/film/film_fund.html

Kino-Pravda Foundation An organization for the promotion of documentaries. Includes details of the Foundation's awards. http://www.kino-pravda.org/

German Documentaries The German documentary filmmakers association provides synopses and production contact details for hundreds of films made in Germany. May be browsed alphabetically or by topic. http://www.agdok.de/GermanDocumentaries/germDok.htm