Media & Culture

The Foundation for Change is committed to promoting freedom of expression for all people. By supporting progressive, justice-minded work in culture, media and the arts, we aim to enhance the capacity of marginalized communities to make their voices heard. By supporting projects that blend “cultural work” with advocacy and community organizing, we promote a greater degree of justice in the control, creation and distribution of cultural expression in San Diego and Tijuana.

SUCCESS STORIES

Sun & Moon Vision Productions supports women in producing documentaries, digital video and media art that nurtures a humanitarian vision.  1999, 2000, 2002, 2006

“The support that we have received from the Foundation for Change has been a primary key to the growth of Sun & Moon Vision Productions.”
 
--Kathy Sangha, Producer, Sun and Moon Vision Productions

Eveoke Dance Theatre cultivates compassionate social action through arts education and evocative performance. 2000, 2002

Sushi Performance & Visual Art is San Diego's first and only multi-disciplinary presenter of alternative voices in contemporary performance, dance and visual art. 1998

Centro Cultural de la Raza functions as an alternative space that encourages and facilitates artistic growth and cultural interchange in the San Diego/Tijuana region. 1996, 1997, 1998

INITIATIVES

FEX/Media Justice Fund

In 2007 the Foundation for Change joined with the Funding Exchange to create a “FEX/Media Justice Fund” to support a greater degree of justice in the control, production and distribution of media in San Diego and Tijuana.

In 2007 grants totaling $20,000 were awarded to groups giving voice to marginalized communities within the San Diego/Tijuana region.  In 2008 grants totaling $27,000 will be awarded from the “FEX/Media Justice Fund.”

In January, 2008 the Foundation for Change convened “Media Justice in San Diego: A Community Conversation.”  Over 50 community activists and organizers convened to discuss questions like:

• If San Diego is a conservative city, what does that mean for our organizing efforts?
• How can the communities we serve be our ally in crafting the messages we produce?
• How do we create mainstream media allies and while continuing to oppose negative corporate media values?

To download a report summarizing this landmark conversation, click here.

More grants from the “FEX/Media Justice Fund” will be announced in June, 2008.

GRANT APPLICATIONS

Groups working for Media Justice in San Diego and Tijuana are invited to apply for funding through the Foundation for Change’s General Fund. If you still have questions after browsing General Fund page of our website, please e-mail us at info@foundation4change.org.

As is always the case at the Foundation for Change, funding decisions will be made by a select committee of respected grassroots leaders with established relationships to San Diego’s most under-served communities. To see a listing of previous grants, visit the Grantmaking History page.

CALL FOR DONATIONS

We invite your generous donation to the Fund for "Media and Culture". Private businesses or non-profit organizations wishing to join our list of sponsors are invited to inquire at 619-692-0527 or info@foundation4change.org.

Donations by check or money order can be mailed to:

Foundation for Change, 3758 30th Street, San Diego, CA 92103.

Please make all payments to “Foundation for Change” and please note "Media & Culture" on the memo line. All donations are 100 percent tax-deductible and will directly support groups working for media justice in San Diego and Tijuana.