Supporters
Thanks to donors, members, local companies and funding partners, we can plan ahead, commission new works, share the best of independent film and keep our educational resources current.
NWFF thanks our major government, foundation and corporate funders:
NWFF thanks our corporate and nonprofit sponsors:
NWFF thanks the numerous businesses that provide in-kind support:
American Girl, Beeline Tours, Café Presse, Caffé Vita Coffee Roasting Company, Consolidated Press, Cupcake Royale, Curran Home | Floor | Car, Doe Bay Resort & Retreat, Eltana, Good Cop Bad Cop Productions, Katsu Burger, KIND Snacks, KUOW-FM, Le Caviste, Lionhead, Mighty-O Donuts, Molly Moon’s Homemade Ice Cream, Monsoon, Museum of Pop Culture (MoPOP), Naked City Brewery & Taphouse, Northwest Polite Society, Oasis, OOLA Distillery, Parent Map, Poquitos Restaurant, Rhein Haus Restaurant, SAGA (Seattle Area German American School), Seattle Art Museum, Seattle Chocolates, Shore Design, Southpaw Wood Fired Pizza, Stumptown Coffee Roasters, The Cloud Room, Theo Chocolates, Whole Foods Market, and Workhouse Creative.
NWFF thanks Cision, Google, Microsoft, Pfizer, and Pyramid Communications for their Matching Gift Programs.
Donors contributing $500 and above are acknowledged in donor circles as devoted advocates for our mission and receive special recognition in our lobby and on our screens. You will also be invited to exclusive events and have opportunities to meet visiting filmmakers.
$10,000+
Anonymous
James Brown & Mary Ingraham (The Mary Ingraham, James Brown Family Fund)
Lenore Hanauer Foundation
Mary Pigott
Alan & Juliet Pruzan
The Pruzan Foundation
Peter Vogt of the Vogt Family Foundation
$5,000 - $9,999
Carlo & Lalie Scandiuzzi
$2,500 - $4,999
Bad Animals
Sarah and Rich Barton (The Barton Family Fund)
Matt Isaac
Sudeshna Sen & Parvez Anandam
Annette Toutonghi
$1,000 - $2,499
Anonymous; Anonymous; Jessica Aceti; Brian Albright; Jon Barwick; Catherine Creason & Stephen Fisher; Deirdre Cross; Matthew Dresden; Amy Enser; A. J. Epstein; Corwin Fergus (Robert H. Fergus Foundation); Maura Finna (Canal Fulton Music); Glenn Fox; Megan Griffiths; Lucas Hedrick; Vlada Knowlton; Elizabeth Linke; Karen MacDonald(Koerner Camera Systems-Seattle); Miriam Marcus & Jay Karas (Karas Family Foundation); Joanne & Jeff Ort; Dena Owens; Cathy Sarkowsky; Scott Shapiro & Jena Thornton; Courtney Sheehan; Mary-Claire Van Leunen & Mark Brown; Darcey Zoller
$500 - $999
Blaise Aguera y Arcas; Anand Balasubrahmanyan; Katherine M. Bullitt (Agora Fund at Seattle Foundation); S. J. & Farayi Chiro, Caryn Cline; Hilary Cline; Joselynn Engstrom; Karen Freeman; Sue S. Gilbert; Aaron and Betty Gilman Family Foundation Fund (via Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford); Karl Lefevre; Brad Lenz; Nate Lessler; Harriet Marcus; Jonathan Marlow; Robyn Miller; Cary Moon & Mark Reddington; Richard & Linda Peterson Warren; Ilona Rossman Ho; Sebastien Scandiuzzi; Gabriel Schubiner; Pam Schwartz; Lou Shepherd; Nicole Stellner & Peter Eberhardy; Tom Stritikus; Jennessa & Rob West
$250 - $499
Eric Ames; Joanne Ardinger; Celia Beasley; Benjamin Bosky; Aaron Clark; Barbara Curran; Penn & John Curran; John DeShazo & Susannah Anderson; Sarah Dickerman; Erik Dugger; Ruth Dunlop; Beth Farnham; Kristie Gamer; Jeanne Garland; Yavor Georgiev; Yonnas Getahun; Hisam Goueli; Wier Harman; Elizabeth Heile; Susanne Keller & Allan Williams; Eliaichi Kimaro; Josef Krebs; Reza Leal-Smartt; Reed O’Beirne; Lori Pike; Deborah Ro; Evan Sadler; Michael Seiwerath; Mary Siple; Andy Slabaugh; Michael Weidemann; Kathleen Wilson
$100 - $249
Joan Alworth; Scilla Andreen; Anonymous; Ravi Balasubrahmanyan & Ann Caspar; Beth Barrett; Kate Bayley; Amy Benson; Linda Beaumont; Kris Boustedt; Betsey Brock; Ryan Cavalcante; Lorrie Cardoso; Nancy Chang; Sandy Cioffi; Daryle Conners; Webster Crowell; Christopher Day; Dorotha Finna; David Franklin; Jill Freidberg; Marianne Goldin; Elliat Graney-Saucke; William Green; Ilana Holmes; John Hoyt; Vivian Hua; Erin Kay; Pamela Kilborn-Miller; Brian Kirk; Judith Koven; Michelle Kozlowski; Jeff Leisawitz; John & Mary Marasci; Mike McAuliffe; Molly Michal; Heather Morgan; Robin Oppenheimer; Jane Orvis; Trevor Panger; Jason Plourde; Katarina Powell; Rachel Price; Pyramid Communications; Michael Ramey; Lawrence Reid; Amey Rene; Denise Rennekamp; Keith Rivers; Line Sandsmark; Lukasz Sieczek; Stephen Silha; Catherine Soderlind; Marcia Stone; Kathleen Sullivan; Daniel Thornton; Jena Thornton; Sol Villarreal; Elissa Walstead; DD Wigley; Sarah Wilke; Deborah Woodard; Melissa Woodrow
$50 - $99
Kara Adams; Amy Billharz; Pamela Cardone; Daniel Cheah; Joseph Cole; Lynn Day; Kiranjit Dhillon; Ingrid Eisenman; Denise Fenton; Neil Ferron; Melinda Fox; Patricia Graves; Marsha Green; Linda Gwilym; Shannon Halberstadt; John Helde; Gianna Hill; Gordon Keating; Miriam Larkin; Raya Leary; Jason Lin; Sandra Lince; Deron Lord; Richard Lotz; Peter Lynch; Sheena Matheiken; Martin McGee; Sean McCain; Emily Morgan; Kirk Nordenstrom; Donte Parks; Alan Rabinowitz; Samuel Redlitz; Constanza Romero; Marybeth & Jerry Satterlee; William Schuh; Keith Seinfeld; Hildie Sheftel; Elizabeth Shepherd; Stephen Silha; Anne Stadler; Karen Stockert; Esther Sugai; Susie Tennant; Norman Tjaden; Melissa Varga; Jessica Wagoner; James Ward; Celeste Williams; Allison Yates
Under $50
Brandon Adams; Anonymous; John Austin Wilson; Rolando Avila; Arlo Ballard; Lindy Boustedt; James Bracher; Evan Briggs; Kalie Brooks; Gretchen Burger; Ben Camp; Krissti Coonce; Amber Cortes; Leslie Deranleau; Robinson Devor; Michele Englehart; Michael Ewanciw; Diana Falchuk; Garrett Fisher; Patrick Ford; Ariel Glassman; David M Gloger; David Golightly; Alan Goodin; Susan Grella; Wes Hurley; Lisa Hurwitz; Wendy Jackson; John Jeffcoat; Donna Johnson; David Killmon; Ana Kimball; Ellie Kozlowski; Kate Kraay; Christopher Letcher; Melinda Lindstrom; Aihua Lio; Howard Litwak; Jennifer Lobsenz; Tonya Lockyer; Olivia Massimiano; Gregory Mills; Graciela Matrajt; Kristina Moravec; Abhilash Mudaliar; Laurel Newnham; Andy Nguyen; Kat O’Hara; Ahamefule Oluo; Annie Pigott; Dave Pike; Julio Ramirez; Krishanu Ray; Mark Reddington; Tonjia Rhen; Wynter Rhys; Leonard Rifas; Cheri Sayer; Zoe Schein; Seth Schwartz; Adam Sekuler; Erin Sheehan; Paul Siple; Felicity Slater; Janet Stecher; Alex Stonehill; Hongwei Wang; Kathleen Warren; Joe Weil; Lindy West; Jess Wilson; Kate Wolf; David Wulzen; Ming Zhang; Jun Zhou
Special thanks to our Lifetime Members for their sustaining support of the Forum
Per Anderson; Carol Bennett; Colleen Combs; Andrew and Bettina Girdwood; Deborah Girdwood; Carrie Gorringe; Duncan Haas; Lenore Hanauer; Nicholas Hanauer; John Hartl; Bruce Hawley; Marie Hindery; Jeremy Hook; Dick & Mari Hook; Spenser Hoyt; Dave Less; Peter Lucas; Sean Nelson; Lilith Rhonda Piri; Alan Pruzan; Ariella Robison; Michael Seiwerath; Quentin Tarantino