About
CAAM provides funding and support for timely film and media projects from independent producers about Asian American communities. Since 1990, more than $5 million has been granted to over 150 projects. Funding has been made possible with support from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
Building Bridges Documentary Fund
The Building Bridges Documentary Fund supports independent documentary films about the Muslim experience in the United States. The Fund’s goal is to support U.S. Muslim filmmakers and works that contribute to a fuller spectrum of unseen narratives that need to be told in the context of what it means to be Muslim in the United States. The Building Bridges Documentary Fund is supported by the Building Bridges Program of the Doris Duke Foundation.
CAAM Documentary Fund
After more than 40 years of supporting filmmakers through funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the CAAM Documentary Fund is currently paused. Please check back for future opportunities.
CAAM Documentaries for Social Change Fund
From 2019-2022, the CAAM Documentaries for Social Change Fund, supported by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, offers grants for social issue documentary films that highlight Asian American narratives. This Fund will provide much needed resources to projects for research and development and in early production.
