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NCJF receives funds from the National Endowment for the Arts/American Film Institute Preservation Program to assist with preservation of nitrate materials. In 1984, the National Endowment for the Humanities awarded NCJF a Challenge Grant. Over the past two decades, the Massachusetts Cultural Council has provided significant support through its Operational Support (formerly Merit Aid) program.
NCJF receives considerable support from friends in the film industry, including Sony Pictures Entertainment, Loews Theaters, Orion Pictures, Universal Studios, the Louis B. Mayer Foundation, Films Incorporated, IFEX and Swank Motion Pictures. Recently, significant grants have been received from the Coca-Cola Company, the Natan Cummings Foundation, the Koret Foundation of San Francisco, the Ronald S, Lauder Foundation, the National Foundation for Jewish Culture, the S.H. and Helen R. Scheuer Family Foundation, the Goethe Institute, the Righteous Persons Foundation, the Lucius N. Littauer Foundation and the Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Foundation, Inc.
Invaluable support and help has been provided by numerous individuals, including Edith and Henry Everett, Rita and Stanley H. Kaplan, Niki and Alan Friedberg, the late Arnold and Ruth Picker, Leonard Davis, Betty and Max Ratter, Lorraine and Martin Beitler, Isa and Charles Rutenberg, Theodore Silbert, Jay Kroopnick, Philip Chosky, Beverly Boorstein, Mark Fischer, Stanley Sacks, Evelyn Simha, Gerald Bonder, John E. Allen, Sylvia Fuks Fried and Robert Szulkin.
Fund raising events featuring restored prints from the collection are held in collaboration with local organizations. Income generated from film rentals, videotape sales and licensing of footage rights provides NCJF with important dollars to fulfill its mission to preserve the motion picture records of the Jewish experience.
NCJF is always looking to preserve important films in the collection. Every Reel Funder will be rescuing vibrant images of our cultural heritage and passing on a legacy for generations to come. For every contribution, NCJF will give a gift from our collection to an institution selected by the donor.($36) Save a photo within the archive and donate a limited-edition film poster.
($100) Save 100 feet of film and donate a video.
($1,000) Save a reel of film and donate 5 videos.
($5,000) Save 5 reels of film and donate 10 videos.
($10,000) Save a documentary film and donate 20 videos. Receive prominent on-screen credit on all motion prints, videos, and DVDs.
($25,000) Save a feature film and donate 50 videos. Receive prominent on-screen credit on all motion prints, videos, and DVDs.
You may download the Reel Funder Donation Form and mail or fax it to the address below.
Mail or fax to:
The National Center For Jewish Film
Brandeis University, Lown 102, MS053
Waltham, MA 02454fax: (781) 736 2070
You can also call us at (781) 899 7044 to become a Reel Funder. With any donation method, you will receive an email confirming your donation to serve as a receipt for tax purposes. NCJF is a 501(c)(3) registered non- profit organization. Your support is sincerely appreciated.
You can help the National Center for Jewish Film preserve the rich cultural heritage of twentieth century Jewish life. Contributions to the National Center for Jewish Film are tax-deductible.
- Donate films and film stills.
- Donate posters, scripts and handbills,
- Donate funds to restore endangered films
The Righteous Persons Foundation
The Lucius N. Littauer Foundation
The Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Foundation, Inc.
The National Center For Jewish Film
Brandeis University, Lown 102, MS053, Waltham MA 02454
P: (781) 899 7044, F: (781) 736 2070
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