programs
CONNECT
Color Congress brings organizations together through a free membership program to build connection, trust and power through monthly virtual meetups, regional gatherings, and our biennial National Convening.
The 2023 National Convening in Atlanta brought together over 100 member representatives for three days to discuss the challenges they share across identity, geography, or the role their organizations play in the documentary field, and design solutions to address them.
SUPPORT
Color Congress strengthens members through organizational development offerings and an annual member-directed fund that resources collective needs or ambitions.
Each year members direct a Field Building Fund that provides the infrastructure for collaborative, field-led work. Members have funded technical assistance for organizational sustainability, and launched a series of documentary marketing experiments.
RESOURCE
Color Congress practices trust-based philanthropy through grantmaking to documentary organizations across the United States and U.S. islands that aim to address historic or current field needs and conditions.
We are committed to funding the organizations that are a primary gateway through which filmmakers and leaders of color enter the nonfiction field and that offer vital support to the communities they serve. Learn more about what it means to be an intermediary funder.
CHAMPION
Color Congress amplifies the thought leadership, expertise and innovation of our members and staff through original research, writing, social media spotlights and public programming.
Our monthly Medium blog features fresh perspectives on the role of documentary film in our communities and in society.
