CatchLight Impact Fund
Funding Amount
$1,500 - $15,000
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Annual
- Tracked since
- April 2026
Source: the cycle recorded on this listing. Confirm dates with the funder.
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Other requirements
- Current cohort members of Catch
- Light Fellowships (Global and Local)
- Alumni of Catch
- Light Fellowships
Overview
The Impact Fund provides additional financial resources for current cohort members and alumni of CatchLight Fellowships to cultivate audience engagement, test innovative distribution methods, and gain new skills in pursuit of community impact.
Annual Allocation: CatchLight allocates up to $60,000 annually to support projects across its Global and Local Fellowship programs
Geographic Scope: Global (for Global Fellowship participants)
Focus Areas:
- Audience engagement initiatives
- Innovative distribution methods
- Skill development
- Community impact projects
- Custom education programming
- Public exhibitions
- Community activations
Eligibility:
- Current cohort members of CatchLight Fellowships (Global and Local)
- Alumni of CatchLight Fellowships
Program Purpose:
As CatchLight's community continues to grow and Fellows' work progresses at its own individual pace, the Impact Fund is designed to allow current and past fellows to propose collaborations with CatchLight to produce strategically timed impact projects connected to their work.
Previous Impact Projects:
Previous awards have supported:
- Custom education programming
- Public exhibitions
- Community activations
Process: CatchLight is updating the Impact Fund process for current and past fellows to propose collaborations
Organization: CatchLight is a visual-first media organization that leverages the power of visual storytelling to inform, connect, and transform communities. Tax ID: #27-1912845
What CatchLight actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2022 — the most recent filing with itemized grants
CatchLight reported $69K in grants for 2024 as a total without an itemized list; the grant details below are from 2022, its most recent itemized filing.
- Grants in 2022
- 1
- Total given
- $21K
- Median grant
- $21K
- By dollars: New York 100%. Top recipient cities: Brooklyn, NY.
Example grants
Eye and I Inc · Brooklyn, NY
Global Fellowship Award
$21K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Journalism
- Arts
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