CatchLight Impact Fund

CatchLight Impact Fund

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.

Award Amount: $1,500 - $15,000

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

Contact: Send questions to impactfund@catchlight.io

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