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THE NATIONAL FILM PRESERVATION FOUNDATION
The Community of Support
The National Film Preservation Foundation
depends entirely on private contributions to
sustain operations. We salute the growing
community that makes our work possible.
Fisherman of Terminal Island (ca. 1942), documented
in the Fukuzaki family home movies that were preserved
by the Japanese American National Museum.
At the heart are our founding contributors.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
Sciences and The Film Foundation provide
steadfast support and assist year after year in
more ways than can be counted. Founding
NFPF Board member Celeste Bartos helped
launch our programs through grants contributed
by the Pinewood Foundation
and continues her vital role through the
Philanthropic Collaborative.
Many have made multiyear gifts that have
created a solid base for our work. We single
out the generous contributions of the
Wasserman Foundation, Twentieth Century
Fox, Technicolor Worldwide Film Group, the
Cecil B. De Mille Foundation, the Creative
Artists Agency, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the
Directors Guild of America, the Fran & Ray
Stark Foundation, Ted and Lea Pedas, the
Buuck Family Foundation, the Wilding
Family Foundation, Underground Vaults and
Storage, and Bonded Services. Commercial
laboratories play a special part. Before federal
matching funding became available, the NFPF
distributed grants in the form of preservation
services donated by public-spirited laboratories
and postproduction houses. Their ongoing
gifts continue to expand the resources for the
field and enable laboratories to support film
preservation by doing what they do best. For
a list of major supporters see appendix 3.
Government employees lend a hand by
donating through the payroll contribution
programs of the Combined Federal Campaign
(CFC number 1169) and the California State
Employees’ Charitable Campaign. The gifts
received through workplace giving increase
every year.
Our cooperative projects are made possible
through grants to the NFPF. We salute The
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for funding
The Film Preservation Guide, the National
Endowment for the Humanities for production
support for the More Treasures silent-era
DVD, and The Film Foundation for initiating
the Avant-Garde Masters Grants.
We extend a special thank-you to our new
2003 donors—BluWave Audio, CinemaLab,
Leonardo DiCaprio, the Marmor Foundation,
the Woodward Family Foundation Endowment
Fund of the Marin Community Foundation,
Cruise-Wagner Productions, and
Matthew and Natalie Bernstein—and all those
who have contributed over the past year.
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