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Book a free Grantee Storytelling Session. We record one of your grantees over Zoom, anywhere in the world, and our editors turn it into 3 finished videos. No cost. No contract. Yours to keep.

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The problem with funding great work

You funded the work. Nobody funded the story.

Grantees are small teams stretched across programs, often in places a film crew never goes. They're asked to report outcomes, raise matching funds and grow beyond your grant, with no one on staff who can turn the work into something people will watch.

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Small teams doing everything

Most grantees have no comms staff. Programs come first, every single day.

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No video budget

Every dollar goes to the mission, so the story never gets filmed.

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Proof stuck in a PDF

Your board reads spreadsheets. The next donor never sees a single face.

RM

“It's very hard for a nonprofit to... succinctly say what they do and the impact that they're making.”

Randi Mitev, COO, The Center for Mind-Body Medicine
EW

“We had none of it captured before.”

Erin Williams, Senior Strategic Operations Officer, Worldreader
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In their words

Small teams. Global work. Here's what they told us.

Randi runs operations at The Center for Mind-Body Medicine, with programs in Ukraine, Gaza and Haiti. Chuks is the whole social team at Solar United Neighbors. Erin at Worldreader needed real stories from real people. Suzanne's board at the Western New York Women's Foundation asked for our number after we filmed their summit.

Year 2Worldreader renewed for another 12 months

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Grantee Storytelling Session. Free.

One grantee, one Zoom call, three finished videos. Here is exactly what you get.

FREE
Your cost
$0

What you get

  • 1
    A 45-minute Zoom recordingOne of your grantees, anywhere in the world. A Happy producer guides every answer, so nobody needs camera experience.
  • 2
    3 finished videosEdited, captioned and ready for social, email and your next report.
  • 3
    Yours to keepThe videos and the raw recording. No contract, no card, no catch.
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Love the videos? We'll show you how we do this for your whole portfolio. Don't? Keep them anyway.

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Three ways to start

Give every grantee a story worth funding

Start free. Scale to your whole portfolio when you're ready, quoted up front.

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Grantee Storytelling Session

We record one of your grantees over Zoom and our editors turn it into 3 finished videos.

  • 45-minute producer-guided Zoom recording
  • 3 finished, captioned videos
  • Any grantee, anywhere in the world
  • Yours to keep, files and raw footage
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Portfolio Story Series

We film your grantees where the work happens, in-country, with vetted local crews from our network of 20,000 creators.

  • Filming with multiple grantees, in their own countries
  • Short story films each grantee can fundraise with
  • One portfolio film for your board and trustees
  • Stills for your annual report
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Audience watching a film in a theaterCapacity that stays

Grantee Story Lab

Ongoing support so grantees keep telling stories after the shoot: they film on their phones, our editors do the rest.

  • A phone-filming playbook for each grantee
  • Our editors turn their raw footage into ready-to-post videos
  • Regular strategy calls with a producer
  • A shared library you and your grantees can download from
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In every program

Built for how foundations actually use stories

Vertical and screening-ready

9:16 cuts for social plus a screening-ready master of the portfolio film for your board.

Captions in their languages

Burned-in captions, plus subtitles in the languages your grantees work in.

Dignity-first filming

Where it helps, interviews are led by people the subjects already trust.

Vetted local crews

20,000+ creators in 130+ countries, so nobody flies a team across the world for one interview.

You own everything

You and your grantees own the finished files and all the raw footage.

Approve before we film

You sign off on every story outline before anything is filmed.

Beyond video

Everything your report and your grantees need

Stories only matter if they show up where decisions get made. We deliver the pieces around the films too, all from the same shoots.

Heifer International farmer in Honduras
Photography of programs and the people they serve

Social graphics + a ready-to-post content calendar

Search for Common Ground convening in Doha
Filming at convenings, site visits and gatherings

Clips for your annual report, website and newsletter

A delivery summary for your board report

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How it works

From grantee list to board-ready stories

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Share your portfolio

Send your grantee list and the stories your board keeps asking about.

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FREE

Start with the free session

We record one grantee over Zoom and deliver 3 finished videos, free.

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We film and edit

Local crews film in-country. Our editors cut stories for each grantee and one portfolio film for you.

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Everyone uses it

Grantees fundraise with their stories. You bring the portfolio film to your board and trustees.

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Cambodia
Uganda
Medellín
Surgeon at a partner clinic in Cambodia
Cambodia
Birthing centre in Uganda
Uganda
Surgical team at a clinic in Medellín
Medellín, Colombia

Public proof

Watsi: from Cambodia to Uganda to Colombia

Watsi came to us with no dedicated video team and a handful of one-off videos. We set up a standing partnership instead: Cambodia first, then a new birthing centre in Uganda, then a clinic in Medellín. In Uganda, Watsi's own staff conducted the interviews, so patients were talking to people they already trusted.

3 countriesStanding partnershipLocal crews every timeInterviews led by Watsi staff

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Real client videos

Stories we told for global organizations

A few of the organizations we film for around the world.

163,000Views in the first weekHeifer International, Honduras
500,000+Organic reachSearch for Common Ground
5.6M+Views on one videoLions Clubs International
500%Increase in engagement rateSoles4Souls

Who we work with

Built for funders whose grantees do the hardest work

Family foundationsWith grantees in the U.S. and abroad
Private foundationsFunding global development, health and education
Corporate foundationsThat want their giving seen, not just reported
Community foundationsRunning capacity-building cohorts
Intermediaries and re-grantersBacking small, community-led organizations

Questions

Questions foundations ask us

Tap a question. Each answer comes with a 20-second video.

Is the free session really free?+

Yes. The Zoom session and the three videos our editors cut from it cost nothing. No contract, no card, and you keep every file with no obligation to buy anything afterwards. Book your free session and see your story on screen.

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What happens on the free session?+

You pick one person close to your work, and our producer interviews them live over Zoom for forty-five minutes while we record. Our editors then turn that conversation into three finished, captioned videos for your website, your social channels and your next appeal. All you have to do is show up, so book your free session.

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Who can we put on camera?+

Anyone whose story moves people: your director, a program lead, a volunteer, someone your program served, or a grantee overseas joining from a phone. Our producer guides every answer, so nobody needs camera experience or a script. Bring your people to a free session and we'll handle the rest.

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Our grantees work overseas. Do you fly a crew out?+

Usually not. We hire vetted local crews from our network of more than 20,000 creators in over 130 countries, and our producer directs them live on the day. Your story is filmed by people who know the language and the place, and your free session is where we plan it.

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How do you protect the people on camera?+

Every shoot is planned around consent and dignity. People sign releases in their own language, we never show minors' names or identifying details, and anyone sharing something sensitive reviews it before it goes live. Your safeguarding policy always overrides ours, starting with your free session.

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Who owns the videos?+

You do. Your organization owns the finished videos and all of the raw footage, including everything we record on your free session. Use them on any channel, in any report, for as long as you like.

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How long until we get the videos?+

Your three free videos land in your inbox within two weeks of your session, with a simple review link if you want a change. For bigger shoots, we plan backwards from your gala, board meeting or appeal date. Tell us the date on your free session.

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Does each grantee get its own version?+

Yes. We produce one strong master, then deliver a version for every grantee, chapter, town or campus with its own name, logo, language and call to action. The core message stays consistent, and your free session is where we map out every version.

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What does it cost after the free session?+

Whatever comes next is scoped to exactly what you need, from a single film to a steady stream of videos for every program, and you get the price in writing before any work starts. No surprise change orders and no pressure. Your free session shows you what that scope should be.

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