Win a $50,000 video production for your DC-area nonprofit.
One DC-area nonprofit gets our full production team behind its mission: a professionally produced documentary, a toolkit of short-form videos for social, and a strategy to put them in front of donors, funders and your community.
awarded to one DC-area nonprofit
What the $50,000 grant includes
The winning nonprofit gets a full production team, from the first planning call to the day your videos go live.
A documentary about your mission
A professionally produced film that captures your mission, your people and your impact. Built for your website, your gala, your board and every funder conversation.
A short-form social toolkit
Dozens of captioned vertical videos cut from the same shoot, sized for Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and YouTube.
Strategy and distribution support
A plan for where every video goes and when, lined up with your campaigns, your year-end appeal and your goals.
The team that makes the winning video
The grant puts the crew and editors behind these nonprofit videos on your story.
Nonprofits trust us with their stories
The team behind videos for Heifer, Lions Clubs and Children’s Miracle Network makes yours.
“If you need a production team that understands nonprofit storytelling, digital trends and the importance of impact-driven content, I can’t recommend them highly enough.”
“I would just tell someone that you’re worth the investment and they should definitely hire you, because I will do it again for sure.”
“We have received more donations today than we have all month since posting Amber’s video!”
“Just having someone take this critical task off — doing videos for you — is well worth what you spend. We ended up getting a huge number of videos to work with that we just wouldn’t have had the time or the energy or the expertise to do.”
Who can apply & how it works
Apply for the $50,000 DC-Area Video Grant
Tell us about your organization and the story you want told. Our team reads every application.
Behind the scenes on recent Happy Productions shoots. Video we made for Lions Clubs International.
Questions nonprofits ask about the grant
A complete production package valued at $50,000: a professionally produced documentary, a toolkit of short-form social videos, and strategy and distribution support so the content keeps working for your mission.
No. Applying is free, and the grant covers the full production for the winning nonprofit.
Registered 501(c)(3) nonprofits headquartered in, or running programs in, Washington, DC, Northern Virginia or suburban Maryland, with at least one staff member focused on marketing or communications.
We run this grant regularly, so you’ll hear about the next round first. And when an application shows a powerful story, we reach out to talk about other ways to bring it to life.
Planning to filming takes 2–4 weeks, and your first videos arrive within 6–8 weeks, depending on scope and logistics.
Yes. We film anywhere in the DC area, from Capitol Hill to Arlington and Silver Spring, with our own crew or vetted videographers from our network.
Stories that can move people at scale: emotional, relatable and made to be shared, with real impact at the center.
No. You need at least one person focused on marketing or communications, so someone on your team can put the finished videos to work.
Your story could be the one we bring to life this year.
Applications close December 10. It’s free to apply and takes about 10 minutes.
For DC-area 501(c)(3) nonprofits · free to apply · closes December 10