Our Focus Areas
Here are our areas of focus and the grantee organizations we support in those areas.
Since 1989, the Golden Globe Foundation (and its predecessor Hollywood Foreign Press Association) has donated more than $55 million to entertainment-related nonprofit organizations, academic programs and organizations protecting press freedom, and has funded the restoration of 138 classic films.
Click on a grantee to learn more about their work.
Grantees
Pre-Professional Education & Mentoring 
A Place Called Home
The mission of A Place Called Home (APCH) is to inspire, encourage, and support the young people in South Los Angeles to achieve social, emotional, and economic success. We envision a world where your zip code does not determine your future; where all children have the opportunity to find happiness and success in life.
Professional Training & Mentoring 
American Film Institute
AFI was founded in 1967 with a mission to preserve the heritage of the motion picture, to honor the artists and their work, and to educate the next generation of filmmakers.
Professional Training & Mentoring 
Australians in Film
Australians in Film Foundation (AiFF) is a leading cultural foundation, and now online global community, which opens doors for undiscovered and under-represented Australian screen creatives in Los Angeles and around the world.
Professional Training & Mentoring 
Barcid Foundation
Founded in 2004, the Barcid Foundation is a Native American arts organization that provides innovative artistic and professional development initiatives. Barcid has forged long-standing relationships with tribes, academic institutions, studios, and networks to build a genuine artistic pipeline for indigenous talent.
Pre-Professional Education & Mentoring 
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles (BBBSLA) is one of the largest youth mentoring organizations in Southern California and one of the largest affiliates of the Big Brothers Big Sisters national federation.
Film Schools 
Brooklyn College
Feirstein’s faculty, industry professionals, and staff are committed to educating students in the art and craft of filmmaking and storytelling in a hands-on, collaborative environment, enabling their authentic voices to emerge and facilitating a wide variety of careers in the industry.
Film Schools 
California Institute of the Arts (CalArts)
CalArts is an internationally recognized college for the arts and is comprised of six schools: Art, Critical Studies, the Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance, Film/Video, the Herb Alpert School of Music, and Theater. CalArts’ School of Film/Video encourages every student to expand their cultural experience and, in the process, develop into a better artist with a highly articulated personal vision.
Pre-Professional Education & Mentoring 
California State Summer School for the Arts
The CSSSA Foundation helps provide immersive, pre-professional training to California’s high school artists.