Grantee Database
HUMAN FAMILY EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL INSTITUTE
Grant Year
2023-24
Grant Program
Statewide and Regional Networks
Award Amount
$42,500.00
Project Description
With support from the California Arts Council, Human Family Educational and Cultural Institute (Humanitas) will strengthen and expand our state and regional network which consists of our Humanitas Prizes (HP), New Voices Fellowship (NV), College Screenwriting Awards (CSA), and Public Programs (PP) including Industry 101 event series, The Writers Room, and Groceries for Writers. The network benefits early-to-mid-career writers and partner organizations. Each year, approximately 6,400 people use this network of programs, events, opportunities, to self-educate and network with others. 50 people are featured as artists and cultural practitioners.
Founded in 1974, Humanitas’s mission is to honor and empower writers whose film and television work explores the human condition in a nuanced, meaningful way. We celebrate the stories that explore the human experience because the act of acknowledging our common humanity is transformational.
Organization Summary
The HUMANITAS PRIZES are awarded to honor film and television writers whose work explores the human condition in a nuanced, meaningful way. Prizes are presented at an annual event where winners receive a trophy and a cash prize.
The NEW VOICES FELLOWSHIP is an approximately six-month mentorship program for emerging television and screenwriters. The program is committed to identifying and empowering five unrepresented writers each year who are currently working on a 30- or 60-minute pilot or feature film screenplay that upholds the mission of Humanitas.
The Humanitas COLLEGE SCREENWRITING AWARDS recognize writers whose work advances the Humanitas mission and who are currently enrolled in a college or university program. Humanitas annually awards two prizes which recognize excellent student screen and television writing: The David and Lynn Angell College Comedy Award and The Carol Mendelsohn College Drama Award. The two students selected each receive a $20,000 cash prize and more.
Humanitas also presents a number of PUBLIC PROGRAMS throughout the year. Industry 101 introduces and explores topics foundational to understanding and launching television and film writing careers. The Writers Room is a TV writing intensive for high school students which was first piloted at Hollywood High School in Fall 2023.
GROCERIES FOR WRITERS is a direct aid project for WGA writers and writers room support staff originally launched in response to the 2023 WGA Strike.
Organization
Humanitas
Address
3435 Ocean Park Blvd. #107 PMB 450
Santa Monica
90405
County
Los Angeles
Region
South – Los Angeles & Orange
Phone
(310) 454-8769
Congressional District
36th Congressional district
State Assembly District
District 51
State Senate District
District 24
