Minnesota Motion Picture and Television Development Board
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About Minnesota Motion Picture and Television Development Board
The Minnesota Motion Picture and Television Development Board is primarily a state film-production funder that awards project grants to Minnesota-based production companies. Most grants explicitly support 'MN film production' and are directed to for-profit production LLCs and small studios, indicating a focus on underwriting local film and television projects rather than nonprofits or service organizations. Funding is concentrated in a handful of repeat recipients that receive sizable, project-specific awards.
Focus Areas
Commercial and independent film production in Minnesota (feature and episodic projects)Direct project financing for Minnesota-based production companies and LLCsRepeat funding for local production companies to support multiple projects or installmentsCapacity-building for the Minnesota motion picture sector via mid-sized production grants
Who They Fund
Minnesota-based filmmakersindependent film producerslocal production crews and production companies
About Minnesota Motion Picture and Television Development Board
Minnesota Motion Picture and Television Development Board’s recent awards are centered on one clear purpose: financing Minnesota film production projects. The largest grant in the recent list went to Intuitive Content, which received $645,422 in 2023 for MN film production, and the board followed with another sizable award to the same recipient in 2024. That repeat funding pattern appears across the portfolio, with project-specific support also going to Tremendous Entertainment in both 2023 and 2024. The grants are directed to production companies and LLCs rather than individuals, which points to a direct production-financing role rather than a general arts or nonprofit model. Recent recipients include Paulie's Film LLC, Make LLC, and Twin Sisties LLC, each funded for MN film production. The board’s awards are sized to support active production work, with many grants in the mid-five-figure to six-figure range and several recipients appearing more than once across the latest filings. This makes the funder distinct as a state-aligned source of capital for local screen projects and the businesses that produce them.
What Minnesota Motion Picture and Television Development Board Funds
The board’s grantmaking is tightly tied to film and television production in Minnesota. In feature and episodic work, it gave $181,584 to Tremendous Entertainment in 2024 for MN film production, following a $114,708 award to the same company in 2023. The portfolio also reaches smaller production entities: C4g LLC received $70,526 in 2024 for MN film production, and Title One Film Productions received $61,873 the same year for the same purpose. Smaller awards still support project activity, including $43,900 to Twin Sisties LLC and $31,478 to Emergence Pictures Inc, both for MN film production. Across these grants, the board supports commercial and independent production companies working on individual film projects rather than broad operating support.
How Minnesota Motion Picture and Television Development Board Gives
Grant size is concentrated in the middle of the distribution, with a p25 of $31,140, a median of $66,200, and a p75 of $162,586. The recent record shows repeat recipients, including Intuitive Content and Tremendous Entertainment, each funded in more than one year, which suggests project-by-project renewal rather than one-off relationships. The board operates as a public production funder rather than a foundation that makes grants to individuals, and the recent awards are all project-specific film-production grants. Its giving is geographically restricted and strongly Minnesota-focused, with most awards going to recipients in the state.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$315K
Total Assets
$0
Total Revenue
$412K
Total Expenses
$533K
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $31K and $163K, with a median of $66K.
25th Percentile
$31K
Median
$66K
75th Percentile
$163K
Geographic Reach
Local3 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
JENNIFER SPIRE
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