Program areas at Katharsis Media
Kickstarted the New Mexico Film Emergency Fund at the New Mexico Film Gala on December 13, 2023, to assist filmmakers who are between paying jobs who need help with their everyday expenses like groceries, car repairs, medical checkups, and more. Raised $6942 in that first round, of which we have distributed $4,545.38
Provide intern education for 48 interns for over 8,000 hours over three terms: summer, fall, and spring.
Urban Enchantment Trust Fund (UETF): A city of Albuquerque sponsored grant that provides funding to a large group of artists with a wide range of personal projects that will be displayed around the city in all its various forms. Katharsis personally is sponsoring 12 artists over the next 18 months, and has been gifted $70,000, $10,000 of which is net revenue for being a fiscal sponsor of the program, the other $60,000 to be distributed to the artists, $5,000, in 3 payments of $2,000, $2,000, and $1,000 respectfully over the course of their project.
Offset Season 6: Provided a $1500 production grant, as well as 8 interns for 100 man hours total, for the production of Season 6 of Offset Web Series, a volunteer run film production telling stories of how fictional movie characters live their lives "off set."