HFPA Grants $1,249,000 to 29 Film Schools
and Non-Profit Organizations During Annual Installation Luncheon

Carla Gugino and HFPA President Philip Berk

BEVERLY HILLS, CA, August 11, 2009 – The Hollywood Foreign Press Association presented $1,249,000 in financial grants to 29 film schools and non-profit organizations at its annual Installation Luncheon honoring the organization’s 2009-2010 slate of officers today at the Beverly Hills Hotel.

Chris Pine

Rose McGowan joined HFPA President Philip Berk to announce grants. Acceptance remarks on behalf of the grants were made by Warren Beatty (The Film Foundation), Jordana Brewster (Lollipop Theatre Network), Hugh Dancy (Outfest), Carla Gugino (Inner-City Arts), Rex Lee (Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment), Eva Longoria Parker (National Association of Latino Independent Producers), Dylan McDermott (FilmAid International), Chris Pine (UCLA), Jason Reitman (Los Angeles Conservancy), Emmy Rossum (California Summer School for the Arts Foundation), Kerry Washington (Film Independent) and Evan Rachel Wood (CSU Northridge).

Carla Gugino

Berk introduced the officers Hans J. Spurkel (vice president), Meher Tatna (executive secretary), Jack Tewksbury (treasurer), Jorge Camara (board chairman), and board members Ali Sar, Ruben Nepales, Theo Kingma, Armando Gallo and Frances Schoenberger.

Dylan McDermott

"Members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association always look forward to our annual summer luncheon," said Berk. "Not only do we celebrate the installation of the organization’s new officers and board members, we take pride in donating over $1,000,000 in charitable contributions to many outstanding film-related charities and educational institutions. We are fortunate that the success of the Golden Globes allows us to do so. Over the past 15 years, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association Foundation has presented more than $10.5 million in financial grants to dozens of film schools and non-profit organizations."

Dylan McDermott and Evan Rachel Wood Eva Longoria Parker Evan Rachel Wood

Hugh Dancy Jordanna Jordana Brewster Mr and Mrs Jason Reitman Rex Lee

Kerry Washington Rex Lee and Rose McGowan Rose McGowan

Rose McGowan and Carla Gugino Rose McGowan and Emmy Rossum Rose McGowan and Emmy Rossum

Rose McGowan and Evan Rachel Wood Rose McGowan and Kerry Washington Warren Beatty and Kerry Washington

HFPA 2009 GRANTS

HIGHER EDUCATION HFPA FELLOWSHIPS & INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT

American Film Institute
$30,000 Fellowships

California Institute of the Arts
$60,000 Fellowships

CSU Long Beach
$50,000 Fellowships

CSU Northridge
$86,000 – HFPA Fellowships $60,000; Inst. Support $26,000

Columbia University School
$50,000 Fellowships

Loyola Marymount University
$10,000 Fellowships

NYU - Tisch School of the Arts
$20,000 Fellowships

UCLA
$90,000 – HFPA Fellowships $70,000; Institutional Support $20,000

University of North Carolina School of the Arts Foundation
$20,000 Fellowships

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND MENTORING

Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment
$8,000 Writers Program - Monetary Awards

Film Independent, Inc.
$30,000 Project:Invlove

Independent Feature Project
$10,000 Rough Cuts Labs

National Association of Latino Independent Producers, Inc
$20,000 Latino Producers Academy

Streetlights Production Assistant Program
$5,000 training/job placement

Sundance Institute
$100,000; Creative Producing Summit - $30,000 Writer/Director Labs - $70,000 support international participants

PRE-PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND EDUCATION

California State Summer School Arts Foundation
$20,000 Scholarships

Ghetto Film School
$20,000 Training in filmmaking for minority youth in the Bronx

Inner-City Arts
$25,000 Animation program

Inner-City Filmmakers
$20,000 Training in filmmaking for minority youth

Los Angeles County High School for the Arts Foundation
$20,000 Film/TV Teaching Artists and Technical Assistants

PRESERVE THE CULTURE AND HISTORY OF FILM

The Film Foundation, Inc.
$350,000 Preservation of HFPA approved film

Los Angeles Conservancy
$30,000 Last Remaining Seats Series

Museum of African American Cinema
$10,000 Preserving and Archiving films

Outfest
$25,000 Accquisition of and preservation education for films

PROMOTE CULTURAL EXCHANGE THROUGH FILM

American Cinematheque
$40,000 Foreign Language nominee screening series

FilmAid International
$50,000 Films and filmmaking for refugees in Kenya

SPECIAL PROJECTS

Ensemble Studio Theatre - The L.A. Project
$10,000 Play development for emerging writers and actors

Lollipop Theater Network
$10,000 Screening films for critically ill children in hospital

SUBTOTAL: $1,219,000

PRESIDENTS DISCRETIONARY FUND: $30,000*

* includes FINCA International - $10,000

GRAND TOTAL: $1,249,000