Giving Foward

TO OUR COMMUNITY

EmVisionary Grants to Expand Non-Profit Impact

Overview

EmVision Productions is a queer, woman of color-led social impact media agency that helps visionary organizations convey how they are changing the world. Our EmVisionary Grants is a way that we give forward. Launched in fall 2020, this yearly collaboration is designed to benefit small, local non-profit organizations in Greater Boston led by people of color.

Approach

In this unique yearly collaboration, we partner with 1-2 EmVisionary Grantees over 6-9 months, and mentor talented, under-represented filmmakers alongside us, to craft a 2.5-minute mission and impact video (a $30,000 value) to further these organizations’ growth and these creatives’ careers. For 2025, we are teaming up with Women in Film & Video New England’s Director Shadowing Program to mentor an emerging filmmaker. While our team donates their expertise and time to the EmVisionary Grants, these collaborations have a sliding scale contribution to cover the trainee filmmakers’ time and associated project costs (see details below).

Eligibility

We encourage you to apply if you meet our intentional criteria (see details below). We always encourage past applicants / finalists to re-apply. EmVision clients (past or present) are not eligible. If you don't meet this criteria and want to work with EmVision to tell your organization's story, let's chat.

For questions, contact Tanais Garcia.

Intentional Criteria

Applications Opening in Winter 2026

  • Official Status: Has 501(c)(3) status or Fiscal Sponsor.

  • Representation: Led by a person of color, reflecting the community they serve.

  • Journey: 5+ years in operation.

  • Resources: up to $750,000 in annual revenue with at least 1 paid staff.

  • Logistics: Based in and serving within Greater Boston for this collaboration, defined as within 20 miles of downtown Boston).

  • Sliding Scale Contribution If Selected:

    • Organizational revenue up to $250,000: Pro bono

    • Organizational revenue $250,000 - $500,000: $2,500

    • Organizational revenue $500,000 - $750,000: $5,000

    • Organizational revenue above $750,000: Contact us for work together

2025 Director Shadowing Program Fellow: Michelle Falcón Fontánez

Michelle is a producer, director, and cinematographer, focused on social justice through multimedia storytelling. Her work explores themes of identity, community, and preserving culture.

She produced a documentary on Puerto Rican activism during the beginning of the PROMESA crisis and directed María, centering reproductive justice. Michelle has contributed as cinematographer to projects on Afghan refugees, Cuban defectors, the first reggaetonera, and a series on the 1970s fires' impact on Boricuas in South Holyoke. She holds a MFA in Film and Media Art from Emerson College and a Bachelor's in Business Management and Film from Hampshire College.

EmVisionary Grantees

2025

Project Insulin is a non-profit in MA that is promoting health care access by creating its own high-quality generic insulin to sell directly to patients at cost. They are raising $400k to do so.

Press: Cambridge Nonprofit Project Insulin Aims To Slash Insulin Costs With $20-$30 Vials (Boston Business Journal, September 2025).

2024

Castle of Our Skins (COOS) fosters cultural curiosity and celebrates Black artistry through music+.

In December 2024, COOS bought a building in Roxbury for $1, thanks to the City of Boston arts and culture grant. In their application, their video helped funders to see their impact and the value of a physical space.

2024

Accompany Doula Care works with families, doulas, and healthcare systems to advocate for the birth experience that everybody deserves.

In fall 2024, Accompany received a 2-year grant from the MA Department of Public Health; via this grant, we’re producing a series on doulas and maternal health equity.

Press: Two Years After Mass. Expands Doula Coverage, Here’s What’s Working And What’s Not (The Boston Globe, September 2025).

2023 (released in 2024)

Kakrona Center Inc is a grassroots organization that serves the Khmer and Southeast Asian communities across Lynn and the North Shore.

2023

Dorchester Art Project (DAP) is an artist-led organization that is building an ecosystem of resources for local artists in Dorchester and across Boston to thrive. DAP aims to become a co-op.

In 2024, DAP became a co-op and received $100,000, as part of the Boston XChange’s first accelerator program. Their video helped funders to see their vision for growth and development.

2022

Love Your Magic is an organization in Greater Boston that emphasizes self-advocacy, love, and sisterhood among Black and brown girls.

2020-2021

First Teacher Boston is a community of parents and caregivers working to prepare all our children for success in kindergarten and beyond.

2020-2021

The Center for Cooperative Development and Solidarity (CCDS) supports worker-owner cooperatives in East Boston, creating social, economic, and political power for its minority, immigrant, and low-income residents.

In 2025, they are working to launch their Solidarity Economy Headquarters in East Boston.