BEVERLY HILLS, CA (JULY 28, 2010) - The Hollywood Foreign Press Association celebrated their annual Installation Luncheon today at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills. The star-studded luncheon presented a record $1,541,000 in financial grants to 41 film schools and non-profit organizations. The event also celebrated the election of the HFPA’s 2010-2011 officers.
Eva Longoria Parker joined returning HFPA President Philip Berk to announce grants. Acceptance remarks on behalf of the grants were made by Nicole Kidman (The Film Foundation), John Slattery (UCLA), Annette Bening (Sundance Institute), Aaron Sorkin (Higher Education Fellowships & Institutional Support Grants), Bryan Cranston (Professional Training & Mentoring Grants), Ryan Phillippe (FilmAid International), Jane Lynch and Glee Co-Creator Ian Brennan (Outfest), Carla Gugino (LA Conservancy, MOMA, UC Berkeley, LACMA and other Preserve The Culture & History Of Film Grants), Matthew Fox (American Cinematheque, Levantine Cultural Center, and Latin American Cinemateca), and Jim Parsons and Kaley Cuoco (Pre-Professional Training & Education Grants)
Berk introduced the re-elected HFPA officers Hans J. Spurkel (Vice President), Meher Tatna (Executive Secretary), and Jack Tewksbury (Treasurer). The new Board of Directors is comprised of Ali Sar (Chairman), Jorge Camara, Yoram Kahana, Theo Kingma, Lorenzo Soria, and Ruben Nepales (alternate).
Founded in the 1940s during World War II, the HFPA was originally comprised of a handful of LA based overseas journalists who sought to bridge the international community with Hollywood, and to provide distraction from the hardships of war through film. Sixty-six years later, members of the HFPA represent 55 countries with a combined readership of 250 million in some of the world’s most respected publications. Each year, the organization holds the third most watched awards show on television, the Golden Globe Awards, which have enabled the organization to donate more than $12 million to entertainment related charities and scholarship programs.
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American Film Institute
$30,000 Fellowship
Azusa Pacific University
$7,500 Fellowship
California Institute Of The Arts
$60,000 Fellowship
California State University, Long Beach
$50,000 Fellowship
California State University, Los Angeles
$50,000 Fellowship
California State University, Northridge
$50,000 Fellowship
Chapman University
$7,500 Fellowship
Columbia University
$50,000 Fellowship
Loyola Marymount University
$15,000 Fellowship
New York University
$36,000 Fellowship
University of California, Los Angeles
$110,000 Fellowship
University of North Carolina
$20,000 Fellowship
Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment
$10,000
Film Independent, Inc
$35,000
Independent Feature Project
$15,000
Media Arts Center
$10,000
National Association of Latino Independent Producers
$20,000
Streetlights
$7,500
Sundance Institute
$100,000
Tribeca Film Institute
$10,000
Women’s Expressive Theater, Inc
$10,000
CA State Summer School Arts Foundation
$20,000
Ghetto Film School
$20,000
Inner-City Arts
$25,000
Inner-City Education Foundation Public Schools
$15,000
Inner-City Filmmakers
$25,000
LA County High School for the Arts Foundation
$20,000
The Talented Youth
$10,000
The Film Foundation
$350,000
Los Angeles Conservancy
$35,000
Museum of Modern Art
$20,000
Outfest
$30,000
UC Berkeley, Pacific Film Archive
$15,000
American Cinematheque
$45,000
FilmAid International
$50,000
Latin American Cinemateca
$10,000
Levantine Culture Center
$17,000
Ensemble studio Theatre, The LA Project
$10,000
Lollipop Theater Network
$15,000
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
$75,000
Young Musician’s Foundation
$10,000
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