HOLLYWOOD FOREIGN PRESS ASSOCIATION DONATES
OVER $1.5 MILLION AT 2010 INSTALLATION LUNCHEON


Financial Grants given to 41 film schools and non-profit organizations


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).


About the Hollywood Foreign Press Association:

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.

 

 
















HFPA 2010 GRANTS

HIGHER EDUCATION FELLOWSHIPS & INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT

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

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING & MENTORING

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

PRE-PROFESSIONAL TRAINING & EDUCATION

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

PRESERVE THE CULTURE & HISTORY OF FILM

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

PROMOTE CULTURAL EXCHANGE THROUGH FILM

American Cinematheque
$45,000

FilmAid International
$50,000

Latin American Cinemateca
$10,000

Levantine Culture Center
$17,000

SPECIAL PROJECTS

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

SUBTOTAL: $1,511,000
PRESIDENT’S DISCRETIONARY FUND $20,000

GRAND TOTAL $1,541,000