Grants
The Coolidge Corner Theatre Foundation and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation are proud to support science education at US-based nonprofit art house theaters through Science on Screen grants. These grants provide recipient cinemas with awards of up to $9,000 to create and present three or more Science on Screen events, which pair expert-led discussions of scientific topics with screenings of feature and documentary films. At least one of the films shown by grantees must be a past recipient of the annual Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Feature Film Prize or a Sloan Development Grant.
For the 2024-25 season, we have awarded grants totaling $250,000 to 41 independent cinemas, museums, and community groups with film programs. Since partnering with Sloan in 2011, the Coolidge has awarded over $2.75 million in grants to 131 film and science-focused organizations in 45 states (plus Washington, DC) across the country.
To learn more about our current Science on Screen grantees, visit their links below.
41
participating art house cinemas in 2024-25
176K
sold to over 1,450 Science on Screen events since 2011
$2.75 million
in total grants awarded to 131 organizations in 45 states (plus Washington, DC)
Current Year Grantees
All Grantees
- a/perture cinema Winston-Salem, NC
- AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center Silver Spring, MD
- American Cinematheque Los Angeles, CA
- Amherst Cinema Amherst, MA
- Arena Theater Point Arena, CA
- Arkansas Cinema Society Little Rock, AR
- Art House Cinema Billings, MT
- Aspen Film Aspen, CO
- Athena Cinema Athens, OH
- Athens Ciné Athens, GA
- Austin Film Society Austin, TX
- Avalon Theatre Washington, DC
- Belcourt Theatre Nashville, TN
- Block Cinema: Northwestern University Evanston, IL
- Bozeman Film Society Bozeman, MT
- Bridgeport Film Fest Bridgeport, CT
- Brooklyn Academy of Music Brooklyn, NY
- Bryn Mawr Film Institute Bryn Mawr, PA
- Buskirk-Chumley Theater Bloomington, IN
- Byrd Theatre Richmond, VA
- Cable Car Cinema Providence, RI
- California Film Institute San Rafael, CA
- Cameo Cinema St Helena, CA
- Capri Theatre Montgomery, AL
- Carnegie Science Center Pittsburgh, PA
- Center for Contemporary Arts Santa Fe, NM
- Center of Science and Industry Columbus, OH
- Cinema Arts Centre Huntington, NY
- Cinema Detroit Detroit, MI
- Cinemapolis Ithaca, NY
- Circle Cinema Tulsa, OK
- Civic Theatre of Allentown Allentown, PA
- Colonial Theatre (PA) Phoenixville, PA
- Coolidge Corner Theatre Brookline, MA
- Coral Gables Art Cinema Coral Gables, FL
- Cornell Cinema Ithaca, NY
- County Theater Doylestown, PA
- Dietrich Theater Tunkhannock, PA
- Discovery Place Charlotte, NC
- Dreamland Tulsa, OK
- Egyptian Theatre Coos Bay, OR
- Enzian Theater Maitland, FL
- Eureka Theater Eureka, CA
- Film Forum New York, NY
- Film Streams Omaha, NE
- FilmScene Iowa City, IA
- Firehouse: DCTV's Cinema for Documentary Film New York, NY
- Gateway Film Center Columbus, OH
- Gene Siskel Film Center Chicago, IL
- Gold Coast Arts Center Great Neck, NY
- Gorton Community Center Lake Forest, IL
- Grenada Community Foundation Grenada, MS
- Heartland Film Indianapolis, IN
- Historic Artcraft Theatre Franklin, IN
- Hollywood Theatre Portland, OR
- Honolulu Museum of Art Honolulu, HI
- Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth College Hanover, NH
- Images Cinema Williamstown, MA
- Indiana University Cinema Bloomington, IN
- Jacob Burns Film Center Pleasantville, NY
- JUMP Society and Gold Town Theater Juneau, AK
- Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre Moscow, ID
- Lawrence Arts Center Lawrence, KS
- Maiden Alley Cinema Paducah, KY
- Maine Film Center Waterville, ME
- Martha's Vineyard Film Society Tisbury, MA
- McWane Science Center Birmingham, AL
- Media Arts Center San Diego San Diego, CA
- Mesilla Valley Film Society Mesilla, NM
- Michigan Theater Ann Arbor, MI
- Midwest Theater Scottsbluff, NE
- Milwaukee Film Milwaukee, WI
- Montclair Film Montclair, NJ
- Moxie Cinema Springfield, MO
- MSP Film Society Minneapolis, MN
- Museum of Discovery and Science Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Museum of the Moving Image New York, NY
- New Orleans Film Society New Orleans, LA
- NYICFF New York, NY
- O Cinema Miami, FL
- Oklahoma City Museum of Art Oklahoma City, OK
- Old Greenbelt Theatre Greenbelt, MD
- Olympia Film Society Olympia, WA
- Oregon Museum of Science and Industry Portland, OR
- Ouray International Film Festival Ouray, CO
- OxFilm Oxford, MS
- Penn Theatre Plymouth, MI
- Philadelphia Film Society Philadelphia, PA
- Pickford Film Center Bellingham, WA
- Pittsburgh Filmmakers / Regent Square Theater Pittsburgh, PA
- Provincetown Film Festival / Waters Edge Cinema Provincetown, MA
- Ragtag Cinema Columbia, MO
- Real Art Ways Hartford, CT
- Robinson Film Center Shreveport, LA
- Rooftop Films Brooklyn, NY
- Rosendale Theatre Collective Rosendale, NY
- Ross Ragland Theater Klamath Falls, OR
- Roxie Theater San Francisco, CA
- Roxy Theater Missoula, MT
- Sag Harbor Cinema Sag Harbor, NY
- Salina Art Center Salina, KS
- Science Moab Moab, UT
- Shotgun Cinema New Orleans, LA
- Sidewalk Film Center Birmingham, AL
- SIFF Cinema Uptown Seattle, WA
- Sioux Falls State Theatre Sioux Falls, SD
- SNF Parkway Theatre Baltimore, MD
- Speed Art Museum Louisville, KY
- State Theatre Traverse City, MI
- Stray Cat Film Center Kansas City, MO
- Taos Center for the Arts Taos, NM
- The Art Theater Champaign, IL
- The Cinefamily Los Angeles, CA
- The Colonial Theatre (NH) Bethlehem, NH
- The Dairy Arts Center Boulder, CO
- The Frida Cinema Santa Ana, CA
- The Gem Bethel, ME
- The Grand Cinema Tacoma, WA
- The Lindsay Theater and Cultural Center Sewickley, PA
- The Little Theatre Rochester, NY
- The Loft Cinema Tucson, AZ
- The Nickelodeon Columbia, SC
- The Nightlight Akron, OH
- The Picture House Pelham, NY
- The State Theatre Modesto, CA
- The Tampa Theatre Tampa, FL
- Utah Film Center Salt Lake City, UT
- Varsity Cinema Des Moines, IA
- Vermont International Film Festival Burlington, VT
- Willcox Theater and Arts Willcox, AZ
- Wilmette Theatre Wilmette, IL