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 $8,500 to create their own Science on Screen programs, 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 2022-23 season, we have awarded grants totaling $245,000 to 40 independent cinemas, museums, and community groups with film programs. Since partnering with Sloan in 2011, the Coolidge has awarded over $2.5 million in grants to 108 film and science-focused organizations in 42 states across the country.
To learn more about our current Science on Screen grantees, visit their links below.
41
participating art house cinemas in 2023-24
165K
tickets sold to over 1,300 Science on Screen events since 2011
$2.5 million
in total grants awarded to 119 organizations in 44 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