Leave a Legacy
The Corpus: A Gift That Keeps On Giving
Philanthropic contributions build a substantial trust corpus, which is carefully invested to grow sustainably over time. A portion of the returns is consistently allocated to support the trust's charitable initiatives. The DCT can provide up to 100% funding for development activities, assisting filmmakers in creating projects that align with the Story Paradigm criteria. Once a project meets these criteria, producers may apply for a production grant covering up to 51% of the production budget. In return, producers receiving production grants commit to contributing 10% of their project's gross profits back to the corpus.
Projections
From Start-Up Phase to Legacy
The $320M corpus will be raised over 3 years, generating a grant budget of $5.9M in 2028. This estimate is based on an average return of 8%.
Because The DCT needs to succeed in creative output as well as financial, $13.5M of the corpus is budgeted to help fund projects during the start-up phase through 2027. This is the only time corpus funds will be used directly to do the filmed arts-supporting work of The DCT. In all subsequent years, dividends will fund all activities, and none of the corpus will be spent.
The goal is to grow the corpus to the $1B mark.
Economic Development
As beneficiary companies grow and become wildly innovative and successful, a new crop of companies will be supported by The Digital Cinema Trust, transforming a blooming film community into a creative juggernaut and a multi-billion dollar industry.
Imagine the output of The DCT being the creation of not one award-winning, billion-dollar company, but twenty. Imagine the influence for good on the current conglomerate-controlled industry that is mired in remakes, franchises, and mature content.