ITVS Shares Our Progress on Representation

Posted on January 17, 2024

As an organization with diversity and inclusivity as our top priority, ITVS has a long record of sharing with the public the data that we provide each fiscal year to our board of directors. We’re proud of our record of representation—on our board, on our staff, and among our ITVS-funded filmmakers and programs. 

Today, we’re sharing our representation for the fiscal year 2023. 

We recognize that applying an intersectional lens to our representation analysis is essential to understanding how complex identities influence the structures, processes, and practices underpinning our social justice and equity work. 

In addition to sharing detailed information on gender, race, and ethnicity representation in the figures below, we are sharing the percent of women or nonbinary filmmakers and staff who identify as African American, Asian, Asian American, Black, Latino/a/x, Middle Eastern, Native American, Native Alaskan, Native Hawaiian, North African, and/or Pacific Islander: 37% of funded filmmakers, 40% of the curatorial team, 58% of the board of directors, 29% of senior management, and 39% of all ITVS staff. 

—Garry Denny
Chair, ITVS Board of Directors
Director of Programming, PBS Wisconsin

—Carrie Lozano
President & CEO, ITVS

This graphic includes pie charts that show gender representation for Fiscal Year 2023. ITVS funded filmmakers: 60% women, 2% nonbinary, 37% men. Total of 49 people. Data missing for 6 people (12%). Curatorial team: 56% women, 2% nonbinary, 41% men. Total of 80 people. Data missing for 17 people (21%). The Board of Directors: 83% women, 17% men. Total of 12 people. Senior management: 59% women, 41% men. Total of 17 people. All staff: 64% women, 36% men. Total of 66 people. Notes: Totals may not add to 100% due to rounding. ITVS curatorial teams are composed of internal ITVS staff and external readers and panelists. ITVS sent a survey to all external readers and panelists who served on curatorial teams in 2023 to collect demographic data. We received responses for 47% of external reviews. An additional 22% of external reviewers had previously provided demographic data to ITVS. ITVS funded filmmakers include 1-2 people per newly contracted project in 2023. Projects include those either receiving development and/or co production funding from ITVS or having been acquired for Independent Lens distribution.

This graphic includes a bar chart that shows the racial or ethnic identities of ITVS funded filmmakers for Fiscal Year 2023. Funded Filmmakers: Total of 49 people. Data missing for 7 funded filmmakers (14%). Asian or Asian American: 19% Black, African American, or African: 21% Latino/a/x or Hispanic: 17% Middle Eastern or North African: 7% Native American or Native Alaskan: 7% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander: 0% White, European American, or European: 38% People reporting another race, ethnicity, or origin not on this list: 0% Note: Individuals could select more than one race or ethnicity. ITVS funded filmmakers include 1-2 people per newly contracted project in 2023. Projects include those either receiving development and/or co production funding from ITVS or having been acquired for Independent Lens distribution.

This graphic includes a bar chart that shows the racial or ethnic identities of the curatorial team for Fiscal Year 2023. Curatorial Team: Total of 80 people. Data missing for 14 funded filmmakers (18%). Asian or Asian American: 25% Black, African American, or African: 23% Latino/a/x or Hispanic: 12% Middle Eastern or North African: 5% Native American or Native Alaskan: 9% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander: 2% White, European American, or European: 26% People reporting another race, ethnicity, or origin not on this list: 2% Note: Individuals could select more than one race or ethnicity. ITVS curatorial teams are composed of internal ITVS staff and external readers and panelists. ITVS sent a survey to all external readers and panelists who served on curatorial teams in 2023 to collect demographic data. We received responses for 47% of external reviews. An additional 22% of external reviewers had previously provided demographic data to ITVS.

This graphic includes a bar chart that shows the racial or ethnic identities of the ITVS Board of Directors, senior management, and all staff for Fiscal Year 2023. Board of Directors: Total of 12 people. Asian or Asian American: 8% Black, African American, or African: 50% Latino/a/x or Hispanic: 8% Middle Eastern or North African: 8% Native American or Native Alaskan: 8% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander: 0% White, European American, or European: 25% People reporting another race, ethnicity, or origin not on this list: 0% Senior management: Total of 17 people. Asian or Asian American: 18% Black, African American, or African: 18% Latino/a/x or Hispanic: 12% Middle Eastern or North African: 0% Native American or Native Alaskan: 0% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander: 0% White, European American, or European: 53% People reporting another race, ethnicity, or origin not on this list: 0% All staff: Total of 66 people. Data missing for 2 funded filmmakers (3%). Asian or Asian American: 25% Black, African American, or African: 20% Latino/a/x or Hispanic: 14% Middle Eastern or North African: 3% Native American or Native Alaskan: 0% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander: 0% White, European American, or European: 47% People reporting another race, ethnicity, or origin not on this list: 3% Note: Individuals could select more than one race or ethnicity. ITVS board, external curatorial team members, and funded filmmakers had the option to select Middle Eastern or North African as their race or ethnicity. This option was unavailable to ITVS staff using the Human Resources Information System software, Paylocity, during the period covered by this reporting. However, staff could select to self describe and those who indicated Middle Eastern or North African were included in this category.


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