Projects

2024 COMPLETED PROJECTS

Filmmakers receive Lens of Hope Award - Indy Shorts Film Festival

Lens of Hope Award presented to Cycling Without Age

July 24–26, 2024 – 2024 Indy Shorts Film Festival, Indianapolis, IN

Cycling Without Age looks at the pedal-powered magic of jumping on a bike and feeling the wind in your hair. This short film tells the story of a nonprofit by the same name that offers an insightful portrait of aging and the healing power of storytelling and intergenerational connections.  

 

Daughters Panel Discussion on Stage at BraveMaker Film Festival
Will Stoller-Lee and Terri Bullock with the Filmmakers of Daughters

Daughters Film Screening and Panel Discussion

July 12–14, 2024 – Redwood City and Half Moon Bay, CA

TDB Family Foundation hosted two film screenings and panel discussions with Co-Director, Angela Patton, cast member, Chad Morris, and Impact Producer, Lisa Mazzotta.
Daughters is the story of four girls who participated in a transformative empowerment program, Girls for a Change, as they prepare for a momentous Daddy Daughter Dance with their incarcerated fathers who are going through a unique fatherhood program in a Washington DC jail. Daughters made its world premiere at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival and took home two awards: Festival Favorite and Audience Choice: U.S. Documentary Competition.

"The Test" Documentary Film poster with collage from panel discussion event

The Carter Center’s Annual Week Event – Screening of “The Test”

 June 28, 2024 – The Carter Center’s Annual Week Event, San Diego, CA

Terri was honored to attend The Carter Center’s Annual Week event to hear updates on the powerful work it is doing around the world.    This year, the event was at Rancho Bernardo Inn in San Diego.  Terri was given the opportunity to share the film, “The Test” with the other guests.  She shared the film because
it relates to the center’s work promoting democracy, supporting caretakers, and working to bring awareness and progress in the mental health space.
Panel of 4 filmmakers from 26.2 to Life
Markelle Runs through the Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs

26.2 to Life Screening and Sponsorship of Life Strides Foundation

June 7–9, 2024 – Colorado Springs, CO

Panel discussion with Markelle “the Gazelle” Taylor, Melissa Stapanowich, Life Strides Director, and former state Senator Pete Lee. 26.2 to Life explores the transformative power of San Quentin State Prison’s 1000 Mile Club, in which incarcerated men train for and run an annual marathon and complete the hard work of rehabilitation for a second change in life. This running program inspired a similar running program at the local juvenile detention facility.

 

Learn more about this event at the following links:

TDB Family Foundation logo and text - Proud to support CuriOdyssey as they inspire a love for science and curiousity

CuriOdyssey’s 70th Anniversary Celebration

May 2, 2024 – San Mateo, CA


TDB Family Foundation Sponsorship of “Night at the Museum.” As a nonprofit science museum and zoo, CuriOdyssey lets kids loose to observe wild animals, experiment with scientific phenomena, and let the natural world answer their questions. We treat kids like the geniuses they are. 

Learn more about CuriOdyssey

"The Test" Documentary Film poster with collage from panel discussion event

“The Test” Screening and Panel Discussion

April 14, 2024 – LeadingAge Leadership Summit, Washington, D.C.

The foundation partnered with the filmmakers of “The Test,” Laura Waters Hinson and Claudia Myers, to help launch the film’s impact campaign and facilitate a dinner discussion among leaders working with older adults in the mental health space at the LeadingAge Leadership Summit 2024. A panel discussion followed with one of the film’s directors, the three key subjects, and the CEO of the retirement community featured in this film.

 
Learn more about this event at the following links:

Will Stoller-Lee stands on stage with microphone for panel discussion
3 women answer questions in front of an audience for a panel discussion

Being Michelle Film and Panel Discussion

February 7, 2024 – Roundup Fellowship 50th Anniversary Fundraiser, Colorado Springs, CO

Since 1973, Roundup Fellowship, has created inclusive residential, academic, and community spaces for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and neurodiversity. Being Michelle is an award winning feature-length documentary film about a deaf woman with autism who survived incarceration and abuse and now uses her artwork to depict the trauma she survived and heal from her past.
 

Learn more about this project at the following links:

Two people sitting in front of an audience having a panel discussion

Using Film to Build Awareness,
Engagement and Philanthropy

January 17, 2024 – City Club of San Francisco

Our founder, Terri Bullock, joined film producer, Sudnya Shroff (Fremont), for this engaging panel discussion and reception hosted by Caridad Partners and Forward Global.

 

2023 COMPLETED PROJECTS

We are grateful for the opportunity to spread kindness and support work to help others thrive in our inaugural year. The following is a list of all we’ve accomplished together in 2023:

Social Impact for Education:
Opportunities, Equity, and Hope 

July 13, 2023 – BraveMaker Film Festival, July 14, 2023 – Beach Break Film Festival

Major partner for two film festival screenings, moderated a panel discussion, hosted and luncheon and VIP reception, and coordinated nonprofit impact tables focused on transformative educational opportunities in three documentary short films: Finding Ubuntu, Developing Our Future, and Barefoot Empress.

 
Learn more about this project at the following links:

Camera as Witness: Screening of Violins of Hope – Strings of the Holocaust

July 27, 2023


The foundation promoted this event at the Stanford Research Center and participated on the panel for this film that featured Israeli master violinmaker, Amnon Weinstein, and his efforts to restore violins from the Holocaust.

 

Watch Violins of Hope – Strings of the Holocaust streaming on PBS.com

The Pet Cross

August–November 2023


The Pet Cross offers free veterinary care to the pets of senior citizens, low-income families, and the homeless with a mobile vet clinic at convenient locations in Colorado Springs. The foundation provided a grant to cover basic operational expenses, introductions to other sources of funding, and technical expertise totaling over $15,000 in support.

Youth Documentary Academy – 10th Anniversary Events

September 7 and November 4, 2023

The foundation provided significant financial support and direct assistance for two signature events to help celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Colorado Springs-based Youth Documentary Academy. We also provided the initial funding and recruited additional partners for a matching gift incentive that helped to raise more than $10,000.

In The Dirt – Film Screenings

September 29–October 1 and November 18, 2023


Major Sponsor for World Premiere of In the Dirt at Crested Butte Film Festival. Organizer and Host for Colorado Springs Screening of In the Dirt. Provided direct engagement and promotional support for both film screenings and support for cast members and families to attend both events. Coordinated fundraising efforts to generate support for Silver Stallion Bicycle and Coffee Works.

Learn more about this project at the following links:
Gratis 7 Productions and In the Dirt

“A Divine Journey” Screenings

December 17, 2023 in Palo Alto, CA and December 22, 2023 in Colorado Springs, CO


The foundation hosted these two private film events to introduce people to “A Divine Journey”, and help raise financial assistance for
Supportive Pillar Organisation, created to build a leadership academy for refugee orphans and help marginalized youth access education in a safe and loving environment.

 

The 50 Film Screening – Beach Break Film Festival

December 28, 2023

Provided direct engagement in the planning and promotion of a film festival screening, VIP reception, and moderating a panel discussion with the Director and three formerly incarcerated subjects in the film who are now actively working as peer counselors in their communities.

Learn more about this project at the following links:

The Power of Small – Kindness Film Project by Gratis 7 Films

In-Production, Release Date Spring 2024


The foundation is supporting the pre-production phase of a film on kindness, The Power of Small. In a world longing for compassion, imagine gathering a diverse group, endowing them with unexpected financial means, and setting them on a single mission: spread kindness. No rules, no supervision – just empathy as their guide.

Learn more about Gratis 7 Productions and The Power of Small

Vibrant colors illuminating beauty, joy, and hope.
Tireless movement illustrating possibility, endurance, and resilience.
Prolific pollinators inspiring collaboration, connection, and healing.

These beautiful creatures remind us
that even a single person can help transform the world,
making it a better, kinder place.
Be a hummingbird.