The Impact Guild

About

The Impact Guild is a professional network for people who create, use, or distribute media, arts, or entertainment for social good or healthy democracy.
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Our mission is to connect, support and activate our Members and their work to address the toughest issues facing our field and the world at large.

The Impact Guild consists of 19 Peer Groups, each representing specific fields of impact expertise in the media, arts, and entertainment industry and each establishing criteria for membership in their group.

Members include hundreds of media executives, independent content creators, academics, artists, campaigners, strategists, funders, influencers, and others who share common set of values and promote them through their work.

Impact Guild is sustained by members, sponsors, and foundation grants. We are always looking for new members who are esteemed professionals interested in supporting good and healthy democracy through media arts entertainment. To learn more about joining us to elevate the future of the Guild please connect with us here.

Our values:

Media Responsibility: We believe that media, arts, and entertainment can and should be forces of good in society.
Diversity & Inclusion: We embrace the power of diversity and inclusion and we treat and represent all people withdignity and respect.
Equality: We recognize and are committed to eliminating the inequities and barriers in our industries for women,people of color, LGBTQ people, minority communities of faith, people with disabilities, and other marginalized groups.
Civic Participation: We seek to educate our audiences about important issues and encourage civic participation through democracies.
Sustainability: We work to protect our natural environment and mitigate the effects of climate change.
Accuracy & Authenticity: We fight for accuracy and authenticity in our work product and work places.
Global Community: We commit to building and supporting a global community focused on these values; and
Common Good: We are here to use the power of our work to act for the common good.

The Impact Guild is a nonpartisan, nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization based in Los Angeles, California.

Membership

If you have experience using media, arts, or entertainment for social good or healthy democracy, you may be eligible for membership in the Impact Guild.

To join, you must apply to at least one of the 19 different Peer Groups and meet its criteria, agree to our core values, and pay annual membership dues.

Active Members may participate in all Impact Guild activities including networking events and dinners, community experience field trips, rapid response activations, off-the-record information sessions, Member project showcase, private online Member community, and the national annual gathering.
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Active Members are also entitled to vote on key Impact Guild issues.

Before you apply, please review the Peer Groups and their membership requirements to determine which most closely aligns with your experience and interests. The application process takes approximately 6-8 weeks, and is open on a rolling basis; you may apply whenever. In the meantime, please direct inquires here.

About

About

The Impact Guild is an independent, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Los Angeles, California, whose mission is to connect, empower, and activate people who use media, technology, and pop culture for social good and healthy democracies.

Currently the Impact Guild network includes more than 700 senior leaders, experts, executives, advocates, and activists around the world who have participated in its programming, including the 2019 Roundtable (hosted by the MacArthur Foundation), the 2019 Forum (hosted at the Sundance Mountain Resort), and more than three dozen virtual gatherings in 2020 that focused on the pandemic, social and racial justice, and the 2020 U.S. elections.

Led by its Board of Directors, the Impact Guild is committed to supporting and growing its membership by providing opportunities for networking, learning, and collaboration around the most pressing issues of our time.

Mission

Mission

Our mission is to connect, empower, and activate people who use media, technology, and pop culture for social good and healthy democracies.

We support and grow our membership by providing opportunities for networking, learning, and collaborating around the most pressing issues of our time in the United States and around the world.

Values

We believe that media, technology, and popular culture can and should be forces for good in society;
We embrace the power of diversity and inclusion and we treat and represent all people with dignity and respect;
We recognize and are committed to eliminating the inequities and barriers in our industries for women, people of color, LGBTQ people, minority communities of faith, people with disabilities, and other marginalized groups;
We seek to educate our audiences about important issues and encourage civic participation;
We work to protect and improve our natural environment in all that we do;
We fight for accuracy and authenticity in our work product and work places;
We commit to building and supporting a global community focused on these values; and
We are here to use the power of our work for the common good.

Membership

Membership

We are excited to launch our formal membership program in the fall of 2022. In the meantime, if you’d like to learn more or become a part of the network please fill out this form.