Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers

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Compassion.

The Will Rogers Pioneers Assistance Fund provides financial support to workers in exhibition and distribution, and vendors in both sectors, encountering illness, accident or injury.

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Share your personal experience.

If you’ve benefited from the Pioneers Assistance Fund, please share your story. You can help highlight the importance of this vital resource and encourage more support for those in need.

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33rd Annual

Film Row Charity Golf Classic.

The Film Row Charity Golf Classic brings together industry members for a day of networking and fun, all while supporting a great cause. Proceeds from the event benefit the Pioneers Assistance Fund. 

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Eligibility requirements reduced to minimum of three recent years of employment for movie theater employees.

Admit More. Minimum eligibility 3 years

Brave Beginnings.

A program of the Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation, Brave Beginnings works to ensure ventilators and vital neonatal equipment are always available to newborns in critical need.

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Wildfires

Your partner

through it all.

Natural disaster grants are now available to industry members currently impacted by the wildfires in Southern California.

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Get assistance

The Will Rogers Pioneers Assistance Fund provides support to entertainment industry members navigating challenging times with financial aid and valuable resources. Whether you’re dealing with medical expenses, housing issues, or other urgent needs, our caring team is here to assist. Click below to take the first step toward getting the help you need.

It takes an industry

As a donor of WRMPPF, you make it possible for this industry charity to take care of its own and to continue the work of all our unique programs. By making this investment, you help us provide peace of mind and direct services to those in need.

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Who We Are

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The Pioneers Assistance Fund provides financial aid and supportive counseling to individuals who work in theatrical exhibition, distribution and vendors exclusive to either sector, who are encountering an illness, accident or injury.

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From our beginnings as a lodge for entertainers with tuberculosis, to the modern-day organization striving to help individuals and families through health, education and research, the Institute continues to embrace and enhance Will Rogers’ humanitarian spirit.

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Brave Beginnings is a program of the Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation working to ensure ventilators and vital neonatal equipment are always available to newborns in critical need.