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How to Donate

First Person Trust Fund

Director Benjamin Herold has established the First Person Trust Fund to benefit the six students featured in the film. Your donations, as well as a portion of all proceeds generated by the film, will help Steve, Shalisa, Macho, Malikka, Kurtis & Fresh to continue pursuing their educational dreams.

To make an online donation, please use PayPal:

Or, you can send a check payable to “First Person Trust Fund” to:

First Person Documentary Project
1429 Ritner Street
Philadelphia, PA 19145

First Person Production Support

If you would like to support the ongoing production of the film (and to help Director Benjamin Herold continue pursuing his dream of a debt-free future), you can also help!

To make a tax-deductible donation in support of the film, please send a check made payable to “Community Education Center” with “First Person” in the memo line to:

First Person Documentary Project
1429 Ritner Street
Philadelphia, PA 19145

To make an immediate on-line donation that is NOT tax-deductible, please use PayPal:

First Person is an independent documentary film that operates with the generous support of a non-profit fiscal sponsor, the Community Education Center.

The District One: Community Education Center is registered as a charitable organization with the Department of State’s Bureau of Charitable Organizations under the Solicitation of Funds for Charitable Purposes Act, 10 P.S. Section 161.2 et seq., and is authorized to solicit charitable contributions under the conditions and limitations set forth under the Act.

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