The Handy Foundation is a nonprofit organization which provides training and career advancement opportunities to BIPOC in the film industry.
[2][3] As of 2022, these partners included Netflix, ITV, Fremantle, 44 Blue, Critical Content, Warner Horizon Scripted Television, Bunim/Murray Productions and Tinopolis.
[4][5] The Handy Foundation also partners with local and national organizations to provide training and education, such as the Urban League of Los Angeles, the NAACP, Television Academy Foundation, Los Angeles City College, Mount Sac College, and California State University, Northridge.
[7] On July 2, 2020 it was announced that the organization was partnering with the Motion Picture Editors Guild and the Los Angeles Urban League to promote diversity in the film industry.
[8] The foundation partnered with City of Los Angeles Economic and Workforce Development Department in 2021 for the Hollywood Bridge Youth Program, which works with young adults of color in television production.