The program is intended to foster collaboration between property owners and artists to allow storefronts left vacant due to the COVID-19 pandemic to transform through art.
TFI launched Tribeca All Access, a film program for creators who experience inequality based on factors such as race, gender, class, sexuality, age, ethnicity, citizenship, and/or ability.
TFI launched Tribeca Film Fellows, a year-round fellowship program for young filmmakers from historically underserved communities.
[7] TFI worked with the City of New York Department of Education (DOE) on the filmmaking component of their Summer Arts Institute.
The Tribeca Film Institute Board of Directors[12] is composed of Robert De Niro, Co-chair, Jane Rosenthal, Co-chair, Alberta Arthurs, Vice Chair, Serena Altschul, Martin Edelman, Eli Evans, Craig Hatkoff, Lisa Hsia, Jennifer Maguire Isham, Sheila Nevins, Norman Pearlstine, Sam Pollard, Laurie Racine, Scott Rechler, John G. Roche, Martin Scorsese, Judy Tabb, Jonathan Tisch, Todd Wagner, and Jeffrey Wright.