The Dove Foundation

What The Dove Foundation does

The Dove Foundation is a 501(c)-style non-profit organization founded in 1991 and headquartered in Wyoming, USA, that operates as a faith-based media rating and review body for families. Its core product is a review platform (dove.org) covering movies, TV shows, books, apps, video games, and YouTube content, with a library exceeding 12,000 reviewed titles. Reviews are produced under a proprietary 8-category rating framework (Faith, Integrity, Sexuality, Language, Violence, Drugs, Nudity, Other), each scored on a 0–5 scale and aggregated into four seal categories: All Ages, 12+, 18+, and Dove Reviewed (informational). A secondary product, Dove Channel, is a direct-to-consumer streaming service launched in 2015 in partnership with Cinedigm Corp, streaming Dove-approved films across web, iOS, Android, Roku, and Amazon Prime.

The foundation's business model combines B2C and B2B revenue mechanics. On the B2B side, filmmakers and studios pay a non-publicly-disclosed fee to submit content for review and potential Dove Seal approval; on the B2C side, the Dove Channel generates streaming revenue (mechanics governed by the Cinedigm distribution partnership). Adjacent offerings include the "More Than a Movie Night" family engagement resource and a "Christian Parents Guide To Streaming." The organization maintains trust relationships with major Hollywood studios (Twentieth Century Fox) and 600+ independent producers and distributors, and the Dove Seal has been adopted on nationally marketed DVDs. Customer segments are hybrid: faith-based families and individual consumers on the demand side, and film studios/independent producers on the supply side. The organization has no disclosed external funding, operates with 1–10 employees, and has remained independent since founding.

Name

The Dove Foundation

Legal name

Dove Channel LLC

Website

https://dove.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Dove Foundation is a 1991-founded non-profit that provides faith-based media reviews and ratings for movies, shows, books, apps, video games, and YouTube, serving faith-based families and film studios through its 12,000+ review library and Dove Channel streaming service.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Media Review and Ratings

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers (5162)

SIC

Cable & Other Pay Television Services (4841)

akta.pro primary industry

Faith-Based Media, Publishing & Broadcasting (Radio, TV, Digital, Press) (BPAGAJAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Christian Broadcasting (TV & Radio) (MPABALAA)

Keywords

• Family media reviews
• Faith-based content ratings
• Movie review platform
• Family entertainment streaming
• Christian content endorsement

Headquarters

HQ city

Minneapolis

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Review Submission Fees: Filmmakers and studios submit their content for review through a paid submission process.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Dove Foundation provides faith and family-focused media reviews and approval seals for movies, TV shows, streaming content, video games, apps, books, and YouTube videos based on a proprietary Christian-values rating system. It also operates the Dove Channel streaming service for Dove-approved content and offers paid review submissions to filmmakers and studios.

Product overview

The Dove Foundation operates a single unified platform providing faith and family-focused media reviews. The core product is the reviews platform offering approval seals (All Ages, 12+, 18+, Dove Reviewed) based on Christian values. The related streaming service, Dove Channel, launched in 2015, provides access to Dove-approved content. Additional offerings include More Than A Movie Night (family movie guides) and the Christian Parents Guide To Streaming. The portfolio centers on helping families make informed entertainment decisions aligned with their values.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Dove Channel: Streaming platform providing instant access to stream hundreds of Dove-approved films on the web, iOS, Android, Roku and Amazon Prime
• Dove Movie Channel
• Hollywood Uplink

Products and services

• Dove Foundation Reviews Platform A faith and family-focused media review platform providing content ratings and reviews for movies, TV shows, streaming content, video games, apps, books, and YouTube content. Offers approval seals (All Ages, 12+, 18+, Dove Reviewed) based on Christian values and a proprietary biblical-lens evaluation across 8 categories scored 0-5.
• Dove Channel A streaming service providing instant access to hundreds of Dove-approved films on web, iOS, Android, Roku, and Amazon Prime. Networks airs only Dove Approved programming rated All Ages or 12+.
• Review Submissions A submission service allowing filmmakers and studios to submit films and TV shows for Dove review. Collects contact information, film details (title, director, synopsis, actors, studio, genre, runtime, rating) and payment for the review service.

Quantifiable outcome

• Dove approved movies documented to be 3x more profitable than non-approved movies (2012 Film Profitability Study)

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Cinedigm CorpcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2015Launched Dove Channel in 2015, providing streaming access to hundreds of Dove-approved films on web, iOS, Android, Roku and Amazon Prime.
• Twentieth Century Fox Home EntertainmentcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2005Began including the Dove 'Family-Approved' Seal on nationally marketed Dove approved DVDs. Many other studios have followed suit.
• Ronald McDonald Children's CharitiescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1995Partnership to provide the Dove Movie Channel for hospitalized children, reaching over 30 hospitals. Funded by a grant from the Prince Foundation.
• Major Hollywood StudioscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTrust relationships with senior executives of major Hollywood studios and over 600 independent producers and distributors. Several major motion pictures have been edited to meet Dove Standards.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• American Family Association: Large faith-based nonprofit doing media monitoring and cultural advocacy. Comparable mission and audience base, broader than media ratings but overlapping in faith-media ecosystem.

Direct peers

• Kids-In-Mind: Long-running movie rating site that scores content across sex/nudity, violence/gore, and language without an ideological lens. Comparable in review taxonomy and direct-to-consumer model.
• Christian Cinema: Online retailer and streaming destination for Christian and family-friendly films. Shares the Dove Foundation audience and is shown as a partner on dove.org.
• Movieguide: Faith-based nonprofit that reviews films and television for moral and family-friendly content and publishes annual reports on Hollywood content trends. Directly comparable in mission, methodology, and faith-based audience.
• Common Sense Media: The largest U.S. nonprofit providing age-based and value-based reviews of movies, TV, apps, games, and books for parents. Most direct competitor to Dove's family media review platform with much greater scale and broader (non-faith-specific) audience.
• Pure Flix: Faith and family-friendly streaming service distributing Christian films and series. Closest competitor to Dove Channel in the niche faith-based streaming market.
• Plugged In (Focus on the Family): Faith-based media review division of Focus on the Family covering movies, TV, music, and games from a Christian perspective. Closest spiritual and methodological analog to Dove's content rating approach.

Emerging players

• Crosswalk.com: Christian lifestyle content network that includes media reviews and family entertainment content. Adjacent audience and content overlap with Dove's editorial offerings.
• Bark Technologies: Technology-driven parental monitoring and content rating service for kids' devices and social platforms. Comparable parental-protection use case, executed via software rather than human reviews.
• Parent Television Council: Advocacy organization rating and reviewing TV content for parental awareness. Comparable review activity targeting parents, though advocacy-oriented rather than faith-based.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/dovefoundation
• Instagraminstagram.com/dovechannel
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/DoveChannel
• Xx.com/dovemovies
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/dove-foundation

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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