"Sharma has received awards and grants over the years including

The Sundance Documentary Fund [Dec, 2006]

Andy Warhol Foundation for The Visual Arts [Dec, 2006]

GLAAD Media Award, 2008 for Outstanding Documentary

The Ted Snowdon Foundation [June, 2005]

The Hartley Film Foundation [June, 2005]

The Yip Harburg Foundation [Nov, 2005 and Aug, 2007]

Stonewall Community Fund [Nov, 2005]

H. van Ameringen Foundation [November 2005, June 2007, December 2007, October 2013, September 2015]

Foundation for Fairer Capitalism [Feb, 2006]

E. Rhodes & Leona B. Carpenter Foundation [March, 2006]

Tides Foundation 4/2006 and [April, 2008]

Rita J.