A Room Of Her Own Foundation is dedicated to helping women artists achieve the privacy and financial support necessary to pursue their art. To this end, the foundation annually provides an award of $50,000 to a woman writer. The foundation's 2009 Literary Gift of Freedom Award will be given to an American woman writer who is a U.S. citizen and will be living in the U.S. during the grant period. Acceptable genres for this grant are poetry, playwriting, creative nonfiction, and fiction. Application deadline: October 31, 2008.
Airborne Inc. has established the Airborne Teacher Trust Fund, a nonprofit charitable corporation, to fund art and music programs in elementary and middle schools that are in jeopardy of being lost or have already been eliminated due to budgetary limitations. Eligible applicants are elementary and middle-School teachers. A total of $250,000 in grants will be awarded in 2006-2007. Application deadline: ongoing.
The All Roads Film Project is a National Geographic initiative created to provide an international platform for indigenous and under-represented minority culture artists to share their cultures, stories, and perspectives through the power of film and photography. All Roads includes a film festival, photography program, and seed grant program. The All Roads Seed Grant Program funds film projects by and about indigenous and underrepresented minority-culture filmmakers from all reaches of the globe. The program seeks filmmakers who bring their lives and communities to light through first-person story-telling. The grant program is open to indigenous and under-represented minority culture filmmakers, as well as filmmakers who can demonstrate that they have been designated by indigenous or minority communities to tell their story. Award ceiling: $10,000. Application deadline: June, September, and December 15, 2008.
Bank of America is partnering with the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to provide grants to small museums, libraries, and archives. The grants will raise awareness and fund preservation of treasures held in small museums, libraries and archives. Grants will help to preserve specific items, including works of art, artifacts and historical documents that are in need of conservation. Applicants will build on completed conservation assessments of their collections, to ensure that the Bank of America/IMLS grants are used in accordance with best practices in the field, and underscore the importance of assessment planning. Eligible applicants include: unspecified. Award ceiling: $3,000. Application deadline: September 15, 2008.
The American Library Association (ALA) is accepting applications for the 2009 class of Emerging Leaders. The program will provide more than one hundred new librarians with opportunities to work on a variety of projects, network with peers, and get an inside look into the ALA's structure and activities. An ALA division, round table, ethnic affiliate, state chapter, or AASL Affiliate will sponsor approximately one-third of the selected applicants. Each sponsor will contribute $1,000 toward the expenses of attending two ALA conferences. To be sponsored, a librarian should apply directly to his or her division, chapter, or round table on the application (a list of sponsoring units is included as part of the online application). Applicants can also check with their state association and/or state chapter to find out how to apply for their sponsorship. Sponsorship is not required for participation in the program. In order to be eligible for participation, those selected must meet the following criteria: be under 35 years of age or be a new librarian of any age with fewer than five years post-MLS experience; have a recent MLS degree from an ALA or NCATE-accredited program or be in an MLS program currently; be able to attend both ALA conferences and work virtually in between each; be prepared to commit to serve on an ALA division, chapter, or round table committee, taskforce, or workgroup upon completion of the program; and be an ALA member, or join upon selection if not already a member. Application deadline: July 31, 2008.
America's Historical and Cultural Organizations implementation grants support traveling or long-term museum exhibitions, library-based projects, interpretation of historic places or areas, interpretive Web sites, or other project formats that creatively engage audiences in exploring humanities ideas and questions. Applications for panel exhibitions are accepted only from organizations other than museums, such as libraries or library systems. Panel exhibitions must travel beyond a single site and must also incorporate at least one other program format. Applications that make innovative use of emerging technologies are encouraged. Projects should do more than simply provide a digital archive of material. They should offer new ways of contextualizing and interpreting information that engages public audiences interactively in exploring humanities ideas and questions. Eligible applicants: City, Township, State governments; Special district governments; Public, Private, State controlled institutions of higher education; Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized); and Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS. Award ceiling: $1,000,000. Application deadline: August 27, 2008.
America's Historical and Cultural Organizations grants support traveling or long-term museum exhibitions, library-based projects, interpretation of historic places or areas, interpretive Web sites, or other project formats that creatively engage audiences in exploring humanities ideas and questions. Planning grants can be used to plan, refine, and develop the content and interpretive approach of a project. Applicants should have already conducted preliminary consultation with scholars to help shape the humanities content of the project and with other programming advisers appropriate to the project's format. Applications for panel exhibitions are accepted only from organizations other than museums, such as libraries or library systems. Panel exhibitions must travel beyond a single site and must also incorporate at least one other program format. Applications that make innovative use of emerging technologies are encouraged. Projects should do more than simply provide a digital archive of material. They should offer new ways of contextualizing and interpreting information that engages public audiences interactively in exploring humanities ideas and questions. Eligible applicants include: City, Township, State governments; Special district governments; Public, Private, State controlled institutions of higher education; Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized); and Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS. Award ceiling: $75,000. Application deadline: August 27, 2008.
America's Media Makers support media projects that explore significant events, figures, or developments in the humanities and offer creative and new approaches to humanities content. America's Media Makers projects promote active exploration and engagement for broad public audiences in history, literature, archaeology, art history, comparative religion, philosophy, and other fields of the humanities. NEH supports the development of humanities content and interactivity that excites, informs, and stirs thoughtful reflection and urges applicants to consider more than one format for presenting humanities ideas to the public. Grants for America's Media Makers should enable greater audience engagement with the humanities, encourage dialogue and discussion, and foster discovery-based learning across the age spectrum. Development grants enable media producers to collaborate with scholars to develop the humanities content and format and to prepare programs for production. These grants cover a wide range of activities including, but not limited to, meetings and individual consultations with scholars, location and archival research, preliminary interviews, preparation of program scripts, designs for interactivity and digital distribution, and the creation of partnerships for outreach activities and public engagement with the humanities. The product of development grants should be the refinement of the humanities ideas, a script, or a design document for (or a prototype of) digital media components or projects. Development grant products may also result in a detailed plan for outreach and public engagement in collaboration with partner organizations. Eligible applicants include: City, Township, State governments; Public, Private, State controlled institutions of higher education; Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized); and Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS. Award ceiling: $75,000. Application deadline: August 27, 2008.
America's Media Makers support media projects that explore significant events, figures, or developments in the humanities and offer creative and new approaches to humanities content. America's Media Makers projects promote active exploration and engagement for broad public audiences in history, literature, archaeology, art history, comparative religion, philosophy, and other fields of the humanities. Production grants support the preparation of a program for distribution. Applicants must submit a script for a radio or television program or a prototype or storyboard for a digital media project that demonstrates a solid command of the humanities ideas and scholarship about the subject. The script for a radio or television program or prototype or storyboard for a digital media project should also show how the narrative elements, visual approach, and interactive design combine to present the humanities ideas. Applicants must have consulted with the appropriate scholars about the project and obtained their commitment as advisers. Finally, applicants must have recruited the media team, including at a minimum the producer, director, writer, and, for a digital media project, the interactive designer. Eligible applicants include: City, Township, County, State governments; Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized); and nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education. Award ceiling: $1,000,000. Application deadline: August 27, 2008.
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Grant Program makes grants available on a project basis to curatorial programs at museums, artists' organizations and other cultural institutions within the U.S. to originate innovative and scholarly presentations of contemporary visual arts. Projects may include exhibitions, catalogues and other organizational activities directly related to these areas. The program also supports the creation of new work through re-granting initiatives and artist-in-residence programs. Museum applicants requesting exhibition support should submit proposals for exhibitions scheduled to commence at least six months after the grant notification date. Letters of inquiry from arts institutions abroad are also considered. Application deadline(s): September 1, 2008.
The National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) promotes the preservation and use of America's documentary heritage essential to understanding our democracy, history, and culture. The National Historical Publications and Records Commission seeks proposals for archives and records projects to carry out fundamental archival activities that promote the preservation and use of America's documentary heritage essential to understanding our democracy, history, and culture. The Commission is particularly concerned that some historical collections in archives and repositories are difficult for most researchers to find because they are not processed or represented in national catalogs. It hopes to encourage repositories to reveal these "hidden collections" by concentrating on materials in their backlogs. In addition, the NHPRC wishes to continue support for planning for archives, collection development, and appropriate preservation. As a result, the Commission seeks proposals for projects that support backlog processing and collections cataloging, phased preservation, and/or collections development. Proposed projects must employ the best and most cost-effective archival methods. Activities included under Basic Projects may be any one or combination of the following: Basic Processing, Preservation Planning, Collections Development, and Establishing Archives. Eligible applicants include: City, Township, County, and State governments; Public, Private, State controlled institutions of higher education; Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized); and Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS. Award ceiling: $150,000. Application deadline: October 1, 2008.
The NHPRC supports projects to conduct activities to promote the preservation and use of America's documentary heritage essential to understanding of our democracy, history, and culture. The National Historical Publications and Records Commission seeks proposals for detailed processing and preservation of collections of national significance. The collections should also have high research demand or substantial preservation challenges. Applicants must have virtually all of their collections processed sufficiently so that researchers can find them. In addition, they must have procedures in place to prevent the creation of new backlogs that delay access to their holdings. Eligible applicants include: City, Township, County, and State governments; Public, Private, State controlled institutions of higher education; Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized); and Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS. Award ceiling: $200,000. Application deadline: October 1, 2008.
The 2008 Technology in the Arts Conference (October 9-11, 2008, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) will convene representatives from the full spectrum of arts community to explore the intersection of the arts and technology. In honor of this exploration, the ArtsTech Awards recognize three categories of leaders in the arts and technology: Artists (individual or group); Arts Organizations (nonprofit); and Funding Organizations (public institution, private foundation, or corporation). The recipients of the 2008 ArtsTech Awards will be honored at the Technology in the Arts Conference during the Keynote and Awards Luncheon on October 10, 2008. Technology in the Arts is a service of the Center for Arts Management and Technology, an applied research center at Carnegie Mellon University that investigates ways technology can improve and enhance the practice of arts management and works to develop technology solutions and services that meet critical needs in the field. Application Deadline: August 8, 2008.
These fellowships are administered by the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation from income provided by the Schlesinger Fund. Schlesinger Fellowships carry a stipend of up to $5,000, which may be awarded to a single individual or divided between two recipients intended to support scholars in the production of substantial works on the foreign policy of the Kennedy years or on Kennedy domestic policy, especially with regard to racial justice and to the conservation of natural resources. Successful candidates will develop at least a portion of their work from original research in archival materials from the collections of the Kennedy Library and related materials. Application deadline: August 15, 2008.
The Artist Enhancement Grant Program is designed to assist practicing, professional, and emerging artists residing in Florida. The program provides support for artists to take advantage of specific, professional development, skill-building opportunities to advance their work and careers. Project-oriented applications will not be eligible nor will funds be awarded for the completion of a specific piece of work. Artist Enhancement Grants are awarded in the amounts of either $500, $750, or $1,000. Application deadlines: July 14, 2008 and October 13, 2008.
The ASCAP Foundation is a publicly supported charitable organization dedicated to supporting American music creators and encouraging their development through music education and talent development programs. As part of this mission, the foundation annually provides grants to non-profit organizations engaged in educational programs for aspiring songwriters and composers. The foundation is accepting Letters of Inquiry from U.S.-based nonprofit 501(c)(3)organizations engaging in music education and talent development programs that are consistent with the mission and objectives of the ASCAP Foundation and that support music education programs for aspiring songwriters and composers. The foundation's average grant is between $3,000 and $5,000, and is made on an annual one-time basis. The foundation does not consider requests for general operating or administrative support or annual giving campaigns, capital purposes, endowments, deficit operations, recordings, marketing efforts or performance and production funding. The foundation does not purchase advertisements, sponsor events, or donate equipment. Full grant applications are by invitation only. Those interested in applying for a grant must first submit a Letter of Inquiry Form by August 1, 2008. Applicants will hear within one month of receipt of their Letter of Inquiry whether their organization will be invited to submit a full grant application. Letters of Inquiry should be submitted to the ASCAP Foundation as early as possible. Full grant applications for 2009 funding must be received by October 1, 2008.
Barnes & Noble Bookstore supports local and regional nonprofit organizations that support literacy, the arts, or education (K-12). Applicants must be located in the communities where company stores are located and should serve the greater good of the local community or region. The organization must be willing to work with local store(s) on in-store programming. Applications are accepted at any time.
Miami-Dade County's Cultural Affairs Department seeks to fund non-profit organizations developing small to medium scale community-based cultural arts programs, projects and events, such as fairs, parades, neighborhood festivals, conferences and publications. This program is particularly appropriate for projects which encourage the preservation of heritage and cultural traditions, and social service organizations and cultural groups developing collaborative intervention projects. Award ceiling: $7,500. Workshop date: September 9, 2008. Application deadline: September 22, 2008.
The Office of Conflict Management and Mitigation invites applications to carry out activities, under grants or cooperative agreements, that support conflict mitigation and reconciliation programs and activities that bring together individuals of different ethnic, religious or political backgrounds from areas of civil conflict and violence in the following countries: Angola; Burundi; Chad; Cote d'Ivoire; Democratic Republic of Congo; Ghana (Northern); Guinea; Kenya; Mali (Northern Mali); regions of Timbuktu, Gao, and Kidal; Mauritania; Níger; Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan (restricted to Blue Nile State, Southern Kordofan and Abyei); Uganda; Bangladesh; East Timor; Morocco; Philippines; Sri Lanka; Thailand; West Bank/Gaza; Bosnia; Georgia; Kyrgyzstan; Russian Federation; Tajikistan; Colombia; Ecuador; Guatemala; and Nicaragua. Eligible applicants include: US and non-US non-profit or for-profit non-govermental organizations (NGOs), International Organizations (IOs), and other qualified non-US Government organizations (including faith-based organizations and community based organizations). Award ceiling: $35,000,000. Application deadline: August 12, 2008.
The Miami-Dade County Cultural Access Network (CAN) Grants Program provides direct funding to non-profit cultural organizations for outreach programming, in addition to the organization's normal season, in one or more CAN designated neighborhood cultural facilities. Projects should be designed to improve opportunities and access for under-served communities and/or to introduce this network of neighborhood cultural facilities to a new clientele of arts organizations that would not ordinarily utilize these facilities. Applicants to this program must have a total prior year's organizational budget between $100,000 and $1,000,000. Applications will be made available on July 7, 2008. Award ceiling: $10,000. Application deadline: August 6, 2008.
The Association of Performing Arts Presenters' Cultural Exchange Fund is an international travel subsidy program supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation that will assist professionals within the presenting field to build partnerships and collaborations. The program is designed to help expand presenting and touring opportunities in the U.S. for deserving international work, and support long-term development projects, residencies, or commissions. All current members of the Association of Performing Arts Presenters are eligible to apply. For-profit organizations are not eligible for funds unless managers and agents clarify that they are traveling on behalf of a presenter for the advancement of a specific project. The Cultural Exchange fund is not for the purpose of U.S. artists performing or traveling to meet with international presenters about performance opportunities. The awards will provide up to $2,000 each. There will be three rounds of funding during the 2008 calendar year. Remaining deadlines are July 3, 2008 and September 12, 2008.
Miami-Dade County funds small and/or developing cultural groups with annual organizational budgets under $100,000, providing artistic activities at the grassroots level including underserved neighborhoods, communities or populations. Successful applicants in this program will participate in a technical assistance workshop series designed to develop and enhance each organization's management infrastructure and address stability issues common to emerging and small organizations. Applications will be made available on July 7, 2008. Award ceiling: $15,000. Application deadline: August 7, 2008.
Funding from the Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation is currently available to support direct costs for catalogues and other publications accompanying contemporary art exhibitions and projects, especially those supporting emerging and under-recognized artists and produced by smaller organizations outside the nation's cultural centers. Limited funds are also available for publications related to the grantee organization and its programs or collections. The foundation does not provide grants for individuals, general operating expenses, capital campaigns, endowment funds, or projects supporting the work of deceased artists and prefers one-time special projects that are originated by the applying organization. Requests for projects that take place within a year of the request will be given priority consideration. Applicant organizations must have current tax-exempt status under the Internal Revenue Code. Grant amounts typically range from $5,000 to $20,000. Letter of Inquiry deadline: August 15, 2008.
The Federated Department Stores Foundation focuses giving primarily in the areas of education, arts/culture, women's issues, HIV/AIDS, and programs to assist youth and minorities. The foundation is among the nation's largest donors to the United Way. Health and human services organizations that receive United Way funding will not receive additional separate funding from the foundation. Eligible applicants are nonprofits with current 501(c)(3) tax status. Interested applicant organizations should contact the division that operates a store in their geographic area. The foundation does not accept unsolicited applications. Selected applicants will be invited to apply online. Application deadline: ongoing.
Grants for Fellowship Programs at Independent Research Institutions (FPIRI) support fellowships at institutions devoted to advanced study and research in the humanities. National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) fellowships provide scholars with research time and access to resources that might not be available at their home institutions. Fellowship programs may be administered by independent centers for advanced study, libraries, and museums in the United States; American overseas research centers; or organizations that have expertise in promoting research on foreign cultures. Individual scholars must apply directly to the institutions themselves. Eligible applicants include: Public, Private, State, Controlled Institutions of Higher Education; City, township, County, governments; Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized); and Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS. Award ceiling: $500,000. Application deadline: August 19, 2008.
The Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute supports a program of small grants-in-aid, not to exceed $2,500, in support of research on the "Roosevelt years" or clearly related subjects. Funds are awarded for the sole purpose of helping to defray living, travel, and related expenses incurred while conduction research at the Roosevelt Library. Grants are awarded each spring and fall. The deadline for grant submissions are September 15, 2008.
The Tournees Festival, a program of the French American Cultural Alliance, is designed to help bring contemporary French cinema to college and university campuses in the United States and encourage schools to begin their own self-sustaining French film festivals. The program has announced an increase in the amount of the award for screenings in 35mm. Schools that show films in that format will receive grants of $2,300 each to show five films ($460 per film). Schools that show films on DVD will continue to receive grants of $1,800 to show five films ($360 per film). Schools that show a mix of DVD and 35mm prints will receive an award corresponding to the number of films shown in each format. The deadlines for 2008 are June 30, 2008, for those who wish to program films in the fall semester, and October 1, 2008, for those scheduling their films in the spring semester.
The Furthermore Program, an initiative of the J.M. Kaplan Fund, supports nonfiction book publishing about the urban experience; natural and historic resources; art, architecture, and design; cultural history; and civil liberties and other public issues. The program seeks work that appeals to an informed general audience; gives evidence of high standards in editing, design, and production; promises a reasonable shelf life; might not otherwise achieve top quality or even come into being; and "represents a contribution without which we would be the poorer." Applicants must be 501(c)(3) organizations. Grant recipients have included civic and academic institutions, museums, independent and university presses, and professional societies. Trade publishers and public agencies may apply for grants in partnership with an eligible nonprofit sponsor. Applications from individuals are not accepted. Grants range from $500 to approximately $15,000 each and may support writing, research, editing, design, indexing, photography, illustration, and printing and binding. Application deadline: September 15, and March 15, annually.
The Korea Foundation and the George Bush Presidential Library Foundation invite applications for research grants on East Asia, including Korea. Research must include, but not be limited to, holdings of the George Bush Presidential Library. The program awards grants ranging from $500 to $2,500. Funds are awarded for the sole purpose of helping to defray living, travel, and related expenses incurred while conducting research at the George Bush Presidential Library. Application Deadline: September 15, 2008.
The Grammy Foundation Grant Program funds the following areas: Scientific Research Projects and Archiving and Preservation Projects. Scientific Research Projects awards grants to organizations and individuals to support efforts that advance the research and/or broad-reaching implementations of original scientific research projects related to the impact of music on the human condition, including the links between music study and early childhood development, the effects of music therapy, and the medical and occupational well-being of music professionals. Grants for Scientific Research projects will range from $10,000 to $40,000 each. Archiving and Preservation Projects awards grants to organizations and individual to support efforts that advance the archiving and preservation of the music and recorded sound heritage of the Americas. The Archiving and Preservation area has two funding categories: Preservation Implementation grants of between $10,000 and $40,000 each; and Planning, Assessment, and/or Consultation grants of between $5,000 and $10,000 each. Application deadline: October 1, 2008.
The Guitar Center Music Foundation's mission is to aid nonprofit music programs across America that offer music instruction so that more people can experience the joys of making music. The applicant program must successfully enhance the state of music education in the U.S. 501(c)(3) organizations that offer music instruction programs to participants of any age are eligible to apply. Grant awards range from $500 to $5,000. Applications are accepted at any time and reviewed 3 times a year.
The Harry Middleton Fellowship was created to support scholarly work in Presidential studies and to recognize Harry Middleton's contributions to the Presidential library system. While Middleton Fellows will be able to study at any Presidential library or other facility in the National Archives and Records Administration system, they will develop at least a portion of their work from original research in the collections of the LBJ Library in Austin, Texas. Post-doctoral fellows may apply, but preference will be given to doctoral candidates whose dissertation research highlights how history can illuminate current and future policy issues. The LBJ Library will award one $4,500 Middleton Fellowship for the Fall term and another for the Spring term. Grant application deadlines: Spring term, September 15, 2008.
Grants of up to $2,500 are awarded biannually and are intended to enable graduate students, post-doctoral scholars and other researchers to come to the Harry S. Truman Library for one to three weeks to use its collections. Awards are to offset expenses incurred for this purpose only. Eligibility is extended to graduate students and post-doctoral scholars, as well as others engaged in advanced research. Preference will be given to projects that have application to enduring public policy and foreign policy issues and that have a high probability of being published or publicly disseminated in some other way. Application deadlines: October 1, 2008.
The Hearst Foundations support programs that enrich the lives of young people by engaging them in cultural activities, primarily through arts-in-education programs. Grants are awarded to major institutions and community organizations in the arts and sciences that address the lack of arts programming in pre-kindergarten through 12th grade curricula by providing comprehensive, on-site and/or outreach education activities. Private sector organizations are favored over those financed through taxation. Nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status throughout the U.S. are eligible to apply. Average award amount: $100,000. Application Deadline: rolling.
The National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) supports projects that promote the preservation and use of America's documentary heritage essential to understanding our democracy, history, and culture. The National Historical Publications and Records Commission seeks proposals from active NHPRC-supported publications projects to serve as a host institution for a Historical Documentary Editing Fellowship. Applicants should demonstrate the capability to provide strong post-graduate training in documentary editing, including document collection, accessioning, and control; selection; transcription; annotation; proofreading; indexing; and project management. Eligible applicants include: City, Township, County, and State governments; Public, Private, State controlled institutions of higher education; Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized); and Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS. Award ceiling: $55,000. Application deadline: October 1, 2008.
The National Endowment for the Humanities supports projects that preserve and create intellectual access to such collections as books, journals, manuscript and archival materials, maps, still and moving images, sound recordings, art, and objects of material culture. To ensure that significant collections are preserved and available for research, education, or public programming in the humanities, applications may be submitted for the following activities: digitizing collections; arranging and describing archival and manuscript collections; cataloging collections of printed works, photographs, recorded sound, moving image, art, and material culture; preservation reformatting; deacidification of collections; and preserving and improving access to humanities resources in "born digital" form. Eligible applicants include: Public, Private, and State controlled institutions of higher education; Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized); and nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education. Award ceiling: $350,000. Application deadline: July 31, 2008.
The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) announces a Request for Proposals from organizations interested in submitting proposals for projects that promote international religious freedom as part of overall good governance in the countries in: Near East, with a particular interest in Bahrain, Egypt, Israel and the Occupied Territories, Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, and Yemen; South/Central Asia, with a particular interest in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Maldives, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan; East Asia and the Pacific, with a particular interest in Burma, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, North Korea, and Vietnam; Africa, with a particular interest in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Nigeria, and Sudan; and Europe, with a particular interest in Azerbaijan, Kosovo, the Russian Federation, and Turkey. Eligible applicants include: Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS and institutions of higher education. Award ceiling: $800,000. Application deadline: September 2, 2008.
The National Endowment for the Humanities, Interpreting America's Historic Places grants, support public humanities projects that exploit the evocative power of historic places to address themes and issues central to American history and culture, including those that advance knowledge of how the founding principles of the United States have shaped American history and culture for more than two hundred years. Interpreting America's Historic Places planning grants support planning that leads to the interpretation of a single historic site or house, a series of sites, an entire neighborhood, a town or community, or a larger geographical region. The place taken as a whole must be significant to American history, and the project must convey its historic importance to visitors. The audience for Interpreting America's Historic Places projects is the general public. Eligible applicants include: City, Township, State governments; Public, Private, and State controlled institutions of higher education; Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized); and Nonprofits. Award ceiling: $75,000. Application deadline: August 27, 2008.
Johnson & Johnson, working in partnership with the Society for the Arts in Healthcare, seeks to promote the use of the arts to enhance the healthcare experience for patients, their families, and caregivers. From 2001 to 2008, the partnership has provided funding to 115 programs in the United States and Canada representing leading models and initiatives in high-quality healthcare through the use of arts. Proposals are now being sought from healthcare and/or arts organizations that have established arts in healthcare programs with evidence of initial impact. Grants, each averaging a total of $75,000 over three years, are designed to assist organizations in strengthening program evaluation, replicating programs, and disseminating program information nationally and/or internationally. Letter of Inquiry deadline: August 8, 2008.
Microsoft provides a software donation program that is customized for U.S. public libraries. You can choose from a list of software and tools you can use to help your library and your community. Available titles include operating systems, server technologies, and applications for your customers. The donation program is managed by TechSoup. Libraries can order up to 6 titles and 50 licenses per title every 2 years. Eligible libraries must be listed as a public library in the National Center of Education Statistics (NCES) database or have an EIN number that confirms their 501(c)(3) status. 501(c)(3) public libraries should register by using their EIN numbers so they can be eligible for other donation programs.
The Motorola Foundation, the philanthropic arm of global communications company Motorola, will partner with the Chicago History Museum to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth. Working in collaboration, the groups will identify projects developed by civic, educational, and cultural organizations that actively engage the public in lessons drawn from Lincoln's life. The $750,000 grant program will fund programs that focus on three themes: Bringing history into the future; Engaging in current events; and Leadership skills. The awards will fund curriculum design, speech competitions and debates, community programming developed by educators in schools, community organizations, museums, arts and culture organizations, and other nonprofits exploring themes such as diversity, freedom, history, and leadership. Applicants may request up to $25,000. Select organizations may be asked to apply for larger grants. Grants will be awarded in two cycles: organizations must apply for spring grants by March 30, 2008; the fall application deadline is July 30, 2008.
The National Projects Fund from Doris Duke Charitable Foundation is seeking proposals to support select national projects that strengthen the health of the dance, jazz, presenting, and/or theater fields. National projects must engage a broad national constituency, occur once (or periodically) rather than annually, and have the potential to significantly impact a field. Eligible projects include national research, national public awareness activities, cross-discipline collaborations (including national meetings or conventions), and other national activities. Award ceiling: $200,000 over two years (not to exceed 40% of total project cost). Single nonprofit organizations and consortia are eligible to apply. Application deadline: open.
The National String Project Consortium (NSPC) is a coalition of String Project sites based at colleges and universities across the United States. The NSPC is dedicated to increasing the number of children playing stringed instruments, and addressing the critical shortage of string teachers in the U.S. The NSPC is affiliated with businesses, foundations, professional music organizations, and individuals who support these goals. The consortium seeks to help support the creation of up to ten more String Projects which will be centers of excellence in the training of string teachers around the country. Each center will receive up to five years of grant support from the NSPC, to be matched each year by $10,000 from the host college. The grant money would be reduced over the five-year period in order to encourage the String Project to increase its number of students in order to become self-sufficient. The university's match may include the income from the fees charged for the lessons and classes, and it may include in-kind expenses such as secretarial help for running the program. Application deadline: November 17, 2008.
The National Endowment for the Arts announces three National Endowment for the Arts projects. These projects provide career opportunities or arts programming for individuals with disabilities, older adults, or those in healthcare settings: Statewide Forums on Careers in the Arts for Individuals with Disabilities; Access to Design Professions; and Arts in Healthcare Consultancy Program. The Arts Endowment plans to award one grant for each project. Each grant may be renewed for up to four years, subject to agency priorities, the availability of funds, and grantee performance. Eligible agencies include: City, Township, County, State governments; Special district governments; Independent school districts; Public, Private, and State controlled institutions of higher education; Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized); and Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS. Award ceiling: $75,000. Application deadline: August 27, 2008.
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), through American Masterpieces, will sponsor performances, exhibitions, tours, and educational programs across all art forms that will reach large and small communities in all 50 states. This component of American Masterpieces will celebrate the extraordinary and rich evolution of chamber music in the United States. Through performances and related educational activities, American chamber music of the highest quality will be experienced by Americans in communities across the nation. Grants are available for chamber music performances in conjunction with educational activities that will highlight specific repertoire by American composers and enable ensembles to engage with communities in a variety of settings. The Arts Endowment is particularly interested in projects that have at least one performance and two educational activities. The Arts Endowment plans to support a range of projects that reflect the breadth of chamber music. For the purposes of this initiative, chamber music generally is defined as one player to a part, performed without a conductor, with between two and ten players; duos must perform as an ensemble of equal partners. Chamber music encompasses music for traditional ensembles such as string quartets and trios, as well as compositions for mixed ensembles, traditional and indigenous instruments, and jazz. Eligible applicants include: City, Township, County, State Governments; Special District Governments; Independent School Districts; Public, Private, State controlled institutions of higher education; Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized); and Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS. Award ceiling: $75,000. Application deadline: October 10, 2008.
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), through American Masterpieces, will sponsor performances, exhibitions, tours, and educational programs across all art forms that will reach large and small communities in all 50 states. This component of American Masterpieces will celebrate the extraordinary and rich evolution of dance and choreography in the United States. Through American Masterpieces: Dance, reconstructions and restagings of significant work of the highest quality will be experienced by Americans in communities across the nation. The Arts Endowment plans to support a variety of projects that are artistically, historically, and culturally significant and that reflect the breadth of dance forms, styles, and techniques. Grants will be awarded in two areas: dance companies, presenters, and festivals; and the reconstruction or restaging of significant American dance works and their performance at home and on tour. Eligible applicants include: City, Township, County, State Governments; Special District Governments; Independent School Districts; Public, Private, State controlled institutions of higher education; Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized); and Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS. Award ceiling: $150,000. Application deadline: October 24, 2008.
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), through American Masterpieces, will sponsor performances, exhibitions, tours, and educational programs across all art forms that will reach large and small communities in all 50 states. This component of American Masterpieces will celebrate the extraordinary and rich contribution that presenters make in American communities. Through American Masterpieces: Presenting, presentations of the performing, visual, media, design, and literary arts of the highest quality will be experienced by Americans in communities across the nation. This category is for projects that embrace multiple arts disciplines. Projects must consist of either a single multidisciplinary presentation or a multidisciplinary series comprised of several different single-discipline presentations. Projects with components that primarily feature or support a single discipline (e.g., dance, music, musical theater, opera, visual arts) will not be considered. Eligible applicants include: City, Township, County, State Governments; Special District Governments; Independent School Districts; Public, Private, State controlled institutions of higher education; Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized); and Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS. Award ceiling: $100,000. Application deadline: September 26, 2008.
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), through American Masterpieces, will sponsor performances, exhibitions, tours, and educational programs across all art forms that will reach large and small communities in all 50 states. This component of American Masterpieces will celebrate the extraordinary and rich evolution of the visual arts in the United States. Exhibitions may focus on schools, movements, and traditions. Eligible applicants include: City, Township, County, State Governments; Special District Governments; Independent School Districts; Public, Private, State controlled institutions of higher education; Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized); and Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS. Award ceiling: $300,000. Application deadline: September 19, 2008.
The National Endowment for the Arts seeks to make the excellence and diversity of the arts widely available to the American public through nationally distributed television and radio programs. Grants are available to support the development, production, and national distribution of radio and television programs on the arts. Priority will be given to artistically excellent programs that have the potential to reach a significant national audience, regardless of the size or geographic location of the applicant organization. Only programs of artistic excellence and merit, in both the media production and the subject, will be funded. Projects may include high profile multi-part television and radio series, single documentaries, performance programs, or arts segments for use within an existing series. Programs may deal with any art form (e.g., visual arts, music, dance, literature, design, theater, musical theater, opera, film/video/audio art, folk & traditional arts). Eligible applicants include: City, County, State, Township governments; Special district governments; Independent school districts; Public, Private, State controlled institutions of higher education; Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized); and Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS. Award ceiling: $200,000. Application deadline: September 5, 2008.
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) in the United States and the German Research Foundation are working together to offer support for digitization projects in the humanities. These grants provide funding for up to three years of development in any of the following areas: new digitization projects and pilot projects; the addition of important materials to existing digitization projects; and the development of related infrastructure to support international digitization work and the use of those digitized resources. Collaboration between U.S. and German partners is a key requirement for this grant category. Each application must be sponsored by at least one eligible German individual or institution, and at least one U.S. institution, and there must be a project director from each country. Eligible applicants include: City, Township, State governments; Public, Private, State controlled institutions of higher education; Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized); and Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS. Award ceiling: $350,000. Application deadline: October 15, 2008.
The National Endowment for the Humanities Challenging Grants help institutions and organizations secure long-term improvements in and support for their humanities programs and resources. Challenge grants are most commonly augment or establish endowments that support humanities activities in education, public programming, scholarly research, and preservation. Awards are made to museums, public libraries, colleges, research institutions, historical societies and sites, public television and radio stations, universities, and other nonprofit entities. Grant recipients must raise three times the amount of federal funds offered from nonfederal donors. Application deadline is November 1, 2008.
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Fellowships at Digital Humanities Centers (FDHC) support collaboration between digital centers and individual scholars. The aims of the program are to: support innovative collaboration on outstanding digital research projects; expand digital literacy and expertise; promote the work of digital humanities centers; and encourage broad and open access to the humanities. FDHC grants are made to digital humanities centers and, therefore, a staff member of the digital humanities center must serve as the project director. Prospective fellows must apply through a digital center. Awards include funding for both a stipend for the fellow in residence and a portion of the center's cost for hosting a fellow. Fellows receive stipends of $4,200 per month for periods of six to twelve months of work. Centers may receive up to $4,200 per month to cover direct and indirect costs. The maximum award for a twelve-month grant is $100,800; $50,400 for the fellow's stipend and $50,400 for direct and indirect costs related to administering the fellowship. Each application will include one digital humanities center and one individual scholar. Center eligibility is limited to digital humanities centers affiliated with either American institutions of higher education or U.S. nonprofit organizations or institutions with 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status. Individual scholar eligibility is limited to U.S. citizens and foreign nationals who have been living in the U.S. or its jurisdictions for at least the three years immediately prior to the application deadline. While applicants need not have advanced degrees, individuals currently enrolled in a degree-granting program are ineligible to apply. Application deadline: September 15, 2008.
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) support ancillary public humanities programs to accompany NEH on the Road traveling exhibitions. Typical formats involve lectures, reading and discussion programs, film discussion programs, Chautauqua presentations by scholars, family programs, exhibition tours, or other appropriate formats for reaching the general public. The criterion for review is the degree to which the programs involve humanities experts as presenters in ways that build on the themes of the exhibition. Eligible applicants include: city, township, county governments; independent school districts; public, private, state controlled institutions of higher education; Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized); and nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS. Award ceiling: $1,000. Application deadline: December 31, 2008.
The National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) promotes the preservation and use of America's documentary heritage essential to understanding our democracy, history, and culture. The National Historical Publications and Records Commission seeks proposals from non-profit presses for subventions to publish volumes of NHPRC-sponsored or endorsed historical documentary editions. Through its subvention grants, the NHPRC promotes the widest possible distribution and use of Commission-supported documentary editions and encourages the highest archival permanence standards for paper, printing, and binding. The Commission expects vigorous and innovative marketing efforts on the part of grantees to reach scholars, teachers, and all other audiences. The Commission funds only the estimated losses a press expects to incur by publishing a particular volume. Eligible applicants include: Public, Private, and State controlled institutions of higher education; and Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS. Award ceiling: $10,000. Application deadline: September 2, 2008.
The National Historical Publications and Records Commission supports projects that promote the preservation and use of America's documentary heritage essential to understanding our democracy, history, and culture. The National Historical Publications and Records Commission seeks proposals to publish historical records of national significance. Projects may focus on the papers of major figures from American life or cover broad historical movements in politics, military, business, reform movements, the arts, and other aspects of the national experience. The historical value of the records and their expected usefulness to broad audiences must justify the costs of the project. Grants are awarded for collecting, describing, preserving, compiling, editing, and publishing documentary source materials. Eligible applicants include: City, Township, County, and State governments; Public, Private, State controlled institutions of higher education; Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized); Individuals; and Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS. Award ceiling: $130,000. Application deadline: October 2, 2008.
The Schools and Libraries Program of the Universal Service Fund, commonly known as "E-Rate," is administered by the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) under the direction of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and provides discounts to assist most schools and libraries in the U.S. to obtain affordable telecommunications and Internet access. Funding is requested under four categories of service: telecommunications services, Internet access, internal connections, and basic maintenance of internal connections. Discounts for support depend on the level of poverty and the urban/rural status of the population served and range from 20% to 90% of the costs of eligible services. Eligible schools, school districts and libraries may apply individually or as part of a consortium. Application deadline: various by form.
The Shubert Foundation's 2008 Theater Grants support nonprofit theaters to sustain live performing arts in the US, with a particular emphasis on theater and a secondary focus on dance. Theater applicants are evaluated individually and with appropriate allowance for size and resources based on an assessment of each organization's operation and its contribution to the field. Criteria for children's theater correspond to those for theater companies. Grant funds are unrestricted. Award ceiling: $275,000. Application deadline: December 3, 2008.
The State of Florida announces grants to assist major archaeological excavations, large restoration projects at historic structures, and major museum exhibit projects involving the development and presentation of information on the history of Florida. Eligible applicants include: Departments or agencies of the state (including universities), cities, counties and other units of local government, and not-for-profit organizations. Award ceiling: $350,000. Application deadline: July 31, 2008.
The Sullivan Foundation provides support to exceptionally talented young singers who are taking their first steps toward a professional career. The program's goal is to identify talented young singers and help them develop professional careers through a unique program that provides continuing financial support over a period of five years. Following annual auditions in New York, the foundation gives a number of $10,000 cash awards to gifted singers in the early stages of their careers to be used for any career-related purpose. Winners may also receive role preparation assistance for a period of five years to help defray expenses incurred in musical, dramatic, vocal, and language coaching for specific professional engagements. Applicants must be in the early stages of their careers and have completed their academic training. They should have sung at least one engagement with a known opera company, symphony orchestra, or other organization utilizing full orchestral accompaniment, and must submit a copy of a contract or letter of intent for a future professional operatic engagement following the foundation's November auditions. The 2008 auditions will be held in New York on November 3, 4, and 5. Application deadline: September 15, 2008.
Miami-Dade County's Department of Cultural Affairs and The Children's Trust seeks to fund non-profit organizations that will provide underserved children with opportunities to attend established high quality cultural arts and/or science summer camp programs at little or no cost for the 2008-2009 fiscal year. Priority attention will be given to projects that address children whose ability to participate in such programs may be limited by geography, economics or disability. Award ceiling: $30,000. Application deadline: November 3, 2008.
The National Endowment for the Humanities supports individuals pursuing advanced research that is of value to scholars and general audiences in the humanities. Recipients usually produce articles, monographs, books, digital materials, archaeological site reports, translations, editions, and other scholarly tools. Summer Stipends support full-time work on a humanities project for a period of two months. Summer Stipends support projects at any stage of development. Summer Stipends are awarded to individual scholars. Summer Stipends may not be used for: research for doctoral dissertations or theses by students enrolled in a degree program; specific policy studies or educational or technical impact assessments; the preparation or publication of textbooks; studies of teaching methods or theories, surveys of courses and programs, or curriculum development; inventories of collections; works in the creative or performing arts (e.g., painting, writing fiction or poetry, dance performance, etc.); projects that seek to promote a particular political, philosophical, religious, or ideological point of view; or projects that advocate a particular program of social action. Eligible applicants include: Individuals. Award ceiling: $6,000. Application deadline: October 1, 2008.
Tourism Cares Worldwide Grant Program distributes charitable grants to worthy tourism-related nonprofit organizations worldwide for capital improvements or programs. The program's primary consideration is to fund projects and programs whose goal is capital (brick-and-mortar) improvements that serve to protect, restore, or conserve sites of exceptional cultural, historic, or natural significance; or the education of local host communities and the traveling public about the conservation and preservation of sites of exceptional cultural, historical, or natural significance. Program grants average $10,000 each; however, based on availability of funds, grants of up to $100,000 each will be considered. The 2008 Worldwide Grant Program goals call for a balanced distribution of grants to U.S. and non-U.S. recipients. U.S.-based applicant organizations must have nonprofit, tax-exempt, 501(c)(3) status; non-U.S.-based applicant organizations must have status equivalent to the 501(c)(3) designation. Letters of Inquiry deadline: October 1, 2008.
Miami-Dade County's Department of Cultural Affairs provides support to significant cultural and/or special events, including sports activities and television/film origination projects that promote Miami-Dade County's appeal as a tourist destination. Activities must be able to stimulate tourism by increasing hotel occupancy and will have significant media impact for Miami-Dade County. Eligible applicants include: 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organizations and for-profit organization with activities and projects that have less than a three-year track record in Miami-Dade County. Award ceiling: $25,000. Application deadlines: July 31, 2008; October 16, 2008; January 22, 2009; and April 2, 2009.
Miami-Dade County's Department of Cultural Affairs and The Children's Trust seeks to enrich the lives of children through the arts by making the arts available to more children and families, whereby, children will have opportunities to have positive live arts experiences through arts instruction, arts intervention, in-school performances and/or public performances. Applicants to this program must have a minimum two-year track record of providing high quality, cultural arts programs for children and/or youth. Units of government and educational institutions such as schools, colleges and universities may not apply. Award ceiling: $30,000. Applicants must attend one mandatory workshop on July 18, 2008 or July 25, 2008. Application deadline: August 4, 2008.
