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ARTS AND HUMANITIES

Open Competitions

America's Historical and Cultural Organizations
NEH's America's Historical and Cultural Organizations grants support humanities projects that encourage dialogue, discussion and civic engagement. Planning and implementation...
America's Media Makers: Development & Production Grants
NEH's America's Media Makers program supports projects in the humanities that explore stories, ideas and beliefs. Both production and development grants are available.
Annual Grant Competition
The USIP will grant 20-25 awards of up to $100,000 for projects that bring awareness to conflict resolution and peacebuilding worldwide.
APAP Building Bridges Campus Community Engagement Program
Public media stations (especially university-licensed stations) would be excellent partners for this initiative to engage young adults with Muslim communities and cultures. Deadline: April...
Art Works
This NEA program, newly restructured in 2011, encourages and supports creation, engagement, learning and livability in communities.
Bridging Cultures at Community Colleges
NEH will make 7-9 grants of $120,000 for projects that use collaboration with humanities institutions to enrich humanities education and scholarship at community colleges.
Digital Humanities Start-Up Grants
This NEH program awards two levels of grants, both of which support projects that employ digital technology to improve humanities research, education, preservation, access and public...
Documenting Democracy: Access to Historical Records Projects
This National Archives and Records Administration program supports four types of archival projects that expand understanding of the American past. Applications are due 10/3/13.
Enduring Questions
This NEH grant program supports the development of a new undergraduate course that will foster intellectual community through the study of an enduring question.
Humanities Collections and Reference Resources
This NEH program funds efforts to extend the life of important collections of books, photographs, sound recordings, movings images, artifacts, art and material culture and digital objects.
Humanities Initiatives at Historically Black Colleges and Universities
The NEH will grant awards of up to $100,000 for projects that strengthen and enrich humanities education at historically black colleges and universities.
Programming Grants to Accompany NEH On the Road Exhibitions
NEH will award grants of $1,000 for activities to accompany the NEH on the Road traveling exhibitions. Stations should consider partnering with eligible humanities organizations.
PROHIBITION Community Engagement Grants
WETA is offering grants to help stations explore themes and issues related to this new film by Ken Burns.
Publishing Historical Records
NARA will fund 30 projects for a total of $2.5M, supporting those which publish historical records with free online access.

Rolling Deadlines

Rasmuson Foundation
A strong supporter of public broadcasting in Alaska.
Rhode Island Foundation
This Foundation has a signature initiative focused on dropout prevention in Rhode Island, is interested in using the arts in schools, and has a history of funding public media.
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors make grants nationally on a variety of issues.
Roy A. Hunt Foundation
Supports public broadcasters through their arts and culture funding area. Giving primarily in Boston and Pittsburgh.
San Francisco Foundation
Supports public media projects in the five counties in California served by the foundation. Priority areas include education, environment, community health, arts and culture.
Schumann Center for Media and Democracy
This foundation awards grants for programs in effective governance and the environment. Its interest areas include media/communications, public affairs and citizen participation.
Seattle Foundation
This community foundation has a special interest in media. Giving is limited to King County, WA.
Sparkplug Foundation
No support for film or video, but a good fit for smaller community radio stations, especially those that serve diverse populations.
Sprint Foundation
National giving supports K-12 education and diversity. Local giving supports youth-focused social messaging campaigns.
Starbucks Foundation
This corporate foundation supports young people leading positive change.
Sundance Institute Documentary Fund
The Sundance Institute is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the discovery and development of independent artists and audiences.
U.S. Bancorp Foundation
Supports nonprofit organizations in the priority areas of affordable housing and economic opportunity, education and artistic and cultural enrichment.
US Airways Corporate Giving
Proposals for capital campaign grants accepted from organizations in and serving Charlotte, Phoenix, Philadelphia and Washington, DC (including national organizations). Deadline: April 1...
Vermont Community Foundation
Supports organizations working in Vermont, on a wide variety of topics, including arts, cultural heritage, social justice, hunger, and animal welfare.
Wachovia Wells Fargo Foundation
This corporate foundation supports a variety of television and radio projects in the areas of arts, education and community development.
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
The Foundation is funding organizations working on educational policy in California and is interested in technology-enabled learning. It also has an interest in women's issues,...
William Penn Foundation
The William Penn Foundation funds projects in Pennsylvania.
William T. Kemper Foundation
The foundation supports community organizations in Missouri, Kansas and western Illinois.
Windgate Charitable Foundation
The foundation's interests include programs that support arts and crafts and art history. Grants are made in Arkansas and nationally, with a preference given to the central portion of...
Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation
Separate from the other Rockefeller foundations, this foundation focuses on reducing poverty in Arkansas.
Women’s Impact Fund
This funder supports “high-impact” projects serving Mecklenburg County, NC.
Wyncote Foundation
The Foundation has a strong interest in public media and supports projects including programming, infrastructure and capacity-building.
Zarrow Families Foundation
The foundation's areas of interest include arts, youth, health, elementary and secondary education, and Jewish causes and charities. Giving is primarily in the Tulsa, OK area.

WEBINARS/CONFERENCE CALLS

Building a Strong Art Works Proposal for the National Endowment for the Arts
Watch the recording and download the resources from this May webinar on NEA's Art Works program and other NEA Media Arts grant opportunities. Air Date: May 29, 2013.
Strategies for Grantseeking Success: Building for the Future
Watch the recording from this webinar in the Grant Center's Strategies for Grantseeking Success series for tips on building long term relationships with foundations. Air Date: January 29,...

NEWSLETTERS

Grant Center Funding Newsletter -- May 2013
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Grant Center Funding Newsletter -- April 2013
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