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Open Competitions

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...
Emergency Management Performance Grants Program
DHS anticipates making $332.4 million in awards to states to improve their preparedness for all hazards, including the appropriate use of emergency alerts and warnings.
Knight Community Information Challenge
Accepting applications for local news and information initiatives from May 1 to July 1 2013. Includes a focus on projects that improve the way that people and governments interact.
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.
Project:Connect - Summer Youth Programming Competition
The MacArthur Foundation will provide a total of $150,000 for youth projects, including journalism and communication labs, to make the online experience more civil, safe and empowering.
Publishing Historical Records
NARA will fund 30 projects for a total of $2.5M, supporting those which publish historical records with free online access.
RSVP Competition
CNCS will make $14.5 million in new grants for activities that serve and impact communities across the nation.
Wounded Warrior Project
Inquiries now being accepted for projects serving wounded veterans, including through employment, education, financial literacy, health, and community engagement. Letter of inquiry deadline...

Rolling Deadlines

Arcus Foundation
The foundation has made many media grants for production and outreach around issues related to gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender people.
ASPB Education Foundation
Proposals are requested for outreach/education projects (instructional materials, multimedia educational materials, outreach collaborations) related broadly to plant biology.
Cal Humanities
Accepts applications for Community Stories (up to $10,000), with a new emphasis on stories of veterans and those who care for them, plus Documentary Project Grants.
Carnegie Corporation of New York
With a long history of leading support for public media, the Corporation now funds media initiatives around areas including education, democracy/voting and integration of immigrants.
Chesapeake Bay Trust
The Trust is currently accepting applications for outreach and awareness grants. Deadline: July 6, 2012.
Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan
This foundation prefers projects that reflect regional thinking and cooperation, promote civic participation, foster innovation, help move the region forward and leverage public and private...
Community Foundation of Sarasota County
This foundation's grantmaking is focused in arts, culture and the humanities; civic engagement and community capacity-building; education; the environment; healthcare and human...
FINRA Investor Education Foundation
The Foundation supports media initiatives that bring financial education to large, well-defined audiences, including youth and older Americans.
Fledgling Fund
Grants for innovative media projects (especially film) that target social problems, including education, women and girls, health and more.
Ford Foundation
Ford’s media funding places heavy emphasis on advancing social justice. Grants support public media, independent documentary, digital media.
Herb Block Foundation
Now accepting inquiries for Pathways Out of Poverty, focusing on education in DC metro area – Deadline 2/8; LOIs for Encouraging Citizen Involvement due 6/5.
Independent Television Service (ITVS)
Funded by CPB, ITVS funds, distributes and promotes new programs primarily for public television. It looks for programs that bring new audiences and diverse voices to public media.
Irvine Foundation
The Foundation supports education, reporting on issues facing California, and engaging Californians with the arts. Next deadline for arts engagement: December 3, 2012.
Knight Foundation, John S. and James L.
The Knight Foundation invests in projects that advance journalism in the digital age and in projects that strengthen the 26 local communities where the Knight brothers held newspapers.
Kresge Foundation
The Foundation’s future Arts and Culture grantmaking will focus on “creative placemaking.” Grants also available for college readiness and access.
MacArthur Foundation, John D. and Catherine T.
The MacArthur Foundation supports documentary film and public media news programs. A new challenge will make awards for digital media exploring how to strengthen democracy. Deadline: April...
MetLife Foundation
This national foundation's public broadcasting initiative supports programming featuring the arts, health and aging issues and financial literacy.
Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
The Foundation supports initiatives to present artists to audiences in the mid-Atlantic region and to use technology to build audiences for the arts. Grants support music, dance, theater,...
Native American Public Telecommunications - Public Television Production Fund
NAPT supports production of content for public television by Native American producers and/or programs focusing on Native American issues or history.
Robert R. McCormick Foundation
With a long-standing interest in journalism, the foundation has launched “Why News Matters,” a $6 million initiative aimed at improving news literacy.
Sparkplug Foundation
No support for film or video, but a good fit for smaller community radio stations, especially those that serve diverse populations.
Sundance Institute Documentary Fund
The Sundance Institute is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the discovery and development of independent artists and audiences.
Surdna Foundation
Has a strong history of supporting public media initiatives, especially those that engage young people in public life.
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Supports public media projects that address key areas: educated kids, healthy kids, secure families, racial equality, and civic engagement.

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,...

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