Project Grant 1051008230

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded a $150,000 Project Grant to Colour Of Music, Inc., doing business as Colour Of Music Festival, to support personnel and marketing expenses from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2023. This funding falls under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024), which aims to support opportunities for public participation in the arts and arts education, integrate the arts with strategies promoting well-being and...

The City Parks Foundation received a $150,000 project grant award from the National Endowment for the Arts under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals federal grant program (CFDA 45.024). The funding will support personnel expenses for Central Parks Summerstage from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022 in response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. As part of its mission to provide opportunities for all people to participate in the arts and arts...

The Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs awarded a $1,129,355 Project Grant to the Auckland Writers & Readers Festival Charitable Trust through the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to host two U.S.-based authors, Jason Reynolds and Colson Whitehead, and a reception at the 2023 Auckland Writers Festival from May 16-21. The Trust will deliver cultural diplomacy and inform/influence New Zealand publics by bringing the two acclaimed American authors to...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $426,367 project grant to Fonds Atvertai Sabiedribai Dots to support the LAMPA Conversation Festival 2021 and public diplomacy discussions regarding U.S.-Latvia relations. The grant was awarded on June 8, 2021 under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) with completion by October 11, 2021. The Public Diplomacy Programs aim to inform and influence foreign publics while expanding relationships between foreign people...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $223,000 project grant to support in-country costs for U.S. Arts Envoy Clark Beckham and his band's participation in the Rigas Ritmi music festival in Riga and Kuldiga, Latvia. The grant funding supported the band's performance and engagement activities at the festival from June 27 to July 31, 2022 under the agency's Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040). This federal grant program aims to advance U.S. foreign policy and...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded $530,084 to Fonds Atvertai Sabiedribai Dots under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program. The Project Grant funding supports the Support Democracy and Discussion Festival Lampa from June 1, 2022 through September 30, 2022. The Public Diplomacy Programs aim to inform and influence foreign audiences to advance U.S. foreign policy goals and national security. This award will likely help the awardee...

The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $4.83 million formula grant to the District of Columbia Government under the Student Support and Academic Enrichment Program (CFDA 84.424) on September 15, 2022. The grant supports the Stronger Connections Grant Program through September 30, 2025. The Stronger Connections Grant provides funding to the DC State Education Office and 13 local education agencies and public charter schools. This includes sub-awards...

This federal Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education provides $13,036,508 to the Utah State Board of Education to support the Student Support and Academic Enrichment program (CFDA #84.424). The funding will be distributed as sub-awards to 117 local educational agencies and charter schools across Utah from July 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023. The Student Support and Academic Enrichment program aims to improve students' academic achievement by increasing access to well-rounded...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $110,000 project grant to support American participation in the Visagino Country Music Festival in Lithuania. The grant was awarded under the Public Diplomacy Programs federal grant program (CFDA 19.040) to promote inclusion and share democratic values through cultural exchange in a majority Russian-speaking region. Specifically, the funding will support the Tarptautinio Muzikos Festivalio Visagino Country Centras in...

This $1,530,824 Project Grant award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program will fund the ADEL Supported Employment Program. The program aims to address employment disparities among low-income adults with serious mental health illness (SMI) or co-occurring SMI and substance use disorders, primarily serving Hispanic and African American...