Project Grant 1354007040

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) awarded a $100,000 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024) to the Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) to support the organization's annual conference and bookfair, including a convening for faculty members from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). This grant, with a period of performance from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025, will fund comprehensive...

The Northwest Film Forum received a $220,725 project grant award from the Department of the Interior National Park Service Intermountain Region. The grant was awarded under the Preservation of Japanese American Confinement Sites program (CFDA 15.933) to support projects that identify, research, evaluate, interpret, protect, and conserve sites where Japanese Americans were detained during World War II. The funding period was from August 1, 2021 to February 25, 2022. As the sub-awardee, the...

The Wing Luke Memorial Foundation dba Wing Luke Asian Museum will receive $376,640 from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program to conduct two in-person workshops in Summer 2023. The workshops will build on the Museum's previous "In Our Own Words" workshops focused on enriching K-12 educators' understanding of early Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander histories in the Pacific Northwest. Led by...

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) awarded $100,000 to the Western Alliance of Arts Administrators F (doing business as Western Arts Alliance) through the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024) for the period of January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022. The funding will support the Advancing Indigenous Performance Initiative to provide opportunities for participation in the arts and arts education for all people. The NEA's Promotion of the...

This $363,942 federal Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), provided under the Sea Grant Support program (CFDA 11.417), will enable the University of Washington to develop and deliver training programs to support the recruitment and preparation of new entrants to the commercial fishing industry in the Pacific Northwest. The key activities funded include: 1) Establishing a community-led advisory committee to guide the design and implementation of a...

The U.S. Department of Education's Higher Education Institutional Aid program (CFDA 84.031) awarded a $1,314,122.00 Project Grant to the Northwest Indian College Foundation on October 1, 2025. The grant supports the organization's mission to promote Indigenous self-determination and knowledge through environmental sciences, STEM education, and cultural preservation initiatives benefiting tribal communities in the Pacific Northwest. Key activities funded by the grant include curriculum...

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) awarded $717,300 under the Promotion of the Arts Partnership Agreements program (CFDA 45.025) to the Washington State Arts Commission (Arts WA) for the period of July 1, 2022 through December 31, 2023. The funding will support arts programs, services, and activities carried out under Arts WA's NEA-approved strategic plan. As the state arts agency for Washington, Arts WA will utilize the funding to develop and maintain partnerships with regional arts...

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded a $500,000 Project Grant to the Regional Arts and Culture Council to support subgranting to the nonprofit arts sector in Oregon in response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. This funding supports the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024), which aims to provide opportunities for public participation in the arts, integrate arts strategies that promote well-being and community resilience, and build...

This Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities' Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program totaling $295,076.98 supports the Northwest Indian Language Institute and National Breath of Life Archival Institute for Indigenous Languages at the University of Oregon. The grant funds faculty and language experts to pivot in-person indigenous language learning and restoration activities toward online and on-demand trainings due to continued limitations...

This $196,869 Project Grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will support the Nisqually River Foundation's engagement of local environmental educators, teachers, and students in watershed education programs. Over the two-year period from August 2021 to July 2023, the Foundation will provide Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion training to at least 25 educators. It will incorporate this content into engagement activities across Thurston County involving more than 120...