Project Grant 1455007029

The Bronx Museum of Arts will receive $799,458 under a two-year Museums for America Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to enhance community engagement programs promoting equity and social justice through the arts. Key initiatives include deepening partnerships and improving access to public programs, commissions and residencies for local artists, and digitally accessible learning materials. Free professional development seminars and a residency program will allow...

The federal Project Grant award of $150,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities' Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) supports the "Transmission Regained: Recalling Traditional Lifeways through Intergenerational Oral History in the 'World's Borough' Queens" project. This initiative invites young people in the diverse student body of LaGuardia Community College, part of the Research Foundation of the City University of New...

This $148,988 Project Grant was awarded on October 1, 2023 by the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access (CFDA 45.149) program. The grant funding will support the "Mott Haven History Keepers" project, which aims to identify, honor, and invest in members of the Mott Haven community in the South Bronx who are serving as "history keepers" and repositories of the neighborhood's history, despite not being...

The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded Artswestchester, Inc., a nonprofit arts council, a $390,160 Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) project grant to develop a Heritage Ambassador Corps program. The program will provide training in ethnographic fieldwork, audio/visual documentation, community archiving, and public programming to immigrant community leaders in Westchester County, New York. The program participants will apply these skills to conduct fieldwork, develop cultural...

The Bronx Children's Museum received a $100,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Arts under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024). The grant will support personnel and facilities expenses from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022 to aid the organization's response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. As part of the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program, this funding will help...

The Brooklyn Children's Museum Corporation will implement the "We Are #BrooklynKids" project through a $587,545 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America program. Over two years, the Museum will partner with three community organizations to engage approximately 100 Central Brooklyn families, including 400 children, in exhibit and program planning. In collaboration with guest curators from Central Brooklyn, the Museum will also present...

The American Folk Art Museum was awarded a $200,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA 45.162). The grant will support the development and enhancement of ongoing virtual programming and the hiring of a new Community Engagement Educator position to better serve local communities. Specifically, the Museum will continue and expand virtual offerings such as...

The Fund For The City Of New York, Inc. will receive $997,351 through a cooperative agreement award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to support the South Bronx Youth Opportunity Initiative from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024. The award will support community violence prevention efforts through the Community-Based Violence Prevention Program (CFDA #16.123). Goals of this federal grant program include...

The Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration awarded a $1.1 million Project Grant to Nubian Directions II Inc. under the YouthBuild program (CFDA 17.274) to provide workforce development services to underserved youth in Poughkeepsie, NY from May 2, 2022 through September 1, 2025. Funds will support post-secondary education opportunities including apprenticeships, as well as employment skills training, to equip youth participants with the qualifications needed to achieve...

The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration awarded a $1,875,000 YouthBuild Project Grant (CFDA 17.274) to the New York Center for Interpersonal Development, Inc. (NYCID), a non-profit organization based in Staten Island, New York. The grant, which runs from February 2025 to May 2028, will support NYCID's provision of comprehensive workforce development services for underserved youth ages 16-24 who have previously dropped out of high school. The key products and...