Project Grant 1778007042

This federal Project Grant award of $900,000.00 from the Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Native Americans (CFDA 93.612 Native American Programs) supports the First Peoples Fund, a non-profit, American Indian-owned organization based in Rapid City, South Dakota. The funding will enable the organization to expand access to arts and culture resources for the Oglala Lakota creative community over a three-year period from September 2024 to September 2027. Key initiatives...

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded a $300,000 project grant to the Native Arts And Cultures Foundation, Inc. to support personnel and facilities expenses from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2023. The grant funding will allow the Foundation to deliver services that promote the arts and integrate cultural practices to build resilience, as outlined in the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024). Specifically, the Foundation will use the...

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to A Nonprofit Corporation Indigenous Performance Productions from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022. The grant supports personnel expenses to respond to and recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. Under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024), the funding will allow Indigenous Performance Productions to provide opportunities for participation in the arts and arts education. It...

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to Pine Ridge Center For Artists And Crafters, doing business as Seven Council Fires Native Art, to support personnel and marketing expenses from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2023. This funding was provided through the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024) to support opportunities for community participation in the arts and arts education, as well as capacity building for...

The Alaska Native Heritage Center, Incorporated was awarded a $750,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service under the Pacific Northwest and Hawaiian Islands Arts Program (CFDA 15.071). The grant funding will support the "Elisgu Project (Go Learn It, Yup'ik): A Master Artist Education Project" over a 5-year period from April 2024 to March 2029. The project will implement a statewide network of master Alaska Native artists who will facilitate 6...

The Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological Repository received a $616,976 three-year project grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Native Americans (CFDA 93.612 Native American Programs) to enhance the native arts economy in the Kodiak Archipelago, Alaska. The "Kodiak Island Traditional Arts (KITA)" project aims to: 1) provide professional development for native artists to increase their income generation, 2) raise public awareness of...

The Southwest Folklife Alliance Inc., doing business as Tucson Meet Yourself, received a $1,000,000 two-year Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024). The grant funds will support the National Folklife Network initiative to strengthen traditional arts through training, fieldwork, convenings, community collaborations and cultural asset mapping. The initiative will be implemented in...

This $1,285,040 federal Project Grant award, funded by the Department of the Interior's National Park Service and awarded under the Pacific Northwest and Hawaiian Islands Arts program (CFDA 15.071), supports a wide range of initiatives and programs to preserve and promote Alaska Native culture and arts development. The grant recipient, Sealaska Heritage Institute, Inc., will use the funding to establish degree programs, cultural centers, and other activities focused on scholarly study,...

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded a $300,000 Project Grant to the Pueblo of Pojoaque under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024). The funding will support personnel expenses for the Tribal Administrative Services office from January 2022 through September 2023 in response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program aims to support opportunities for community...

The Red Nation Celebration 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 program (CFDA 45.024). The grant will support personnel and marketing expenses from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2023 to aid the organization's response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. As part of its mission to promote opportunities for diverse participation in the arts, the National Endowment for...