Project Grant 18865544221

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to Detroit Public Theatre from August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2023 under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024). The grant will support personnel expenses to aid the organization's 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 public participation in the arts,...

Downcity Design received a $100,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Arts to support personnel and facilities expenses from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2023. The grant was awarded 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 community resilience, and build capacity...

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded a $150,000 Project Grant to the Michigan Opera Theatre, doing business as Detroit Opera, to support personnel expenses in response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The grant was awarded under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024) and runs from January 1, 2022 through June 30, 2022. This program supports opportunities for all people to participate in the arts and arts education, integrate...

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded a $500,000 Choice Neighborhoods Planning Grant to the City of Detroit on September 7, 2024. The grant will be used to develop a comprehensive neighborhood revitalization strategy, or "Transformation Plan," for a HUD-assisted housing project and the surrounding community in Detroit, MI. The Transformation Plan will include strategies to redevelop the distressed HUD-assisted housing, improve the surrounding...

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $750,000 Project Grant to the Michigan Opera Theatre through the Promotion of the Humanities Challenge Grants program (CFDA 45.130). The grant funds will support infrastructure revisions to improve accessibility and enhance educational spaces at the Detroit Opera House. Specifically, planned modifications will provide better accessibility and patron comfort, increase the number of spaces available for hosting programs, and upgrade dated...

This Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) provides $600,000 to support the production of a feature documentary film titled "DIEGO & FRIDA IN DETROIT". The film will explore the life and art of Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo during their time in 1930s Detroit, and the lasting impact they had on the city's cultural identity and political history. The project will be carried out by Women Make...

The Michigan Street African American Heritage Corridor Commission will receive $166,750 under a Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museum Grants for African American History and Culture program. The Commission will build the capacity of five African American anchor institutions in Buffalo, New York - the Michigan Street Baptist Church, Nash House Museum, Historic Colored Musicians Club and Museum, and WUFO 1080 AM Black Radio History Collective - by developing...

The Motown Historical Museum in Detroit, Michigan will receive $493,770 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museum Grants for African American History and Culture program to implement a general collection preservation and reorganization project. As part of the project, the museum will hire curatorial and archival staff to inventory, rehouse, and improve storage conditions for over 20,000 artifacts currently on exhibit or in storage, including musical instruments,...

Wayne State University Research & Technology Park In The City Of Detroit (Techtown Detroit) was awarded a $1,004,740 Project Grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration under the Economic Adjustment Assistance (CFDA 11.307) federal grant program on June 10, 2021. The funding will support Techtown Detroit's efforts to provide technical assistance, planning services, and infrastructure development for the Detroit region, which has experienced adverse economic...

The Department of the Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions Fund awarded a $125,000 Project Grant to Prosperus Detroit Micro Lending under the Community Development Financial Institutions Program (CFDA 21.020). The grant will support technical assistance activities through December 2023 to build Prosperus Detroit's organizational capacity to serve low-income communities and individuals in the United States who lack adequate access to affordable financial products and...