The federal Project Grant award of $100,000.00 was provided by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024). The grant, awarded on September 1, 2024, supports the Roundabout Theatre Company, Inc., a non-profit organization based in New York City, to develop and deliver the Theatrical Workforce Development Program. The program aims to provide professional development opportunities and support workforce...
This $500,000 Project Grant was awarded by the Department of the Interior National Park Service under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-in-Aid for Competitive Grants program (CFDA 15.966). The grant funding will support plaster and finish repairs to the historic Public Theater facility in New York City, which is owned and operated by the nonprofit New York Shakespeare Festival. The grant aims to preserve the architectural integrity and cultural significance of this iconic theater building,...
This federal Project Grant award of $160,000.00 from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024) supports the Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge for High School Students. The awardee, the National Alliance for Musical Theatre Inc., a non-profit organization based in New York, will use the funding to deliver this initiative focused on engaging and promoting young talent in the musical theater art...
The Klezmer Institute Inc. will receive $297,120 under a two-year Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to produce the Kelisegof-Makonovetsky Critical Editions. This project aligns with the Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161) by making available early 20th century European Jewish music manuscripts to broaden accessible resources and contextualize the work of renowned ethnomusicological researchers. Specifically, the Institute will edit and publish...
The National Endowment for the Arts awarded a $160,000 Project Grant to the National Alliance for Musical Theatre Inc. to support the Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge for high school students from March 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024. 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 and arts education. Through this award, the National Alliance for...
The Joyce Theater Foundation, Inc. received a $150,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Arts to support the presentation of dance artists at the Joyce Theater in New York, New York from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022. This award was provided through 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...
The National Park Service (NPS) awarded a $566,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Cultural Resources Management program (CFDA 15.946) to the Ford's Theatre Society (FTS) for the period of August 7, 2024 to August 6, 2025. Through this award, FTS will produce three mainstage theatrical productions for approximately 60,000 audience members and provide educational opportunities, including student matinees, guided and virtual field trips, oratory programs, a podcast program for high school...
The Oakland Children's Fairyland was awarded a $425,228 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) federal grant program. The two-year grant, beginning September 1, 2024, will fund the development and testing of three new educational programs focused on using puppetry to support kindergarten readiness and literacy development for young children in Oakland, California. The grant-funded programs will include a field trip...
The National Endowment for the Arts awarded Pregones Puerto Rican Traveling Theater, Inc. a $150,000 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024) to support personnel expenses from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2023. The Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program aims to support opportunities for all people to participate in the arts and arts education, integrate the arts with strategies that promote...
This federal Project Grant award of $195,669.00 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161) supports the translation and dissemination of the works of Rokhl Brokhes, an early 20th century Yiddish woman writer. The project aims to recover Brokhes' literary legacy, which was nearly lost due to the Nazi invasion of Minsk in 1941, when plans to publish her collected stories, novellas, and plays were abandoned after her murder....