Project Grant 19045512823

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $600,000 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) to City Lore Inc., a New York-based non-profit cultural organization. The grant will support the production of the documentary film "JIMMIE & SANORA," directed by Li-Shin Yu and produced by James Q. Chan. The film tells the story of two-time Oscar-winning cinematographer James Wong Howe and writer Sanora Babb, exploring their...

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded $291,480 under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs grant program (CFDA 45.164) to The Center For Independent Documentary, Inc. for post-production and outreach activities supporting the documentary film "The Blues Society." The film explores the history and impact of the Memphis Country Blues Festivals of the late 1960s. The award period is from May 1, 2022 to April 30, 2025. As part of the Public Programs grant program, the...

The Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir Inc. 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 funding will support personnel expenses from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 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 all people to participate in...

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded Firelight Media Inc., a non-profit organization that supports and develops non-fiction filmmakers of color, a $700,000 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) funding opportunity. The grant will support the production of a documentary film titled "Sun Ra and the Roots of Afrofuturism" that will be broadcast as part of PBS' American Masters series. The film will explore the life and...

Stone Soup Productions Inc. was awarded a $149,420 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs federal grant program (CFDA 45.164). The grant will support the development phase of Stone Soup Productions' "The People's Recorder" podcast series, which will explore the legacy of the 1930s Works Progress Administration Federal Writers' Project and discuss its achievements, shortcomings, and relevance today. The...

The Great American Songbook Foundation (GASF) in Carmel, Indiana will receive $102,876 under a Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) National Leadership Grants (NLG) program to expand and enhance its Perfect Harmony program. Perfect Harmony originally offered on-site programming but transformed into an entirely virtual experience during the pandemic to provide 7,500 seniors with robust monthly interactive and informative musical experiences that help...

This $177,324 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities' Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) will support the National Blues Museum in St. Louis, Missouri to conduct two six-day experiential learning workshops for K-12 educators in July 2024. The workshops, titled "The St. Louis Blues: Music, Migration, and the Movement," will examine the dynamic historical connections between music, urban environments, and race...

This $165,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State's Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) will support the implementation of a world-class music education and career development program. The program will train 40 aspiring women vocal artists and musicians in contemporary music and entrepreneurship education, in collaboration with the organization SHEARTS. The grant will fund the delivery of this training program, which aims to advance U.S. foreign policy goals and objectives,...

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to The Jazz Foundation of America, Inc. to support personnel expenses in response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The grant was awarded on January 1, 2022 under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024). This program supports opportunities for all people to participate in the arts and arts education, integrate the arts with strategies that promote well-being and...

This federal Project Grant award of $300,000 was provided by the Department of the Interior's National Park Service Intermountain Region under the Preservation of Japanese American Confinement Sites program (CFDA 15.933). The funding will support Visual Communications Media, a non-profit media arts organization, to produce a 30-minute narrative film called "The Camera" that explores the intergenerational trauma and ongoing impacts of the Japanese American incarceration during World War...