Project Grant 19049445123

The American Film Institute (AFI) received a $132,708 project grant award from the U.S. Department of Education under the Education Stabilization Fund program. The grant period runs from July 31, 2021 through July 31, 2022. The Education Stabilization Fund program provides funding to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. AFI will use the grant funds to deliver services that address the impacts of the pandemic on the education sector in Los Angeles, California. While details...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program seeks to foster partnerships between community leaders and informal STEM learning institutions, with a focus on using films to engage in dialogues around anti-racism, science, and environmental justice. The $149,433 award will support a partnership development and planning project in New Orleans, LA and St. Louis, MO. The project aims to cultivate collaborations between community...

This $1,300,059 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program, under CFDA 47.076 STEM Education, will support the creation of a bilingual American Sign Language (ASL) and English documentary film titled "Deaf in Motion: A Documentary About Pioneers in Early Space Studies." The film will highlight the contributions of deaf individuals who participated in groundbreaking research that enabled achievements of the U.S. space...

This Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities will fund a summer bridge program at Helena College in Montana called "A Bridge to Humanities Pathways in College: Using Film Production to Explore Local Culture and History." Over a two-year period ending in September 2023, the $144,719 in funding will support three summer programs where high school and at-risk college students research and produce documentary films on topics representing under-explored aspects of the...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded $515,000 under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant to support the 12th annual Slash Filmfestival in Vienna, Austria. The Slash Filmfestival, organized by the nonprofit Verein ZUR Foerderung DES Fantastischen Films, will showcase international productions of fantastic film from September 23 through October 3, 2021 across three venues. The grant funding will support the festival's operations through the...

The Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education awarded Gnomon School of Visual Effects a $402,901 Formula Grant under the Education Stabilization Fund program (CFDA 84.425). The grant period runs from March 1, 2021 through February 28, 2022. The Education Stabilization Fund program aims to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. This Formula Grant supports Gnomon, located in West Hollywood, California, in providing financial assistance to students...

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) awarded Mammoth Lakes Recreation $150,000 under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024) from December 1, 2021 to June 30, 2023. The funding will support subgranting to the nonprofit arts sector in California to aid recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, $150,000 will help fund the 8th annual Mammoth Lakes Film Festival organized by the Eastern Sierra Arts Alliance. The Festival screens 80-100...

This $120,000 Project Grant award 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 Bay Area Video Coalition's (BAVC) independent film and media arts field-building initiative. The performance period for this grant is from July 1, 2024 to May 31, 2025. BAVC, a non-profit organization specializing in media arts, will leverage this funding to advance its initiatives in independent film, media...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $750,000 Project Grant under the Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects program (CFDA 84.215) to the Fine Arts Work Center In Provincetown, Inc. The award will support arts and educational opportunities in Massachusetts, engaging students and K-12 educators in...

This federal Project Grant award of $600,000 was provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) to City Lore Inc., a nonprofit cultural organization based in New York City. The grant will support the production of a feature documentary film titled "Jimmie & Sanora" that tells the story of a visionary artist couple - two-time Oscar-winning cinematographer James Wong Howe and writer Sanora Babb. The film...