Project Grant 19054913423

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, issued by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (CFDA 19.415 - Professional and Cultural Exchange Programs - Citizen Exchanges), provides $2,616,638 in funding to support Film Independent, Inc.'s FY 2024 Global Filmmakers Program. This program aims to promote mutual understanding between the U.S. and other countries through international exchange initiatives in the film and media production sector. The award, effective...

The American Film Institute (AFI) received a three-year, $750,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program. Through this funding, AFI will undertake an effort to document and provide intellectual access to short films from the silent and early sound film eras (1910-1933) as part of its authoritative AFI Catalog online resource. By including these short films, the AFI Catalog will illuminate...

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded $148,522 under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs federal grant program (CFDA 45.164) to the Fort Ross Conservancy, doing business as California State Park Coop, for the project "COMING ROUND: THE KASHIA-POMO STRUGGLE FOR HOMELAND." Through this June 1, 2022 project grant concluding December 31, 2022, the Fort Ross Conservancy will produce a documentary film and accompanying public programming telling the story of the...

The Sundance Institute received a $105,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Arts to support the Documentary Sustainability Project. This program aims to strengthen the documentary filmmaking field through knowledge exchange, cross-sector collaboration, and research between July 1, 2021 and December 31, 2022. The Project Grant funding will allow the Sundance Institute to deliver services under the National Endowment for the Arts' Promotion of the Arts Grants to...

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 Department of State Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs awarded a $271,350 project grant to Fulbright Canada through the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program. Fulbright Canada will empower indigenous youth in Canada through scholarships and leadership training programs. The grant period runs from September 2021 through August 2022. Fulbright Canada will deliver scholarships and leadership development opportunities to indigenous youth in Canada, in alignment with 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 Indigenous Roots Cultural Arts Center 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) to support the creation of a cultural district plan focused on the East 7th Street corridor in St. Paul, Minnesota. The grant will fund related community engagement activities from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022. The Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and...

The Black Lily, Inc., doing business as the Blackstar Film Festival, 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 funding will support personnel expenses from January 2022 through December 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...

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded Cine Las Americas a $100,000 project grant under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024) to support personnel expenses in response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic from Jan 1, 2022 to Dec 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...