Project Grant 19055303423

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...

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to Living Arts Trust Inc., doing business as O Cinema, from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023. The grant supports personnel expenses under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024). This program aims to provide opportunities for public participation in the arts, integrate arts strategies that promote well-being and community resilience, and build arts sector capacity and...

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded Firelight Media Inc. a $1.8 million Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Fellowships and Stipends program (CFDA 45.160) from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2023. Under the award, Firelight Media will administer a grantmaking program providing 36 stipends of $50,000 each to mid-career Black, Indigenous, and filmmakers of color. The stipends will support the development of historical or humanities-focused documentary film...

The Cleveland Film Society, doing business as the Cleveland International 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 grant funding will support the organization's personnel and facilities expenses from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022 in response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Promotion of the Arts Grants to...

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 National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) awarded the Austin Film Society $150,000 under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024) from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023. The funding will support personnel expenses to help the organization respond to and recover from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. As the primary focus of the NEA program is to support opportunities for public participation in the arts and arts education, it can be inferred...

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...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Film Independent, Inc. received a $1,253,355 Cooperative Agreement from the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) under the Professional and Cultural Exchange Programs - Citizen Exchanges (CFDA 19.415) program, awarded on September 10, 2025, with performance through August 31, 2027. The award supports the Global Media Makers (GMM) program, which advances American preeminence in global film and media markets through peer-to-peer mentorship...

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded a $150,000 Project Grant to the International Documentary Association 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) and will support activities through December 31, 2023. The Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program aims to support opportunities for...

Firelight Media Inc. received a $200,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Fellowships and Stipends program (CFDA 45.160). The award will support Firelight's management and administration of a grantmaking program providing 12-month stipends to 36 mid-career Black, Indigenous, and filmmakers of color. The subrecipient filmmakers will use the stipends to further develop historical or humanities-focused documentary film projects...