This $1,000,000 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, 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), will support the purchase of equipment and supplies for the cultural center operated by Artsquest, a non-profit organization in Fountain Hill, PA....
Education Through Music Inc. was awarded a $100,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024) to support music instructor fees for a year-long music education program for students at partner schools in Bronx School District 11 in New York City. The grant will fund the delivery of music instruction to students from September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2023 to promote arts participation and...
The National Endowment for the Arts awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to the Kuumbwa Jazz Society, doing business as the Kuumbwa Jazz Center, to support personnel and facilities expenses from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2023. This funding falls under 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 promoting well-being and...
The Community Musicworks received a $120,000 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 staff salaries and musician costs for free music education and performance programs for children and youth from underserved communities in Rhode Island. The award period is from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023. The Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program...
The Project Grant award for $300,000.00 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) will fund the development of "The Bridge - Mapping Jazz and Hip-Hop in Queens," an interactive website that explores the interconnected histories and evolutions of jazz and hip-hop in the borough of Queens, New York. The award, with a performance period from February 1, 2025 to July 31, 2026, will be administered by the Louis...
The Louis Armstrong House Museum in New York was awarded a $100,000 Digital Projects for the Public grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (CFDA 45.164) to support the prototyping phase of its "From Jazz to Hip-Hop in Queens" project. This project aims to increase awareness about the influential role that the jazz community in Queens had on the rise of hip-hop music. Building upon an earlier discovery phase, the prototyping phase will focus on developing primary,...
The Philadelphia Orchestra Association received a $150,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Arts 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), with a completion date of August 31, 2023. The Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program aims to support opportunities for all...
The National Endowment for the Arts awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to the Indianapolis Jazz Foundation Inc. from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023 under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024). The grant funds will support personnel and marketing expenses to respond to and aid recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program aims to support opportunities for public participation...
The National Endowment for the Arts awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz to support personnel expenses in response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. This funding falls under 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 promoting well-being and community resilience, and build...
The Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz will use a $100,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Arts to support peer-to-peer jazz education touring from June 1, 2022 to May 31, 2023. The grant was awarded under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024), which supports opportunities for participation in the arts and arts education as well as capacity building within the arts sector. Specifically, the funding will allow the Institute...