Project Grant 19111273423

This federal Project Grant award of $100,000 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 MediaMaker Fellowship and Preservation Access programs operated by The Bay Area Video Coalition, Incorporated (BAVC). The MediaMaker Fellowship provides stipends, production funds, and mentorship opportunities for media makers across the country. The Preservation Access program offers affordable...

This federal Project Grant award of $870,000.00 from the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration (CFDA 17.289 Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending) supports workforce development and creative skills programming for underserved youth and marginalized populations in Rhode Island. The grant recipient, non-profit organization As220, will use the funding to provide multidisciplinary arts education, mentorship, training, and work experience...

The federal Project Grant award, with ID MA256056OMS24, was provided by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) grant program. The $400,000 award will fund BRIC Arts Media Brooklyn to offer 35-40 twelve-session arts and media education residencies per year in partnership with New York City public schools. The residency programs will focus on strengthening students' arts and media mastery, critical thinking skills, and social-emotional...

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded Storycatchers Theatre a $100,000 Project Grant to support staff salaries and participant stipends for an in-person and virtual post-release performing arts jobs program for court-involved youth. This award falls under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024), which supports opportunities for all people to participate in the arts and arts education, and builds capacity and infrastructure within the arts...

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) awarded a $150,000 Project Grant to Portland Community Media (doing business as Open Signal) under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024). The grant supports a youth-centered media arts skill-building program that educates participants about mental health issues. The 2-year project period runs from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2026. Open Signal, a nonprofit media arts center in Portland, Oregon, will...

The Youth Mentoring Connection (YMC) will provide mentoring and positive youth development activities for 300 underserved youth in Los Angeles, California through a $681,818 grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Specifically, YMC will implement its Mentoring Making Resiliency Real program from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. The program will connect at-risk youth ages 13-17 with caring adult mentors...

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 Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston (ICA) was awarded a $583,117 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to deepen and expand youth engagement programs for teens in grades 6-12. The funding will support the ICA's work with over 2,000 Boston-area teens through school partnerships and out-of-school programs aimed at empowering youth to develop creative skills, strengthen identity, and build leadership abilities. A key aspect of the project is the expansion of programs...

This $100,000 federal 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 artistic and professional development resources and incubator labs for independent nonfiction filmmakers. The award recipient, Sundance Institute, a non-profit organization, will use the funding to operate its Feature Film Program and Documentary Film Program, which provide artistic and professional...

The $519,747 Formula Grant from the US Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration supports comprehensive youth workforce development services through the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Adult Program. Local workforce development agencies will use the funds to deliver tutoring, paid and unpaid work experiences including internships and job shadowing, occupational skills training, guidance and counseling, and supportive services to help out-of-school and in-school...