Project Grant 19113035523

The Southwest Folklife Alliance Inc., doing business as Tucson Meet Yourself, received a $1,000,000 two-year Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024). The grant funds will support the National Folklife Network initiative to strengthen traditional arts through training, fieldwork, convenings, community collaborations and cultural asset mapping. The initiative will be implemented in...

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to the American Folklore Society from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2023. The funding 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). This program aims to support opportunities for public participation in the arts and arts education, integrate the arts with strategies promoting well-being and...

The American Folk Art Museum was awarded a $200,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA 45.162). The grant will support the development and enhancement of ongoing virtual programming and the hiring of a new Community Engagement Educator position to better serve local communities. Specifically, the Museum will continue and expand virtual offerings such as...

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $149,698 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) to the Southwest Folklife Alliance Inc. (doing business as Tucson Meet Yourself) for the CLIMATELORE project. This 18-month project, running from February 2024 to July 2025, aims to document the climate-related impacts on folk, traditional, and indigenous communities in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands region. The project will...

This $1,000,000 Project Grant 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 Southwest Folklife Alliance Inc. (dba Tucson Meet Yourself) in implementing the National Folklife Network (NFN) initiative. The NFN aims to bolster the folk and traditional arts field through training, fieldwork, convenings, community collaborations, and cultural asset mapping. The award period runs from...

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded Folk Alliance International a $100,000 Project Grant to support personnel expenses in response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic from January 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023. The grant was awarded 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, integrates the arts with strategies that promote well-being and...

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...

This Project Grant award of $133,971 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) will support the "PRIDE IS OUR HERITAGE II: WEAVING ELDERS' STORIES & COMMUNITY RECONNECTION" project conducted by the Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe. The project aims to safeguard the knowledge and memories of tribal elders and encourage the intergenerational transmission of cultural practices disrupted by...

This Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) supports arts programs, services and activities associated with the Arizona Commission on the Arts' NEA-approved strategic plan under the Promotion of the Arts Partnership Agreements program (CFDA 45.025). Awarded on July 1, 2021 for a one-year period concluding June 30, 2022, the $942,732 grant funding will enable the Commission to develop and maintain partnerships with regional arts organizations across Arizona to...

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded a $300,000 project grant to the Native Arts And Cultures Foundation, Inc. to support personnel and facilities expenses from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2023. The grant funding will allow the Foundation to deliver services that promote the arts and integrate cultural practices to build resilience, as outlined in the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024). Specifically, the Foundation will use the...