Project Grant 19120073423

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded $291,480 under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs grant program (CFDA 45.164) to The Center For Independent Documentary, Inc. for post-production and outreach activities supporting the documentary film "The Blues Society." The film explores the history and impact of the Memphis Country Blues Festivals of the late 1960s. The award period is from May 1, 2022 to April 30, 2025. As part of the Public Programs grant program, the...

The U.S. National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) awarded a $100,000 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024) to The American Documentary Inc., a non-profit organization based in Brooklyn, New York. The grant funds will support the production and public engagement activities for the organization's POV, POV Shorts, and America Reframed public television programs. The grant period runs from January 1, 2025 to May 31, 2025. The funding...

Firelight Media Inc. was awarded a $199,595 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) federal grant program. The grant will support the development and delivery of a new series of virtual humanities workshops for documentary filmmakers. Specifically, Firelight Media will retain five staff positions to create and conduct workshops focusing on integrating rigorous humanities scholarship into historical...

This $1.7 million Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities' Promotion of the Humanities Fellowships and Stipends program (CFDA 45.160) will provide emergency relief and support the advancement of independent documentary filmmakers working in the humanities who have been unemployed or underemployed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, Independent Television Service Inc. will administer a grantmaking program awarding 20 stipends of $68,000 each over 12 months to...

Stone Soup Productions Inc. was awarded a $149,420 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs federal grant program (CFDA 45.164). The grant will support the development phase of Stone Soup Productions' "The People's Recorder" podcast series, which will explore the legacy of the 1930s Works Progress Administration Federal Writers' Project and discuss its achievements, shortcomings, and relevance today. The...

This Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities will fund a summer bridge program at Helena College in Montana called "A Bridge to Humanities Pathways in College: Using Film Production to Explore Local Culture and History." Over a two-year period ending in September 2023, the $144,719 in funding will support three summer programs where high school and at-risk college students research and produce documentary films on topics representing under-explored aspects of the...

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) awarded a $100,000 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024) to Independent Television Service Inc. (ITVS), a non-profit organization, to support promotion costs and community engagement activities for the public television series Independent Lens. The grant period runs from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024. As a leading documentary film funder and distributor for public media, ITVS...

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 $350,000 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) to Stone Soup Productions Inc., a woman-owned non-profit media production company. The grant will support the production of the second and third seasons of "The People's Recorder," a national podcast series inspired by the 1930s Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration. The podcast aims to explore the legacy,...

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $599,998 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) to Verse Video Education, Inc., a woman-owned non-profit organization, to support the production of Season Five of the public television series "Poetry in America." The grant will fund the creation of eight documentary-style episodes that explore American poetry and its connections to national narratives, cultural traditions, and social...