Project Grant 19198893224

This federal Project Grant award for $600,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) will support the production of a documentary film with the working title "ADELANTE!" The film will serve as a biographical portrait of the influential Chicano playwright, activist, and director Luis Valdez, exploring the history and significance of Chicano identity through the lens of Valdez's pioneering theatrical company El...

This $150,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts (CFDA 45.024 - Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals) supports a series of artist-led participatory design workshops in the rural town of Lajas, Puerto Rico. The grant recipient is the Flamboyan Foundation, a woman-owned non-profit organization headquartered in Washington, D.C. The workshops will take place from January 2025 through May 2025, with the goal of engaging the local community in...

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded Pregones Puerto Rican Traveling Theater, Inc. a $150,000 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024) to support personnel expenses from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2023. The Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program aims to support opportunities for all people to participate in the arts and arts education, integrate the arts with strategies that promote...

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded Inquilinos Boricuas En Accion, Inc. (IBA Inc.) a $300,000 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024) to support personnel and marketing expenses from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2023. The Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program aims to support opportunities for all people to participate in the arts and arts education, integrate the arts with...

This $498,763 federal Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program will enable City Lore Inc., a New York-based non-profit cultural organization, to create exhibitions and programming focused on immigrant communities. The exhibitions will explore topics such as women in blues, Cuban music, J'Ouvert festival traditions, and LGBTQ+ house ballroom culture, and will be held in locations across New York,...

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $175,000 Project Grant to City Lore Inc., a non-profit art gallery and cultural hub in New York City, for the "SOMOS BORICUAS: UNDERSTANDING PUERTO RICAN MIGRATION AND COMMUNITY BUILDING THROUGH THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES" summer institute program. This program uses Puerto Rican migration to the mainland U.S. as a case study to explore key humanities questions related to citizenship, rights, and the role of cultural traditions and...

The Movimiento De Arte Y Cultura Latino Americana (MACLA) was awarded a $578,500 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Museums for America program. The grant funding will support MACLA's development of 12 major visual arts exhibitions and related public programming to engage the community in civic dialogue and deepen understanding of Latino art and culture. The project aims to create a new cultural model for an arts center where residents see the arts as a...

The Instituto De Cultura Puertorriquena (Institute of Puerto Rican Culture) received a $932,915 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) under the Promotion of the Arts Partnership Agreements program (CFDA 45.025). The grant supports arts programs, services, and activities carried out under the Institute's strategic plan from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2025. As the state arts agency for Puerto Rico, the Institute will use the funding to develop partnerships with...

The Library of America, in partnership with the National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures, will produce 400 Years of Latino Poetry, a $1,698,898 project grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs federal grant program (CFDA 45.164). The initiative includes publishing a groundbreaking anthology of Latino poetry spanning 400 years; public programs and conversations with literary scholars, poets, and historians across...

This Project Grant award of $198,860.00 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Continuum of Care (CoC) Program (CFDA 14.267) supports comprehensive homeless assistance services delivered by Instituto Pre-Vocacional E Industrial De P.r. Inc., a minority-owned, woman-owned non-profit organization and community development corporation in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. The funding will be used to provide transitional housing, rapid re-housing, supportive services, and...