Project Grant 19320304224

This Project Grant award of $257,000.00 was provided by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) under the National Historical Publications and Records Grants (CFDA 89.003) program. The grant funding will support Afro Charities, Inc., a woman-owned, Black American-owned non-profit organization, to undertake a wide range of activities related to the preservation, publication, and use of documentary sources relating to the history of the United States. The project will be...

This Project Grant award of $420,000 was provided by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration under the Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending program (CFDA 17.289). The grant was awarded to The Peale Center for Baltimore History and Architecture, Inc., a non-profit organization, to support cultural preservation, community engagement, and vocational training initiatives focused on Baltimore's historical and artistic landscape. Key activities...

The Baltimore Museum of Art will implement hybrid virtual and in-person K-4 educational programs through a $106,597 Institute of Museum and Library Services Project Grant awarded November 1, 2021 through the National Leadership Grants program. Specifically, the Museum will provide its Close Encounters and Literacy Through the Arts programs, historically facilitated in-person, to Baltimore City and County students in hybrid virtual and in-person formats as schools recover from the COVID-19...

The Museum of Boulder, in partnership with the Boulder Public Library and Boulder County NAACP Chapter, will receive $500,000 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museums for America federal grant program (CFDA 45.301) to develop activities highlighting the history of Black people in Colorado from September 1, 2021 to August 31, 2024. Over the three-year period of performance in Boulder, CO, the Museum of Boulder will employ a community-centered process to develop an...

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to The Baltimore Museum of Art, Inc. under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs program (CFDA 45.164) to support the temporary exhibition "Renaissance Woman." Scheduled from October 1, 2023 to January 7, 2024, the exhibition will bring together approximately 150 art objects exclusively made by women artists from collections across North America and Europe. Curated by Dr. Andaleeb Bantam, the...

The B&O Railroad Museum, Inc. received a $200,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs federal grant program (CFDA 45.164) to support the African American Railroad Oral Archives Project. Through this one-year project ending September 30, 2022, the Museum will develop oral histories and interpretive exhibits on the underground railroad activities along the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Specifically, the Museum will...

The Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation, Inc. was awarded a $200,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs program (CFDA 45.164) to develop the "Pioneering Women of American Architecture" podcast and website. The podcast and accompanying website will feature biographical essays on a diverse range of women architects and designers who played important roles in shaping 20th century American architecture. Both...

The Black Archives History Research Foundation of South Florida was awarded a $719,535 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museum Grants for African American History and Culture program to expand public access to its collections through digitization and virtual research services. Specifically, the Foundation will purchase archival supplies and a large format scanner to digitize its periodical collection, notably the Miami Times collection of South...

This Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) provides $600,000 to support the production of a feature documentary film titled "DIEGO & FRIDA IN DETROIT". The film will explore the life and art of Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo during their time in 1930s Detroit, and the lasting impact they had on the city's cultural identity and political history. The project will be carried out by Women Make...

This $600,000 Project Grant was awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) to support the production of the feature-length documentary film "COMING HOME: FIGHT FOR A LEGACY." The film will explore the history of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP), the first female pilots to fly for the U.S. military during World War II, and interwoven with their story, the experiences of the Black female pilots...