Project Grant 19322723224

The Children's Museum and Theatre of Maine was awarded a $468,095 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program. The grant will be used to expand the museum's programming to support Maine public schools' efforts to integrate African American, ethnic, and Wabanaki studies curricula as mandated by state law. The museum will collaborate with local organizations, artists, musicians, performers, and storytellers to develop...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency awarded Music In Common Inc. $882,600 under the Financial Assistance for Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention grant program (CFDA 97.132) on September 18, 2022. The funding will support Music In Common's delivery of services in Sheffield, Massachusetts to achieve the objectives of the TVTP program, which include increasing local community awareness of the signs that someone may be escalating towards violence or terrorism and of existing threats....

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) awarded the Childrens Museum And Theatre Of Maine $150,000 under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024) from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023. The funding will support personnel and marketing expenses to respond to and aid recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The NEA program aims to provide opportunities for public participation in the arts, integrate arts strategies that promote well-being and...

The Portland Art Museum, through its Center For An Untold Tomorrow division, received a $325,000 project grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) federal grant program. The grant funded the development and delivery of "THE ART OF RESILIENCE: A CONTINUUM OF TLINGIT ARTS" public program from August 2016 through July 2020. This program explored Tlingit history and culture through humanities-focused...

The Asian Media Access Inc. received a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.839 - STOP School Violence Program) to implement the "Project SUPPORT" violence prevention program. The project aims to develop and expand school safety strategies among Minnesota's culturally-specific charter schools to promote positive, supportive school climates and prevent violence targeting Black,...

The Aroostook County received a $375,000 project grant award from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Community Oriented Policing Program on October 1, 2021 to support community policing efforts through September 30, 2026. The funding supports the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program, which provides assistance to state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies to develop community policing strategies through organizational transformation, problem...

The Caring Unlimited Corporation was awarded a $497,183 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women to support the SAFE COMMUNITIES FOR YOUTH program. The funding period is from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2024. The grant was awarded under the Consolidated and Technical Assistance Grant Program to Address Children and Youth Experiencing Domestic and Sexual Violence and Engage Men and Boys as Allies (CFDA #16.888). This program...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710) to Lewiston Public Schools in Lewiston, Maine. This funding will be used by the school district to implement evidence-based programs that improve school security and promote a positive learning environment for all students. The grant supports the COPS Office's mission to enhance...

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 Arts awarded a $150,000 Project Grant to Maine Inside Out to support personnel expenses in response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. This funding falls under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024), which aims to support opportunities for all people to participate in the arts and arts education, integrate the arts with strategies that promote well-being and resilience, and build capacity and...