Project Grant 19447075426

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, under the Professional and Cultural Exchange Programs - Citizen Exchanges (CFDA 19.415) federal grant program, provides $2,101,165.00 to fund the design, implementation, installation, and related educational programming for the official U.S. exhibition at the 61st Art Biennale in Venice, Italy in 2026. The award incorporates a new artist, Alma Allen, into the exhibition. The project has a...

This Project Grant award of $2,884,634.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the American History and Civics Education federal grant program (CFDA 84.422). The award, effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026, will fund the Kentucky Educational Development Corporation's (KEDC) "AMERICA'S PROMISE: 250TH" project. The project aims to develop and implement innovative educational initiatives that enhance the...

The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) awarded a National Leadership Grant (CFDA 45.312) to America250.Org, Inc. to create six mobile exhibits that tell the story of America's founding. The $17,879,320 grant, awarded on September 1, 2025, will support the development and deployment of these "Freedom Trucks" across the country throughout 2026 to coincide with the 250th anniversary of American independence. The mobile exhibits will educate Americans, particularly students...

This Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) provides $1,400,000 to Mid-America Arts Alliance to support implementation of the Creative Forces Subgranting Program under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals (CFDA 45.024) federal grant program. The funding period is from July 1, 2021 to September 30, 2024. Through 12 sub-awards, Mid-America Arts Alliance will support various community arts programs across multiple states that promote the...

The Palo Alto Art Center Foundation will implement a community engagement project titled "Creative Attention" under a $235,779.60 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America program. Through the grant, the Art Center will partner with a licensed art therapist to encourage community members to use art to address anxiety and recognize manifestations of the emotion. Therapeutic art workshops will be conducted and an intergenerational family...

This federal Project Grant award of $1,981,400.00 from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Promotion of the Arts Partnership Agreements program (CFDA 45.025) supports arts programs, services, and activities that align with the approved strategic plan of the recipient organization, Mid Atlantic Arts, Inc. The grant funds will enable Mid Atlantic Arts, Inc., a non-profit arts organization based in Baltimore, Maryland, to administer several prominent arts programs across the mid-Atlantic...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service (NPS) under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) supports interpretation and education activities related to the Indigenous America 250 context study at national parks. The $231,181 award to George Mason University, with a period of performance from August 29, 2025 to December 31, 2027, will facilitate outreach and co-creation of interpretation and educational...

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 $100,000 Project Grant to the Ford's Theatre Society in Washington, DC on January 1, 2026. The grant is funded under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024) and will support artist fees and personnel costs for the production of the play 1776 by Peter Stone and Sherman Edwards. The production will commemorate America250, the 250th anniversary of American independence. Ford's Theatre Society is a...

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $700,000 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) to Craft In America, Inc., a non-profit organization based in Los Angeles, California. The grant will fund a national collaboration, "HANDWORK: CELEBRATING AMERICAN CRAFT 2026", to showcase the diversity of American craft traditions through a four-part public television series. This initiative aims to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the...