Project Grant 19448003226

Federal Project Grant Award Summary 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 Ford's Theatre Society on January 1, 2026, with completion by August 31, 2026. The grant supports artist fees and personnel costs for the production of "1776" by Peter Stone and Sherman Edwards, performed at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. This theatrical production serves as...

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded Duke University a $349,991 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) to fund "SNCC and Grassroots Organizing: Building a More Perfect Union." This 2-year program will feature a public discussion series examining central themes in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee's (SNCC) grassroots organizing efforts, including the organizing tradition, voting rights, Black Power, women and gender,...

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $150,000 Project Grant to the International Documentary Association under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) to support development of the documentary film "Bombshell" from May 1, 2022 to November 30, 2022. The film will trace the construction of the U.S. government's narrative on a past event, how a non-fiction work challenged that narrative, and how the government subsequently sought to reassert its...

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $304,885 Project Grant to PRX Inc., a non-profit media company, to produce a seven-episode podcast series titled "Division Street Revisited." This series, plus a 1-hour opening special for public radio, will revisit Studs Terkel's seminal oral history collection "Division Street: America" by interviewing the children and grandchildren of the original participants. The podcast will explore how themes of race, work,...

This Project Grant award of $129,300.00 from the National Park Service (NPS) under the American Battlefield Protection Program (CFDA 15.926) will assist The Society of the Cincinnati in developing an exhibition that interprets various battles of the American Revolution through the stories of diverse participants. The exhibition, titled "Voices of Revolution," will focus on the sieges of Yorktown and Savannah, the battles of Monmouth, Brandywine, and Newport, and the site of Youngs...

This Project Grant award of $142,709 from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs program will support Old North Illuminated, Inc., doing business as Old North Foundation Bstn Inc., to develop and deliver new interpretive programming at the Old North Church & Historic Site in Massachusetts. Key products and services include hiring a manager and consultant to reimagine the site's interpretive plan with a focus on researching and...

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...

Federal Grant Award Summary The Jack London Society, Inc. received a $198,928 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161) to produce Volume 13 of "The Complete Works of Jack London." The award, dated January 1, 2026, with a completion date of December 31, 2027, will support the publication of a critical scholarly edition containing two complementary works: "The Cruise of the Snark,"...

This federal Project Grant award of $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 one-hour documentary film titled "One More Mission." The film explores the history, impact, and legacy of the Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW), the first American veterans' organization to demand an end to the war its members had fought in. The Catticus Corporation, a woman-owned non-profit...

RESTORING CIVIC THOUGHT Project Grant Summary The University of Texas at Austin received a $1.8 million Project Grant award from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the American History and Civics Education program (CFDA 84.422), effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026. The "Restoring Civic Thought" initiative supports the development and delivery of educational products and services designed to enhance the teaching and learning of American history,...