Project Grant 19477735226

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) awarded a $140,000 Project Grant to the Academy of American Poets Inc. under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024) for the period of July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023. The grant funds will support activities designed to showcase American poets and foster interest in poetry, consistent with the program's goal of supporting opportunities for public participation in the arts. Key services will include...

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded Verse Video Education, Inc. $299,765 under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs grant program (CFDA 45.164) to support the completion of five episodes in Season 4 of the public television show Poetry in America. Titled "More Perfect Union," these episodes will focus on American poems that examine the nation's shared narratives. Each episode will profile a work representing different American styles, traditions, and...

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...

The Word, A Storytelling Sanctuary, Inc. received a $100,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Arts under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024). The funding will support personnel and marketing expenses from January 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023 to aid the organization's response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program aims to support opportunities...

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $599,998 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) to Verse Video Education, Inc., a woman-owned non-profit organization, to support the production of Season Five of the public television series "Poetry in America." The grant will fund the creation of eight documentary-style episodes that explore American poetry and its connections to national narratives, cultural traditions, and social...

This $300,000 federal Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (CFDA 45.164 Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs) will fund the development of an engaging website that increases understanding of New England slavery and the experiences of African Americans in early rural New England. The project will focus on the life of Lucy Terry Prince, the first documented African American poet, from her birth and captivity in Africa around 1726 to her enslavement in Deerfield,...

This $100,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs program (CFDA 45.164) will support the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association in developing a prototype website that increases understanding of African American life in early rural New England. Specifically, the website will focus on Lucy Terry Prince, the first documented African American poet, illuminating her life from captivity in Africa circa 1726 to enslavement in...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded $190,000 to Amherst College through the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) on January 1, 2026, to support the Emily Dickinson Museum's professional development initiative titled "Revolution is the Pod: Emily Dickinson's American Poetry." The museum will deliver a Landmarks of American History and Culture workshop consisting of two one-week residential...

Federal Grant Award Summary The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) awarded the Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) a $100,000 project grant under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024) for the period of July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026. This award supports AWP's signature annual conference and bookfair, a premier literary arts gathering that serves writers, educators, and publishing professionals nationwide. The funded...

The Asian American Writers Workshop Inc., doing business as Asian Pacific American Journal, received a $100,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Arts under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024). The funding will support personnel expenses from June 1, 2022 through May 31, 2023 to aid the organization's response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals...