Project Grant 23A60CP000081
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary As220, a Providence, Rhode Island-based non-profit organization, received a $870,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration (ETA) under the Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending program (CFDA 17.289) effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2027. The grant supports As220's mission to provide arts education and creative workforce development programming targeting underserved populations,...
- Downcity Design received a $100,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Arts to support personnel and facilities expenses from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2023. The grant was awarded under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024), which aims to support opportunities for public participation in the arts and arts education, integrate the arts with strategies promoting well-being and community resilience, and build capacity...
- This federal Project Grant award, provided by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) under the Promotion of the Arts Partnership Agreements program (CFDA 45.025), supports arts programs, services, and activities in Rhode Island. The total grant amount is $938,825.00 with a performance period from July 1, 2024, to December 31, 2025. The award recipient, the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA), will use the funding to carry out its NEA-approved strategic plan, which includes...
- This federal Project Grant award of $150,000.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration under the Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending program (CFDA 17.289). The grant supports Downcity Design, a non-profit community design studio, in delivering free youth programs where Providence teens design and fabricate new community amenities. Through this funding, Downcity Design provides arts programming and design education services to...
- The National Endowment for the Arts awarded Storycatchers Theatre a $100,000 Project Grant to support staff salaries and participant stipends for an in-person and virtual post-release performing arts jobs program for court-involved youth. This award falls under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024), which supports opportunities for all people to participate in the arts and arts education, and builds capacity and infrastructure within the arts...
- Formula Grant Award Summary The Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (RI DESE) received a $6.5 million formula grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Twenty-First Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) program (CFDA 84.287) on July 1, 2025, with a completion date of September 30, 2026. This funding supports the establishment and expansion of community learning centers that provide academic enrichment...
- The Boston Center for the Arts, Inc. was awarded a $100,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024). The grant will support the organization's personnel, facilities, and marketing expenses from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2023 in response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program aims to support...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Waterfire Providence received a $500,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration (ETA) under the Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending program (CFDA 17.289). The two-year award, effective July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2027, supports workforce development and community enhancement initiatives in Providence, Rhode Island. Through this funding, Waterfire Providence will deliver event organization...
- The National Endowment for the Arts awarded Creative Alliance Inc. a $100,000 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024) to support personnel, facilities, marketing, and safety supplies expenses from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023 in response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program aims to support opportunities for public participation in the...
- The National Endowment for the Arts awarded a $125,000 Project Grant to Asian Arts Initiative to support an arts and landscape design installation in Philadelphia's Chinatown North/Callowhill neighborhood. The grant was awarded on July 1, 2022 under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024) and will support the installation through June 30, 2024. The Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program aims to support opportunities...
PROJECT LOCATION: 95-115 EMPIRE 131 WASHINGTON STS, PROVIDENCE, RIPROJECT PURPOSE AND GOALS: PURPOSE : TO REINFORCE OUR ARTS EDUCATION, CREATIVEWORKFORCE AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMINGAND TO SUPPORT THE EXTENSION AND GROWTH OF THESE PROGRAMSTHROUGH NEW INITIATIVESGOALS : TO DEVELOP AND ENHANCE SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL (SEL)SKILLS NEED TO THRIVE IN A CREATIVE WORKFORCE ECONOMY.TO DEVELOP AND ENHANCE ARTISTIC PRACTICE FROM BOTH ATECHNICAL AND THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE.ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: THROUGH CONSISTENT MENTORSHIP, TRAINING AND REGULAR WORKEXPERIENCE OPPORTUNITIES, PARTICIPATING ARTISTS WILL DEVELOPAND ENHANCE THEIR SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL CAPACITIES IN THEFOLLOWING AREAS: CREATIVITY, ADAPTABILITY, PROBLEM SOLVINGAND CRITICAL THINKING, SELF ADVOCACY, EMPATHY,ACCOUNTABILITY AND PERSEVERANCE, ORGANIZING ANDFACILITATION, COMMUNICATION, COLLABORATION, AND EMOTIONALEXPRESSION. THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM, PARTICIPATING ARTISTS WILL FURTHERTHEIR ARTISTIC PRACTICE BY ENGAGING IN MONTHLY WORKSHOPS,ATTENDING ARTIST TALKS AND DESIGNING AN INDEPENDENT ORCOLLABORATIVE PROJECT THAT HAS REAL COMMUNITY IMPACT.EXPECTED OUTCOMES: 90 OF PARTICIPANTS WILL SELF REPORT POSITIVE GROWTH ON80 OF THE SKILLS LISTED ABOVE.100 OF SUPERVISORS WILL ALSO REPORT POSITIVE GROWTH IN80 OF THE SKILLS FOR THOSE WHOM THEY SUPERVISE.90 OF PARTICIPATING ARTISTS WILL ATTEND PROFESSIONALDEVELOPMENT CLASSES.90 OF ARTISTS WILL DEVELOP A CREATIVE PROJECT INFORMED BYWHAT THEY LEARN VIA PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ANDMENTORSHIP FROM FIELD EXPERTS.100 OF THOSE WHO REMAIN IN THE PROGRAM WILL PUBLICLYSHARE THEIR WORK AND HOW THEY HAVE GROWN THROUGHOUTTHEIR TIME IN OUR PROGRAM.INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: ARTISTS IN RHODE ISLAND, CENTERING: FORMERLY INCARCERATEDYOUTH, AS220 YOUTH ALUMNI, AND TRANSITIONAL-AGED BIPOCARTISTS WHO HAVE NOT HAD ACCESS TO FORMAL ARTS EDUCATIONDUE TO FINANCIAL LIMITATIONS OR INSTITUTIONAL MARGINALIZATION
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| Not listed | $500.0k | 4/25/23 |