The South Asian American Digital Archive (Saada), a non-profit organization, received a $742,726 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the National Leadership Grants (CFDA 45.312) program. The grant, awarded on August 1, 2023, will fund a 3-year research study to develop and evaluate earned revenue strategies for community-based archives (CBAs) and small/medium-sized cultural institutions. The goal is to identify replicable approaches that strengthen the financial...
The South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA) was awarded a $148,200 project grant by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program (CFDA 45.313). The grant will fund SAADA's inaugural summit, a national forum aimed at inspiring new library, archives, and museum professionals to address diversity gaps in the field. The summit will connect young South Asian Americans with current South Asian library, archives, and museum professionals...
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) awarded a $150,000 Project Grant under the National Historical Publications and Records Grants program (CFDA 89.003) to the South Asian American Digital Archive NFP (Saada), a non-profit organization, with a performance period from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2026. The grant will support Saada's efforts to preserve and provide public access to historical records and documentary sources related to the history and experiences of South...
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $149,851 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) to the Regents of the University of California, doing business as the University of California, Berkeley. The "COMMUNITY ARCHIVAL RESILIENCE AND ENGAGEMENT (CARE): VOICES OF AA ELDERS IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA" project will preserve and provide access to oral histories and community archival materials...
This $147,371 federal Project Grant was awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149). The grant aims to collaborate with residents of East St. Louis, Illinois to build an archive documenting their experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic. The project has two key components: conducting oral histories with community elders and first responders, and organizing community-based archiving events...
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access (CFDA 45.149) program awarded a $148,054 project grant to the San Jose State University Research Foundation to implement the "Resisting Erasure and Asserting Afghan Cultural and Community Resilience" initiative. This community-engaged humanities project seeks to collect and publicly preserve the stories, cultural heritage, and resilience of first- and second-generation Afghan...
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...
The Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) was awarded a $199,596 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities' Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program. The grant will support SAH staff who manage the organization's free, online public humanities programs and publications from November 2021 through October 2023. Key staff overseeing SAH's Archipedia online encyclopedia, communications, membership, and programs will develop additional content for...
The Latino Economic Development Corporation of Washington DC (LEDC) will provide $1.6 million in specialized resilience and recovery technical assistance services to support business resurgence post-COVID through September 2025. Funded by the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families under the Community Services Block Grant Discretionary Awards (CSBG DA) program, LEDC aims to help businesses impacted by the pandemic build capacity to withstand future...
This Project Grant award for $132,462 from the National Endowment for the Humanities' Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) will fund the "Pandemic Voces from the Richman Neighborhood" community-based oral history project. The project will record 30 oral history interviews, approximately 20 in Spanish, with residents of the predominantly Latinx, Spanish-speaking, and underserved Richman neighborhood in Fullerton, California to capture...