The Museum of Chinese in the Americas (MOCA) received a $149,400 project grant from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) under the National Historical Publications and Records Grants program (CFDA 89.003). The award, granted on September 1, 2024, with a completion date of August 31, 2026, will support MOCA's efforts to preserve, digitize, and provide public access to historical records and documentary sources related to the history and experiences of Chinese Americans. Key...
The Chinese Historical Society of America (CHSA) was awarded a $150,000 project grant from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) under the National Historical Publications and Records Grants program (CFDA 89.003). The grant will support CHSA's efforts to undertake activities related to the preservation, publication, and use of documentary sources relating to United States history from August 1, 2022 through July 31, 2025 in San Francisco, California. Specifically, the funding...
The Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco will implement a youth arts fellowship program called "Generation Chinatown" under a $117,020 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America federal grant program (CFDA 45.301). The fellowship will deepen 7-10 multiethnic high school students' creative skills and civic leadership abilities through workshops, public art projects, and engagement with Chinatown residents to explore issues of place,...
This federal Project Grant award of $550,000.00 was provided by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) under the National Historical Publications and Records Grants program (CFDA 89.003). The award, granted to the Mclean County Historical SOC (doing business as Mclean County Museum of History), a non-profit organization located in Bloomington, Illinois, supports a range of activities focused on preserving, digitizing, and providing public access to historical records and...
The Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco received a $100,110 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museums for America federal grant program to create a seven-month exhibition titled "Xianrui: Cathy Lu" and a community youth engagement program. The exhibition and programming will explore topics relevant to the state of Asian American identity and xenophobia facing the community. The Chinese Culture Center will co-design the programming...
The Chinese Culture Foundation of San Francisco, doing business as the Chinese Culture Center, received a $146,555 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Museums for America program. The grant will support the expansion of the Center's "41 Ross Artist-in-Residence" program, located at the Center's offsite storefront space in San Francisco's Chinatown. Key activities include selecting three artists for three-month residencies, organizing public...
This $300,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) will fund the "Chinatown History Project" at the University of Southern California. The project will use augmented reality tools to recreate the historic Chinatown neighborhood of Los Angeles, which was demolished in the 1930s to make way for Union Station. By combining historic photographs, geospatial data, and research into...
The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) awarded a $161,823 Project Grant under the National Historical Publications and Records Grants program (CFDA 89.003) to The African American Resources-Cultural And Heritage Society Incorporated in Frederick, MD. The grant period runs from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026. The project aims to preserve, digitize, and provide public access to historical records and documentary sources related to United States history, with a focus on...
The National Archives and Records Administration awarded a $250,696 Project Grant to the State Historical Society of Colorado, doing business as the Colorado History Museum, from March 1, 2022 to February 29, 2024. The grant funding will support activities under the National Historical Publications and Records Grants program (CFDA #89.003), which provides support for a wide range of efforts to preserve, publish, and promote the use of documentary sources related to United States history....
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) awarded a $950,000 Project Grant under the National Historical Publications and Records Grants program (CFDA 89.003) to Mosad Harim Levin, doing business as Project Witness, to be performed in Brooklyn, NY. The project will undertake a wide range of activities focused on preserving, digitizing, and providing public access to historical records and documentary sources related to U.S. history. Specific activities may include digitizing...