Project Grant RQ26604219

The Society of Black Archaeologists (SBA) received a $618,377 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the National Leadership Grants (CFDA 45.312) program. The grant, awarded on January 21, 2025, will support SBA's work within the Los Angeles and St. Croix communities to identify opportunities and challenges in preserving place-based Black histories through community engagement, assisting in local stewardship efforts, and developing best practices for...

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $175,000 Project Grant to City Lore Inc., a non-profit art gallery and cultural hub in New York City, for the "SOMOS BORICUAS: UNDERSTANDING PUERTO RICAN MIGRATION AND COMMUNITY BUILDING THROUGH THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES" summer institute program. This program uses Puerto Rican migration to the mainland U.S. as a case study to explore key humanities questions related to citizenship, rights, and the role of cultural traditions and...

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $249,963 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161) to the University of Texas at Austin. This 3-year project, titled "Building Community, Fighting Exclusion: Black Cuban Oral History Project, 1959-Present," will create and publicize an open-access digital archive and website that analyzes how Afro-Latinx communities were affected by housing and school segregation, Jim Crow laws,...

This federal Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), under the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program (CFDA #45.313), provides $142,419 to the University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Campus to develop and deliver capacity-building workshops on digital collections management for memory workers (e.g., staff at galleries, libraries, archives, and museums) across Puerto Rico. The key objectives are to strengthen a community of practice in the region and...

This $299,972 federal Project Grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA 45.162) supports the development of a team-taught interdisciplinary course and digital library at Howard University that explore the history of shared Afro-Diasporan liberation movements between the Caribbean and the USA. The project aims to advance humanities studies at Howard University by...

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF), under its Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750), awarded a $232,175 project grant to the Asociacion De Mujeres Afroecuatorianas Timbire En El Futuro (AMATIF) in Esmeraldas, Ecuador. This 3-year grant supports community-led initiatives to address environmental degradation, economic and social exclusion, and gender-based violence impacting Afro-Ecuadorian residents. AMATIF is training women cacao producers to improve agricultural yields for food...

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF), an independent agency of the Executive Office of the President, awarded $215,000 under its IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs federal grant program (CFDA #85.750) to Fundacion Museo De La Palabra Y La Imagen (MUPI) on September 3, 2021. MUPI will carry out a participatory community project in El Salvador's San Salvador and La Libertad departments to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on residents and help rebuild social connections and resilience....

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 Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $250,000 Project Grant to the Asociacion Comite De Rescate De Cuencas De La Libertad (CORCULL) under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) to support 20 communities in the municipality of La Libertad, El Salvador that are vulnerable to the effects of extreme weather and flooding. Through this 2-year grant, CORCULL is providing training, technical assistance, and access to materials and supplies to these communities to help them...

The Diaspora Vibe Cultural Arts Incubator (DVCAI), a woman-owned, Black American-owned non-profit organization, received a $498,730 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museum Grants for African American History and Culture (AAHC) program on July 1, 2024. The grant will enable DVCAI to enhance its organizational sustainability and programming focused on the Latin and Caribbean diaspora. Key project activities include hiring a part-time graduate...