Project Grant SNP40023GR0051

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to Hip-Hop Theater Festival Inc., doing business as Hi-Arts, from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023. The funding supports personnel and facilities expenses to enable Hi-Arts to continue providing arts programming in response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The award falls under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024), which aims to support opportunities for public...

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) awarded a $150,000 Project Grant to Hiphopforchange Inc. under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024) to support personnel expenses from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022. The grant funding will allow Hiphopforchange Inc.'s Hip Hop For Change division to cover staffing costs to provide arts programming in response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The NEA's Promotion of the Arts Grants to...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded $130,020 under the Public Diplomacy Programs federal grant to support Impulstanz - Vienna International Dance Festival. The award will fund the participation of 22 U.S. artists at the festival taking place from June 25 through August 31, 2022 in Vienna, Austria. The Public Diplomacy Programs aim to inform and influence foreign audiences and strengthen relationships. This project grant will allow for cultural exchange through...

This Project Grant award of $190,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) supports the "CINCINNATI SOUNDS: EXPLORING A MUSICAL CITY'S SPACES, PLACES AND SOUNDS" project. The project will triangulate multiple perspectives through multidisciplinary scholarship, sound mapping, site visits, and applications to humanities research and teaching. Key project activities include workshops with discussions...

The Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs awarded a $1,129,355 Project Grant to the Auckland Writers & Readers Festival Charitable Trust through the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to host two U.S.-based authors, Jason Reynolds and Colson Whitehead, and a reception at the 2023 Auckland Writers Festival from May 16-21. The Trust will deliver cultural diplomacy and inform/influence New Zealand publics by bringing the two acclaimed American authors to...

The Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded a $2,169,255 Cooperative Agreement to the New England Foundation For The Arts, Incorporated under the Professional and Cultural Exchange Programs - Citizen Exchanges federal grant program (CFDA 19.415). Through this award, six performing arts ensembles from three countries totaling approximately 52 participants will each tour for 28 days across underserved rural and urban communities in the United States. The ensembles...

This $100,300.00 Project Grant award from the Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) supports Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees, a for-profit organization, in promoting cross-cultural connections between the U.S. and New Zealand through the "Sing Aotearoa" and "Choral Connect" initiatives. The award, with a period of performance from September 26, 2023 through October 31, 2023, will enable Miscellaneous...

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $117,725 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) to the Rubin Museum of Art in New York. The grant will fund a virtual one-week summer institute from June 16 - July 2, 2025 that will introduce 30-35 higher education faculty to Himalayan art and cultural traditions, and provide them with the tools to incorporate this content into their wider Asian studies curriculum. The...

The Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs awarded a $1,151,209 Project Grant to support public diplomacy programs in New Zealand. Under the award, four U.S. writers will participate in a literary festival's school and general programming. Three authors will engage virtually while one New Zealand-based U.S. author will participate in-person. The grant funding will support the achievement of foreign policy goals through informing and influencing foreign audiences, as...

The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, awarded a $250,000 Cooperative Agreement to Pacific Cooperation Broadcasting LIMITED (Pasifika TV), a New Zealand-based non-profit organization, to manage all aspects of the Young Pacific Leaders Regional Workshop on Cultural Preservation. The award, made under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program, covers an in-person workshop and virtual work from September 30, 2024 through March 30, 2026. The...