Project Grant TA30998226
- The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded $100,000 to The Library of America (The Literary Classics of the United States Inc.) on April 1, 2026, under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) to develop and deliver "The Living Declaration: Rediscovering America's Founding Text." This public humanities initiative will produce a five-part public program series and a multimedia online resource that interprets the origins, historical development, and...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded the Museum of the American Revolution a cooperative agreement valued at $2.24 million under the Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161) to amplify scholarship, public engagement, and educational resources regarding the international dimensions and impact of the Declaration of Independence. The award, obligated on April 1, 2026, with a completion date of March 31, 2028, supports five...
- The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $350,000 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) to Stone Soup Productions Inc., a woman-owned non-profit media production company. The grant will support the production of the second and third seasons of "The People's Recorder," a national podcast series inspired by the 1930s Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration. The podcast aims to explore the legacy,...
- The National Constitution Center received a $190,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) to conduct a humanities education program focused on the First Amendment. The project will bring two cohorts of 35 educators serving grades 6-12 across various humanities disciplines to Philadelphia, PA from July 14-19 and July 21-26, 2024. Participants will examine the First Amendment through...
- The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $1,295,514 Project Grant to the National History Day Inc. under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA 45.162). The four-year cooperative agreement will support educational programming from 2023 to 2026 focusing on the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and continued efforts toward a more just and inclusive society. National History Day Inc. will produce...
- The Museum of the American Revolution received a $192,836 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) federal grant program. The grant will support the development and implementation of a traveling exhibition titled "Liberty: Don Troiani's Paintings of the Revolutionary War." The exhibition will bring together nearly 40 of artist Don Troiani's original Revolutionary War paintings paired with...
- The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $304,885 Project Grant to PRX Inc., a non-profit media company, to produce a seven-episode podcast series titled "Division Street Revisited." This series, plus a 1-hour opening special for public radio, will revisit Studs Terkel's seminal oral history collection "Division Street: America" by interviewing the children and grandchildren of the original participants. The podcast will explore how themes of race, work,...
- The University of Virginia received a $376,150 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities on July 1, 2014 for the production of a public radio series titled "Backstory with the American History Guys: Finding the American Way." The three-year grant was funded under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs program (CFDA 45.164), which provides support for public humanities programs presented in non-museum settings. The grant enabled the production of a...
- The National Liberty Museum received a $657,749 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program. The grant will fund the museum's effort to create a formalized structure for engaging the community in planning, designing, and implementing exhibitions and programming about liberty. Museum staff will work with community members to form advisory boards and co-curate three exhibitions focused on youth movements, street art,...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History received a $100,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) to develop "The First Salute: Jews, Religious Liberty, and the American Revolution." The award, obligated on April 1, 2026, with a completion date of May 31, 2027, will support the creation of a special exhibition opening in April 2026 that...
The National Liberty Museum received a $100,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) program, awarded on April 1, 2026, with a completion date of June 30, 2027. The grant funds the development and production of the Voices of Liberty Podcast, a limited-series public humanities initiative that features scholars, museum professionals, politicians, artists, comedians, and community members discussing the meaning of liberty in contemporary contexts. The podcast content examines liberty as originally articulated in 1776 and reexamines its significance in the 21st century, with particular emphasis on the Declaration of Independence and its modern implications. This initiative serves as a key component of the National Liberty Museum's "Year of Free Assembly" programming, which aligns institutional activities with the National Semiquincentennial celebrations. The podcast represents an engagement strategy consistent with the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs' objective to connect general audiences with humanities scholarship through accessible public programming. The project is performed in Pennsylvania and will deliver a curated audio content series exploring the intersection of history, culture, and politics through diverse voices and contemporary perspectives on foundational American concepts.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $100.0k | 3/26/26 |