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Arts and Humanities
VMM Public Media Fund
01/13/22
With funding from CPB, Vision Maker Media provides grants of up to $150,000 for research and development, production and post-production work on content for public television that represents the cultures, experiences, and perspectives of Native Americans and Alaska Natives. This competition is now closed. The deadline was February 11, 2022. -
Arts and Humanities
Major Collaborative Archival Initiatives
01/13/22
Up to $350,000 is available through this National Archives program that supports improving the public discovery and use of major historical records collections. This competition is now closed. -
Arts and Humanities
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
12/13/21
The Mellon Foundation was identified as one of the top funders of journalism and public media by Inside Philanthropy in 2021. They are a longtime funder of public broadcasters, including arts programming. -
Arts and Humanities
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
12/10/21
Mellon is a long standing funder of public broadcasting. Program areas include Arts and Culture, Journalism, and Higher Learning. They have invested significantly in arts organizations during the pandemic. -
Arts and Humanities
Publishing Historical Records in Collaborative Digital Editions
11/29/21
Up to $160,000 is available from the National Archives to publish online editions of historical records. The most recent deadline was May 7, 2025. -
Arts and Humanities
Benjamin Franklin Community Engagement grants
11/15/21
WETA will offer $10,000 station grants for community engagement around the upcoming Benjamin Franklin program, airing in April 2022. This funding opportunity closed on January 13, 2022. -
Arts and Humanities
American Rescue Plan Grants to Organizations
06/23/21
This funding opportunity closed on August 12, 2021. -
Arts and Humanities
Public Engagement with Historical Records
06/10/21
Up to $150,000 is available from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) for tools that provide access to historical documents online. Deadline: October 6, 2021 (optional draft due August 10, 2021). -
Arts and Humanities
Archival Projects
06/10/21
The National Archives' NHPRC will award up to $150,000 for digitizing historical records collections. Eligible historical records include documents, photographs, born-digital records and analog audio and moving images. The 2025 grant cycle has closed. The deadline was November 5, 2025. -
Arts and Humanities
American Rescue Plan: Humanities Organizations
04/08/21
As part of the American Rescue Plan stimulus funding, NEH will award up to $500,000 to humanities organizations for work that has been adversely affected by the coronavirus pandemic. They anticipate making 150 awards from a total of $40,000,000. Deadline was May 14, 2021 -
Arts and Humanities
Humanities Collections and Reference Resources
03/29/21
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grants of up to $350,000 for digitization projects of humanities resources. The 2025 competition has been canceled. -
Arts and Humanities
Research Grants in the Arts
02/02/21
The NEA will award grants ranging $20,000 - $100,000 for projects that address priorities in their current research agenda. A 1-1 non-federal match is required. The 2025 cycle has closed. The deadline was March 24, 2025. -
Arts and Humanities
The Black Church Community Engagement Grants
11/05/20
WETA will make mini-grants of up to $7,500 to stations that host virtual community engagement events focused on The Black Church. This funding opportunity ended on December 9, 2020. -
Arts and Humanities
Ken Burns' Hemingway Virtual Community Engagement Grants
11/05/20
WETA will make mini-grants of up to $7,500 to stations that host virtual community engagement events focused on Ken Burns' Hemingway. This funding opportunity closed on December 18, 2020. -
Arts and Humanities
PBS American Portrait
08/06/20
PBS American Portrait rounds 2 and 3 are open to provide funding for including educators and students, as well as content creation and community dialogue. Up to $8,000-$15,000 is available. Deadline was August 21, 2020.
