Community Engagement

  • Community Engagement

    Leonardo Community Engagement grants

    01/22/24

    Community Engagement grants of up to $15,000 are available from WETA to local television stations to support the Ken Burns documentary Leonardo, premiering fall 2024. Deadline: March 4, 2024.

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    PBS Climate Engagement Initiative Grants

    11/06/23

    Up to $35,000 is available for station community engagement and education projects to amplify local stories addressing climate change. Currently closed. The deadline for round 2 was January 31, 2024.

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    Yield Giving Open Call

    03/23/23

    MacKenzie Scott's Yield Giving Open Call will award $1 million in unrestricted funds to 250 community-led, community-focused nonprofits with budgets between $1 million and $5 million. Priorities include improving the lives of people experiencing the greatest need through pathways such as education, job training and civic engagement. Register to apply by May 5, 2023. Applications are due June 12, 2023.

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    Iconic America Community Engagement Grants

    01/13/23

    WETA is offering station community engagement grants of up to $15,000 to support the upcoming series Iconic America. This grant is now closed.

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    American Graduate: Jobs Explained

    11/01/22

    The WNET Group is offered up to 10 station grants of $110,000 for Jobs Explained, the new iteration of CPB's American Graduate initiative, re-conceived as a virtual career fair full of digital content. The competition is now closed. The deadline was December 7, 2022.

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    RTL Learning Neighborhood Planning Projects

    05/17/22

    Ready To Learn offers television stations with experience in early childhood education an opportunity to compete for a training grant as Phase I of the RTL Learning Neighborhoods project. Successful grantees that complete the training will be invited to compete for more substantive project grants in Phase II. This funding opportunity closed on June 30, 2022.

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    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.

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    American Rescue Plan Grants to Organizations

    06/23/21

    This funding opportunity closed on August 12, 2021.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    Ready To Learn Station Training and Implementation Grants

    12/19/19

    CPB announces new station awards to provide for Ready To Learn training of two staff members in Washington DC in May 2020, as well as implementation activities. Total funding of $375,000 will be divided between as many as 25 stations. Deadline was January 31, 2020.

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    East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story Community Engagement Grants

    11/22/19

    WETA will make community engagement grants of up to $10,000 to support activities around the upcoming documentary series East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story. Deadline: December 16, 2019.

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    Asian Americans Community Engagement Grants

    10/22/19

    WETA and the Center for Asian American Media will award community engagement grants of up to $10,000 to support activities around the upcoming documentary film series, Asian Americans. Deadline: December 9, 2019.

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    The Gene: An Intimate History Community Engagement Grants

    10/22/19

    WETA will make community engagement grants of up to $10,000 to support activities around the upcoming documentary series The Gene: An Intimate History. Deadline: December 9, 2019.

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