Community Engagement

  • Community Engagement

    Urban Waters Small Grants

    10/08/15

    This EPA grant program funds projects that engage communities around the issue of water runoff. Up to $1.6 million in total is available. Deadline was November 20, 2015.

  • Community Engagement

    Native American Native Hawaiian Museum Services

    09/22/15

    This IMLS program will award up to $1,472,000 to support projects that sustain Native American/Native Hawaiian cultural heritage through various activities. Deadline was November 15, 2019.

  • Community Engagement

    Dialogues on the Experience of War

    07/17/15

    This NEH program, which awards up to $100,000, supports discussion programs with veterans, service members and scholars on humanities sources about war. The 2025 competition has been canceled.

  • Community Engagement

    Idaho Media Initiative

    07/15/15

    This grant opportunity offers small grants for public affairs journalism in Idaho.

  • Community Engagement

    Humanities in the Public Square

    04/29/15

    This NEH program offered up to $300,000 to support scholarly forums, public discussion and educational resources around challenging issues in the local communities. Deadline was June 24, 2015.

  • Community Engagement

    Challenge America

    03/25/15

    This NEA program is designed as an entry point to small organizations that extend the reach of the arts to underserved populations. $10,000 is available and requires a 1:1 match. Note that this program is meant for first-time NEA applicants. NOTE: The 2025 competition has been closed and applicants are encouraged to apply to the Grant for Arts Projects program instead.

  • Community Engagement

    Robert R. McCormick Foundation

    12/03/14

    Grants support news literacy, journalist training, civic education and engagement, and veterans issues.

  • Community Engagement

    Choice Neighborhoods - Implementation Grants

    11/07/14

    This HUD program, totaling $76 million for FY14 and FY15, aims to transform neighborhoods of poverty into viable mixed-income neighborhoods with access to economic opportunities. Deadline: Feb 8, 2015

  • Community Engagement

    Sparks Ignition Grants for Museums

    10/01/14

    This IMLS funding opportunity, totaling $120,000, encourages museums to challenge existing assumptions about how they operate and the services they provide. Deadline was December 1, 2015.

  • Community Engagement

    Museums for America

    10/01/14

    IMLS' largest grant program for museums, totaling over $19.9 million. It supports projects and activities that build museums' capacities to serve their communities. Deadline was November 15, 2019.

  • Community Engagement

    Best Buy Foundation

    09/26/14

    Grants available locally and nationally for projects engaging young people with technology and digital media.

  • Community Engagement

    Cal Humanities

    09/26/14

    Up to $50,000 available for film, radio and new media initiatives that tell the stories of California communities and people.

  • Community Engagement

    Environmental Justice Small Grants Program

    09/26/14

    This EPA program supports projects that develop an understanding of environmental and public health issues through education and community engagement. Deadline was March 8, 2019.

  • Community Engagement

    Alabama Power Foundation

    08/27/14

    This Foundation supports education, the environment, art and culture, health and human services, and community life. Supports media projects that converge with its focus areas.

  • Community Engagement

    Bank of America Charitable Foundation, Inc.

    07/28/14

    This Foundation has strong interest in job training and create economic mobility for low-income individuals and families. Sponsorships also available for arts events. RFPs issued annually.

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