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Digital Media
Press Forward Infrastructure Open Call
11/14/24
The second open call from Press Forward (the $500 million funding collaborative that aims to support local news) focuses on strengthening the infrastructure in newsrooms. They are looking for scalable, replicable or new solutions to common challenges to sustainably creating and disseminating local news. 20-30 grants ranging $500,000 - $1.5 million are available to stations alone or as part of a collaboration. LOIs are due January 15, 2025, and selected applicants will be invited to submit a full proposal. -
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The American Revolution Community Engagement Grants
09/17/24
WETA is offering community engagement grants of up to $35,000 in conjunction with the Ken Burns series The American Revolution. Deadline: January 31, 2025. -
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Elections and Civics: Station Engagement Grants
05/13/24
These PBS station engagement grants will award $10,000 - $20,000 for work that fosters community-level connections ad amplifies the stories of localized efforts related to elections and civics. Applicants may apply in one of three categories: content creation, community engagement and education. This grant is now closed. -
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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. The deadline was March 4, 2024. The competition is now closed. -
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Public Media Editorial Integrity and Leadership Initiative 2.0
03/16/23
Poynter and CPB partner to fully fund 50 public media journalists for a 9 month training program. The application process is now closed. The last deadline was April 22, 2024. -
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National Institute for Health Care Management (NIHCM) Foundation Journalism Grants
03/16/23
This foundation supports a variety of health reporting projects, including mental health. Grants support reporting, as well as research, data visualization and documentary promotion. Grant competition opens each fall. The last deadline was October 25, 2024. -
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Original STEM Series for PBS Terra
11/28/22
PBS Digital Studios, in partnership with the National Science Foundation, seeks new STEM series for the PBS Terra YouTube channel. Up to $160,000 is available for PBS station applicants. This grant closed on January 13, 2023. -
Digital Media
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. -
Digital Media
Cultural and Community Resilience (CCR)
10/24/22
New NEH grant supports preserving cultural knowledge in the face of climate change and/or the COVID-19 pandemic. Grants for oral history and other digital documentation of marginalized communities affected may be up to $150,000. We expect to see the next competition with applications in February 2025 and a deadline in May 2025. -
Digital Media
Dangers and Opportunities of Technology: Perspectives from the Humanities (DOT)
10/03/22
NEH will fund 9-12 awards of up to $150,000 for podcasts, online videos, websites and other resources that examine how current social and cultural issues are significantly shaped by technology. We expect to see new guidelines in June 2025, with a deadline of September 4, 2025. -
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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. -
Digital Media
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. We expect another competition in the spring of 2025. -
Digital Media
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. -
Digital Media
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. -
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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. Note that this grant will not fund documentary production but could enhance a historical documentary effort. This grant is currently closed. We expect to see the next competition with a deadline of May 2025.
