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Documentary
Juneteenth Open House Events
10/28/24
In this brand new grant program, NEH will award $30,000 grants for public events tied to Juneteenth Open House events that explore African American history and culture. Suggested activities include documentary screenings followed by group discussions. UPDATE 11-10-2024 The NEH decided not to open this competition at this time. -
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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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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. -
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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. -
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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. -
Documentary
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. -
Documentary
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. -
Documentary
NEH CARES: Cultural Organizations
04/23/20
NEH offers up to $300,000 to cultural organizations to support a range of humanities activities through December 31, 2020. Deadline was May 11, 2020. -
Documentary
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. -
Documentary
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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Coming Home: Connecting to Community
09/18/19
This new CPB initiative will support authentic, local storytelling about life in rural America. Deadline was October 25, 2019. -
Documentary
Short Documentaries
07/25/19
This program closed in 2021 and has been incorporated into the NEH Media Projects grant program. -
Documentary
Jacquie Jones Memorial Scholarship Fund
08/15/18
This fund, established by CPB and administered by Black Public Media, was created to support diverse documentary producers. Deadline was September 30, 2018.
