This department is offering small grants to libraries and nonprofit organizations for the America’s Music program, a film history series of popular 20th-century American music genres. The grant provides $2,500 for project expenses, including DVDs, discussion materials, essays by scholars, and web support. Recipients will receive training on organizing and promoting the series, and 50 organizations will be selected to present these community programs between January 1, 2013, and December 31, 2013. The closing date for applications is March 14, 2012.
Opportunity ID: 133393
General Information
| Document Type:: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number:: | 20120314-LB |
| Funding Opportunity Title:: | Small Grants to Libraries: America’s Music |
| Opportunity Category:: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation:: | |
| Funding Instrument Type:: | |
| Category of Funding Activity:: | Humanities (see “Cultural Affairs” in CFDA) |
| Category Explanation:: | |
| Expected Number of Awards:: | |
| Assistance Listings Number(s):: | 45.164 — Promotion of the Humanities_Public Programs |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:: | No |
| Version:: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date:: | Dec 14, 2011 |
| Last Updated Date:: | |
| Original Closing Date for Applications:: | Mar 14, 2012 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications:: | Mar 14, 2012 |
| Archive Date:: | Apr 13, 2012 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding:: | |
| Award Ceiling:: | $2,500 |
| Award Floor:: | $0 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants:: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility:: | Applications are invited from libraries (public, academic, special) and non-profit institutions or venues related to music or American history. (Examples include but are not limited to university departments, archives with an extensive collection in one of the areas of the program, museums, music-oriented institutes or societies, or performance venues.)
Either a library or another nonprofit organization may be the lead applicant. All lead applicants must either have IRS 501(c)3 tax-exempt status, or be state or local governmental agencies. However, nonprofit organizations other than libraries must apply in partnership with a library, as grant guidelines require that the documentary DVD packages become part of a library’s circulating collection after the series ends. Individuals are not eligible to apply. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name:: | National Endowment for the Humanities |
| Description:: | Americas Music: A Film History of Our Popular Music from Blues to Bluegrass to Broadway is a six-week public program featuring documentary film screenings and scholar-led discussions of twentieth-century American popular music. The six sessions focus on these uniquely American musical genres: blues and gospel, Broadway, jazz, bluegrass and country, rock n roll, and mambo and hip hop. The project will provide DVDs of compelling documentary films, discussion guidelines, original essays by eminent scholars, extensive resource guides, and Web support. The project will offer participating organizations training in how to organize, promote, and run the series successfully. All libraries and nonprofit organizations selected to implement the public program will receive grants of $2,500 for project expenses. Fifty organizations (libraries and other eligible nonprofits) will be selected to receive a grant to present this series of community programs on the history of American popular music. The grantee institutions are expected to offer the programs between January 1, 2013, and December 31, 2013. |
| Link to Additional Information:: | |
| Grantor Contact Information:: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact: |
Version History
| Version | Modification Description | Updated Date |
|---|---|---|
| Synopsis 1 |
Package Status
Below are CLOSED Opportunity Package(s) no longer available for this Funding Opportunity:
Package No: 1
| Assistance Listings: | 45.164 |
| Competition ID: | |
| Competition Title: | |
| Opportunity Package ID: | PKG00087830 |
| Opening Date: | Dec 14, 2011 |
| Closing Date: | Mar 14, 2012 |
| Agency Contact Information:: | Division of Public Programs |
| Who Can Apply:: | Organization Applicants |
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Application for Federal Domestic Assistance-Short Organizational [V1.1] Supplementary Cover Sheet for NEH Grant Programs [V1.0] Attachments [V1.0] |
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Packages
| Assistance Listings | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions | Who Can Apply: | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45.164 | PKG00087830 | Dec 14, 2011 | Mar 14, 2012 | View | Division of Public Programs | Organization Applicants |