$10k Community Stories Grant from Cal Humanities, deadline August 1

Attention CA media makers! Details below on the latest grants from Cal Humanities. Deadline Aug 1.

Got stories? Time to share!

Cal Humanities is accepting applications beginning July 1st for the August 1st, 2014 deadline for Community Stories, our ongoing competitive grants program.

Cal Humanities’ Community Stories grants program provides funding to support a wide range of community-initiated public humanities projects, including:

  • story-based performances
  • community forums
  • websites
  • video and radio documentaries
  • interpretive exhibits

Since 2003, we have made over 400 awards for projects that collectively illustrate the diversity and breadth of the California experience.

Who’s eligible?
  • California-based nonprofit and fiscally sponsored organizations
  • local/state public agencies or institutions
What do we fund?

We support story-based public humanities projects that:

  • focus on collecting and sharing real stories of California’s communities
  • involve at least one humanities expert as an advisor
  • use the methods of analysis that inform the humanities as well as community-based research
  • produce work that is publicly accessible
How much do we fund?
  • Grant awards range up to $10,000
  • Matching cash or in-kind donations are required
Need more info?

For complete program information, including current guidelines, application materials and instructions, and descriptions of funded projects, click HERE.

A recorded informational webinar for this round is now available.  Click HERE to access it.

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