• Sponsor: Florida Humanities Council
• Funding Opportunity Title: Florida Humanities Council: Community Project Grants
• Key words: media programming, humanities, Florida, local communities
• Link to RFA: https://floridahumanities.org/funding-opportunities/community-project-grants/
• Deadline: 04/03/2024, 08/07/24, 12/4/24
• Available Funding: up to $10,0000
• Period of performance: up to 12 months
• Program Background: Florida Humanities’ Community Project Grants are awarded to nonprofit cultural organizations across Florida to support public humanities programming that strengthens vibrant communities and cultures, promotes civic engagement, sparks thoughtful community dialogue, and reflects on the human experience across the Sunshine State. These grants are designed to support a vast array of bold and innovative projects that are meaningful to local communities, and actively engage the general pubic in humanities-rooted dialogue and discussion.
• Program objective: This funding opportunity aims to increase public participation in and access to the humanities by providing relevant, engaging, and meaningful humanities-based programming to all. Programming that fosters connections between different communities or demographic groups, promotes networking and collaboration between institutions and organizations, and links humanities-associated organizations with other community partners and sectors are encouraged.
• NOTE:
  • • 1:1 Cost share is required and must be documented
    • Florida Humanities encourages innovation and experimentation with new approaches as well as use of time-tested formats such as:
      • Media projects including podcasts, film and radio programming
      • Community conversations, forums, and dialogues grounded in the humanities
      • Interpretive exhibits (permanent or traveling, physical or digital) with significant humanities content and accompanying public programming
      • Lectures and presentations grounded in the humanities
      • Reading or film-and-discussion programs; cultural festivals incorporating humanities activities
      • Oral history projects, story-collection and story-sharing programs, and other activities that produce and share knowledge products
      • Interpretive tours or other types of site- or place-based humanities programming

Posted: March 8, 2024
Category: Research Funding Opportunities
Tagged as: Florida, Humanities, local communities, media programming