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A TO Z GRANTWRITING ARTS AND EDUCATION NEWSLETTER

NOVEMBER 2015

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Arts and Culture

ACLS African Humanities Fellowships, Deadline: Nov 2. Fellowship stipends are intended to give recipients an academic year free from teaching and other duties to complete or revise their Ph.D dissertation for publication, or in support of their first major research project after the Ph.D. Info & app: https://www.acls.org/programs/ahp/

Women's Studio Workshop's Art-in-Education Artist's Book Residency, Deadline: Nov 15. Two emerging women artists will win a ten-week residency at the workshop in Rosendale, New York, to create a hand-printed, limited edition artist's book and teach young people. Info & app: http://www.wsworkshop.org/residencies/art-in-ed-artists-book-residency-g...

Graham Foundation's 2016 Carter Manny Awards, Deadline: Nov 15. Grants of up to $20K will be awarded to outstanding doctoral students whose work represents some of the most advanced scholarship on architecture and its role in the arts, culture, and society. Info & app: http://www.grahamfoundation.org/grant_programs/?mode=award

ASCAP Foundation's Young Jazz Composer Awards, Deadline: Dec 1. Grants will be awarded for original jazz scores or compositions by talented young jazz composers. Info & app: http://www.ascapfoundation.org/programs/awards/herb-alpert-composer.aspx

Anthony Quinn Foundation's Arts Scholarship Program, Deadline: Jan 3. Scholarship grants of up to $3K will be awarded to support high school students' extracurricular study of the visual arts and design, performing arts, media arts, and the literary arts. Info & app: https://anthonyquinnfoundation.fluidreview.com/

Ransom Center Research Fellowships, Deadline: Jan 15. Grants of up to $3K will be awarded in support of research in all areas of the humanities, including literature, photography, film, art, the performing arts, music, and cultural history. Info & app: http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/research/fellowships/application/

Kurt Weill Foundation’s Lotte Lenya Competition for Vocalists, Deadline: Jan 25. Exceptionally talented young singer/actors who excel in a wide range of musical theater styles will compete for top prizes of $15K, $10K, and $7.5K. Info & app: http://kwf.org/grants-a-prizes/lotte-lenya-competition43

Harpo Foundation Fellowships for Native American Artists, Deadline: Feb 15. One-month residential fellowships at the Vermont Studio Center will be awarded to Native American visual artists who demonstrate strong artistic ability, an evolving practice, and capacity for intercultural dialogue. Info & app: http://www.harpofoundation.org/apply/native-american-felowship/

DDCF Grants to Strengthen Performing Arts, Deadline: Feb 26 (Letters of Inquiry). Grants of up to $200K will be awarded to projects that strengthen the national infrastructure of the nonprofit dance, jazz, presenting, and theater fields. Info & app: http://www.ddcf.org/Programs/Arts/Initiatives--Strategies/National-Secto...

National Endowment for the Arts - http://www.nea.gov/

State Arts Agencies - http://www.nasaa-arts.org/new/nasaa/aoa/aoa_contents.shtml

Artdeadline - http://artdeadline.com/

Art Deadlines List - http://artdeadlineslist.com

Cultural Funding: Federal Opportunities - http://arts.endow.gov/federal.html

Target Arts in Education Program - http://target.com/schools/grants.asp

FundsNets – Arts and Humanities - http://www.fundsnetservices.com/arts2.htm

Education

Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Scholarships for Undergraduates, Deadline: Nov 3. Scholarship recipients will be awarded as much as $160K for tuition, books, living expenses, and other required fees. Info & app: http://www.jkcf.org/scholarship-programs/college-scholarship/

Research Fellowships from the National Academy of Education, Deadline: Nov 5. Fellowships of up to $70K will be awarded to early career scholars working in critical areas of education research. Info & app: http://www.naeducation.org/NAED_080201.htm

LAPA Grants for Law-Related Research, Deadline: Nov 16. LAPA Fellows devote the major portion of their time to their own research and writing on law-related subjects of empirical, interpretive, doctrinal, and/or normative significance. Info & app: http://lapa.princeton.edu/content/lapa-fellowships

School Library Grants from the Laura Bush Foundation for America's Libraries, Deadline: Dec 14. Grants of up to $7K will be awarded to help libraries in schools where 85 percent or more of students qualify for free or reduced lunches expand, update, and diversify their book collections. Info & app: http://www.laurabushfoundation.com/how-to-apply/index.html

U.S.-Japan Foundation Grants for Pre-College Education Programs, Deadline: Dec 15 (Letters of Intent). The foundation awards grants in support of programs that take advantage of new technology to bring Japanese and American teachers and students together; build human networks among teachers on both sides of the Pacific; and increase exposure to and resources for learning about the two countries. Info & app: http://us-jf.org/programs/grants/pre-college-education/

Teacher as Researcher Grant from the International Literacy Association, Deadline: Jan 15. Grants of up to $5K will be awarded to support pre-K-12 teachers' inquiries about literacy and instruction. Info & app: http://literacyworldwide.org/about-us/awards-grants/ila-teacher-as-resea...

Point Foundation Scholarships for LGBTQ Students, Deadline: Jan 19. Through its annual Point Foundation Scholarship program, the foundation will provide financial assistance and programmatic support to LGBTQ students enrolling in undergraduate or graduate programs for the 2016-17 academic year. Info & app: http://www.pointfoundation.org/apply

Next Generation Humanities PhD Grants, Deadline: Feb 17. Grants up to $350K to assist universities in devising a new model of doctoral education, which can both transform the understanding of what it means to be a humanities scholar and promote the integration of the humanities in the public sphere. Next Generation Humanities PhD Planning Grants support universities in preparing to institute wide-ranging changes in humanities doctoral programs. Info & app: http://www.neh.gov/grants/next-generation

American Electric Power Grants for Classroom STEM Projects, Deadline: Feb 26. Grants of up to $500 will be awarded in support of classroom projects that have an academic focus and promote academic achievement in AEP service regions. Info & app: http://www.aep.com/community/TeachersAndStudents/TeacherVisionGrants.aspx

Fellowships from the James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation, Deadline: Mar 1. The program provides fellowship grants of $24K to individuals striving to become outstanding teachers of the American Constitution at the secondary-school level. Info & app: http://www.nsta.org/about/awards.aspx#shell

US Department of Education - http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/find/edlite-forecast.html

California Department of Education - http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/fo/af/

The Chronicle of Higher Education - http://chronicle.com/section/Home/5

Department of State - http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=202974

Ed.gov - http://www.ed.gov/

SchoolGrants.com - http://www.schoolgrants.org/

National Education Association - http://www.nea.org/

Journalism/Media

Investigate Fund for Stories of Excluded or Maginalized, Deadline: (Open, query). The Investigative Fund supports investigative journalism in the independent media seeking to highlight voices and stories often excluded or marginalized by mainstream outlets. Info & app: http://www.theinvestigativefund.org/about/1808/puffin_foundation_investi...

PHILANTHROPY and VOLUNTARISM

Open Society Fellowships, Deadline: Jan 4 (Letters of Inquiry). Individuals from around the world pursuing innovative and unconventional approaches to fundamental open society challenges may apply for a fellowship lasting a year. Info & app: https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/grants/open-society-fellowship

Awesome Foundation Microgrants, Deadline: Open. Microgrants of $1K will be awarded for initiatives in a wide range of areas including arts, technology, community development, and more, that help bring communities together. Info & app: http://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/about_us

PUBLIC AFFAIRS

Awesome Foundation Grants, Deadline: Open. Microgrants of $1K will be awarded for initiatives in a wide range of areas including arts, technology, community development, and more, that help bring communities together. Info & app: http://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/about_us

FEDERAL FUNDING SOURCES IN A VARIETY OF TOPICS

Federal Grants Wire - http://www.federalgrantswire.com/

Grants.gov - http://www.grants.gov/

FundsNet - http://www.fundsnetservices.com/

GrantsAlert - http://grantsalert.com/

Grants Hotline - www.grantshotline.com

IN THE NEWS

CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION PLEDGES $1 BILLION TO L.A. NONPROFITS. Celebrating its centennial year, the California Community Foundation has announced a commitment of $1 billion over ten years to improve the quality of life for underserved families and communities in Los Angeles County. As part of its Building Los Angeles Together initiative, CCF plans to disburse the funds to L.A. County nonprofits in the form of grants, loans, and scholarships, with a focus on early childhood education, low-income housing, community clinics, and the arts. CCF president and CEO Antonia Hernández told the Los Angeles Times that raising the funds was "doable" for the community foundation, which has awarded $700 million in grants over the past decade. "Over the next decade, we will invest in the issues that we believe will have the most impact on people's lives and will help enable L.A. County to thrive," said Hernández. "Every day, our nonprofit community is taxed to do more to serve our neighborhoods with limited resources. Through this pledge, we will invest in the vital work of nonprofit organizations that are helping to transform Los Angeles." "California Community Foundation Announces $1 Billion Funding Commitment to L.A. County Nonprofits at 100th Anniversary Town Hall Commemoration." California Community Foundation Press Release 10/08/2015. Link to the press release: http://givinginla.org/1billioncommitment/

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Vallejo’s “Make ‘Em All Mexican” is included in “Appropriations” at Denise Bibro Fine Art, Inc., Chelsea, NY through November 15, 2015 and in “Cut and Trim: Contemporary Collage” at El Museo del Barrio in New York from July 15 – December 1. She will be featured in the Journal of Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social (Women Active in Letters and Social Change) accompanied by an article written by Dr. Karen Mary Davalos entitled “The Visual Arts of Linda Vallejo: Indigenous Spirituality, Indigenist Sensibility, and Emplacement” and on the cover of “Women in Culture: An Intersectional Anthology for Gender and Women’s Studies” published by Wiley Blackwell. Vallejo’s work can be seen at Denise Bibro Fine Art, Inc. (NY), SaltFineArt (Laguna Beach, CA), and Bert Green Fine Art (Chicago, Ill) For more info visit: http://lindavallejo.com