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The Grant Center for Public Media is public broadcasting's premier source for grant seekers, providing a one-stop shop for funding opportunities tailored to your needs, along with related news, resources and tools to help you make your case.
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April/May 2020
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CARES ACT Update
Grant Center members can stay on top of funding opportunities from the CARES Act by regularly checking our
We remain in close conversation with our contacts at the federal agencies that fund stations, and will keep updating you on the many opportunities as they arise. Recent examples include:
- $72 million for distance learning and telemedicine at the Department of Agriculture.
- $75 million for stations at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
- More than $13 billion to the Department of Education. Details on discretionary grants available for states have just been announced. Read details of the Rethink K-12 Education Models grant and the Reimagining Workforce Education grant.
- $50 million to the Institute of Museum and Library Studies (IMLS) with a focus on access.
- $75 million to the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA),the agency that awards the largest number of station grants each year. We expect to see a second round of grants announced in May and the winners of the first round announced in June.
- $75 million to the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).
- $75 million for COVID-19 research to the National Science Foundation (NSF). See our suggestions for accessing these funds for education related responses to COVID-19.
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Ready To Learn Competition Deadline Extended
On May 7, 2
020, the Department officially extended the deadline of the current Ready To Learn competition by one month, to June 15, 2020.
The
extension notice also extends the deadline for the notice of intent to apply and the deadline for Intergovernmental Review.
The new dates are as follows:
Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply: May 15, 2020
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: June 15, 2020
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: August 14, 2020
Please see our profile
to download the full program notice and application materials.
Questions? Contact Meegan White at mwhite@apts.org.
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NEH CARES Grant Deadline Approaches
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is awarding grants of up to $300,000 to cultural organizations to support a range of humanities activities through December 31, 2020. Did you notice that the application even listed "a public radio station requesting support for the development of a podcast to contextualize the global impact of the coronavirus in relation to historical events such as plagues, natural disasters and world wars that significantly altered human society." as an example of activities they would fund?
Applications are due May 11, 2020 through a new streamlined process - be sure to get yours in!
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From our Friends at Greater Public
Visit the
COVID-19 resource page, open to all, for an impressive collection of marketing and development resources, work samples and campaigns from other stations.
You'll find materials devoted to membership, corporate support, and major and planned giving.
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Congratulations Facebook Journalism Project Grant winners!
 In their first round of COVID-19 grants, announced April 7, 2020, we counted
37 successful public broadcasting stations (14 radio and 23 tv/joint licensees). Congratulations to all! We are especially happy to hear about the Grant Center members who learned of the short timeline on this grant from our members-only alerts and were able to put together an application very quickly, which resulted in full funding for their news efforts.
The second round of grants was announced May 7, 2020. This was a bigger competition, with awards of up to $100,000. We count
16 public broadcasters among the grantees (12 radio and 4 tv/joint licensees). Congratulations to all!
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Funders Expect More in Addressing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Under COVID-19
MacArthur Foundation President John Palfrey discussed what the Foundation and its partners are doing to combat racism during this global pandemic, in a March 27 letter. This letter builds on the conversations in the philanthropic community led by the Ford Foundation to implement practices that advance equity and trust. One of the ideas here is that this pandemic is not hitting everyone in the same way. Instead of being a "great equalizer" as some have claimed, the COVID-19 crisis may be magnifying social inequity by hitting disadvantaged communities harder. Palfrey writes,
"Recent discussions across the sector about the need to shift our practices to focus on racial justice and power-sharing must move from idea to action. In this moment we must embody the approach of trust-based philanthropy and use a racial justice lens to appropriately respond to a crisis that is the result of structural failures, institutional negligence, and the underfunding of services for our communities."
These are words we should all listen to. Many funders are learning more about who is being hurt by the joint health and economic crisis that we are experiencing, and they may welcome or even require an approach that uses the lens of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) not just in aspirational language, but backed up by solid metrics.
Those of you who attended the most recent Facebook Journalism Project webinar for applicants in the second round may recall that applicants are required to share the demographics of their target audience, along with the demographics of their own staff and board, and if representation is lacking, applicants must submit a plan to address this. In the press release yesterday, Facebook proudly announced that "The fund is supporting many publishers who are hardest hit by this crisis: nearly 80 percent of recipients are family- or independently owned and more than half are published by or for communities of color."
In one more example of tech funders taking DEI seriously, t
he Google News Initiative, a $300 million effort to help journalism around the world thrive in the digital age, has announced and extended the deadline of the 2020 North American Challenge. This year's focus will be on "projects that generate growth and diversification of revenue for local media who elevate underrepresented audiences and promote diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) within their journalism." Funding is available for projects with a budget up to $300,000, of which Google will cover up to 70% (in other words, a match is required).
Given this emphasis from many funders, now is the time to re-examine the tools and metrics that you have to tell your own station's powerful story.
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Federal Funding
To get the most timely funding announcements, be sure to bookmark
Infrastructure and Capacity Building Challenge Grants
- This new grant program from NEH will award up to $750,000 for humanities institutions with long-term infrastructure needs and capacity building core activities. Matching funds are required.
Deadline: May 15, 2020.
Research and Development Grant
- The NEH will grant up to $350,000 to address challenges in preserving or providing access to humanities resources.
Deadline: May 15, 2020.
Preservation and Access Education and Training Grants
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This NEH program preserves and establishes access to cultural heritage resources including books, sound recordings, electronic records and digital objects. NOTE: New guidelines for this competition are expected in March but had not yet been released as we went to press.
Ready To Learn Television Grants
- Every five years, the Ready To Learn program opens for a new competition. The program funds instructional programming for preschool and elementary school children and their families. Awards last five years and are expected to average $9,000,000 in the first year. Deadline extended to June 15, 2020.
Grants for Arts Projects
- The NEA Grants for Arts Projects (formerly Art Works) program supports creation, engagement, learning and livability in communities through grants ranging from $10,000 to $100,000. (1-1 match required). Deadline: July 9, 2020.
Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant and Loan Program - Thanks to the CARES act, the USDA's Rural Services is now running a second competition of this program. The DLT Program funds telecommunications-enabled information, audio/video equipment and related technologies that extend service into rural locations. $50,000 - $1,000,000 is available with a 15% match.
Deadline: July 13, 2020.
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Foundation Funding
Members of the Grant Center for Public Media can access hundreds of foundations that fund public media through the
GC Search tool. Additionally, some foundations run limited grant competitions around priority areas for public media. The Grant Center publishes opportunities like these and news related to the philanthropic world in its Foundation Funding Round-Ups. Under COVID-19, we have greatly increased the frequency of this members-only communication.
Click the links below to read our most recent entry:
The Grant Center for Public Media also offers custom prospect research on foundations to public radio and television stations. This service is available to all organizations that subscribe to the Grant Center. We will provide your station with a list of prospective funders that includes short descriptions of actual grants made and recommendations of the most likely foundation prospects. For more information or to request a custom search, please
contact us here.
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Connect with The Grant Center for Public Media
The Grant Center for Public Media, a partnership between America's Public Television Stations (APTS) and Greater Public, is public broadcasting's premier source for grant seekers, providing a one-stop shop for funding opportunities tailored specifically for public broadcasting stations, along with related news, resources and tools to help you make your case.
Whether you are seeking federal or foundation funding, the Grant Center for Public Media website, tailored specifically to public media grant seekers, will help you find just what you need. With over 450 funding opportunities, our user-friendly search options help you find the funding opportunity of your choice.
The Grant Center is a members only service available to all public television and public radio stations.
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Questions? Please email the Grant Center for Public Media:
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www.apts.org/grantcenter.
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