The Alaska Humanities Forum is requesting applications for the Stories Grant.
Donor Name: Alaska Humanities Forum
State: Alaska
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 11/29/2023
Size of the Grant: $10,000
Grant Duration: 1 year
Details:
Stories Grants provide funding for projects working to build a more inclusive narrative of Alaska’s past and present by amplifying stories that have been underrecognized or excluded from the public discourse.
This grant seeks to invest in projects that share and give space to stories that need to be told, and especially those stories, voices and experiences that have been underrecognized or excluded from public discourse. By doing so, they hope this grant can contribute to building a deeper, more complex, and more inclusive narrative of Alaska’s past and present.
Stories Grants seek to fund projects that are:
- Timely. Projects share stories that need to be told.
- Rooted. Projects are responsive to, based in, and shaped by local knowledge and lived experience.
- Collaborative. Storytellers, community members, and project partners co-create the project at each stage (this could include designing the project, implementing the project, evaluating the project, determining what happens with the final product, etc.). Where appropriate, they strongly encourage use of grant funds as honoraria to compensate collaborators.
- Accessible. The grant project must be made publicly accessible in some way.
- “Sparks.” They believe that stories have the power to ignite understanding and connection. They prioritize projects that include a meaningful strategy for reaching audiences and sparking audience engagement.
Funding Information
AKHF intends to award eight $10,000 grants.
Project Period
A project may begin to accrue costs covered by the grant as early as February 1, 2024. Funded projects must be completed by January 31, 2025. In other words, the money must be spent and the project must be completed by January 31, 2025.
Potential Projects
- Written articles for print or digital distribution;
- Oral histories, podcasts, and other audio projects;
- Documentary-based photography and short video/film projects; and
- Multimedia, web-based, and other digital projects.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must be Alaska-based nonprofit organizations or state, local, and federally recognized tribal governments. For-profit organizations are not eligible to apply. At this time, they cannot fund individuals. Individuals may partner with organizations to apply for grant funding, but please note they cannot award pass-through entities; the grantee organization must play a meaningful role in the project design, implementation, and/or distribution.
For more information, visit AKHF .
