The Montana Community Foundation is currently seeking applications for its William B. Pratt Endowment Fund – Media Arts.
Donor Name: Montana Community Foundation
State: Montana
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/01/2024
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The William B. Pratt Endowment Fund is a legacy gift to the people of Montana to help them tell and share stories – especially the untold ones – about Montana’s arts, culture and history. The Media Arts program will make grants to encourage the Production of, Education About and Distribution/Presentation of Media Arts in Montana.
Media Arts applications may be made in one of the following three major categories:
- Pre-production, production or post-production costs for well-researched and – thought out original documentaries about Montana’s arts, culture and history, including those produced by Montana public radio, public television or public access or tribal stations; Montana nonprofit organizations with a media arts-related mission; and professional media artists working under the fiscal sponsorship of a nonprofit organization that has a mission to support media and other artists. Support for animation, graphics and film, video or audio restoration may be requested but only for the documentary being produced.
- The Media Arts program will support projects that are in the early stages of preproduction, including research, script development, and identification of production resources and personnel.
- Festivals or public programs, which, in whole or part, present documentaries about Montana’s arts, culture and history, and which request support to defray the cost of media productions to be presented, the involvement of professional media artists, and related program costs.
- Media Arts Education programs, which involve professional media artists, may be
- In-school (K-12) Artist in Residence programs, After-school and community-based programs, which include media history, aesthetics and the crafts of production and enable participants to create mini-documentaries that focus on the arts, culture and history of their communities, or Programs at tribal colleges in Montana.
The media arts include:
- Photography
- Film
- Video
- Audio
- Multimedia
- Digitally generated and distributed media
Funding Information
Grants will range from $500 to $2,000. Small grants requests less than $750 can apply using a simplified application form.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible applicants include 501(c)(3) organizations and governments including local, state, and tribal governments. Individual artist and other entities may apply under a fiscal sponsorship.
- Each organization may submit one application per year. However, organizations serving as fiscal sponsors for one or more media artists may submit multiple applications, including an application for the organization’s own programmatic purposes.
- Eligible costs include fees, honoraria, and associated program costs for the involvement of professional media artists.
- Applications are encouraged that involve professional media artists who are women, tribal members, rurally-based, or are from populations that can be considered underserved.
For more information, visit Montana Community Foundation.
