grants for artists

Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation to Support Artists & Communities Partnerships

Deadline: December 3, 2007

A program of the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation ( http://maaf.org ), Artists & Communities provides opportunities for professional artists to partner with nonprofit organizations in projects that result in the creation of new work and involve active cultural participation by members of the host community. The program supports one- to six-month residencies by visiting artists from the District of Columbia, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania at organizations located in the region served by Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation (Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Virginia, and West Virginia).

Creative artists (choreographers, composers, poets, writers, filmmakers, media, and visual artists of all kinds) will be supported in collaborative partnerships with arts and community organizations. Host organizations must be a tax-exempt nonprofit corporation, or a unit of government. College and university departments, school programs etc., are eligible to apply. However, Artists & Communities is not intended to be an arts-in- education program or intended to support existing, ongoing programs.

Complete program information is available at the foundation's Web site. RFP Link: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10009346/midatlanticarts

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National Endowment for the Humanities Invites Applications for We the People Bookshelf Program

Deadline: January 25, 2008

The National Endowment for the Humanities ( http://www.neh.gov/ ) in cooperation with the American Library Association Public Programs Office ( http://www.ala.org/ ) is accepting applications for the fifth We the People Bookshelf program. Each year, NEH identifies a theme important to the nation's her- itage and selects books that embody that theme to build the We the People Bookshelf. The theme for the 2007-08 Bookshelf is "Created Equal." The program will provide three thousand school (K-12) and public libraries across the United States with a set of classic books related to the "Created Equal" theme.

Any U.S. public library or K-12 school library in the United States and its territories is eligible to apply. School libraries include public, private, parochial, and charter schools. Librar- ies with collections that circulate to the general public and offer reading-based programs for the general public are eligible to apply. A library system or school district may apply on behalf of its member schools or branches. Each library will receive a collection of seventeen classic hard- cover books for young readers, all related to the Created Equal theme, and related resources and materials for programming.

Visit the NEH Web site for details about eligibility and instruc- tions for completing the online application. RFP Link: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10009347/wethepeople

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Shubert Foundation Offers Funding for U.S. Professional Theaters

Deadline: December 3, 2007

The Shubert Foundation ( http://www.shubertfoundation.org/ ) annually awards unrestricted grants for general operating support to not-for-profit, professional resident theaters in the United States. Shubert Foundation grants are awarded exclusively to U.S. organi- zations, which must have current 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status. The foundation provides grants only to organizations that have an established artistic and administrative track record, as well as a history of fiscal responsibility. Grants are awarded based on an assessment of each organization's operation and its contribution to the field. Artistic achieve- ment, administrative strength, and fiscal stability are factored into each evaluation, as is the company's development of new work and other significant contributions to the field of professional theater in the U.S. Criteria for children's theater correspond to those for theater companies.

The foundation does not make grants to individuals, nor does it provide funds for project support, audience development, direct subsidy of reduced-price admissions, conduit organizations, renovation projects, loans, or capital or endowment campaigns. Recent grants from the foundation range from $5,000 to $275,000 each; the larger grants are generally awarded to organizations that have been on the foundation roster for several years.

Visit the foundation's Web site for complete program information and application procedures. RFP Link: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10009348/shubertfound

For additional RFPs in Arts and Culture, visit: http://fdncenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_arts.jhtml