Call for Proposals to Community-Based Archives

Funding Sponsor

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Funding Maximum Award
$100,000
Funding Deadline

These grants will provide support to archives in one or more of the following areas of need: 1) operational costs, including staff, space, and utilities; 2) collections care, including the acquisition of new materials, physical and digital storage fees, and access and preservation efforts; 3) programming activities, including events, exhibitions, and publications; and 4) activation and advocacy efforts, including resident community activist/archivist positions, ethical preservation of social media, and increased community use of the archive.