Grant Opportunities
Open Grant Program
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February 1 (suspended for 2010)
May 1
October 15th
The Open Grant Program is open to proposals rooted in any humanities disciplines in any format. Most open grants fall within the $3-10,000 range; grants over $10,000 are rare. Proposals are submitted online and must address all proposal requirements. Narratives for the Open Grant Program usually range from 4-6 pages. Draft proposals are strongly encouraged.
Discretionary Grants
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No deadline. Grants accepted year-round.
The Discretionary Grant Program allows VFH to make grants of up to $3,000 at any time during the year. These grants may be used to plan larger projects, or to carry out programs where only a modest amount of funding is required. Proposals are submitted online and must address all proposal requirements.
For Discretionary Grants, funding decisions are normally made within four weeks following our receipt of the application.
Virginia Indian Heritage Program Grants
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See Open and Discretionary Grants
This grant program is open to any non-profit organization engaged in research, interpretation, and preservation of Virginia Indian history and culture. Virginia’s tribes and inter-tribal organizations, museums, local historical societies, and others are encouraged to apply.
Projects may focus on the histories and cultures of individual tribes, or more broadly on the experience of Indian people and communities within the Commonwealth. We are especially interested in projects in which Native people present their own stories and their own perspectives on Virginia’s past, on Indian culture(s), or on the relationship between their communities and the issues that affect Virginia as a whole.
Proposals for Virginia Indian Heritage Program Grants may be submitted through the Foundation’s Open and Discretionary Grant programs.
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