Deadline: 12-Mar-25
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is seeking proposals for the Community-Based Archives Program.
For the purposes of this call, community-based archives are defined as organizations that gather and share materials as members of under-documented communities to preserve and celebrate their collective histories. These archives serve to affirm and uplift their community’s existence and identity, to help combat patterns of misinformation, and to provide a trusted environment for the perpetuation of community traditions, art forms, and languages, among other forms of empowerment.
Through this program, direct support will be provided to community-based archives that represent and serve communities marginalized due to oppression.
Funding Information
- Awards will range from $25,000 to $100,000
Duration
- Grant periods would begin August 1, 2025 and end on July 31, 2027.
Eligibility Criteria
- Organizations that respond to this call for proposals must:
- Be located within the United States or one of its territories.
- Have 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status or be a federally recognized Indian tribe.
- Have an archive or an archiving initiative with an annual operating budget of at least $12,500 and no more than $1 million. In-kind donations towards occupancy costs may be used to calculate the total operating budget. This call is open to both standalone archives and community-based organizations with an archiving initiative.
- Have an established and actively collecting archive that has been in operation for two or more years. This funding cannot be used to create a new archive.
For more information, visit The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.