Deadline: 20-Nov-22
The Latin GRAMMY Cultural Foundation (LGCF) is accepting applications for Preservation Grant Program.
The Preservation Grant Program of the Latin GRAMMY Cultural Foundation (LGCF) awards grants to organizations and individuals in an effort to further international awareness and appreciation of the significant contributions of Latin music and it’s makers to the world’s culture.
Funding Information
- The Grants is up to $5,000 each
Eligible Funds
The Latin GRAMMY Cultural Foundation funds:
- Preservation of original, pre-existing media and source material.
- Projects of historical, artistic and cultural Latin music significance.
- Archiving projects including rescue, organization and access to pre-existing media and materials.
Eligibility Criteria
The Foundation encourages projects from around the world that are interested in historical research, anthropology, documentation of music traditions and Latin American folklore from the following twenty-four countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Spain, the United States, Uruguay and Venezuela.
Application Instructions
Please submit a completed online application with the following information:
- Contact and Project Overview.
- Detailed explanation of the project’s budget.
- Explain how the award will be invested. If funding from other sources will be required, describe the anticipated other sources of funding.
- Narrative (must not exceed 5,000 characters including spaces).
- Dissemination plan (must not exceed 1,000 characters including spaces).
- Brief biographies of key personnel (must not exceed 5,000 characters including spaces). Please indicate whether or not each person is a full-time employee or an independent contractor.
Ineligible Fund
The LGCF does not fund:
- The Latin Recording Academy and the Recording Academy Chapters, Trustees, Governors, Officers, Staff and related organizations or persons.
- Governors, Officers or Staff or related organizations or persons.
- GRAMMY Museum or its Staff Projects.
- Organizations or individuals who discriminate on the basis of race, sex, religion, national origin, disability or age.
- Research projects that are not based on Latin music genres.
- Regular ongoing business activities of individual/corporate applicant.
- Projects promoting advocacy issues or political candidates.
- A single organization or individual awarded for more than three consecutive years.
- Proposals for commercial purposes (such as CD reissue or textbook/AV package).
- Purchase or repairs of musical instruments.
- Maintenance or upgrading of computer systems.
- Competitions or any expense associated with competitions.
- Work towards academic degree.
- Music education or in-residence programs.
- Tuition.
- Endowments and fundraising.
- Buildings and facilities.
- Marketing, publicity, design costs.
- Projects where copyright status is unknown.
For more information, visit https://www.latingrammyculturalfoundation.org/en/what-we-do/latin-music-research-and-preservation-grants