Deadline: 28-Jan-22
HumanitiesDC is requesting for proposals for the New Oral History Projects to provide financial and capacity building resources to community organizations and individuals (“partners”) interested in conducting oral history projects.
The DC Oral History Collaborative (DCOHC) is a partnership between HumanitiesDC and the DC Public Library. DCOHC was created in 2017 as an ambitious city-wide initiative aimed at documenting and preserving the history of Washington’s residents and communities through oral history. The Collaborative is a multi-faceted program that includes grantmaking, training, and public projects.
Potential projects may focus on: neighborhoods, social organizations, political history, labor, faith-based groups, cultural trends, historic events, or other themes that lend themselves to oral history as a tool for research and preservation.
Funding Scope
Successful applications will propose projects that explore Washington, DC’s life, history and culture through interviews with the people who have lived it. Projects should have a theme, focus or research question they aim to illuminate and must commit to interviewing at least five people. The final product for each project will be a set of well documented recordings accompanied by: interview descriptions, narrator biographical statements, transcripts, legal release forms, time-stamped indexes, metadata forms, and narrator photographs necessary for inclusion in the DC Public Library’s Special Collections. The legal release form signed by each interviewee will assign copyright to the DC Public Library, however the interviewee will retain non-exclusive rights to copy, use, and publish their oral history in part or in full during their lifetime.
Funding Information
- Applicants may request up to $8,000 depending on the scope of their projects.
- Applicants may request an additional $5,000 to translate their oral history transcripts into a second language.
Eligibility Criteria
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For Organizations or Fiscal Sponsors
- Must be an IRS designated 501c3 non-profit organization.
- Must be registered with, and authorized to do business in, the District as either a “Domestic” entity (that is, an entity that was incorporated in the District) or a “Foreign” entity (that is, an entity that was incorporated in another state).
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Must register and comply with the regulatory requirements of the following agencies:
- District of Columbia Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (DCRA) – Corporations Division (indicating an “active” business license status at the time of application and agreeing to maintain such status throughout the grant period).
- District of Columbia Office of the Chief Financial Officer, Office of Tax and Revenue (OTR).
- District of Columbia Department of Employment Services (DOES).
- United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
- Must be able to obtain a certification of “Citywide Clean Hands” (CCH) from the District of Columbia Office of Tax and Revenue.
- Must have a principal business office address that is located in the District of Columbia and is accessible to onsite review. Post office boxes will not be accepted.
- Must be in good standing with HumanitiesDC. Applicants with outstanding or delinquent reports or final products from previous HumanitiesDC grants must submit them completed and without deficiencies at least 30 days before the deadline for which they wish to apply.
- Prohibited applicants include: private clubs and organizations that prohibit membership based upon race, gender, color, religion, or any other classes identified in the District of Columbia Human Rights Act; for-profit (commercial) entities; political organizations; foreign governments; federal government entities; and District of Columbia government agencies.
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For Individuals
- Must be aged 18 years or older.
- Be a legal resident of the District of Columbia for at least one year prior to the application deadline and must maintain residency during the entire grant period.
- Have a permanent DC address as listed on proper identification or tax returns. PO Boxes may not be used as a primary address.
- Must not hold any open grants awarded or administered by HumanitiesDC at the time of the application deadline.
- Must be in good standing with HumanitiesDC. Applicants with outstanding or delinquent reports or final products from previous HumanitiesDC grants must submit them completed and without deficiencies at least 30 days before the deadline for which they wish to apply.
- All grant recipients are responsible for reporting their respective grant award(s) as income on federal and local tax returns (in accordance with applicable law) and are strongly encouraged to consult with a tax professional and the United States Internal Revenue Service.
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For Organizations and Individuals
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Must be either planning or executing a program (or representing an organization planning or executing a program if serving as a fiscal sponsor) that:
- adheres to the summary and description outlined in this RFP.
- has 100% of its geographic focus on Washington, DC or one of its neighborhoods.
- will occur within the grant period
- will have residents of Washington, DC as its primary audience.
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Must be either planning or executing a program (or representing an organization planning or executing a program if serving as a fiscal sponsor) that:
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