The California Story Fund

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Overview of Cal Humanities Grant
Opportunities Kern Grant Summit Congressman
Kevin McCarthy Federal Grants Workshop for Arts
Culture Friday, January 30, 2015 Felicia
Kelley, PhD, Senior Program Officer
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Cal Humanities (formerly the California Council
for the Humanities) seeks to connect Californians
to ideas and one another in order to understand
our shared heritage and diverse cultures, inspire
civic participation, and shape our future. Cal
Humanities is an independent nonprofit partner of
the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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http//www.calhum.org/programs

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• Current Grants Programs
• California Documentary Project
• Community Stories
• Other Programs
• Special Initiatives
• Literature Medicine
• Now Were Talking

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Cal Humanities Grants to Kern County

• Center of the World Theatre Festival, Frazier
  Park
• CSU Bakersfield, Bakersfield
• Kern County Library System
• KVPR/KVRX
• Maturango Museum
• Ridgecrest Public Library

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The California Documentary Project
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• Program Purpose

• CDP supports documentary projects that
• use the humanities to provide context, depth, and
  perspective
• tell the stories of California and its cultures,
  peoples, and histories
• Will reach California and national audiences
  through broadcast and/or distribution

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Key requirements for CDP projects

• Align with CDP purpose and Cal Humanities mission
• Employ one or more of the eligible formats (film,
  video, radio or new media web or social media
  platforms)
• Involve humanities advisors in research and
  development bring humanities to bear on subject
• Match funds awarded at least 11 with cash or
  in-kind contributions from non-federal sources

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• Who Can Apply?

• Applicants to CDP are typically mediamakers who
  have a nonprofit fiscal sponsor, although other
  nonprofit and/or state or local government
  agencies are also eligible
• Eligible applicants must
• Have tax-exempt organizational status or a
  tax-exempt organization as fiscal sponsor
• Be in good standing with Cal Humanities if a
  previous grantee and not have an open grant with
  Cal Humanities, unless a Cal Humanities-approved
  sponsoring organization

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• Funding Levels

• Research and Development Grants
• Media projects may request up to 10,000.
• Production Grants
• Film and radio projects may request up to
  50,000.
• New media project may request up to 20,000.
• Public Engagement Grants
• Projects may request up to 10,000 . This grant
  is only available to previously-supported CDP
  projects
• We fund approximately 15-20 projects (total of
  all 3 grant programs) per cycle.

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• Example 1 RD and Production Grant

Another California Loggers, Hippies and
Immigrants in the State's Small Towns, 35,000
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• Example 2 Public Engagement Grant

• Wonder Women! The Untold Stories of American
  Superheroines (broadcast nationally on the PBS
  series Independent Lens on April 15, 2013)

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• CDP Application Periods and Deadlines 2015

• Production and RD Grants
• Guideline Release July 1, 2015
• Application Deadline October 1, 2015
• Awards Announced February 2016
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• Public Engagement Grants
• Deadlines TBD

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For More Information

• CA Documentary Project Webpage
• http//www.calhum.org/programs/california-document
  ary-project
• Program description
• Experiences (digital work products)
• Descriptions of previously funded projects
• Guidelines (current or recent) FAQs
• Archived webinars
• Staff contact
• John Lightfoot, Program Officer
• jlightfoot_at_calhum.org [phone], x 314

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Community Stories
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• Program Purpose
• Capture genuine and compelling stories from and
  about CAs diverse communities emphasis on
  lesser-known or previously untold stories
• Ensure that those stories can be shared widely to
  promote greater understanding, empathy, and
  knowledge about the realities of California and
  its cultures, peoples, and histories
• Since 2003, we have supported almost 450 projects

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• Project Requirements
• Explore stories of California and its cultures,
  peoples and histories
• Employ humanistic approaches to research and
  knowledge-building
• Actively involve at least one humanities advisor
  in project planning and implementation
• Provide opportunities for community engagement
• Include public programming elements
• Produce work that can be shared with the public
  and that can be accessible, in whole or part,
  through the web

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• Typical Program Formats

• Stories may be shared using any of the following
  
• Film
• Video
• Radio
• Web-based and other new media formats can
  incorporate video, audio, still images, digitized
  text
• Interpretive exhibits
• Performances (dramatic, musical, dance)
• Presentations or panels
• Murals or other types of narrative artwork
• Text

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• Taking A Humanities Approach
• Understanding the values and practices that
  inform our lives
• Analyzing, contextualizing, interpreting, and
  exchanging ideas
• Considering a variety of perspectives on an
  issue, and/or seeking to foster critical
  reflection.
• Drawing upon the collective insights, knowledge
  and wisdom of the humanities and humanities
  experts.

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• Public Access and Engagement
• Cal Humanities encourages the general public to
  engage with and enjoy the humanities by
  supporting projects that
• involve community members in the development and
  execution of projects
• provide a form of public programming
  activitywhether in-person or virtual or both
• result in work that can be shared through the web
  (in whole or part)

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• What We Do Not Fund
• Projects that are primarily promotional or purely
  celebratory
• Advocacy (lobbying or promotion of a political
  candidate, party, or legislation or political
  agenda)
• Scholarly research or curricular activities not
  intended for general audiences
• Projects without public programming elements
• Fundraising activities (although projects can
  incorporate such elements)

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• Who Can Apply?

• Applicants to Community Stories are often
  community-based social service or cultural
  organizations, libraries, museums, and colleges
  and universities doing community-based research.
• Applicants must
• Have a California tax-exempt organizational
  status or a tax-exempt organization as fiscal
  sponsor
• Be in good standing with Cal Humanities if a
  previous grantee
• Not have an open grant with Cal Humanities,
  unless a Cal Humanities-approved sponsoring
  organization.

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• Funding Guidelines

• Applicants may request up to 10,000.
• Grant must be matched at least 11 with cash or
  in-kind contributions from non-federal sources
  over the life of the project.
• We will generally not fund projects with a total
  budget of more than 50,000.
• We fund between 15 and 20 projects per grant
  cycle.

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Grant Funds Can Be Used For

• Programmatic and administrative salaries and
  benefits
• Professional fees including honoraria stipends
• Programming and product dissemination costs
• Project-related travel
• Supplies and materials
• Equipment (rental, unless purchase is less
  expensive)
• Office expenses

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• Grant Funds Can Be Used For (cont)
• Marketing and outreach expenses
• Program documentation
• Evaluation expenses
• Food and refreshments for program activities
  (excluding alcoholic beverages)
• Fiscal agent or indirect administrative fees up
  to 10 of award)

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• Example 1 New Media

War InkContra Costa County Public Library,
Pleasanton 10,000 Project Director Chris
Brown
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• Example 2 Film Discussion

Camp to Campus California State University,
Bakersfield Bakersfield 10,000 Project
Director Marit MacArthur
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Community Stories Timeline 2015 (Tent.)

• CS 2015 Round 1
• Guideline Release November, 2014
• Application Deadline February 2, 2015
• Awards Announced June 2015
• CS 2015 Round 2
• Guideline Release May 1, 2015
• Application Deadline August 1, 2015
• Awards Announced December 2015
• CS 2016 Round 1
• Guideline Release November 1, 2015
• Application Deadline February 1, 2016
• Awards Announced June 2016

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For More Information

• Community Stories Program Webpages
  http//www.calhum.org/programs/community-stories
• http//www.calhum.org/grants/community-stories-gra
  nt
• Program overview and funded project descriptions
• Experiences (digital work products)
• Guidelines (current or recent) FAQs
• Sample funded proposals
• Archived webinars
• Staff contacts
• Felicia Kelley, Senior Program Officer
• fkelley_at_calhum.org [phone]

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Special Initiatives War Comes Home

• Statewide read of related book -- CA Reads
  (summer and fall 2014)
• K-12 Teacher Professional Development Program
  (2014-2015)
• Community Stories grant-funded projects
  (ongoing)
• Literature Medicine in VA Medical Centers
  (ongoing)
• Traveling exhibit (beginning winter 2015)

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Other Programs
Literature Medicine

• http//www.calhum.org/programs/literature-medicine

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Other Programs
Now Were Talking

• http//www.calhum.org/programs/now-were-talking

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Keep in Touch With Us

• www.calhum.org
• Sign up for monthly enews and/or print mailings
• Bookmark for future reference
• Southern California Office -- Los Angeles
• Felicia Kelley, Senior Program Officer
• fkelley_at_calhum.org [phone]
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