2025-2026 Grantees
The below funded projects will take place between July 2025 and June 2026.
Delaware
Elevate Vocal Arts
Spirituals: America’s Black Folk Music
Wilmington, DE
District of Columbia
Crushing Colonialism
Crushing Colonialism’s Traditional Storytelling Festival
Washington, DC
Maryland
Ankole, Inc.
Circus Arts Summer Professional Workshop
Towson, MD
Muse 360
Open Classroom Series: Transformation of Memory
Baltimore, MD
New Jersey
Indian Heritage and Cultural Association of NJ (IHCA-NJ)
Nritya Darpan 25
Matawan, NJ
Umoja Dance Company
Bridging the Gap: Umoja Dance Company and Sunu Percu Dance Summer 2025 Exchange
Montclair, NJ
New York
Accent Dance NYC
Multicultural Community Dance Performance at The Boys & Girls Club in Mt. Vernon, NY
New York, NY
ALT Alliance
Healing through Art: Cultural Art Healing Workshops
New York, NY
Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre (Notes in Motion)
Notes in Motion/Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre’s Teaching Artist Workshop Series
New York, NY
Association for Cultural Equity
An Art & Audio Exhibition Featuring Alan Lomax’s 1936 Haiti Recordings
New York, NY
Grupo Cultural Latinos en Rochester (GCLER)
Project Carnaval
Webster, NY
Nuyorican Poets Café
WomXn Orators Wednesday (WOW)
New York, NY
Society of the Educational Arts
Arte pa mi Gente Festival
New York, NY
Traditional Arts in Upstate New York (TAUNY)
Threads of Connection: Mohawk Arts and Environmental Stewardship
Canton, NY
Pennsylvania
3 Dots Downtown
Roots + Threads: Women’s Folk Artist Archive, Directory, and Engagement Program
State College, PA
Erie Arts & Culture
Use the Groove: Folk Songs for Strong Kids, Classrooms, and Communities
Erie, PA
Puerto Rico
Arte y Maña
Fiesta Centinela Community Festival
San Juan, PR
Escuela de Bomba y Plena Caridad Brenes de Cepeda
Zafra: A Tribute to Afro-Puerto Rican Heritage
San Juan, PR
U.S. Virgin Islands
Caribbean Museum Center for the Arts (CMCArts)
CMCArts St. Croix Festival Children’s Parade Troupe
Frederiksted, VI
Virginia
Venture Richmond
“Riverlore”: The Virginia Folklife Area at the Richmond Folk Festival
Richmond, VA
Victory Hall Opera
Gullah Meditations: A Staged/Choreographed Performance of New Arrangements of Traditional Gullah Spirituals
Charlottesville, VA