Opportunity Information: Apply for 030ADV21R0636
The Library of Congress "Of the People: Widening the Path" Community Collections grant to Individuals is a discretionary federal grant program designed to help everyday community members document living culture in the United States and contribute that documentation to the national archive. Funded through a gift from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the program is part of a multi-year effort that centers public participation in building archival collections, with a clear emphasis on communities whose histories and cultural expressions have often been overlooked or underrepresented in major institutions.
At its core, the opportunity supports contemporary cultural documentation projects that focus on the traditions, practices, stories, and creative life of diverse communities across the country. The end product of each funded project is an archival collection that will be preserved by the Library of Congress American Folklife Center and made publicly accessible online through the Library of Congress website. The program is intentionally structured to encourage documentation "from the inside," meaning applicants are expected to be individuals with close ties to the community they want to document, rather than outside observers.
Grant funds can be used for common real-world costs that come with fieldwork and documentation, including travel, equipment rental or purchase, and other direct expenses related to gathering and preparing materials. While applicants lead their own projects, the American Folklife Center may provide meaningful support to successful grantees by sharing professional guidance and training around fieldwork methods, archival standards, and relevant digital tools. Beyond that, Library staff may offer technical advice and help create a cohort experience so grantees can learn from one another, compare approaches, and share lessons learned as their projects progress.
The opportunity also encourages community-facing outcomes, not just archival ones. Grantees may choose to develop public programs in their home communities that connect directly to their documentation work, helping ensure the project benefits local participants and audiences while it is being created. In addition, the American Folklife Center emphasizes relationship-building: the program aims to form long-term connections with grantees and gives them opportunities to present their work in a forum at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., extending the visibility of community knowledge into a national setting.
Administratively, this opportunity is run by the Library of Congress and is open to individuals as the eligible applicant category. The funding opportunity number is 030ADV21R0636. The award ceiling listed is $60,000, with an expected 10 awards. The original posting date in the source data is July 23, 2021, with an original closing date of September 7, 2021. The CFDA number cited in the notice is 42.010 (Teaching with Primary Sources), with a note indicating it will be updated to 42.011 (Library of Congress Grants).Apply for 030ADV21R0636
- The Library of Congress in the other (see text field entitled explanation of other category of funding activity for clarification) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Library of Congress - Of the People: Widening the Path: Community Collections grant to Individuals" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 42.010.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jul 23, 2021.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Sep 07, 2021. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $60,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 10 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Individuals.
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