Digitizing Hidden Special Collections & Archives (Discontinued)

Digitizing Hidden Special Collections and Archives: Amplifying Unheard Voices is sponsored by Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) / Mellon Foundation. This regranting program, supported by the Mellon Foundation, emphasizes digitizing collections of historically marginalized individuals to amplify unheard voices, work, experiences, and perspectives that have been insufficiently recognized. It provides funding to eligible nonprofit organizations in the US and Canada to digitize materials in any format. While not exclusively for small businesses, a small business with a strong archival focus and nonprofit status or fiscal sponsorship might be eligible.

Connecting Communities Digital Initiative (CCDI) Grant for Libraries, Archives, Museums is sponsored by Library of Congress. This grant provides support to libraries, archives, and museums that use Library of Congress materials to create projects that center one or more of the following groups: Black, Indigenous, Hispanic or Latino, Asian American and Pacific Islander, and/or other communities of colo…

Local Digitization Grant is sponsored by Tennessee State Library and Archives (funded through National Historical Publications and Records Commission). This grant is open to any government entity that holds permanent, historically valuable archival collections. Eligible uses include technology (hardware, software, peripherals for online digital collections), training (workshops/webinars on conservation or digitization), and vendor services for digitization or conservation work. There is no match requirement.