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Preservation & Accessibility of California's LGBTQ+ History is sponsored by State of California. This grant provides funding for California organizations to support the preservation and public accessibility of LGBTQ+ archives. It aims to preserve and make accessible materials demonstrating the significant role of LGBTQ+ Californians and the LGBTQ+ movement in the state.
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Preservation & Accessibility of California’s LGBTQ+ History - California Grants Portal The Preservation & Accessibility of California’s LGBTQ+ History grant opportunity provides state of California funding for California institutions to support the preservation and public accessibility of LGBTQ+ archives.
This opportunity is targeted at archives of all sizes for projects that preserve and make publicly accessible collections relevant to the LGBTQ+ movement, culture, experience, and/or history in California. This grant program is similar to previous LGBTQ-focused preservation grant programs funded in 2019 and 2021. Descriptions of projects funded in 2021 can be viewed on the California State Library website.
This opportunity aims to preserve and make accessible materials demonstrating the significant role of LGBTQ+ Californians and the LGBTQ+ movement in this state. By preserving and making these resources available to others, funded projects will help provide a more comprehensive and inclusive view of California’s history.
Organizations and collections must be California-based, and projects must support the physical or digital preservation of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer materials relevant to the LGBTQ+ movement, culture, experience, and/or history within California. Projects must include activities that focus on educating the public, researchers, and other stakeholders about and encouraging them to access the collection(s).
Projects must focus on research-value materials, including monographs, serials, manuscripts, archival materials, maps, architectural drawings, sound recordings, photographs, moving images, and newspapers. This funding is not for the preservation of works of art on paper, paintings, sculptures, or other objects.
Organizations and collections must be California-based, and projects must support the physical or digital preservation of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer materials relevant to the LGBTQ+ movement, culture, experience, and/or history within California. Statewide grantees and collections must be located in California. Matching Funding Requirement: Match funds not required but are encouraged.
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Minimum funding request: $15,000 Maximum funding request: $100,000 Eligible organizations comprised of more than one library and/or organizations managing more than one archive may apply for up to two grants, each eligible to request up to $50,000 in funding. All other eligible organizations may apply for one grant. The manner in which the grant funding will be delivered to the awardee.
Funding methods include reimbursements (where the recipient spends out-of-pocket and is reimbursed by the grantor) and advances (where the recipient spends received grant funds directly).
If an awardee’s full award amount is more than $20,000, 10 percent of the grant award is withheld until the end of the project period, payable only if all project reporting requirements are fulfilled and all project funds are expended by the time specified in the award agreement.
For awards receiving funding over $20,000, a typical payment schedule is 45/45/10 State agencies/departments recommend you read the full grant guidelines before applying. For questions about this grant, contact: Alanna Wilson, 1-916-603-7180, lgbtq@library. ca.
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According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Archives and organizations with archival collections for projects that preserve and make publicly accessible collections relevant to the LGBTQ+ movement, culture, experience, and/or history in California. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows $5,000 - $200,000. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
Preservation & Accessibility of California's LGBTQ+ History is funded by State of California. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
This opportunity targets applicants in California. If your organization operates elsewhere, check the official notice for location requirements.
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