Deadline: Oct. 17.
In 2008, under Museum and Community Connections, MetLife Foundation expects to award grants totaling $1 million. The purpose of the program is to encourage art museums to reach out to large numbers of people of all ages and backgrounds through imaginative programs.
Individual grants will not exceed $100,000 and will vary in amount depending on the nature and scope of the proposed project. Collaboration and partnership with other organizations is a plus. The guidelines and definitions of funding categories are intentionally broad to encourage innovation.
Museums may request funding for one or a combination of the following categories, but the requested project does not have to be limited to these categories:
· Collaborations: Partnerships between (1) mainstream museums and culturally specific museums; (2) museums and nonprofit organizations serving diverse populations, such as new immigrants, whose primary mission does not focus on the arts, e.g. community centers, social service organizations, immigrant and refugee organizations and others; (3) museums and arts organizations of all types.
· Artist Residencies: Bringing artists with diverse perspectives to conduct programs for a museum and/or community.
· Exhibits: Displays of works by artists that engage audiences and promote understanding of different cultures.
· Offsite Programming: Programs which extend the reach of the museum into diverse and underserved communities, including new immigrant communities, such as off-site lectures, exhibits and programs, mobile museums and other projects.
Grant recipients will acknowledge MetLife Foundation as a supporter of the museum and the major funder of the winning project in all press releases and program-related materials, printed or otherwise.
Info: www.metlife.com/WPSAssets/11311170211219696558V1F2008MetLifeFoundationMuseumsRFP.pdf or www.metlife.com/Applications/Corporate/WPS/CDA/PageGenerator/0,4773,P291,00.html#museum_i
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