Grants & Funding

The following organizations and foundations award grants for recorded sound initiatives, including preservation projects (from reformatting to cataloging), research projects or research travel.

• Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC)
  • Research: Association for Recorded Sound Collections Research Grants Program External
  • Preservation: Preservation Grants Program (ARSC Grants Committee) External
• Berea College, Berea, KY External
• Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) External
• Grammy Foundation External
• The Henry FordExternal
• International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives (IASA)
  • Research: Research Grant External
  • Travel: Travel Awards External
• Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
• Andrew W. Mellon Foundation External
• Matrix Center for Digital Humanities and Social Sciences, Michigan State University External
• Music Library Association (MLA) External
• National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
• National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
• Save America's Treasures (National Park Service)

Proposal Guidelines

• Applicant Resources - Recordings at Risk (CLIR) External
• Humanities Collections and Reference Resources - National Endowment for the Arts
• Strategies for Arts & Humanities Federal Grants - Jesse Johnston External

Note: This list does not purport to be exhaustive. To add to this list, please email me:  codell@loc.gov.