Twelve non profit organizations have been awarded grants of between $10,000 and $20,000 by the Amerika Samoa Humanities Council Board, chaired by Senator Faiivae Alex Godinet.
The funding is from the COVID-19 CARES Act Program to assist with humanities-based projects affected by the Coronavirus Pandemic.
A press statement from the Council says the applicants went through a competitive application process. All projects funded under the H.E.A.R.T. Program are open to the public at no cost.
Tauaisafune Niualama Taifane, Executive Director of the Amerika Samoa Humanities Council said on behalf of the Board President and members of the Humanities Council, congratulate the recipients of the American Samoa H.E.A.R.T. Grant Program.
‘I am very happy to also say that our grantees and the Board stand together to support ideas that increase our understanding and appreciation of human value and culture,” she said.
Funding for this program has been provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act of 2020 to support public humanities programming in the territory.
Applicants were ranked and reviewed by the ASHC Board using a variety of factors including a demonstrated history of providing public humanities programming, primary financial needs, and program challenges inflicted by the pandemic.
The 12 grant recipients are:
- Mafutaga Tina EFKAS Amaluia
- Samoa Musika Foundation Incorporated
- Intersections
- Friends of the Museum of American Samoa
- EFKAS Nu’uuli
- Parents of Children with Special Needs Network
- CCCS Ierusalema Fou
- Le Vasa
- Pasefika Community Connection
- Malosiaga Mo Samoa
- Le Taupou Manaia
- Pacific Island Foundation
The Council also congratulates the awardees for its regular regrant program: Utumea CCCAS Youth and Tauaitala Foundation
For non-profit organizations and groups interested in the Council’s Humanities-based community projects, final applications for its third cycle grant opportunities will be due Monday, September 28, 2020.
Download the application and guidelines from http://www.ashcouncil.org,
Or call the Council’s Office at 633-4870 or stop by their office second floor of the Lumana’i Building, Room 205.
