AHC Documentary Film Preproduction and Production Mini-Grants

We work to achieve its mission by awarding grants through a competitive process to nonprofit groups, organizations, teachers, and schools statewide, and by working with key partners to develop local humanities projects and programs for Arkansas audiences.

What are the humanities?

The term “humanities” includes the study of history, literature, ethics, philosophy, language, and the various legal, cultural, religious, and folk traditions—past and present—that define the human condition.

What We Fund

The Arkansas Humanities Council supports innovative, humanities-based projects that connect Arkansans to the past, to one another, to community, and to all areas of the humanities we share across our state.

Documentary Film Preproduction

Documentary film preproduction and production projects must be specific to Arkansas subjects such as, but not limited to, historical figures or events, culture, archeology, history of an Arkansas community or organization, activities, music, or similar topic.

Film preproduction applications must provide a schedule, name of filmographer with information regarding their expertise and filmography, a research concept, and those to be interviewed (if applicable).

Film production applications must include a schedule, name of filmographer with information regarding their expertise and filmography, copy of script, editing suite, distribution plan, and signed consent forms from interviewees (if applicable).

Eligibility

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• The Arkansas Humanities Council board of directors awards grants to non-profit organizations and academic presses for humanities projects intended to serve specific Arkansas audiences.
• Eligible projects include, but are not limited to:
  • Public programs (in-person or virtual)
  • Lecture series and discussions (in-person or virtual)
  • Exhibits (in-person or virtual)
  • Publications (must be peer-reviewed and must be published by traditional means through a contract, providing editing, publishing, and distributing of the author’s book)
  • Podcasts
  • Film documentaries
  • Historical signage or markers
  • Historical research

Ineligibility

• The council does not award grants to individuals.
• The council’s board of directors will not consider a grant application unless the applicant has an approved Application for Qualification on file with us.
• The following activities are not eligible for funding from the Arkansas Humanities Council:
• Social, religious, or political action programs that advocate a specific point of view
• Projects primarily intended to promote an organization or its programs
• Fundraising for a particular organization or cause
• Construction, preservation, or renovation of buildings, bridges, or roads
• International travel or to attend professional meetings
• Creative or performing arts, unless interpretation by humanities scholars is central
• Entertainment, including receptions at public or private events
• Scholarly conference that does not have a strong public outreach component
• College and university courses, courses to fulfill an undergraduate, master’s, or doctorate program
• STEM projects
• Gifts, t-shirts, cash prizes, or awards to anyone
• Meals for applicant’s staff, guests, presenters, schools, or general public
• Ingredients for meals or food demonstrations
• Rent for event spaces owned or operated by the applicant organization
• Salaries, honoraria, and/or fringe benefits for staff of federal or state agencies
• Grants awarded to individuals
• Grant writer fees and salaries
• Fiscal agent grant administration fee or salary
• Restoration or conservation work
• Fellowships or scholarships
• Foreign, non-economy, or extensive domestic airline travel
• For profit activities or events