Funding Alert: Southern Humanities Media Fund

The Southern Humanities Media Fund is accepting preliminary applications for media projects that focus on the “new face” of the South. Nonprofit organizations and eligible government agencies in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia, are encouraged to apply for support for the
shooting/production, editing, and/or finishing of film, video, and audio programs for a general public audience. Projects that offer insights into the region's changing social, economic, and political conditions will be favored. Preliminary applications are due October 19, 2007.

Southern Humanities Media Fund
c/o Virginia Foundation for the Humanities
145 Ednam Drive
Charlottesville, VA
22903 -4629

Phone: 434-924-6895
Fax: 434-296-4714
Email: shmf@virginia.edu
Url: http://www.southernmediafund.org

Geographic Scope:
Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia

Total Annual Giving: $100,000

Eligibility Requirements: Nonprofit organizations

Application Deadlines:
Preliminary applications: third Friday of October, annually
Final applications: third Friday of March, annually

Areas of Interest:
The Southern Humanities Media Fund (SHMF) supports inventive film, television, and radio programs and is particularly interested in media productions that focus on the “new face” of the South, offering insights into the region’s changing social, economic, and political conditions.

The SHMF encourages ambitious and well-conceived media projects, with an emphasis on analytical and interpretive documentaries. The SHMF seeks projects that affirm the value of the humanities, including the study of literature, history, folklore, jurisprudence, philosophy, comparative religion, archaeology, and the theory, history, and criticism of the arts.

The SHMF only considers projects developed or sponsored by nonprofit organizations or governmental agencies (e.g., a state-funded television station). Grants are awarded only in support of the shooting/production, editing, and finishing of films, video, and audio programs created for a general public audience.

The SHMF does not provide supplementary support for projects that have already received their primary or major support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Application Procedures:
Application guidelines are available on the SHMF website
or may be requested from the address listed above.