California Story Fund
Grant Guidelines

Deadline: July 1, 2008, noon

1. Program description. (suggested length, 2 pages).

Provide an overall description of your project.
Tell us why this project is important.
Describe the community in which this project takes place.
Tell us whose stories will be told and/or interpreted.
Describe the methods and process you will use to identify, select and present the stories.
Explain how the humanities expert will play a role in the project.
Explain how the humanities will inform your project. (see FAQ)
If working with youth, describe your organization’s prior experience in youth programming.
Tell us which language(s) the program be offered in

2. Culminating event (suggested length, half a page)

Please provide a detailed description of your culminating event. Describe how your event will include a public discussion of the stories’ meaning and significance that will invite community reflection and discussion.
Provide us with the tentative date and venue for your event.
NOTE: Radio projects must host a face-to-face event. Call-in shows do not qualify.

3. Audience and outreach (suggested length, half a page).

4. Outcomes (suggested length, half a page).

Tell us your goals for this project.
Describe how you will archive any stories your project will collect and how any project-produced materials will be made accessible to the public after the end of the project.
Describe how you plan to evaluate your progress toward achieving the goals of your project.

5. Project personnel (suggested length, 1 page).

Tell us who will be directing the project.
Please provide short bios for the humanities expert, project director and project staff. Please include full contact information (phone number, e-mail, and mailing address). Include in the bios, background information about each person’s expertise. Please note: Project personnel must have the technical expertise required by the project (radio/video production, photo documentation, exhibit design, etc.). Humanities scholar expertise must also be relevant to the project.
Be sure to briefly explain each person’s role in the project.

6. Sponsoring organization (suggested length, half a page).

Please provide a description of the sponsoring organization.
Describe the sponsoring organization’s role in the project.
Describe how the project director and sponsoring organization will work together to administer the project.

7. Timeline (suggested length, one page).

Provide a detailed description of your monthly activities, from planning to completion, including a tentative schedule of events. Keep in mind that CCH funds cannot be used for expenses that have been incurred prior to funding notification (funding cannot be applied retroactively).

8. Full Project Budget.

Each project may request up to $10,000 in outright funds. The grant request should be matched by at least an equivalent amount of cash or in-kind contributions from local sources (see FAQ). Funds from NEH, NEA, state humanities councils, or other federally assisted programs cannot be applied towards your required match.
Please download and use the CCH Full Project Budget Form. The budget should reflect all eligible expenses associated with the project, including those to be supported by CCH grant funds as well as local in-kind or cash matching funds (see FAQ).
Provide a narrative explanation of each item you are requesting specifically from CCH, including additional information about staffing, salaries, professional services (including contracts with humanities scholars) and other program costs.