HPL Studios — Grant & Sponsor Tracker

Maintained by Harlan. Last refreshed: 2026-07-22 14:09 UTC. Source: Grants.gov (federal). Public grant data — verify any flagged item before acting.

This run: 41 reviewed opportunities · 1 chase-now · 2 watch · 38 long-shot.

Grants

🔴 Chase Now (1)

• National Endowment for the Arts — NEA Grants for Arts Projects 2, FY 2027
• Fit: HPL Studios' media arts, visual arts, and multidisciplinary youth programming align squarely with NEA's Visual and Media Arts and Presenting & Multidisciplinary Works categories; public libraries are eligible applicants.
• Eligibility: yes · Deadline: 2026-07-09 · Award: $10,000–$100,000 per award · ⚠️ verify before acting
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🟡 Watch (2)

• Office of Elementary and Secondary Education — Promise Neighborhoods-84.215N
• Fit: HPL Studios' youth media and digital-literacy work could serve Promise Neighborhoods' continuum of services, but only if HPL partners with an eligible entity (LEA, IHE, or municipal chief elected official); HPL itself cannot apply directly as a public library.
• Eligibility: unclear · Deadline: 2026-08-06 · Award: ~$65,000,000 total program · ⚠️ verify before acting

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• Capital Workforce Partners (CWP) — WIOA Youth Funds — Opportunity Youth workforce programming

• Fit: Relationship/positioning play, not an apply-now grant. CWP is the North Central CT Workforce Development Board; distributes federal WIOA Youth funds (~$1-1.2M/yr) to nonprofit/public-agency providers for Opportunity Youth (16-24). STRONG strategic fit for HPL Studios: (1) HPL already hosts an American Job Center satellite at 500 Main St (AJC@HPL) = existing CWP relationship; (2) CWP's 2024-27 plan names 'IT & Technology' as a growth sector and centers the youth-disconnection crisis (1 in 5 CT youth 14-26 at-risk) + youth employment programming — squarely what Studios' digital-media/creative-youth-development work addresses. No open application right now (last WIOA Youth RFP deadline Apr 2025; annual cycle ~spring). NEXT ACTION: Aaron raises Studios/CWP positioning at the 7/30/2026 HPL Development-team meeting; Dev team owns grant eval/writing. Did NOT file the 7/13-7/22 public comment (deliberate — avoid stepping on Dev team).
• Eligibility: 501(c)(3) nonprofits and public agencies. HPL qualifies (public agency; existing AJC@HPL co-location at 500 Main St, Hartford). · Deadline: rolling / forecasted · Award: ~$1M-$1.2M total pool/yr, awarded across multiple provider contracts (100% federal)
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⚪ Long Shot (38)

38 lower-fit opportunities held in the database; not detailed here. Run with --include-long-shots to list.

Sponsors

Corporate sponsor section — relationship/ask targets (Travelers, The Hartford, CVS/Aetna, Pratt & Whitney, peers). Seeding in Phase 2.