2005 Grant Awards

Philanthropy & Nonprofit Leadership Center, Winter Park. A series of scholar-led, literature based discussions under the Civic Reflection initiative. $3000

Mandarin Museum & Historical Society, Jacksonville. Quotes from Harriet Beecher Stowe will be placed on museum-quality signage in the demonstration garden. $2000

The Alumni Singers, Saint Petersburg. A program of music and lecture about the tradition of spiritual music and its connection to African American history. $2000

The St. Petersburg Times Reading Festival, St. Petersburg. "Eyes on Florida: Looking at the State Through Different Lenses," a scholar moderated panel of Florida authors. $2000

West Atlantic Redevelopment Coalition, Delray Beach. A booklet on the black-owned, segregated La France Hotel will be produced and distributed. $2000

Venice Area Historical Society, Venice. Two scholar led presentations about visionary city planner John Nolan and a walking tour of Venice. $2000

Holocaust Memorial Resource & Education Center of Florida, Maitland. Programs in recognition of members of the Jewish and African-American communities who led Civil Rights activities. $2000

Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church, Lake Worth. Three religious studies scholars present during a lecture series on the role religion plays in society today. $1225

Cedar Key Aquaculture Association, Cedar Key. A one-person theatrical presentation that tells the story of a Florida fisherman and the effect the net-ban had on his life. $2000

St. Pete Beach Library, St Pete Beach. "Our Town: St. Pete Beach on Stage" funds reading and discussion programs with authors of two Florida-focused plays. $2000

Orange County Regional History Center, Orlando. "Folklore: Storytelling, Performance, Technology" programs focus on the Digital Story Quilt project. $2000

Columbia County Historical Museum, Lake City. Public programs include presentations by three scholars who specialize in African American history. $2000

University of South Florida, Tampa. A daylong event examines the historic role of public art in expressing shared cultural beliefs and the impact public art on the economy. $2000

Hawaii Calls Florida, Jupiter. Participation of a scholar who specializes in mainland Hawaiian identity at an annual cultural gathering. $2000

Ortona Community Library, Ortona. "Exploring Flrida through Literature" includes a literary walk and reading/discussion programs that connect nature and nature writing. $2000

Nonprofit Center of Northeast Florida, Jacksonville. A series of scholar-led, literature based discussions under the Civic Reflection initiative. $3000

University of Central Florida, Office of Diversity Initiatives, Orlando. A series of scholar-led, literature based discussions under the Civic Reflection initiative. $3000

Dunedin Public Library, Dunedin. A series of programs that highlight diversity through traditional music, folklore and literature. $3000

Kingsley Plantation Timucuan Preserve National Park Service, Jacksonville. An annual full-day program about the history and heritage of the site. $3000

Friends Of The Caribbean, Tallahassee. A series of film showings and scholar-led discussions that focus on films of Africa and the African diaspora. $3000

Winter Park Historical Association, Winter Park. A project which creates a CD walking tour available for use by the public. $3000

African American Performing Arts Community Theatre, Inc., Miami. Productions of "King Hedley II" and "The Great White Hope" followed by scholar led talk back sessions. $3000

Matheson Museum, Gainesville. A series of 4 programs highlighting the history and heritage of Alachua County. $3000

Lake Wales Library Association, Inc., Lake Wales. Two programs, a lecture and a storyteller, feature multicultural aspects of Florida history. $3000

Sarasota Reading Festival, Sarasota. A scholar/author panel discussion which focuses on an issue related to the Bill of Rights. $3000

African American Heritage Society, Pensacola. Two programs -- a tribute to Black Women through poetry, song, dance, and prose, the the African roots of jazz. $3000

Okeechobee County Public Library, Okeechobee. Five public humanities presentations and one FHC funded exhibit. $3000

Ormond Beach Historical Trust, Inc., Ormond Beach. Monthly presentations on local and regional history. $3000

Friends of North Indian River County Library, Sebastian. Six lectures on Florida history conducted both in the afternoon and evenings. $3000

Amelia Book Island Festival, Inc., Fernandina Beach. A scholar moderated panel discussion with leading Florida authors. $3000

Association to Preserve African American Society, History, and Tradition, Inc. (PAST), Orlando. A series of programs which highlight the history and legacy of African American history connected with the WellsBuilt Museum. $3000

Tavares Public Library, Tavares. Four programs that focus on Mexico's rich heritage intended to attract recent immigrants to Lake County. $3000

AAUW- Niceville-Valparaiso Branch, Niceville. Three programs that explore the contributions of women in Florida. $3000

The Studio @ 620, St. Petersburg. An exhibit of Highwaymen paintings provides the backdrop for scholar presentations on the painters' lives and work $3000

The Friends of Bruton Memorial Library, Plant City. A series of 3 programs explore the cultural reflections and interpretations of photographer Bud Lee's work. $3000

DeLand Museum of Art, DeLand. An exhibition by Florida artist Jackson Walker is the focus for scholar lectures, interpretive tours, a visitor guide, an historical interpretation, and a web site. $25,000

Collier County Public Library, Naples. A reading and discussion program conducted in English and in Spanish for refugee emigrants, and low-level literacy adults. $17,684

Historical Association of Southern Florida, Miami. An exhibition "The South Florida Frontier" and accompanying programming examines the lives of pioneers in contrast to frontier experiences in the American West. $25,000

Southwest Florida Regional Planning Council, Fort Myers. An update and reprinting the original Big Water Heritage Trail brochure, an important cultural heritage tool for the Lake Okeechobee region. $25,800

Florida Institute for Saltwater Heritage, Cortez. A photo exhibit, series of programs, and website focus on two traditional Florida fishing communities and their response to development pressures and regulatory changes. $22,300

Apalachee Blues Society, Tallahassee. Two Blues musician/educators will present the historical and cultural context of the Blues through oral presentation and music. $2000

Tavares Public Library, Tavares. This project brings author Virgil Suarez to the Lake County Library System's second annual Festival of Reading for a reading/discussion program.. $2000

The Alliance for the Study of Adoption, Identity and Kinship, Tampa. Discussion and examination of adoption practices as viewed through film, art, and history, ask important questions for the community. $2000

First Coast Writers' Festival, Jacksonville. A panel discussion of rap/spoken-word artists and scholars will examine the genre in the context of contemporary literature.. $2000

The Eason Civil Rights Museum, Tallahassee. A professor of religion will present a lecture on the life of Bishop James Walker Hood, the namesake of Rev. Dr. Eason to highlight the early civil rights leader. $2000

Homeless and Hunger Coalition of Northwest Florida, Panama City. A panel of experts and scholars will discuss the history, ethics, and community dynamics of homelessness in this NE Florida community. $2000

Mainstreet DeLand Association, DeLand. This project funds the development and production of a descriptive mural booklet which explains the historical murals that portray the town's history. $2000

Department of Africana Studies, University of South Florida, Tampa. To highlight the contributions of contemporary African American artists and scholars, this project brings artists and writers to public programs. $2000

Central Florida Society of the Archaeological Institute of America (CFSAIA), Orlando. This project expands the venues for an FHC funded project which recounts the massacre at Matanzas placing it in it's historical context. $2000

IFE-ILE, Inc., Miami-Dade. Two panel discussions will look at the influence of the Orisha traditions in Cuban and Brazilian cultures as expressed through Aftro-Latin arts, religion, and literature. $2000

The Museum Society, Inc., Port Charlotte. A public lecture and two panel discussions will examine the voluntary racial integration in 1953 in Charlotte and Desoto Counties. $2000

The St. Augustine Historical Society, St. Augustine. Scholars and an intergenerational group of residents will collect histories and documentary materials to produce exhibits and material for a community forum on the community's past and present. $2000

Bland Community Families of Alachua, FL Inc., Gainesville. Oral histories will be collected from former students, a teacher, and the principal of the Ogden School to write a history and present the findings in three public programs. $2000

Florida Studies Dept., University of South Florida-St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg. A weekend seminar for Florida teachers focuses on the Florida environment through the lenses of literature, history, and ethics. $2000