Grants

To support Indigenous Islam: Exploring the Narratives of Native American Muslims.

To support the “Yes, And... Laughter Lab,” a competitive incubation lab and pitch program co-directed by CMSI and Moore + Associates, with the goal of elevating American Muslim and BIPOC ...

To support “Jingle Truck in Cyberspace and Beyond,” the expansion of a mobile art project to share the culture and art of the Pakistani Jingle Truck.

To support the development of “Eleven Reflections on the Nation,” a national series of performance and digital works reflecting on the 20th anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001.

To support “Khamsa,” a visual and musical journey through the five stages of grief to highlight the stigmatization of mental health issues.

To support “Building Bridges Through Spoken Word and Dance,” a performance series featuring two Arab artists and “Dancing to Connect” workshops for refugee and non-refugee youth in Houston.

To support the Starfish Accelerator, a creative intellectual property accelerator investing in original projects from mid-career BIPOC storytellers.

To support the “Shahrazad Squad,” a collective of Bay Area-based Middle Eastern, North African, and South Asian women engaged in social change and finding resilience through story-sharing, and to grow ...

To support “Building Bridges: Black Muslims in America,” part of an ongoing presentation and residency initiative by Duke Performances and the Duke Islamic Studies Center showcasing the cultural contributions of ...

To support Public Narrative trainings, which will convene American Muslim and ally artists and cultural influencers, Black leaders and movement builders, mental health experts and frontline health workers, philanthropists and ...

To support “Manuscripts of the Muslim World,” a multi-faceted collaboration with Philadelphians who have cultural or spiritual connections to Islam, particularly Philadelphia’s Indigenous Black Muslim community, based on the Free ...

To support PBS Wisconsin and their project partners, the Milwaukee Muslim Women’s Coalition and the We Are Many - United Against Hate network, to use storytelling and community conversation as ...

To support “The Muslim Storytellers Fellowship,” a two-year program providing direct support to 16 Muslim writers and illustrators to bring perspectives of U.S. based Muslims to the children’s publishing industry.

To support “The Sacred Cypher Creatives Artist Fellowship” program, which allows five artists a cohort experience doing work with IMAN leaders in Chicago or Atlanta at the intersection of culture, ...

To continue support for “The Refugee Speakers Bureau” by engaging youth in rich opportunities that help to expand future potential.

To support Colette Ghunim’s documentary, “Traces of Home,” which will focus on the journeys the filmmaker takes with her parents to find the ancestral homes they were forced to flee ...

To support “Ojalá!,” a two-year project comprising eight full residencies and six mini-residencies for Muslim artists, produced in partnership with a diverse cross-section of community organizations and institutions.

To support the implementation of outdoor, arts-based community-building programs in American Muslim communities in Washington and Minnesota, a project it will undertake with its partner Springboard for the Arts, American ...

To support the “Unfold Your Own Myth” project, a workshop series that will leverage the power of story in overcoming trauma and loss among refugees, immigrants and Muslims to accompany ...

To support “United We Create,” a program offering performances, hands-on workshops and teacher professional development for elementary-aged children to learn about Muslim cultures and artforms.

To support the expansion of the “Halal Metropolis” project.

To support the expansion of the University of Iowa International Writing Program’s “Between the Lines: Identity & Belonging” project, an evidence-based program for helping Muslim and non-Muslim high school students ...

To support a multimedia, immersive art experience titled “ALHAMDU” that explores the concept of Muslim Futurism.Fractured Atlas is the fiscal sponsor for this grant.

To support Civic Alliances, a two-year launch process in four phases that will build meaningful partnerships between The Perelman Performing Arts Center and culturally and ethnically diverse communities and artists.

To support the 2019 Senior Journalists Seminar.

To support Common Bond: The Muslim Ladies Social Club, a women-only, hands-on fabric design workshop series over two years, that will connect Muslim and non-Muslim women in Detroit neighborhoods around ...

To support "Muslims in America," a three-hour documentary series spanning the 500 year history of Muslims in the U.S., in an effort to improve public conversations about American Muslims and ...

To support a traveling, multi-disciplinary, refugee arts festival with the aim of creating a welcoming environment for resettled Muslim refugees through the fostering of cultural exchange, mutual trust, and understanding ...

To support literary programming and the production of three public town halls focusing on changing perceptions and creating deeper understanding about the African-American Muslim experience, the fight against Islamophobia, and ...

To support Babylon: Journeys of Refugees, a two-year residency project in partnership with U.S. Committee for Refugee offices across the world that will bring theater performances, discussions and workshops to ...

To support Perform Peace, a suite of programs that include interactive theater, a feature-length documentary film, community dialogue, and a youth-driven summit to advance understanding among Muslims – particularly refugees ...

To support the development of Muslims in America, a new three-year project to increase understanding of the diversity of American Muslims and encourage empathy, trust and relationships among Muslim and ...

To support Be My Guest, a multicourse public engagement project combining short-form media and interactive community meals, using storytelling and conversation to advance connections between Muslim and non-Muslim communities across ...

To support the expansion of Connecting Cultures, a theater education residency program, into a three year immersive performing arts project documenting and celebrating the unique experiences of in region Muslim ...

To support the expansion and deepening of Long Wharf Theatre’s Newcomer Play Project over three years, which will connect and collaborate with Muslim immigrants and refugees in theater-based workshops in ...

To support the development of Old Songs, New Voices, a 15-month cultural exchange and preservation project that aims to tap into the rich indigenous knowledge that is “hidden in plain ...

To support the Refugee Speakers Bureau, a multicultural, live storytelling project in Boise, rural Idaho and Salt Lake City that will build connections between Muslim and non-Muslim communities through narratives ...

To support production of a documentary film titled "Loyalty" that tells the story of Muslim military chaplains and their experiences as they work for religious freedom in the U.S. Armed ...

To support a one-year mobile art project that will use a “jingle truck,” created by a Pakistani truck-art painter and accompanied by educational programming, to tour ten different elementary schools ...

To support Muslim Voices, a three-year community and media engagement project to deepen conversations between communities of Muslims and their neighbors on what it means to be Muslim in Brooklyn ...

To support the Aspen Forum on Women and Girls Leadership series.

To support Pathways to Understanding: Creating Community Through Allyship - a partnership between Community Tampa Bay and the Tampa Bay Times Newspaper in Education program.

To support the South Dakota Voices for Peace project to create a model for rural ecumenical bridge building between Muslims and Christian clergy.

To support the Muslim Philanthropy Initiative at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy.

To support the Pillars Culture Change Project, an effort to amplify American Muslim voices in contemporary culture through the visual, literary, performing and multidisciplinary arts.

To support the increasing diversity of voices and speakers represented at ISPA's congresses in 2019, 2020 and 2021.

To support professional development sessions for American Muslim artists.

To support "Deep Dive," a project engaging and training teachers with tools to accurately, thoroughly and sensitively navigate complex issues surrounding American Muslims to their students.