PN30381725
Project Grant
Overview
Grant Description
?Still standing?: Stories of resilience from South Asian American small businesses
?Still standing? will document the resiliency, innovation, and community-building of South Asian American small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic, demonstrating that entrepreneurship is frequently a collective effort rather than a solo endeavor.
The project will also explore how small businesses often serve as ?third spaces? or vital community hubs.
SAADA will select and train three archival fellows to conduct oral history interviews and collect archival materials with South Asian entrepreneurs and community builders.
Archival fellows will create an interpretive digital exhibit for their collection, write for SAADA’s newsletter, and collaborate on a conference workshop and research paper.
Resultant collections will benefit historians, educators, and scholars in migration studies, archival studies, and other humanities fields by exploring the essential contributions of immigrants and first-generation Americans to our entrepreneurial ecosystems.
?Still standing? will document the resiliency, innovation, and community-building of South Asian American small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic, demonstrating that entrepreneurship is frequently a collective effort rather than a solo endeavor.
The project will also explore how small businesses often serve as ?third spaces? or vital community hubs.
SAADA will select and train three archival fellows to conduct oral history interviews and collect archival materials with South Asian entrepreneurs and community builders.
Archival fellows will create an interpretive digital exhibit for their collection, write for SAADA’s newsletter, and collaborate on a conference workshop and research paper.
Resultant collections will benefit historians, educators, and scholars in migration studies, archival studies, and other humanities fields by exploring the essential contributions of immigrants and first-generation Americans to our entrepreneurial ecosystems.
Funding Goals
NOT APPLICABLE
Grant Program (CFDA)
Awarding / Funding Agency
Place of Performance
Pennsylvania
United States
Geographic Scope
State-Wide
Related Opportunity
Analysis Notes
Amendment Since initial award the total obligations have increased 1400% from $10,000 to $150,000.
South Asian American Digital Archive Nfp was awarded
Project Grant PN30381725
worth $150,000
from National Endowment for the Humanities in August 2025 with work to be completed primarily in Pennsylvania United States.
The grant
has a duration of 2 years and
was awarded through assistance program 45.149 Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access.
The Project Grant was awarded through grant opportunity Cultural and Community Resilience.
Status
(Ongoing)
Last Modified 4/2/25
Period of Performance
8/1/25
Start Date
7/31/27
End Date
Funding Split
$150.0K
Federal Obligation
$0.0
Non-Federal Obligation
$150.0K
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Transaction History
Modifications to PN30381725
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
PN30381725
SAI Number
None
Award ID URI
SAI EXEMPT
Awardee Classifications
Other
Awarding Office
433101 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE
Funding Office
433101 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE
Awardee UEI
CGTQK29W3JP5
Awardee CAGE
66A05
Performance District
PA-02
Senators
Robert Casey
John Fetterman
John Fetterman
Modified: 4/2/25