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Asian Heritage Grants
Cultural heritage encompasses the way of living based on past generations, that includes artifacts, monuments, documents, crafts and other tangible and intangible assets. It is of paramount importance to preserve a nation's cultural heritage in order to preserve its identity and ensure that the legacy of the past not be lost and, instead, is passed on to the future generation.
In order to achieve this, there are many organizations that were formed with the purpose of seeking out cultural legacies, understanding them, preserving the findings, restoring those that were lost, and helping promote the way of living of past generations. These organizations need support and funding in order to keep doing this daunting task of preserving their nation's rich history.
To support these organizations, there were several foundations around the world that have been established to provide support and ensure that endeavors continue to be done to preserve cultural legacies. The foundations that I have selected, already gave out numerous grants to heritage preservation organizations, particularly in Asia and in China, making them ideal choices to include in this list.
Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation
Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation is included in this list as it aims to support cultural heritage projects overseas. It has already provided funding to China-based projects that include the Guangdong Province Nan'ao Shipwreck, China Guangxi Museum initiatives and the Kaifeng Museum preservation projects. It has already funded 31 projects in 2016 and 91 projects in 2015. Overall, it already awarded 55 grants amounting to $55M in total to cultural heritage preservation projects. Grants typically fall in the $500K to $1M.
Click on this link to apply for grants: https://eca.state.gov/organizational-funding/applying-grant
Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA)
PATA's goal is to support the sustainable development of travel and tourism in Asia through various environment and cultural heritage preservation programs.
PATA has already donated $1.3M to various cultural heritage organizations in 38 countries. Some of the projects that PATA funded in China includes the Taijian batik and embroidery workshops and the Guizhou Ancient Hand-made Paper Display.
Click on this link for grants: http://www.pataprodigy.org/pata_hq/Foundation/Grant_Guidelines_2016.pdf
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is focused on the preservation of art history and other cultural heritage programs. It has already awarded 3,362 grants with a total amount of $1,365,178,593. It has already granted $150K to the Arts and Cultural Heritage Program of the University of Hong Kong Conservation Studies Planning.
Click on this link to apply for grants: https://mellon.org/programs/arts-and-cultural-heritage/inquiries-and-guidelines/
Bei Shan Tang Foundation
Bei Shan Tang Foundation supports Chinese Art initiatives around the world in order to promote the Chinese culture and education. There were no specific grant amounts mentioned in its website but it has already provided support for various Chinese Art and Culture programs.
Click here to apply for grants: https://www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/Museum/Conservation/en_US/web/co/iic-pm-2017_hongkongsymposium_grants/bst-foundation-travel-scholarship.html
Xi Zhen Hui She Limited
Xi Zhen Hui She Limited aims to promote Chinese culture by lending exquisite collections for various events. No specific mention of a grant amount in their website but they can potentially help heritage preservation organizations by lending their collections.
Click here to apply for grants: http://www.xizhenhuishe.com/membership2.html
Chinese World Cultural Heritage Foundation
Chinese World Cultural Heritage Foundation aims to fund and support projects that will bring about the preservation and promotion of China's cultural heritage. No specific grant amount was mentioned in their site but there were several projects listed that they have supported. Some of the projects they have supported in China include: (1) Peace and Harmony —The Divine Spectra of China's Fragrant Harbour with 108 Aloes of Sacred Scripture and Related Artifacts; and (2) Peace and Harmony — The Divine Spectra of Manjusri enshrining the Wisdom of China with 108 pieces of Manjusri and related artifacts.
Click here to apply for grants: http://www.cwchf.com/contactus.htm
China Small Grant Program
China Small Grant Program offers grants of up to $20,000 to non-government, non-profit organizations working to support civil society. There was no specific grant mentioned but they have already awarded several grants to support civil society projects.
Click on this link to apply for grants: https://china.usembassy-china.org.cn/education-culture/grant-opportunities/
China National Arts Fund
China National Arts Fund is a state public welfare fund that provides grants to initiatives promoting Chinese art. The fund will provide funding amounting to RMB429 million ($70 million) on domestic art projects in the coming year. The money will be distributed through the newly established China National Arts Fund (CNAF).
Click on this link to apply for grants: http://www.cnaf.cn/gjysjjw/jjhzc/zc_list.shtml
Lord Wilson Heritage Trust
Lord Wilson Heritage Trust is focused on initiatives and programs aiming to preserve and promote Hong Kong's cultural legacies. There were no specific funding amount mentioned in their website, but there is a large list of preservation projects that they have already supported. Some of their projects in Hong Kong, China involves the preservation of temples and artifacts in various Chinese temples.
Click on this link to apply for a grant:
https://www.lordwilson-heritagetrust.org.hk/en/application/application.html
The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation
The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation supports endeavors that will help explore, understand and promote Chinese arts globally. They have supported various exhibits including a European Exhibition of Portrait Paintings in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
Click on this link to apply for a grant:
http://www.rhfamilyfoundation.org/#!/grant-programmes/1/apply
CONCLUSION
Cultural heritage preservation is an important undertaking in order to maintain the identity of a culture and ensure that legacies of the past will not be lost. With its rich cultural legacy, China will need the help of organizations to face this daunting mission. They will need the foundations listed above to help fund and support their initiatives.