API Grants Program

API is issuing a call for original project ideas that amplify our mission in creative ways. Through their work, grant recipients will shed light on the people, cultures, and extraordinary hospitality of the region, in ways that are seldom seen in mainstream media and bus-friendly tours. Examples of projects recipients could engage in include storytelling in an array of media, the arts, environmental cleanup or renewable energy, innovative approaches to job creation, and rural tourism efforts that relate to the Middle East. 

Selected applicants will be provided with a grant to bring their ideas to life. At the conclusion of the grant, the recipient will report their accomplishment to API. This could be in the form of photographs with captions, a book, video, map, or art installation, and materials for publication. The end products of the projects are expected within the agreed upon timeline. API will help promote the product, which will be shared with API in perpetuity.

Goals

The goal of the Grants Program is to encourage projects that nurture economic growth, cross-cultural communication, and/or heritage preservation in the Middle East. Grant recipients will deploy the Path in ways that engage new audiences with the Abraham Path Initiative, drawing attention to its mission and vision. 

Projects aimed to explore, promote, study, develop, and support the Path are encouraged and will be prioritized. API will strive to award 20% of allocated funds to grantees who are residents of the Middle East.