We proudly support different organizations. Below is a list of projects and programs the HIF Board of Trustees decided to support so far in 2016.
“1956 – SIXTY YEARS LATER” GRANTS | |||
Name of Organization | Project or Program | Venue | Amount granted |
AHHH (American Hungarian Heritage House) | Artistic performance by National Dance Ensemble | Ashburn, VA | $6,000 |
American Foundation for Hungarian Literature and Education | “I was there in 56” – Portrait photo exhibit and life story interviews of Hungarians who immigrated after the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 into the New York City area | New York, N.Y. | $8,000 |
American Hungarian Library and Historical Society | Artistic performance by National Dance Ensemble | New York, N.Y. | $10,000 |
Arts Clayton | The 1956 Hungarian Freedom Fight: 60 Years Later | Jonesboro, GA | $10,000 |
Bethlen Home of the Hungarian Reformed Federation of America | Artistic performance by National Dance Ensemble | Ligonier, PA | $5,000 |
Birmingham Ethnic Festival Organization | Commemoration of the 60th Anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution as seen through the eyes of Toledo | Toledo, OH | $10,000 |
Boca Raton Museum of Art | Art of Hungary | Boca Raton, FL | $10,000 |
California EU Cultural Institute | “Revolution – Refugee – Renewal” – Hungarian American Visual History Archive – Creation of Searchable Website & Video Installation | San Francisco, CA | $30,000 |
Center for European Studies – University of Florida | “Freedom’s Fury: the 1956 Hungarian Revolution as Reflected in Sport” | Gainesville, FL | $8,500 |
Central Florida Presbytery | Dedication of 1956 Szabadsag Kopjafa & Children’s Art of Freedom Competition | Orlando, FL | $5,000 |
Creative Cultural Exchange | Minnesota Remembers: 60th Anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution | Minnetonka, MN | $10,000 |
Csűrdöngölő Folk Ensemble | Artistic performance by National Dance Ensemble | Piscataway, NJ | $10,000 |
Hungarian American Cultural Association | Commemorative Performance of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution | Sarasota, FL | $10,000 |
Hungarian American Cultural Association (HACA) of Houston | “1956 – 60 Years Later” | Houston, Texas | $7,500 |
Hungarian American Cultural Center – HACC | Commemoration of the 1956 Revolution “Sixty Years Later” | Taylor, MI | $10,000 |
Hungarian Association | “1956 – 60 Years Later” – Photo exhibit chronicling the timeline of the 1956 Revolution | Cleveland, OH | $2,200 |
Hungarian (Magyar) Club of Chicago | 1956 – Sixty Years Later | Mount Prospect, IL | $10,000 |
Hungarian Communion of Friends | “Our Conscience in a Changing World – the Memory of 1956” | Portland, OR | $7,500 |
Hungarian Community Church of Georgia | Commemoration of the 60th Anniversary Year of 1956 in Georgia | Roswell, GA | $3,000 |
Hungarian Freedom Fighters Federation Inc., San Francisco Area Chapter | Gloria Victis Statue Renovation and 60th Anniversary Commemoration of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution and Freedom Fight | Oakland, CA | $5,000 |
Hungarian Heritage Foundation of the San Francisco Bay Area | Hungarian Flag Raising to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the 1956 October Revolution | San Ramon, CA | $2,500 |
Hungarian Reformed Church in Phoenix | Church service in honor of the holiday and all you can eat lunch | Phoenix AZ | $5,200 |
Hungarian Reformed Church of San Francisco and Vicinity | “Remembering Our Heroes – Honor the Fallen, Remember the Heroes” | Redwood City, CA | $6,250 |
Hungarian Scout Association in Exteris | 46th Annual Western District Summer Camp | Diamond Bar, CA | $10,000 |
Hungarian Society of Massachusetts | Commemoration in Boston, Massachusetts of the 60th Anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 | Belmont, MA | $10,000 |
Metroplex Magyar Cultural Circle | Artistic performance | Fort Worth, TX | $6,000 |
Seattle-Pecs Sister City Association | Program series of commemorate the 60th anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian revolution | Bellevue, WA | $9,970 |
The American Foundation for Hungarian Youth and Culture | Renovation of the 1956 Freedom Fighter Statue | Naples, FL | $4,500 |
The Hungarian Arts Club | Artistic performance by National Dance Ensemble | Ypsilanti, MI | $10,000 |
United Hungarian Societies | Cleveland 1956 Commemoration Project | Cleveland, Ohio | $10,000 |
United Magyar House of Los Angeles | Csík Concert and UMH Special Project for celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, titled “56erhungariansinamerica.com” | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 |
UNSOLICITED GRANTS | |||
Name of Organization | Project or Program | Venue | Amount granted |
American Hungarian Friends of Scouting | Ethnography research trip to Hungary | Cleveland, Ohio | $7,500 |
Cleveland Hungarian Heritage Society | Program Enhancement | Cleveland, Ohio | $10,000 |
Csik Hago Hungarian School and Kindergarten | Theater Workshop and Summer Sessions | Palatine, IL | $5,000 |
Hungarian American Coalition | Internship Program | Washington DC | $99,200 |
Hungarian Association (in Cleveland) | Art and Culture Night | Cleveland, OH | $5,000 |
Hungarian Settlement Historical Society | Opening the Hungarian Settlement Historical Museum | Albany, LA | $10,000 |
Neumann Society | “#Hunnovators16 Conference”- Neumann Society’s annual conference | Redwood City, CA | $20,000 |
The Central European Institute at Quinnipiac University | Hungarian American Business Leaders Scholarship | Hamden, CT | $50,000 |
Ti Ti Tabor Hungarian Folk Camp | Transitions – Ti Ti Tabor Hungarian Folk Camp 2015 | Edmonds, WA | $3,500 |