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Festival Sponsorship

The Smithsonian Folklife Festival is produced by the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage and presented in association with the National Park Service.

The Festival is supported by federally appropriated funds; Smithsonian trust funds; contributions from governments, businesses, foundations, and individuals; in-kind assistance; and food, recording, and craft sales.

Living Religion: Creative Encounters in the U.S. has received generous support from Lilly Endowment’s Religion and Cultural Institutions Initiative. The program received federal support from the Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the National Museum of the American Latino, and the Asian Pacific American Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center.

The Ozarks: Faces and Facets of a Region is produced in partnership with Missouri State University. The program is supported, in part, by Missouri State University, Missouri State Tourism Division, Windgate Foundation, University of Arkansas, and Committee of 100. The program received federal support from the Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the National Museum of the American Latino; the Asian Pacific American Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center; and the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative Pool.


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