Guampedia

Guampedia Foundation, Inc. is an independent non-profit organization. The creation of Guampedia was funded through grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Guam Preservation Trust, the Bank of Guam, the U.S. Department of the Interior, Gannett Foundation, Guam Council on the Arts and Humanities Agency and other sources. The project was founded by the Guam Humanities Council in 2002. In 2009 a new non-profit organization, Guampedia Foundation, Inc. was incorporated and Guampedia became independent of the Council. Guampedia, which receives funding from the Government of Guam, is being developed with the cooperation of the University of Guam under the Richard F. Taitano Micronesian Area Research Center and many other community institutions and organizations, including the Department of Chamorro Affairs, the Guam Museum, the Guam Public Library, the Guam Department of Parks and Recreation's Division of Historic Resources, the Archdiocese of Agana and Micronesian Seminar. Through peer-reviewed entries and accompanying media, Guampedia provides an important educational and informational resource for Guam teachers and schoolchildren, for Chamorros living away from Guam, for visitors to our island, and for those who want a richer understanding of our island and its people. Guampedia was launched in April 2008 with the first 350 entries and two years later, has 700 entries. More than 100 people have been a part of this project to date, doing research, writing, peer reviewing, fact checking or copy editing the Guampedia entries and media. Another 600 entries are planned and will be added as they are completed. Guampedia will always be an ongoing and dynamic project that will be updated and added to regularly as events unfold and technology allows.