Opportunity Information: Apply for 20170215 ZR
Creating Humanities Communities is a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant program designed to expand access to high-quality humanities programming in U.S. states and territories that have historically been underserved by NEH funding. The program offers matching grants, meaning applicants must bring their own cost share or non-federal match, and it supports the launch of new humanities activities rather than simply sustaining existing efforts. At its core, the opportunity is about helping organizations build lasting relationships that make humanities work more visible, relevant, and woven into everyday community life.
The main purpose of the program is community-building through the humanities. NEH is looking for projects that create connections among local or regional partners in ways that strengthen cohesion, shared understanding, and civic or cultural ties. Applicants have flexibility in defining what "community" means for their project. A community can be place-based, such as a town, county, or region, but it can also be organized around shared identity, shared history, common interests, or a central theme. Whatever definition is used, the collaborative program must clearly aim to deepen the role of the humanities in people’s lives, such as by encouraging public reflection, interpreting history and culture, promoting dialogue, or expanding access to stories and ideas that shape collective identity.
A key requirement is that proposals must be collaborative. The applicant must form a partnership of at least two and no more than five institutions total (including the lead applicant). NEH emphasizes cooperation among organizations that can complement each other’s strengths and reach different audiences. Eligible partners can include a wide range of humanities and civic institutions, such as public libraries, museums, historical societies, cultural centers, community colleges and universities, archival repositories, historic houses, school districts, civic centers, and similar community-based cultural entities. The expectation is that the partners will jointly plan and carry out programming, not merely provide letters of support.
The types of projects envisioned are practical, public-facing, and grounded in humanities content. Examples include a public library collaborating with a community college to research and produce video biographies of notable local figures and then presenting them through public events; multiple railroad museums joining together to develop a transportation-themed curriculum unit for elementary social studies; several Native American tribes working collaboratively to establish a cultural heritage trail that highlights significant sites and collections; a veterans’ organization partnering with a high school to create intergenerational family programs at historic sites; or a public radio station teaming up with a college philosophy department to host public discussions on ethics and industry tied to a local centennial commemoration. These examples illustrate that projects may result in programs, curricula, media, exhibits, public discussions, or heritage initiatives, as long as the humanities are central and the work builds durable local or regional connections.
Administratively, this is a discretionary grant competition administered by NEH under CFDA 45.130. The opportunity lists a maximum award (ceiling) of $150,000. Eligible applicants include state, county, and city or township governments; special district governments; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments; nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) status (as long as they are not institutions of higher education in the non-501(c)(3) category); and private institutions of higher education. The source listing reflects an original closing date of February 15, 2017, and a creation date of November 4, 2016, which indicates the specific posting is from that cycle, even though the program concept may appear in other years under NEH offerings.
Overall, Creating Humanities Communities is best understood as a capacity-building and network-building grant: it funds new humanities programs that are developed and delivered through small partnerships, with the explicit aim of strengthening community ties and expanding humanities engagement in places that have received less NEH support in the past.Apply for 20170215 ZR
- The National Endowment for the Humanities in the humanities sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Creating Humanities Communities" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 45.130.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2016-11-04.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2017-02-15. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $150,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education.
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