A calendar of grants, resources, and funding opportunities listed by application or inquiry due date and tagged in various categories. For more information about grant, foundation, and other resources contact Laura Hennighausen at lhennighausen@purposepossible.com.
HumanitiesDC Youth in the Humanities Grant
Youth in the Humanities grants provide general operating support to humanities-focused organizations that work primarily with young people ages 11 to 19.
Eligibility: DC-based humanities-focused, youth-serving nonprofit organizations
Award Amount: Up to $25,000
Application Deadline: May 1, 2024
Grant Period Begins: July 1, 2024
Grant Period Ends: April 30, 2025
Humanities DC Capacity Building Grant
The Capacity Building Grants fund capacity building projects that help humanities-focused nonprofit organizations advance their mission and serve DC’s communities.
Applicants will propose distinct capacity building projects, such as identifying a communications strategy, improving volunteer recruitment, ensuring thoughtful leadership succession, updating a nonprofit’s technology, or improving how it measures its outcomes, that will build the capacity of their organization to effectively deliver its mission.
Eligibility: non-profit organizations with a humanities-focused mission and annual budgets of less than $2 million
Award Amount: Up to $25,000
Application Deadline: May 1, 2024
Grant Period Begins: July 1, 2024
Grant Period Ends: April 30, 2025
HumanitiesDC Visions - Projects + Events
The Vision grant funds the creation of innovative interpretations of the humanities for public audiences. (Includes the former Festivals & Gatherings and DC DOCS grant programs).
The 2024 DCOHC Visions Request for Proposal is now available, and the application is open.
Eligibility: DC-based nonprofit organizations
Award Amount: Up to $25,000
Application Deadline: February 20, 2024
Project May Begin: May 1, 2024
Project Must be Completed by: April 30, 2025
HumanitiesDC Oral History Collaborative + Extensions
DC Oral History Collaborative Grants support oral history projects that explore Washington, DC’s life, history, and culture through interviews with the people who have lived it. There will be an opportunity to request additional funds for translation of interview transcripts, as well as extensions of successfully completed oral history projects previously funded by HumanitiesDC.
The 2024 DCOHC Request for Proposal is now available, and the application is open.
Eligibility: DC-based Individuals, community groups, and nonprofit organizations
Award Amount: Up to $8,000
Application Deadline: February 20, 2024
Project May Begin: May 1, 2024
Project Must be Completed by: December 31, 2024
HumanitiesDC Community Culture and Heritage Grant
Community Culture and Heritage Grants fund projects that capture the culture and narratives of DC’s communities for public audiences. These projects are showcased together in an annual culminating public event.
The 2024 Community Culture and Heritage Request for Proposal is now available, and the application is open.
Eligibility: DC-based Individuals, community groups, and nonprofit organizations
Award Amount: Up to $10,000
Application Deadline: February 20, 2024
Project May Begin: May 1, 2024
Project Must be Completed by: April 30, 2025
HumanitiesDC Oral History Collaborative Beyond the Archives
Beyond the Archive Grants fund projects that bring existing oral history interviews about Washington, DC’s life, history, and culture out of libraries, archives, and personal collections, and into the public view.
The 2024 DCOHC Beyond the Archive Request for Proposal is now available, and the application is open.
Eligibility: DC-based Individuals, community groups, and nonprofit organizations
Award Amount: Up to $12,000
Application Deadline: February 20, 2024
Project May Begin: May 1, 2024
Project Must be Completed by: April 30, 2025
Council on Library and Information Resources: Digitizing Hidden Special Collections and Archives
Geographic scope: United States, Canada, and U.S. and Canadian territories
Grant amount: $50,000 to $300,000
The Digitizing Hidden Special Collections and Archives program, administered by the Council on Library and Information Resources, provides support to digitize rare and unique content stewarded by collecting organizations in the U.S. and Canada.
The focus of the 2023-24 call for proposals, Amplifying Unheard Voices, is to support efforts to digitize rare and unique historical and cultural materials in a variety of formats that deepen public understanding of the histories of people of color and other communities and populations whose work, experiences, and perspectives have been insufficiently recognized or unattended. Nonprofit, academic, independent, and community-based organizations, as well as government entities, in the U.S. and Canada that collect, preserve, and share rare and unique materials with the general public are eligible to apply.