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
National Endowment for the Humanities
The Dialogues on the Experience of War program supports the study and discussion of humanities sources that address the experiences of military service and war from a wide variety of perspectives. Dialogue projects encourage veterans and nonveterans to reflect collectively on such topics as civic engagement, veteran identity, and the legacies of war, service, and homecoming. Project teams should include humanities scholars, military veterans, and individuals with relevant experience.
Georgia Humanities
Are you planning an exhibition, author talk, lecture series, literary festival, walking tour, or other public humanities program?
Apply for a grant from Georgia Humanities! We offer Georgia-based organizations grants of up to $2,500 to support humanities programs. Programs must involve at least one humanities scholar, bring the public together for discussion and exchange, and be designed for and open to public audiences.
Click here for more.
Youth in the Humanities
(Formerly Soul of the CIty) 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: March 14, 2023
Project May Begin: May 1, 2023
Project Must be Completed by: March 1, 2024
Public Humanities Projects
National Endowment for the Humanities
The Public Humanities Projects program supports initiatives that bring the ideas of the humanities to life for general audiences through public programming. Projects must engage humanities scholarship to analyze significant themes in disciplines such as history, literature, ethics, and art history. The focus is on projects that are intended to reach broad and diverse public audiences in non-classroom settings in the United States. Project categories include exhibitions, historic places, and humanities discussions. Grants are available for planning and implementation. Optional drafts are due December 7, 2022. The application deadline is January 11, 2023.
Save America's Treasures
Save America's Treasures grants from the Historic Preservation Fund provide preservation or conservation assistance to nationally significant historic properties and collections. Properties can include historic districts, buildings, sites, structures, and objects, while collections can include artifacts, museum collections, documents, sculptures, and other works of art. Grants are awarded through a competitive process and require a dollar-for-dollar, non-federal match. The application deadline is December 20, 2022. Click here for more.