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Web Sites
Note: Some listings are filed by surname.
22 Grants for Arts and Humanities
http://www.educationmoney.com/arts_humanities.html
EducationMoney.com repackages information from the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance.
(Last checked 04/22/08)
Arts and Cultural Affairs Grants/Programs Available from the U.S. Government
Posted in Grants.gov
http://grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=CATSEARCH&fundActivity=AR
Lists some of the most recent grant programs available.
(Last checked 04/22/08)
City of Detroit
Department of Culture, Arts and Tourism
http://www.ci.detroit.mi.us/culturalaffair/services_provided.htm
Often artists and cultural organizations are not aware of the opportunities for sponsorship and funding that are available to them. The Department of Culture, Arts and Tourism is working to increase networking opportunities between the cultural community and foundations, corporations, the media, and city, state and federal government. Wayne County-based artists and art/cultural organizations wishing to take advantage of this resource can contact the department at (313) 224-3470.
Also listed under Grants for Nonprofits-Arts.
(Last checked 04/22/08)
City of Detroit
Department of Culture, Arts and Tourism
Minigrant Program
http://www.ci.detroit.mi.us/culturalaffair/minigrants.htm
The Minigrant program is a partnership between the City of Detroit and the State of Michigan. This program awards grants up to $4,000 three times annually to selected non-profit arts and cultural organizations in Wayne County. The Minigrant program is open to all non-profit arts and cultural organizations in Wayne County.
Also listed under Grants for Nonprofits-Arts.
(Last checked 04/22/08)
Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts (CCAHA)
http://www.ccaha.org/surveys.php
Deadline: Dec. 7
currently accepting applicants for its subsidized Preservation Needs Assessment Program. If your institution owns a paper-based humanities collection that is available to the public on a regularly scheduled basis and has historical and educational significance, you are eligible to apply for participation in CCAHA's subsidized Preservation Needs Assessment
Program. To be considered the institution should demonstrate a strong commitment to collection care, and the size of the institution's paper-based collection must warrant a full day survey. Institutions funded by the federal government are not eligible. Information on eligibility and the application process can be found on the web site. Application forms can also be downloaded. If you have any further questions about the program, please contact Laura Hortz Stanton, CCAHA's Director of Preservation Services at 215-545-0613 or via email at lhortzstanton@ccaha.org
(Last checked 04/22/08)
Cultural Affairs Grants/Programs Available from the U.S. Government
Posted in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA)
http://12.46.245.173/pls/portal30/SYSTEM.FUNCTIONAL_AREA_RPT1.show
Click on cultural affairs.
(Last checked 04/22/08)
Foundation Funding for the Humanities : An Overview of Current and Historical Trends
http://www.amacad.org/publications/human_funding.pdf
The Foundation Center's first-ever study focused exclusively on humanities giving. Prepared in cooperation with the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, the report documents the size and scope of foundation giving for the humanities between 1992 and 2002 and includes an incisive essay by James A. Smith, an historian of philanthropy, on the principal grantmakers and trends influencing foundation support for the humanities from the start of the twentieth century through today. Loren Renz. New York: Foundation Center, June 2004.
(Last checked 04/22/08)
FundsNet Arts and Humanities Programs : Grantmaking Foundations
http://www.fundsnetservices.com/arts2.htm
A collection of web links by FundsNet. Contains many links to state and local community arts and humanities organizations that give out grants.
Also listed under Arts and Cultural Activities.
(Last checked 04/22/08)
Grants and Fellowships of Interest to Philosophers (Web Site), see
Grants for Individuals: Philosophy
Grants.gov : Current Federal Funding Opportunities for Humanities
http://grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=CATSEARCH&fundActivity=HU
Lists some of the most recently announced humanities funding programs from the federal government.
(Last checked 04/22/08)
History Channel
Save Our History Grants
http://www.history.com/minisites/saveourhistory/
The History Channel has begun accepting applications for its annual “Save Our History” grant program. Under the program, museums, historic sites, historical societies, preservation organizations, libraries, and archives partner with local school or youth groups to help preserve the history of their communities. Each year, The History Channel
awards $250,000 in grants of up to $10,000 for these projects.
(Last checked 04/22/08)
Humanities Grants Available through the State of Michigan, try the
Michigan Electronic Grants Administration and Management System Portal (EGrAMS).
Humanities Grants/Programs Available from the U.S. Government
Posted on Grants.gov
http://grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=CATSEARCH&fundActivity=HU
Some of the most current grant opportunities posted by the federal government.
(Last checked 04/22/08)
Michigan Humanities Council Grant Opportunities
http://www.michiganhumanities.org/
(Last checked 04/22/08)
Michigan Humanities Council Grant Opportunities
Arts and Humanities Touring Program
http://www.michiganhumanities.org/touring/2006_2009/
Deadline : Feb. 25-March 10
A wide variety of cultural programming opportunities in the fields of dance, music, storytelling, theater, and trditional and visual arts are available to Michigan nonprofits. Grant awards : up to 35 percent of presenter/exhibitor's fees and travel.
(Last checked 04/22/08)
Michigan Humanities Council Grant Opportunities
Michigan People, Michigan Places. Our Stories, Our Lives
http://www.michiganhumanities.org/grants/mhcgrants/index.htm
The Michigan Humanities Council grants emphasize collaboration among cultural, educational, and community-based organizations and institutions to serve Michigan's people with public humanities programming. These grants play a vital role in defining our culture, our state, our community, and ourselves. Organizations are encouraged to explore and retrace our: histories, roles in societies, advancements and changes, meaning in self-expression and fulfillment, commonalities and differences—what shapes us individually as well as communally. Grant awards : $3000-$15,000.
(Last checked 04/22/08)
Michigan Humanities Council Grant Opportunities
Quick Grants and Planning Grants
http://www.michiganhumanities.org/grants/mhcgrants/quickgrants.htm
Deadline : Year Round
Available as honoraria and/or travel expenses for humanities professionals serving as consultants in the planning of a larger humanities project, or as guest speakers, book discussion leaders, etc. Grant awards : quick grants up to $750; planning grants up to $1000. Applications have to be made at least a month in advance of the program.
(Last checked 04/22/08)
National Archives and Records Administration
http://www.archives.gov/
Provides links to information about funding available from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission as well as the Presidential Libraries.
Also listed under Arts and Cultural Activities and Historical Preservation.
(Last checked 04/22/08)
National Endowment for the Humanities
Complete List of Current Grant Programs
http://www.neh.gov/grants/grantsbydivision.html#challenge
(Last checked 04/22/08)
National Endowment for the Humanities
Consultation Grants
http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/public-consult.html
Deadline : September 5
The National Endowment for the Humanities Consultation Grants help museums, libraries, historical organizations, or community organizations develop a new public humanities project or chart a new interpretive direction of an existing program. They support the costs of conferring with a team of advisers to help identify key humanities themes and questions during the early stages of a project's development.
(Last checked 04/22/08)
National Endowment for the Humanities
45.164 Implementation Grants for Museums and Historical Organizations
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=11095&mode=VIEW
Deadline : January 23
These grants support interpretive museum exhibitions (both long-term and traveling) and the interpretation of historic sites and houses, and include support for accompanying publications, Web sites, and public humanities programming. Public humanities programs support lifelong learning in history, literature, comparative religion, philosophy, and other fields of the humanities for broad public audiences.
Also listed under Grants for Nonprofits : Museums
(Last checked 04/22/08)
National Endowment for the Humanities
45.164 Implementation Grants for Special Projects
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=11131&mode=VIEW
Deadline : January 23
Special Project grants support a variety of public humanities program formats, including public discussion forums, hands-on learning experiences, discussion series based on reading or film-viewing, multi-faceted conferences, or symposia. Small exhibitions or interpretive publications might serve as common texts for such programs. Living history or historical impersonations might also be appropriate if they are deeply grounded in scholarship.
(Last checked 04/22/08)
National Endowment for the Humanities
We the People Challenge Grants
http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/wtpchallenge.html
Grant Deadline: Feb. 1
As part of its We the People initiative, NEH invites proposals for challenge grants designed to help institutions and organizations secure long-term improvements in and support for humanities activities focused on exploring significant themes and events in American history. NEH is particularly interested in projects that advance knowledge of the founding principles of the United States in their full historical and institutional context. Grants can be used to support construction and renovation, acquisition of materials and equipment, and direct expenditures through long-term depleting or bridging funds. Grants can also be used to establish endowments which generate expendable earnings for program activities.
[We the People challenge grant funds, federal or nonfederal, may not be used for: direct expenditures for operations or programs; recovery of indirect costs; or support for short-term projects eligible for grants from other NEH programs.]
The federal portion of NEH We the People challenge grants can range up to $1,000,000. NEH We the People challenge grants are matching grants, and recipients must raise, from nonfederal donors, three times the amount of federal funds offered.
For additional information about this funding opportunity, please contact:
Office of Challenge Grants,
National Endowment for the Humanities,
1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Room 420,
Washington, DC 20506;
telephone: (202) 606-8309; fax: (202) 606-8579; e-mail: challenge@neh.gov
(Last checked 04/22/08)
National Historical Publications and Records Commission
http://www.archives.gov/nhprc/
NHPRC makes grants nationwide to help identify, preserve, and provide public access to records, photographs, and other materials that document American history. The grants go to state and local archives, colleges and universities, libraries, historical societies, and other nonprofit organizations throughout the United States.
Also listed under Arts and Cultural Activities and Historical Preservation.
(Last checked 04/22/08)
National Storytelling Network
Brimstone Award for Applied Storytelling
http://www.storynet.org/Programs/Grants/Brimstone/index.html
Preliminary deadline: May 2, 2008
The National Storytelling Network is pleased to invite applications for the fifth annual Brimstone Award for Applied Storytelling--a grant of $5000 for a project that will be completed in calendar year 2009.
The grant will support a model storytelling project that is service-oriented, based in a community or organization, and to some extent replicable in other places and situations. It is our hope that projects receiving this award will have impact beyond their own communities, organizations, or clients, inspiring excellence in applied storytelling work and communicating to new audiences the humanitarian possibilities of storytelling.
Many different sorts of projects can be considered for the award, including community, organizational or institutional programs, curricular activities, short residencies, and projects combining complementary art forms. Projects may involve various kinds of stories, including traditional tales and myths as well as personal and ad hoc narratives. Although oral storytelling should be central to the project, the work need not be conducted by professional storytelling performers. Educators, therapists, naturalists, internal or external organizational practitioners, etc., personnel appropriate to the situation may carry out the project, so long as they can draw on suitable storytelling expertise and experience. We are looking for responsiveness to the standards of good practice in the field of the project.
(Last checked 04/22/08)
President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities
http://www.pcah.gov/
The President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities has funding opportunities focusing on programs in youth arts and humanities learning; preservation and conservation; special events; and expansion of international cultural relations.
(Last checked 04/22/08)
Top 50 U.S. Foundations Awarding Grants for the Arts, Culture, and Humanities:
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Source: FC Stats from the Foundation Center
(Last checked 04/22/08)
Books
The books mentioned on this page are available for public use in the Michigan State University Libraries. If you are unable to visit our library, consider visiting a Foundation Center Cooperating Collection in your home state or a local public library in your home town. If the books are not available there, ask about interlibrary loan or visit a local bookstore to find out whether they can be purchased.
BEFORE AND AFTER DISASTERS : FEDERAL FUNDING FOR CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS
http://www.arts.gov/pub/DisasterRecovery.pdf
This PDF document from September 2005 "is designed to help archives, arts centers, libraries, museums, historical societies, and historic sites find resources" for "developing disaster plans, providing staff training, and protecting their collections." The report "includes ... information for 15 federal grant and loan programs and covers sources of federal assistance for preparedness, mitigation, and response, ... [and] recovery." Also provides information about sample projects. From the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).
(Last checked 04/22/08)
DIRECTORY OF GRANTS IN THE HUMANITIES (Book), see
Grants for Individuals: Humanities
GRANTS AND AWARDS AVAILABLE TO AMERICAN WRITERS (Book), see
Grants for Individuals: Writing
GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND PRIZES OF INTEREST TO HISTORIANS (Book), see
Grants for Individuals: History
GRANTS FOR ARTS, CULTURE, AND THE HUMANITIES. Foundation Center. New York, N.Y. : Foundation Center, annual from 1982 through 1988 and 1990 on. Main Library Reference (1 East) Funding Center NX700 .F685
Title varies. Covers grants to nonprofit organizations in the U.S. and abroad for programs including : the visual and performing arts, arts education, music, art conservation, film and video, radio and television, literature and writing, architecture, historic preservation, and museums.
Also listed under Arts and Cultural Activities.
GRANTS IN THE HUMANITIES : A SCHOLAR'S GUIDE TO FUNDING SOURCES (Book), see
Grants for Individuals: Humanities
GUIDE TO GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS IN LINGUISTICS (Book), see
Grants for Individuals: Humanities
MONEY FOR WRITERS (Book), see
Grants for Individuals: Writing
PUBLICATION GRANTS FOR WRITER AND PUBLISHERS (Book), see
Grants for Individuals: Writing
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Jon Harrison