Applications are now being accepted for the 2025-2027 Emergency Response Grants Program.
Donor Name: Minnesota Humanities Center (MHC)
State: Minnesota
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/15/2026
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Through the State of Minnesota’s 2025-2027 biennial legislation and the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund (Legacy), the Minnesota Humanities Center (MHC) will administer $600,000 for emergency grants to organizations that work to create, celebrate, and teach the art, culture, and heritage of the many diverse cultural groups that make up Minnesota, including but not limited to Indigenous organizations, communities whose culture and heritage have been historically underrepresented, recent immigrant communities, and veterans.
Emergency Response grants are to be used to assist communities responding to major events in Minnesota to:
- Facilitate the process of grieving,
- Encourage healing,
- Create memorials, and/or
- Assist in recovery of the community.
Funding Information
MHC will award $600,000 in Community Identity & Heritage, Emergency Response grants (less allowable administrative fee) to MHC for design, award, and monitoring of the grant program, on a rolling basis to organizations until October 15, 2026, or until all funds have been expended, whichever occurs first. Applicants may request any amount of funding up to $50,000.
Eligibility Criteria
An applicant is eligible to apply for funding:
- If the applicant is in good standing with the IRS,
- If the applicant is in good standing with MHC, and
- If the applicant is working to:
- Preserve and honor the cultural heritage of Minnesota,
- Provide education and student outreach in cultural diversity,
- Support the development of culturally diverse humanities programming, including arts programming, by individuals and organizations, or
- Empower communities in building identity and culture, including preserving and honoring communities whose Indigenous cultures are endangered or disappearing.
For more information, visit Minnesota Humanities Center.
