The Culture Grows Grant is designed to support operations to help cultural institutions serve their communities.
Donor Name: Wyoming Humanities
State: Wyoming
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/15/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
This grant is a general operating support grant available to eligible humanities-based organizations in all twenty-three Wyoming counties.
Allowable Costs
Allowable costs must clearly support general operating expenses in one or more of the following categories. Eligible operating expenses include (but are not limited to):
- Humanities Programming
- Lecture series
- Cultural festivals
- Reading/writing programs
- Exhibits, in-person and virtual
- Documentaries, podcasts, web series
- Wyoming Humanities encourages organizations to use funds to build on existing public programs, activities, and resources, or create new public programs, activities, and resources.
- Capacity Building
- Hiring staff or interns
- Contracting consultants
- Professional development/trainings
- Sustaining Operations
- Staff retention (salaries, wages, and benefits)
- Rent
- Utilities
- Strategic Planning
Eligibility Criteria
Local governments, public education, and nonprofit organizations are invited to request up to $10,000 in general operating support funding. There are ten awards available, two in each of the five regions of the state as outlined here:
- Central Wyoming: Natrona, Fremont, Carbon, counties
- Northeast Wyoming: Sheridan, Johnson, Campbell, Crook, Weston counties
- Southeast Wyoming: Platte, Goshen, Converse, Niobrara, Laramie, Albany counties
- Southwest Wyoming: Sublette, Lincoln, Sweetwater, Uinta, Teton counties
- Northwest Wyoming: Park, Hot Springs, Big Horn, Washakie counties.
Ineligibility
Organizations cannot use Culture Grows Grant funds to promote a particular political, religious, or ideological point of view, or advocate for a particular program of social/political action.
For more information, visit Wyoming Humanities.
