Connecticut Humanities is inviting applicants for its Quick Grants to help organizations create small-scale humanities programs that have big impacts on their communities.
Donor Name: Connecticut Humanities
State: Connecticut
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 02/04/2022
Size of the Grant: $4,999
Grant Duration: 9 Months
Details:
Quick Grants support a wide range of community-oriented, public programs that help us understand and appreciate human history, culture, values, and beliefs. Quick Grants may fund implementation of small exhibitions, discussion-based public programs, local history tours, and community reading projects. All Quick Grant proposals must demonstrate significant humanities scholarship and content and must be:
- Open to the general public
- Free or low-cost to attend
- Clearly interpretive and based in the humanities
Funding Priorities
Connecticut Humanities (CTH) gives priority to projects that include significant humanities scholarship and content, explore topics and stories in an inclusive, diverse, and equitable manner, and do one or more of the following:
- Engage individuals and communities in the exploration of contemporary issues.
- Advance creativity and demonstrate ingenuity and innovation.
- Present accessible content that provokes, challenges, educates and inspires.
- Ensure access to the project’s content and scholarship beyond the length of the grant.
- Foster collaboration among organizations, groups, and communities.
Funding Information
- Awards may not exceed $4,999.
- All Quick Grant project periods are nine (9) months in duration.
Eligibility Criteria
- Be incorporated in the state of Connecticut for at least one year as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization governed by a board of directors that meets regularly OR be a city or municipality in the state of Connecticut
- Provide significant programming and/or services to the public on a regular basis, including open hours and special events, or function as a professional service organization that supports humanities program providers
- Be in compliance with all terms and conditions of all previous Connecticut Humanities grants
The following are not eligible for funding:
- For-profit organizations
- Individuals
- Agencies of the state of Connecticut, including state universities, state parks, and historic sites
- Organizations not in compliance with terms and conditions of previous Connecticut Humanities grants
For more information, visit Quick Grants.
