The California Humanities is inviting applications for its Quick Grant Program to support impactful public humanities learning experiences that offer participants opportunities to draw upon the methods and insights of the humanities, foster greater understanding among people, and invite thoughtful reflection and consideration of topics important to Californians.
Donor Name: California Humanities
State: California
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/15/2023
Size of the Grant: $5,000
Grant Duration: 1 year
Details:
In keeping with California Humanities’ mission, Humanities for All Quick Grants seek to connect Californians to ideas and one another in order to understand their shared heritage and diverse cultures, inspire civic participation, and shape their future.
This program has a special focus on expanding public participation and increasing access to the humanities by reducing barriers to participation. They are interested in projects that will reach new and historically underserved audiences (in addition to general audiences) through providing relevant, engaging, and meaningful programs and activities. Successful Quick Grant projects foster connections between different communities or demographic groups, promote collaboration between institutions and organizations, and links humanities-associated organizations with other community partners and sectors.
Focus Areas
In addition to their continued consideration of all eligible Quick Grant project applications, they are designating two special focus areas that align with California Humanities’ mission to broaden the reach of the public humanities. Only one special focus area can be selected for a proposed project.
- Arts + Humanities
- California Humanities recognizes the strong interconnections between the arts and humanities. Projects that will use humanities learning experiences or research methods to provide opportunities for the interpretation, analysis, or provide a greater contextual understanding of the visual and performing arts may apply for consideration under the Arts + Humanities designation. Applicants considering the Arts + Humanities focus area should provide a concrete explanation as to how their project will draw on humanities-based methodologies, disciplines, or bodies of knowledge in the design and implementation of this project.
- Youth Voices
- California Humanities has a strong interest in humanities programming that will reach and engage the next generation. Projects that will involve teens as primary program participants or audiences, as well as address topics or subjects of interest to them, may apply for consideration under the Youth voices designation. Youth Voices projects must include programming activities that are accessible to members of the general public, in addition to the targeted youth participants. Closed group and in-school only programming are not eligible for Humanities for All Quick Grants.
Funding Information
- Applicants may request between $1,000 and $5,000 for project-related activities (honoraria for speakers or presenters, staffing costs, programming expenses including travel, equipment, publicity, promotion, venue rental, refreshments, and hospitality, etc.)
- Funds must be used for eligible programming expenses taking place between: September 1, 2023-August 31, 2024.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applications will be accepted from California-based nonfederal public agencies and nonprofit organizations with federal tax-exempt status. Applicant organizations/fiscal sponsors must be California-based.
- Eligible applicant organizations (and project directors) must:
- Be in good standing with California Humanities, (e.g., if a prior grantee, have submitted and received approved for a final report to close the previous grant, and completed the 12-month waiting period before reapplying)
- Not have an active California Humanities grant or an application pending review (for any grant program); however, California Humanities will accept multiple applications by universities/colleges, libraries and art councils and other organizations that are pre-approved multi-application fiscal sponsors.
Ineligibility Criteria
Grant funds may not be used for:
- Funding for individual artists, scholars, or researchers who are creating works of art or research that will not be included in public programming outputs
- Organizational development or general operating support (GOS)
- Open ended or ongoing programs occurring before or after the grant period Capital improvements
- Planning (unless tied to specific programming outputs during the grant period)
- Research, study, creative work that is not connected to a public program
- Regranting, scholarships, prizes, internships, artist in residency programs or gifts
- Activities and projects primarily intended to advance a specific policy or political agenda or to influence legislation (advocacy)
- Academic or scholarly research activities or school-based projects without significant public programming components accessible to the general public
- Activities and projects primarily designed for the purposes of fundraising, marketing, including institutional or organizational promotion and advancement
- Professional development programs or other activities geared for specialized audiences.
For more information, visit California Humanities.
