North Carolina Humanities is accepting applications for Cycle 2 of the Community Engagement Grant to support the implementation of public humanities projects.
Donor Name: North Carolina Humanities
State: North Carolina
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/14/2023
Size of the Grant: Up to $3,500
Details:
North Carolina Humanities has been a leading cultural funder in North Carolina since founding in 1972. NC Humanities distributes grants to projects across the state that address fundamental humanities questions and create conversations about who we are and how they live together in North Carolina and the world. Through the work it create and support chances for people to learn from experts and each other.
NC Humanities expects all grant proposals to utilize a humanities discipline or practice to advance one or more of the following areas of their Mission and Vision:
- Deepen human connections by broadening perspectives
- Equip communities with empathy, understanding, and respect
- Inspire community and connect North Carolinians across difference
Award Information
Up to $3,500
Eligible Projects
Project activities must be deeply grounded, and within scope of, the humanities disciplines.
- Language (both modern and classical)
- Literature
- History
- Jurisprudence (law)
- Philosophy
- Archeology
- Comparative religion
- Ethics
- The history, criticism and theory of the arts
- Social sciences which have humanistic content and/or employ humanistic methods
Eligible proposals which meet one or more of the following are given special consideration:
- Applicant organizations in rural communities
- Applicant organizations primarily serving traditionally under-resourced groups including communities of color or other marginalized groups (Seniors, ALAANA (those of African, Latinx, Asian, Arab, and/or Native American descent), People with Disabilities, New Americans (Immigrants, Refugees, First Generation Americans), Low-Income, and LGBTQIA)
Eligibility Criteria
- Activities for which you are requesting funding must take place in North Carolina.
- Organization must be a 501(c)(3) non-profit humanities organization OR a tax-exempt government entity.
- Organization must be registered in the System for Award Management.
- Organization must not be presently debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, declared ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from receiving federal grants.
For more information, visit NCH.
