Georgia Humanities awards up to $2,500 in Program Grants to support public humanities programs that bring together and strengthen communities through dialogue and shared experience.
Donor Name: Georgia Humanities
State: Georgia
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/29/2023
Size of the Grant: up to $2,500
Grant Duration: 1 year
Details:
Georgia Humanities supports the efforts of nonprofit organizations seeking to foster connections between people and ideas. Through a competitive process, they award grants to such cultural, civic, and educational entities as museums, libraries, universities, and historical societies for a range of projects, including walking tours, exhibitions, author talks, lecture series, and literary festivals. Proposed grant programs can also be virtual!
The humanities are the academic disciplines involved in the study of human culture. Simply put, they explore how people understand and express the human experience, and include the study and interpretation of such disciplines as literature, history, art, music, language, ethics, philosophy, and more.
These grants are funded by Georgia Humanities, in partnership with the Georgia Department of Economic Development, through appropriations made by the Georgia General Assembly.
What Georgia Humanities funds
Georgia Humanities awards program grants to support public humanities efforts across the state that are creative in their approach to organizing and delivering the knowledge and understanding of the humanities to the general public. Proposed projects should apply the vitality and substance of the humanities to the concerns of Georgia’s citizens and provide for a meaningful experience for the local community.
Grant-supported programs have included, but are not limited to, both in-person and virtual models of the following:
- Lecture series, public seminars, or panel discussions
- Exhibitions (traveling or permanent) with related programming
- Historic walking and driving tours
- Living history programs
- Author talks
- Literary festivals
- Workshops
- Reading and discussion programs.
Project Period
Date project activities must be completed: Within 1 year of award notification.
Eligibility Criteria
- Georgia Humanities awards program grants to Georgia-based nonprofit organizations—they do not award grants to individuals. Georgia Humanities has previously awarded grants to such cultural, civic, and educational entities as museums, public libraries, colleges/universities, historical societies, historic homes and sites, historic preservation and archaeological organizations, and government entities in support of a range of projects. Organizations are not required to be incorporated as a 501(c)(3) to apply.
- Georgia Humanities will not award an organization more than one program grant per grant year.
- College/university applicants should interpret all eligibility requirements at the department level, i.e. Georgia Humanities considers college/university departments as entities independent of one another for the purposes of program grant award determinations. However, it should be noted that all applicants from the same college/university per grant cycle are considered in the same pool of applications.
What Georgia Humanities doesn’t fund
- Individuals
- Fundraising efforts
- Construction or restoration projects (including historic properties)
- Research (unless directly related to the proposed project)
- Study towards an academic degree
- The performing or visual arts (unless as part of a broader humanities-focused program)
- Operating expenses or capital improvements
- Social services
- Scholarships, fellowships, or prizes
- Travel for academic conferences or professional meetings
- Food, entertainment, or alcoholic beverages
- Book publications
- Programs that are not open to the entire community
- Programs of social, religious, or political advocacy.
For more information, visit Georgia Humanities.
