HumanitiesDC is pleased to announced Humanities Vision Partnership Grant to provide financial resources to community organizations.
Donor Name: HumanitiesDC
State: Washington
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 03/24/2022
Size of the Grant: $30,000
Grant Duration: 9 months 10 days
Details:
This grant opportunity provides financial resources to community organizations interested in creating innovative interpretations of humanities scholarship for public audiences.
Potential project can include butis not limited to the following, and applicants are encouraged to think creatively about how they engage the public:
- Publications
- Film and Video (applicants can also consider the DC DOCS grant program)
- Tours
- Exhibits
- Curricula
- Websites and other Digital Humanities Projects
- Archives
- Public Programming / Events
- Festivals
Common Characteristics of Successful Proposals:
- Will clearly articulate a single cohesive and definitive project or program with a clear theme and purpose.
- Will demonstrate a deep understanding of the subject matter to be explored and the expected primary audience for the project.
- Will list as the Humanities scholar, advisor or expert an individual who demonstrates expertise in the project’s particular subject matter as well as knowledge of the broader humanities field to be explored.
Funding Scope
HumanitiesDC’s Vision Grants provide financial resources to community organizations interested in creating innovative interpretations of the humanities for public audiences. Humanities and non-humanities focused nonprofit organizations can apply to this grant to support an ongoing program or limited-time project that creatively uses the humanities as a tool towards some form of community development. This can include youth groups who use literature or the arts as a form of storytelling, neighborhood organizations that partner with local experts to create walking tours that explore the various layers of a community, humanities organizations interested in holding space for dialogue around civic engagement, educational organizations creating an exhibition project around a humanities or historic theme as it relates to DC residents.
Funding Information
Applicants may request up to $30,000 depending on the scope of their projects.
Project Period
This grant cycle will be for work conducted between May 5, 2022 and February 15, 2023.
Eligibility Criteria
- Must be an IRS designated 501c3 non-profit organization.
- Must be registered with, and authorized to do business in, the District as either a “Domestic” entity (that is, an entity that was incorporated in the District) or a “Foreign” entity (that is, an entity that was incorporated in another state).
- Must register and comply with the regulatory requirements of the following agencies:
- District of Columbia Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (DCRA) – Corporations Division (indicating an “active” business license status at the time of application and agreeing to maintain such status throughout the grant period).
- District of Columbia Office of the Chief Financial Officer, Office of Tax and Revenue (OTR).
- District of Columbia Department of Employment Services (DOES).
- United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
- Must be able to obtain a certification of “Citywide Clean Hands” (CCH) from the District of Columbia Office of Tax and Revenue.
- Must have a principal business office address that is located in the District of Columbia and is accessible to onsite review.
- Must be in good standing with HumanitiesDC. Applicants with outstanding or delinquent reports or final products from previous HumanitiesDC grants must submit them completed and without deficiencies at least 30 days before the deadline for which they wish to apply.
- Prohibited applicants include: private clubs and organizations that prohibit membership based upon race, gender, color, religion, or any other classes identified in the District of Columbia Human Rights Act; for-profit (commercial) entities; political organizations; foreign governments; federal government entities; and District of Columbia government agencies.
- Must be either planning or executing a program (or representing an organization planning or executing a program if serving as a fiscal sponsor) that:
- adheres to the summary and description outlined in this RFP.
- has 100% of its geographic focus on Washington, DC or one of its neighborhoods.
- will occur within the grant period
- will have residents of Washington, DC as its primary audience.
For more information, visit Humanities Vision Partnership Grant.
