The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Office of Challenge Programs is accepting applications for Infrastructure and Capacity Building Challenge Grants: Capital Projects.
Donor Name: National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/17/2023
Size of the Grant: $1,000,000
Grant Duration: 5 years
Details:
The program strengthens the institutional base of the humanities by helping organizations secure and sustain their core buildings, sites, collections, and/or humanities activities for the long term. The program supports capital projects through a combination of federal matching funds and related fundraising from nonfederal third parties. Proposed projects must enhance the institution’s long-term impact on the humanities and build on careful strategic planning.
Awards support the purchase of real property or equipment and the design, construction, restoration, or renovation of buildings or sites of historical, architectural, or cultural significance and other facilities that house humanities collections or are used for humanities activities. Activities may include:
- hiring consultants who specialize in fundraising, historic preservation, and project planning
- planning and conceptual design
- developing schematics and construction drawings
- construction
- purchasing and installing related permanently affixed or moveable equipment for monitoring and protecting collections (whether on exhibit or in storage)
- purchasing and installing critical building systems, such as electrical, climate control, security, life safety, lighting, utilities, telecommunications, and energy management
- developing historic preservation plans
- site and infrastructure assessments
Deliverables may include:
- documents determining the feasibility of the planned capital project
- completed design and construction drawings
- completed construction
- completed installation of critical building systems
Funding Information
- NEH anticipates approximately $6,500,000 to fund an estimated 15-20 recipients.
- You may request up to $150,000 for Level 1 awards. You may request between $150,001 and $500,000 for Level 2 awards.
- In rare circumstances, NEH may make Chair’s Special Awards between $500,001 and $1,000,000 for projects that will have a particularly significant impact on the humanities.
Period of Performance
You may request a period of performance up to two years for Level 1 projects and from two to five years for Level 2 projects and Chair’s Special Awards.
Eligibility Criteria
- County governments
- Private institutions of higher education
- State governments
- City or township governments
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Special district governments
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
