The Wyoming Crossroads is a statewide public humanities initiative to apply humanities perspectives locally to help Wyoming realize growth out of change.
Donor Name: Wyoming Humanities
State: Wyoming
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/15/2024
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Wyoming Humanities will be the lead in a multi-faceted statewide campaign to dig deep into the themes of Wyoming’s identity, sense of community, connection to the land, persistence, and ability to manage change.
Wyoming Crossroads Grants will support various public humanities projects across four broad project categories: Programming, Publications, Preservation, and Digital Media.
The aim of establishing Wyoming Crossroads Grants is to serve the three primary goals of the larger initiative:
- Increase Wyoming’s intellectual, community, social and civic wealth as the state restructures its economy.
- Apply humanities programming in new and innovative ways to reach audiences that do not typically engage in public humanities.
- Develop new partnerships with groups and associations not typically considered “humanities” or cultural organizations.
General themes that can be explored through Wyoming Crossroads Grants are:
- Wyoming’s identity
- Wyoming’s sense of community
- Wyoming’s connection to the land
- Wyoming’s persistence, and
- Wyoming’s ability to manage change
Project Categories
- Programming Grants will be awarded to public humanities programs and projects that include an event that is open to the public. Examples of programs and/or projects that would be supported by a Wyoming Crossroads Programming Grant include, but are not limited to: Discussions, Lectures, Reading/writing series, Exhibitions, Conference/symposiums, etc.
- Digital Media Grants will be awarded for humanities-focused projects that utilize a digital media medium to present public humanities content. Projects should be reflective of the themes and goals of the Wyoming Crossroads initiative. Examples of projects that would be supported by a Wyoming Crossroads Digital Media Grant include, but are not limited to: Documentaries, Short films, Apps/Games, Digital Series, etc.
- Preservation Grants will be awarded for humanities projects that preserve historical narratives that will be displayed, presented, or readily available to the public. Projects should be reflective of the themes and goals of the Wyoming Crossroads initiative. Examples of projects that would be supported by a Wyoming Crossroads Preservation Grant include, but are not limited to: Oral histories, Exhibitions, Collections, etc.
- Publication Grants will be awarded for the creation and public distribution of humanities-focused written publications reflective of the themes and goals of the Wyoming Crossroads initiative. Examples of publications that would be supported by a Wyoming Crossroads Publication Grant include, but are not limited to: Print media (books/articles), Online print media (blogs/articles/websites), etc.
Funding Information
The maximum award amount for Crossroads Grants is $10,000.
Eligibility criteria
- Eligibility is limited to not-for-profit organizations (as reported to the IRS and with an existing EIN), accredited public and 501(c)(3) institutions of higher education (as defined in 20 U.S.C. 1001), local governmental agencies, and federally recognized Native American tribal governments. Humanities-focused organizations, those that routinely conduct humanities programming, and non-humanities organizations wanting to conduct humanities programs are all eligible for Wyoming Crossroads. Not-for-profit organizations may apply with a fiscal sponsor.
- A humanities-focused organization has a mission explicitly connected to the humanities and a history of specifically working in the humanities. Some examples of eligible organizations include cultural and ethnic organizations, history organizations, humanities museums, humanities education organizations, literature organizations, media, journalism, and documentary organizations, libraries, and archives, etc.
Ineligibility
In addition to humanities-focused organizations, organizations whose missions are not exclusively humanities focused but have a history of humanities programming or conducting humanities-centered social sciences may be eligible for humanities-focused programs under Wyoming Crossroads Grants. For example, an arts organization that hosts discussions related to the content or context of artwork would be eligible for a Wyoming Crossroads Grant. Applying organizations will be asked to provide a history of humanities programming/projects and evidence of organization missions consistent with the Wyoming Humanities’ mission to invite Wyoming to explore the ideas and stories that shape us.
For more information, visit Wyoming Humanities.
