Private Humanities Grants

This grant provides funding for U.S.-based theater ensembles and individual artists to create and tour innovative, collaborative theater projects that reflect diverse cultural perspectives.

The Arts in Bloom Educator Grant, funded by the Union County Community Arts Council in North Carolina, offers less than $1000 to public and charter school teachers in Union County for the development of new, innovative arts education projects for students, with applications evaluated on creativity, artistic need, student engagement, cultural appreciation, and budget clarity.

Mountain BizWorks in North Carolina is offering 20 micro-grants of $2,500 each to startups and emerging businesses owned by historically underrepresented groups, aiming to support their growth and contribution to the local community.

The Glacier Hills Legacy Fund Golden Opportunities grant program supports organizations and services providing solutions to reduce inequities for vulnerable older adults in Washtenaw County. Donor Name: Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation State: Michigan County: Washtenaw County (MI) Type of Grant: Grant Deadline:  09/24/2024 Size of the Grant: Not Available Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned Details: The Glacier Hills Legacy Fund (GHLF) Advisory Committee at the Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation (AAACF) recognizes that there are long standing inequities that exist for many older adults and caregivers in Washtenaw County. While solutions to many inequities require deep investments into systems level changes, the GHLF Committee sees value in targeted solutions that provide a more immediate patch in services to reduce inequities. The Golden Opportunity Grant Program is looking to address these inequities for older adults and their caregivers across all of Washtenaw County. For more information, visit AAACF. Related Posts:Female Founder World Grant for Small BusinessesApply now for Heinz Black Kitchen InitiativeMichigan: Veteran Homelessness Prevention Grant ProgramONDCP: Emergency Department Substance Use…Applications open for SCIP Fellowship 2025USDA/NIFA: Community Food Projects Competitive Grant ProgramJudicial Tools to Combat Impaired DrivingFunding available for Eldercare in Ohio and MichiganHumanities Research Centers on Artificial IntelligenceCommunity-Wide Assessment Grants for States and TribesDigital Humanities Advancement Grants 2025EPA Community-Wide Assessment Grants 2025EPA: Brownfield Assessment Grants 2025Brownfield Revolving Loan Fund Grants 2025Tribal Undergraduate to Graduate Research Training…Michigan Invasive Species Grant Program 2024BJA: Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant ProgramGrants to address Elevated Risk of Intimate Partner…Rigorously Evaluating Primary Prevention Strategies…Rigorous Evaluation of Primary and Secondary…Research Grants to Rigorously Evaluate Innovative…

This grant provides financial support to organizations in Massachusetts focused on education, food, health, and housing programs, particularly benefiting communities north of Boston.

This program provides funding to Oklahoma-based tribal and municipal governments, as well as not-for-profit historical organizations, to support projects that preserve and promote the state's rich heritage through collections, exhibits, and educational initiatives.

This grant provides financial assistance to independently-owned restaurants, gastropubs, and bakeries in the U.S. that have suffered revenue losses due to recent natural disasters or severe weather events.

The Young Futures' Under Pressure Funding Challenge is a $1 million grant opportunity for early-stage, U.S.-based non-profit organizations that aim to alleviate the pressures teens face in a tech-driven world, with successful applicants joining the Young Futures Academy and using the funds to scale their solutions.

The Opportunity Grants by the Community Foundation of the Lowcountry, offering up to $10,000 for a 12-month period, are designed to stimulate and support new or existing programs, projects, or capital investments of nonprofit organizations serving Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton, and Jasper Counties in South Carolina, excluding general operating support, religious, political activities, and scholarships among others.

The GIVE Washington County Fund Grants, offered by the Washington County Community Foundation in Pennsylvania, is inviting applications from eligible nonprofits, governmental or educational institutions for a flexible grant of up to $10,000, to be used in eight focus areas including animal welfare, arts, community improvement, conservation, education, health, human needs, and religion, excluding general operating or routine program support.

The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) invites research proposals from scholars in all disciplines of the humanities and interpretive social sciences. Donor Name: American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) State: All States County: All Counties Type of Grant: Fellowship Deadline: (mm/dd/yyyy) 09/25/2024 Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000 Grant Duration: 1 Year Details: ACLS aims to select fellows who are broadly representative of the variety of humanistic scholarship across all fields of study. They also believe that diversity enhances scholarship and seek to recognize academic excellence from all sectors of higher education and beyond. In ACLS’s peer review, funding packages, and engagement with fellows, they aspire to enact values of equity and inclusion. The ultimate goal of the project should be a major piece of scholarly work by the applicant, which can take the form of a monograph, articles, publicly engaged humanities project, digital research project, critical edition, or other scholarly resources. The fellowships support projects at any stage of development – beginning, middle, or end. This program does not fund works of fiction (e.g., novels or films), textbooks, straightforward translation (without significant scholarly interpretation and apparatus), or projects that are primarily pedagogical in focus. Funding Information Maximum award: $60,000 Tenure: six to twelve months devoted to full-time research and/or writing, to be initiated between July 1, 2025 and July 1, 2026, and to be completed by December 31, 2026. Eligibility Criteria Applicants must: be US citizens, permanent residents, Indigenous individuals residing in the United States through rights associated with the Jay Treaty of 1794, DACA recipients, asylees, refugees, or individuals granted Temporary Protected Status in the United States. In addition, foreign nationals who have been living in the United States or US territories for three or more years before the application deadline are also eligible, provided that they do not establish permanent residence outside the United States during the period of the fellowship. have earned a PhD in the humanities or interpretive social sciences no later than the application deadline.  devote six to twelve months to full-time research and/or writing during the award period, to be initiated between July 1, 2025, and July 1, 2026, and to be completed by December 31, 2026.  For more information, visit ACLS.

The Sarah G. McCarthy Memorial Foundation is offering grants ranging from $10,000 to $100,000 for a one-year duration to charitable organizations in Peabody, MA, supporting various sectors including arts, education, health, and housing, with applications open until September 30, 2024.

This fellowship provides financial support for doctoral students in the humanities and social sciences to pursue innovative dissertation research projects that promote diverse and inclusive academic practices.

The Bartlesville Community Foundation is currently accepting applications for the Allied Arts and Humanities Grant – Program Support. Donor Name: Bartlesville Community Foundation State: County: All Counties Type of Grant: Grant Deadline: (mm/dd/yyyy) 09/06/2024 Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000 Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned Details: The purpose of this grant opportunity is to support greater Bartlesville area cultural organizations in their missions to provide access to arts and humanities programming in the area. While all arts and humanities organizations are eligible for funding, the grant committee has a particular interest in funding new programs, or on-going programs that will serve new audiences or under-served audiences. Qualified organizations may submit requests for program support and for general operating support, but only one grant request will be awarded per applicant. This fund does not make grants to sponsor fundraising events. Funding Information Minimum Request: $750. Maximum Request: $2,000. Eligibility Criteria  Bartlesville area cultural organizations are eligible to apply. For more information, visit BCF.

The Helen E. Ellis Charitable Trust provides grants to organizations that create programs relating to arts, music, crafts, conservation, wildlife and history preservation. Donor Name: Helen E. Ellis Charitable Trust State: County: All Counties Type of Grant: Grant Deadline: (mm/dd/yyyy) 09/15/2024 Size of the Grant: Not Available Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned Details: Program Types Arts, Culture, & Humanities  Environment Guidelines  The Trustee will make decisions to award grants consistent with the general objectives of the Helen E. Ellis Charitable Trust, “with primary consideration to those programs which will confer a benefit upon the citizens of the towns of Westport and Dartmouth and the city of New Bedford, MA. With respect to proposals of equal merit, preference shall be accorded to those submitted by organizations located within the Town of Westport, MA.” The following types of requests may be submitted. Programs that provide educational or cultural experiences to children and/or adults in the towns of Westport and Dartmouth and the city of New Bedford The Foundation will consider applications for Programs that provide educational or cultural experiences to children and/or adults in the towns of Westport and Dartmouth and the city of New Bedford. Proposed programs must also relate to conservation, wildlife, history of the area, and/or the promotion of music, the arts, and crafts. For more information, visit Bank of America.

The Bartlesville Community Foundation is seeking applications for the Allied Arts and Humanities Grant – Operating Support. Donor Name: Bartlesville Community Foundation State: Oklahoma City: Bartlesville Type of Grant: Grant Deadline: 09/06/2024 Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000 Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned Details: The purpose of this grant opportunity is to support greater Bartlesville area cultural organizations in their missions to provide access to arts and humanities programming in the area. While all arts and humanities organizations are eligible for funding, the grant committee has a particular interest in funding new programs, or on-going programs that will serve new audiences or under-served audiences. Qualified organizations may submit requests for program support and for general operating support, but only one grant request will be awarded per applicant. This fund does not make grants to sponsor fundraising events. Funding Information Minimum Request: $2,500. Maximum Request: $5,000. Eligibility Criteria  Bartlesville area cultural organizations are eligible to apply. For more information, visit BCF.

The Gambrill Foundation supports a variety of charitable causes with a primary focus on organizations that uplift and positively impact the residents of the Anderson County, South Carolina area. Donor Name: Gambrill Foundation State: South Carolina County: Anderson County (SC) Type of Grant: Grant Deadline: (mm/dd/yyyy) 09/15/2024 Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000 Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned Details: The Gambrill Foundation awards grants to organizations for religious, charitable, scientific, literary or educational purposes within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Program Areas Arts, culture, and humanities Education Environment, animals Health Human services Public/society benefit Religion Grantmaking Priorities Grants to charitable organizations will be made at the sole and unrestricted discretion of the individual Co-Trustees. Generally, grants are designated for use within the Anderson County, South Carolina area or to support activities within the Anderson County area. Preference will be given to libraries, churches, universities, and colleges. Grants for capital or special purposes will be preferred over grants for general or operational use. Priority will be given to grants that will be “matched” by funds from other sources. Funding Information Average grant size: $5,000 to $15,000. Average total giving per year: $175,000. Eligibility Criteria To be eligible, organizations must qualify as exempt organizations under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. The programs and services of the applicant must be consistent with the Foundation’s mission and values. The benefits of the grant must have a measurable impact within the Anderson County, South Carolina area and must benefit a substantial number of residents. All applicants must have the financial ability to sustain the funded program or project on a continuing basis. Applications must be submitted through the online grant application form or alternative accessible application designed for assistive technology users. If available, applicants must provide an audited financial statement for the most recent complete fiscal year. The audited financial statement must be uploaded within the online grant application form. For more information, visit Wells Fargo.

The Charles A. and Leona K. Gruber Foundation provides grants to organizations operated exclusively for educational, charitable, religious, scientific, or literary purposes, with education as a primary interest. Donor Name: Charles A. and Leona K. Gruber Foundation State: Pennsylvania County: All Counties Type of Grant: Grant Deadline: 09/15/2024 Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000 Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned Details: The Charles A. and Leona K. Gruber Foundation is to provide educational advantages, opportunities, and facilities and to further sound learning by the establishment or financing of endowments, fellowships, scholarship incentives, and awards at colleges and universities, as well as to make gifts to organizations operating exclusively for charitable, religious, scientific or literary purposes. Program Areas Arts, culture, and humanities Education Health Human services Religion Grantmaking Priorities Preference may be given to requests for the following: Lehigh Valley Schools Charitable organizations meeting essential community needs. Funding Information Average grant size: $2,500 – $5,000. Geographic limitations The Foundation has a practice of primarily supporting organizations located in Lehigh Valley, PA. Eligibility Criteria To be eligible, organizations must qualify as exempt organizations under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Applications must be submitted through our online grant application form or alternative accessible application designed for assistive technology users. For more information, visit Wells Fargo.

This grant provides financial support to Jewish charities and other organizations in Atlantic County, New Jersey, focusing on charitable, religious, scientific, literary, or educational initiatives.

This grant provides funding to nonprofit organizations in select Southern states for capital projects and educational programs that aim to improve graduation rates.