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The Humanities Council will host a series of grant-writing workshops for organizations interested in applying for funding through the Council.
On Monday, October 6 from 1 to 2:30 p.m. the New Hampshire Theatre Project at 959 Islington Street in Portsmouth will host a workshop for Seacoast-area organizations. Artstream
at 56 North Main Street in Rochester will host a workshop on Tuesday, October 28 from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Grants Officer Rick Agran will offer an overview of the Council’s grant application process and discuss your ideas for specific projects.
Recently-funded projects include book discussions and author visits, living history festivals, pre-performance lectures on music and drama, community oral history projects, and illustrated lecture series. The main requirement for Council-funding is that proposed projects have strong humanities content. All of the workshops are free, but pre-registration is required. If you’d like to attend any of these workshops, please RSVP to Sue Butman at the Humanities Council at 224-4071 x18. Questions? Contact Rick Agran.
The Humanities Council’s Board of Directors has raised the maximum mini-grant from $1,500 to $2,500. The grant limit has not been raised in over 15 years, and this new amount is effective immediately. Mini-grants are awarded monthly with applications due the first of each month (except July).
“We think this new mini-grant ceiling will make our grants accessible to more organizations and we project an increase in applications as a result,” said Council Grants Officer Rick Agran. “We will be sharing the good news throughout the state in a series of grant workshops in 2008 and 2009.”
If you are interested in a grant workshop in your area or would like to serve as a host for one, please contact Agran at 224-4071. Dates of grant workshops will be published in future editions of the Calendar and posted on this page.
Recently-funded mini-grant projects include book discussions and author visits, living history festivals, pre-performance lectures on music and drama, community oral history projects, and illustrated lecture series.
The Arts Alliance of Northern New Hampshire’s “Rediscovering Afghanistan: Lessons from the Home” was originally funded through a mini-grant. The program, created and presented by Rachel Lehr and Jennifer Fluri, Dartmouth College, is now available as part of our Humanities to Go speakers’ bureau.
Major grants are awarded quarterly for projects with budgets exceeding $2,500.
Non-profit organizations considering humanities-based projects are encouraged to contact Grants Officer Rick Agran at 224-4071 x14.
The Humanities Council awards three different types of grants on a competitive basis to qualified applicants.
To facilitate the process, we encourage interested individuals and organizations to request our participation in developing program
concepts and proposals. For more information, contact Grants Officer Rick Agran at 224-4071 x14.
Who is Eligible for Council Funding?
If you are a member of a not-for-profit organization, please contact us with your ideas for a
public program in the humanities. The most important condition of project eligibility is that one or more of the disciplines of the
humanities be central to your project. We also require that the project be designed to encourage free inquiry and discussion among
New Hampshire residents. All Council-funded programs should be free and open to the general public.
The following outline describes the grant categories.
, which support lecture discussions, reading discussions, and National Gallery of Art videos are located in our Humanities To Go! online catalog and below:
Download Forms
 Humanities To Go! Non-profit Application
Humanities To Go! For-profit Application
Reading Discussion Application
Download the guidelines and application as a PDF
Download the grant budget guidelines in Excel
Each month the Council considers applications for up to $2,500 to support small projects.
Examples:
- Pre-performance lectures on music and drama
- Community oral history projects
- "Living History" presentations
- A series of workshops exploring ethnicity, diversity, and world cultures
- New reading discussion series focusing on various humanities topics
Mini-grant applications are due the first of each month (no applications are accepted in July). Applications must be submitted at least 8 weeks priort to the start of your program.
Download the guidelines and application form as a PDF
Download the grant budget guidelines in Excel
The Council awards grants of over $2,500 to support major projects and programs of particular humanities value and impact.
Examples:
- Portable exhibits and lecture series
- Film viewing and discussion series
- Scripts development for documentary films
- Residential institutes for teachers on humanities topics
- Lecture series on topical issues such as medical ethics and the environment
- Conferences, workshops, seminars for public audiences
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Grants for Professional Development for Teachers
The New Hampshire Humanities Council supports excellence in the teaching of the humanities in New Hampshire's schools, K-12. One way in which we advance this goal is to fund professional development projects – residential summer institutes, in-service workshops, job-embedded professional development, or other formats. Learn more...
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