State Humanities Councils General Operating Support Grants
Posted by National Endowment for the Humanities
Opportunity snapshot. This Grants.gov announcement — State Humanities Councils General Operating Support Grants — is cataloged under number 20180501-SO and tied to CFDA assistance listing 45.129, posted by National Endowment for the Humanities. Grants.gov currently shows the opportunity as closed, first posted on March 15, 2018. The funding category is Discretionary, delivered as a grant.
Award economics. The award range on file is $300,000 -- $3,000,000. Cost sharing or matching funds are required, meaning applicants must contribute a portion of the project budget from non-federal sources — factor this into your financial plan before drafting the proposal. Federal award ranges are often upper bounds; actual allocations reflect program appropriations, the strength of the applicant pool, and the evaluation committee's scoring.
Deadline and action path. This opportunity closed on May 1, 2018. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number, so monitoring the parent program page is the most reliable way to catch re-announcements. Every Grants.gov submission requires an active SAM.gov registration and a Unique Entity ID. Review the Eligibility section below carefully — federal eligibility categories (nonprofit, state or local government, tribal, individual, educational institution, small business) have distinct registration and reporting requirements. Pre-application outreach to the listed agency contact is permitted and often welcomed — it helps clarify scope and scoring priorities.
Award Range
$300,000 -- $3,000,000
Close Date
May 1, 2018
Posted
March 15, 2018
Instrument
Grant
Cost Sharing
Required
Description
The National Endowment for the Humanities, an independent federal agency in the executive branch, provides general operating support grants to 56 state and jurisdictional humanities councils. The councils operate, as designated by Congress, in each of the fifty states as well as in American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Federal/State Partnership is the NEH office designated to work with the councils. The Office of Federal/State Partnership is a collaborative effort that links a national federal agency with the state and jurisdictional humanities councils. The office serves the two primary strategic goals of the National Endowment for the Humanities: advancing knowledge and understanding of the humanities and increasing public awareness of, access to, and support for the humanities in the United States. State humanities councils make high-quality humanities education and lifelong learning readily available at the state and local level, uniquely tailored to community interests and needs and drawing upon local resources and experiences. NEH and the Office of Federal/State Partnership use General Operating Support grants as the primary means of funding the 56 state and jurisdictional humanities councils. NEH awards General Operating Support Grants for five-year periods, with funding provided in years one, two, and three, followed by two subsequent years to complete funded activities. General Operating Support Grant award amounts are amended each year to reflect the current federal fiscal year’s budget and the funds that Congress has made available to NEH. NEH determines funding for each state and jurisdictional council according to a legislatively mandated formula. Each state council must apply annually (via Grants.gov) in order to receive the yearly distribution for its General Operating Support grant.
Eligibility
25
Official Listing on Grants.gov
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Parent Grant Program
Promotion of the Humanities — Federal/State Partnership
National Endowment for the Humanities
Agency Contact
Office of Federal/State Partnership<br/>National Endowment for the Humanities<br/>400 Seventh Street, SW <br/>Washington, DC 20506 <br/>202-606-8254<br/>fedstate@neh.gov<br/>fedstate@neh.gov<br/>
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