Deadline: 31-Aug-21
Arizona Humanities is providing rapid-response funding to non-profit humanities and cultural organizations that are facing financial hardship resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Proposals must describe the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on their organization and justify the impact this grant will have on their recovery process.
Funding Priorities
Priority will be given to organizations with an annual budget of $500,000 or less* and/or organizations whose mission directly serves traditionally underserved communities. Underserved communities include Black, Latino, and Indigenous and Native American persons, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and other persons of color; members of religious minorities; lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) persons; persons with disabilities; persons who live in rural areas; and persons otherwise adversely affected by persistent poverty or inequality.
Organizations with budgets greater than $500,000 and do not directly serve underrepresented communities are still eligible and encouraged to apply for the grant.
Funding Information
Applicants may request up $15,000. Arizona Humanities may not fully fund every grant request.
Eligible Activities
- Operational Support (included but not limited to):
- Strategic planning and capacity building efforts related to preparing for, responding to, and recovering from the coronavirus.
- Technical assistance provided by experts (individuals or organizations) that will directly enhance public humanities programming capabilities.
- Professional development activities that will directly impact the applicant’s programming capacity (acquisition of skills, knowledge, or expertise gained through training, coaching, or participation in humanities field learning experiences).
- Equity assessments and planning related to the coronavirus and the economic crisis.
- Communicative and collaborative activities that will promote partnership, networking, and leveraging the resources of multiple public humanities providers resulting in enhanced programming capacity
- Administrative expenses including phone, postage, photocopying, and printing
- Supplies and materials for all organizational activities
- Staff salaries and fringe benefits for programmatic and/or project administrative personnel
- Humanities Program Support (included but not limited to):
- Professional fees, including honoraria and stipends for humanities advisors, interviewees, artists, technical consultants, etc.
- Programming, publication, dissemination expenses (e.g., exhibit fabrication and installation, venue rental, web design, videography, screening expenses)
- Technical/consultant needs related to a digital transition or in support of preservation and access programs.
- Equipment purchases up to 20% of total program costs.
- Expansion, due to the effects of the coronavirus, of outdoor and virtual humanities programming and activities, from traditional environments to those that are more accessible.
- Marketing expenses (e.g., design, printing, distribution of announcements or flyers, ad placement)
- Evaluation expenses
- Documentation expenses (e.g., videography of events)
Eligibility Criteria
- 501(c)(3) organizations based in Arizona with a history of serving Arizona communities through public humanities programs.
- Applicant organizations must have a DUNS number.
- Organizations responding to and recovering from COVID-19 pandemic.
For more information, visit https://azhumanities.org/arp-grants/