Deadline: 15-Nov-21
Applications are now open for the CT Humanities (CTH) SHARP Capacity Grants Program to assist humanities organizations and other cultural institutions respond to and recovering from the coronavirus pandemic and improving their ability to thrive and serve their communities now and in the future.
Funding Priorities
Connecticut Humanities will prioritize funding based upon:
- Project’s likelihood to help the applicant organization prevent, prepare for, respond to, and recover from the coronavirus pandemic and improve their ability to continue to thrive and serve their communities at this stage of the pandemic;
- Project’s likelihood to help the applicant organization maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to 3 strong humanities content, and/or improve their information technology and digital infrastructure;
- Projects that increase equity and inclusion and/or are directed at underserved and minority-serving institutions and organizations;
- Geographic diversity
Funding Information
- CT Humanities will be re-granting a total of $640,000 in ARP funding to non-profit humanities organizations across Connecticut. The maximum grant request amount is $10,000.
- All SHARP Capacity Grant periods are 12 (twelve) months in duration.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligibility will be determined as those organizations whose core mission, vision, focus, and legal purpose, as stated in their Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws, articulate a commitment to conduct humanities and/or cultural activities AND at least 51 percent of their annual fiscal expenditures are allocated specifically to support humanities and cultural activities, programming, services, or initiatives.
- An applicant organization must:
- Be incorporated in the state of Connecticut for at least one year as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization governed by a board of directors that meets regularly OR be a Connecticut-based, municipal-run organization OR be a Connecticut-based federally recognized tribe;
- Provide humanities- and/or culture-based projects and activities for the general public (i.e., museums, historical societies, libraries, cultural centers, and other organizations that offer activities such as exhibitions, public programs, or walking tours to the public);
- Have a core mission, vision, focus, and legal purpose, as stated in their Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws, that articulates a commitment to conduct humanities and/or cultural activities;
- Expend at least 51 percent of their annual fiscal expenditures is allocated specifically to support humanities and cultural activities, programming, services, or initiatives;
- Be in compliance with all terms and conditions of previous Connecticut Humanities grants.
For more information, visit https://cthumanities.org/grants/sharp-grants/