Deadline: Ongoing Opportunity
The Humanities New York (HNY) is offering grants in support of brainstorming, researching, and professional development for organizations working collaboratively to develop new ideas and strategies for public-facing humanities projects.
Aims
These grants aim to:
- Support emerging and established partnerships between different groups on a shared project that may develop into public-facing activities.
- Infuse program design with humanities themes and methodologies from the start.
- Encourages experimentation in program design.
- Build community input into program design.
Priorities
HNY prioritizes support to projects that reach audiences with fewer opportunities to attend educational and cultural programming. Because they are a statewide organization, within each grant round they strive to make awards in as many regions of the state as possible. All subjects and themes relevant to the communities served are welcome. Other priorities include supporting small organizations (with operating budgets of less than $250,000) and rural organizations.
Funding Information
Vision Grants offer up to $1,500
Eligible Activities
They support activities such as focus groups, new partnership meetings, collaborative research, scholar consultations, and professional development that assists organizations in developing public-facing humanities programs.
What they Fund?
- Humanities New York (HNY) supports projects that activate, frame, or deepen their understanding of what it means to be human. They encourage and support innovative approaches in the design and delivery of public-facing programming. Through their grants program, they strive to ensure that all New Yorkers may access the tools and experiences of the humanities.
- Competitive projects are engaging to a variety of New Yorkers and do not require specialized knowledge to participate in or enjoy. They welcome projects that serve targeted communities—such as families, youth, seniors, veterans, prison populations, and individuals with special needs.
- Because they encourage organizations to develop projects that respond to community needs and interests, they are open to a variety of project formats.
Eligibility Criteria
- Any tax-exempt organization that is based in and serves New York State may apply.
- HNY does not fund individuals
- Completed grant agreement must be submitted via DocuSign before funds will be released.
For more information, visit Humanities New York.
For more information, visit https://humanitiesny.org/our-work/vision-grants/