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Funding Opportunities: HumanitiesDC 

HumanitiesDC has announced upcoming grants for their second cycle of funding for 2022. Applications open on April 25th, 2022. The upcoming grants include: 

FESTIVALS AND GATHERINGS GRANT: Awards up to: $25,000
This opportunity provides resources to nonprofit organizations interested in creating relevant, diverse, and unique public humanities programs for the people of Washington DC through the execution of Festival/Events/Meetings/Conferences, etc. The funding will support in person, virtual or hybrid projects (as long as they comply with local and Federal guidelines). The gathering must be open to the public and includes some portion of free or discounted programming. 

CAPACITY BUILDING GRANT: Awards up to: $25,000
This grant opportunity is available to Nonprofit Humanities Organizations in the District that are looking to take their organization to the next level. This general operating funding is intended to help humanities organizations in the District invest in their organization.

HUMANITINI CURATOR GRANT: Awards up to: $5,000
HumanitiesDC is offering the opportunity for DC residents conducting and presenting original humanities research to become Humanitini Curators. Each Curator will create an in-person or virtual public humanities program based on their research or area of expertise. As part of the application, prospective curators will need to fully describe this research topic, and where it is situated within a wider humanities field.