HumanitiesDC Cycle I grants will close on March 14, 2023. Check out the applicant resources and FAQs on each grant page. Have any questions? Sign up for office hours with staff here. Find grant opportunities below.
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COMMUNITY CULTURE AND HERITAGE PROJECTS: This grant supports individuals, community groups and organizations interested in capturing and sharing the lifestyles, rituals, and traditions of DC communities through a public humanities project. Award Amount: $10,000.
The Collaborative is a program that combines funding, resources and training to help participants become oral historians. Through this grant learn how to tell the stories of those whose experiences have shaped our city. Award Amount: $8,000.
DC ORAL HISTORY BEYOND THE ARCHIVES
Explore the existing oral histories of DC from the present or decades past. Re-imagine narratives of DC’s life, history, and culture out of libraries, archives, and personal collections, and bring them into public view with unique projects. Award Amount: $12,000.
Have a dream for a festival celebrating the legacy of go-go music? Want to organize a weekend seminar discussing literature from DC? Interested in making a documentary connecting our city to the larger world? Get started with the Visions grant. Award Amount: $25,000.
Work with young Washingtonians to explore the world around them through history, art appreciation, philosophy, literature, and more. This general operating funding is for humanities-based organizations who work with youth ages 11-19. Award Amount: $25,000.
