AHC Black History and Culture Grant

Overview

About

HumanitiesAR, under the official name of Arkansas Humanities Council, is a nonprofit affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

In spring 2024, we rebranded with HumanitiesAR as our name. But the new brand serves as more than a new name—it embodies our commitment to accessibility, inclusivity, and forging stronger community ties through the humanities. It’s about providing clarity in our identity and strengthening the recognition of our role within the state of Arkansas

Through the humanities, we remember our history and envision our future. Reading, writing, storytelling, research, and many forms of public dialogue and conversation are central to the humanities and the core of what we do at HumanitiesAR.

Our mission is to empower Arkansans to connect with and promote understanding, appreciation, and use of the humanities and ultimately discover our mutual experiences through programs that:

* Engage educators across the state of Arkansas
* Offer profound storytelling from local historians, authors, and scholars
* Provide Arkansans a place to celebrate and be empowered to connect with the humanities through the discovery and understanding of our diverse and mutual experiences

What are the humanities?

The term “humanities” includes the study of history, literature, ethics, philosophy, language, and the various legal, cultural, religious, and folk traditions—past and present—that define the human condition.

Mission Statement

The mission of the Arkansas Humanities Council is to promote understanding, appreciation, and use of the humanities in Arkansas.

What We Fund

We support innovative, humanities-based projects that connect Arkansans to the past, to one another, to the community, and to all areas of the humanities we share across our state.

African American History and Culture Grant

To provide funding for nonprofit organizations who wish to research, document, preserve, and interpret Arkansas’ African American history and culture.

Eligibility

_You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website._

* Organizations are required to have a current Unique Entity Id (UEI) and Employer Identification Number (EIN) issued by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that identifies the organization as a 501(c)3 prior to applying.
* Types of Eligible Projects:
* Oral histories, cataloging, documenting, archiving, and digitizing Arkansas’ African American historical collections, research and documentation of funeral home records and obituaries, research and programming on topics such as, but not limited to, Civil Rights, The Great Migration, and African American history, community history, humanities-based workshops, and/or similar project.
* Public programs (in-person or virtual)
* Lecture series and discussions (in-person or virtual)
* Exhibits (in-person or virtual)
* Publications (must be peer-reviewed and must be published by traditional means through a contract, providing
* editing, publishing, and distributing of the author’s book)
* Podcasts
* Film documentaries
* Historical signage or markers
* Historical research

Ineligibility

* Ineligible projects include:
* Social, religious, or political action programs that advocate a specific point of view
* Projects primarily intended to promote an organization or its programs
* Fundraising for a particular organization or cause
* Construction, preservation, or renovation of buildings, bridges, or roads
* International travel or to attend professional meetings
* Creative or performing arts, unless interpretation by humanities scholars is central
* Entertainment, including receptions at public or private events
* Scholarly conference that does not have a strong public outreach component
* College and university courses, courses to fulfill an undergraduate, master’s, or doctorate program
* STEM projects
* Gifts, t-shirts, cash prizes, or awards to anyone
* Meals for applicant’s staff, guests, presenters, schools, or general public
* Ingredients for meals or food demonstrations
* Rent for event spaces owned or operated by the applicant organization
* Salaries, honoraria, and/or fringe benefits for staff of federal or state agencies
* Grants awarded to individuals
* Grant writer fees and salaries
* Fiscal agent grant administration fee or salary
* Restoration or conservation work
* Fellowships or scholarships
* Foreign, non-economy, or extensive domestic airline travel
* For-profit activities or events
* Unsecured registration fees, grants, and donations may not be used for cost-share.
* Council grant funds may not be used for stipends for educators participating in seminars or institutes.