AZ Humanities: Mini Grant

Overview

_Note: Grants are currently suspended until a determination is made regarding the availability of federal funds._

What We Fund

Arizona Humanities supports innovative, community-based projects that use humanities disciplines to connect Arizonans to the cultures, peoples, and histories of the state and beyond. We welcome proposals from a wide range of nonprofit, educational, and governmental organizations and encourage projects that are innovative in their approach toward the humanities and public programming. Projects should use the humanities to provide context, depth, and perspective to issues of significance to Arizonans.

Our grants program aims to stimulate thoughtful community exchange, build new audiences for the humanities, innovate new methods in the humanities, and advocate for the importance of the humanities in maintaining a healthy democracy.

Program formats include, but are not limited to:

* Interactive lectures and discussions

* Exhibits
* Publications (must be published through a third-party, peer-review process)
* Public broadcasts; online and/or radio
* Film documentaries
* Discussions before or after performances

Arizona Humanities maintains two levels of grant support: Mini Grants and Project Grants. We encourage you to speak with us about your project before submitting your proposal. Our grants are funded through a larger federal grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and are awarded on a competitive basis.

Mini Grants

Mini Grants can be used for capacity-building, program planning, and implementation of programs. Capacitybuilding may include training and education for constituents to help plan and/or implement public humanities engagements. The goal of Mini Grants is to foster the capacity-building of small organizations with limited funding, and encourage partnerships and collaboration between nonprofits. The applicant organization’s budget must not exceed $500,000. Larger institutions must partner with a smaller institution that will lead the program or project.

Eligibility

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

* Eligible applicants include private nonprofit 501(c)3 organizations; local, tribal, and state governments; institutions of the federal government; and academic institutions;
* Applicant must be in “good standing” with Arizona Humanities, i.e., you do not have an overdue grant report or a previously defaulted grant.
* Applicant organization muse have an active SAM Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) - see page 6
* The organization does not have a Project Grant for the same program.
* The organization has not reached the $2,000 limit in Mini Grant funds during current fiscal year (November 1-October 31)
* The organization's budget does not exceed $500,000.
* A copy of the organization's annual budget is to be included with the application.
* If you are applying from a department or unit within a parent organization, please use the budget of your department/unit to determine if you qualify
* Applicants may apply for Mini Grants for a substantially different program.

Ineligibility

* Applicants who have applied for and received Mini Grant funding for the same program for three consecutive years are thereafter ineligible to receive Mini Grants for that program.
* This restriction is meant to encourage organizations to build sustainable programs and to make room for new potential programs.
* If you have been successfully funded for 3 years, we encourage you to seek further funding through Project Grants.