AZ Humanities: Project Grant

Overview

_PLEASE READ: Thank you for your interest in applying for a grant. Grants are currently suspended until a determination is made regarding the availability of federal funds. We appreciate your patience. Please check the website for periodic updates._

_Please note: this only applies to Mini-Grants and Project Grants. AZ Reads is not impacted._

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: (1) Mini Grants (2) 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 (neh.gov) and are awarded on a competitive basis.

Project Grants

Project Grants are competitive grants supporting public programming using the humanities to provide context, depth, and perspective to the Arizona experience and explore issues of significance to Arizonans. Organizations may request up to $10,000 to support their program implementation. Project Grants are awarded twice yearly and there is no annual budget limit for applicants.

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 organization must have an active SAM Unique Entity Identifier (UEI)

* Applicant must be in “good standing” with Arizona Humanities, i.e., you do not have an overdue grant report or a previously defaulted grant
* Non-Arizona based organizations and individuals are encouraged to apply, but should be prepared to articulate the impact their project will have in Arizona. 
* Cost Share
* Arizona Humanities requires one-to-one in-kind or cash matching of all projects.
* Matching consists of all project expenses not attributed to the Arizona Humanities grant, including both cash and in-kind contributions made to the project by the applicant and third parties.
* The total cost sharing must at least equal the total funds requested from Arizona Humanities.
* Please note, any funds of federal origin cannot contribute to your match, but must be noted in your budget.

Ineligibility

* We DO NOT Fund
* Direct salary replacement for permanent staff outside of indirect cost rates.
* Part-time staff may be offered honoraria if the funds will be used for hours above what the applicant organization currently offers to them.
* Academic fees or other degree-related expenses, including academic research and courses
* Archival acquisitions
* Creation of art or performances in the arts
* Direct social action or political action, e.g., counseling, legal or medical services, economic development activities, lobbying
* Economic development activities
* Equipment purchases (exceptions may apply where rental costs exceed purchase value)
* Fellowships or scholarships
* Foreign, non-economy, or extensive domestic travel
* Fundraising or for-profit activities
* Restoration work and construction work
* Fiscal Agent Administration Fees
* General operating expenses outside the 15% de minimis rate for indirect costs or your organization's NICRA.
* Food and beverage costs associated with receptions, social gatherings and events, lobbying, entertainment, and networking. NOTE: Allowable food costs must be fundamental to the project and indispensable for carrying out the scope of the project. Food costs must be reasonable and necessary to carry out the programmatic purposes of the award.