Funding Amount

$9,999 - $10,000

Deadline

Rolling / Open

Grant Type

foundation

Overview

Capacity Grants

Funder: Connecticut Humanities Council Inc

Geographic Scope: Connecticut

Award Amount: Up to $9,999-$10,000

Overview: Grants to strengthen organizational capacity and infrastructure. These grants support organizations in building capabilities for strategic planning, institutional records preservation, digital preservation, and organizational development.

Focus Areas:

  • Strategic planning

  • Institutional records management and preservation

  • Digital preservation and archival work

  • Audience research

  • Organizational infrastructure development

  • Capacity building initiatives
  • Funding Examples (FY18):

  • Connecticut River Museum: Strategic Planning: Charting a Course for the Connecticut River Museum's Future - $9,999

  • Essex Connecticut River Museum: Strategic Planning - $9,999

  • Hamden CT Trust for Historic Preservation: Enhancing Access Through the Public Digital Humanities: A Freeman Center Capacity Building Initiative - $9,999

  • Waterbury Mattatuck Historical Society: Audience Research for the Mattatuck Museum - $9,999

  • Norwalk Historical Society: Assessment of the Norwalk Potteries Collections at the Norwalk Historical Society for Future Exhibition - $3,620

  • Mary & Eliza Freeman Houses: Strategic planning and digital preservation of institutional records - $9,999
  • Contact: Scott Wands, Manager of Grants, swands@cthumanities.org

    Address: 100 Riverview Center Suite 290, Middletown, CT 06457

    Phone: +1 860 785 9640

    How to Apply

    Application Process

    Submission Method: Online through CTH Grant Portal

    Contact: For more information about grant opportunities and upcoming deadlines, contact Scott Wands, Manager of Grants at swands@cthumanities.org

    Application Portal: cthumanities.org/cth-grant-portal

    Note: Organizations are encouraged to contact the Manager of Grants to discuss project ideas before applying.

    Focus Areas & Funding Uses

    Fields of Work

    nonprofitscapacity-building

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