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Funding Amount

$20,000 - $25,000

Deadline

Rolling / Open

Grant Type

foundation

Overview

Implementation Grants

Funder: Connecticut Humanities Council Inc

Geographic Scope: Connecticut

Award Amount: Approximately $20,000-$25,000

Overview: Grants to support the implementation and execution of humanities programs, exhibitions, and public engagement projects. These grants fund organizations carrying out planned humanities initiatives.

Focus Areas:

  • Exhibition implementation

  • Public program implementation

  • Community engagement projects

  • Educational program delivery

  • Cultural initiatives

    • Funding Examples (FY18):

  • Bridgeport History Center: We Are Artists Everyone: The Art Center in Action, 1970-1986 - $10,511

  • Connecticut River Museum: Connecticut River Myths and Legends Project - $49,915

  • Farmington Hill-Stead Museum: Sunken Garden Poetry Festival 2018 - $20,000

  • Harriet Beecher Stowe Center: Launching the New Stowe Center Experience - $20,000

  • New Haven International Festival of Arts & Ideas: The Ideas Program at the International Festival of Arts & Ideas - $25,000

  • Old Lyme Florence Griswold Museum: Art and the New England Farm - $25,000

  • Westport Country Playhouse: Community Engagement events surrounding THOUSAND PINES - $20,000

  • Mystic Seaport Museum: The Vinland Map Exhibition - $22,955

  • Stonington Historical Society: The Rollie McKenna Project - $24,966

  • Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art: Monsters & Myths: Surrealism and War in the 1930s and 1940s - $25,000

    • 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.

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    Fields of Work

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