Minigrants
Funding Amount
Up to $2,500
Deadline
Rolling
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Rolling — applications accepted year-round
- Tracked since
- April 2026
Source: the cycle recorded on this listing. Confirm dates with the funder.
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Eligible organizations
- Any entity constituted for nonprofit purposes
- Private nonprofit organizations
- Institutions of higher education
- State, local and federally recognized Indian tribal governments
Required status
- Tax-exempt status
Other requirements
- Eligible entities include
- Community and cultural organizations
- Educational and professional groups
- Museums
Overview
Geographic Scope: Mississippi
Focus Areas: The Council supports public humanities programs including:
- Public humanities lectures and panel discussions
- Historical and photographic exhibits
- Oral histories
- Planning of larger projects
- Development of original productions in film and online content
Eligibility:
- Any entity constituted for nonprofit purposes
- Not necessary to be incorporated or have tax-exempt status, only that the organization is not a for-profit enterprise
- Eligible entities include:
- Private nonprofit organizations
- Institutions of higher education
- State, local and federally recognized Indian tribal governments
- Community and cultural organizations
- Educational and professional groups
- Museums
- Libraries
- Public agencies
- Non-commercial radio and television stations
Deadline Notes: No set deadlines, but applications must be received at least four weeks before the program or proposed grant period begins
Contact Information:
- Mississippi Humanities Council
- 3825 Ridgewood Road, Room 311
- Jackson, MS 39211-6497
- Phone: 601-432-6752
- Fax: 601-432-6750
Purpose: To help communities explore and share their history and culture by creating public humanities programs that encourage reflection, discussion, and civic participation.
What Mississippi Humanities Council Inc actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 14
- Total given
- $375K
- Median grant
- $11K
- Range
- $6,200–$97K
- By dollars: Mississippi 98%, New York 2%. Top recipient cities: Jackson, MS; Moorhead, MS; Summit, MS.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 60% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Woodward Hines Education Foundation · Jackson, MS
To promote humanities in mississippi public life
$97K
Mississippi Delta Community College · Moorhead, MS
To promote humanities in mississippi public life
$59K
Southwest Mississippi Community College · Summit, MS
To promote humanities in mississippi public life
$58K
Hinds Community College · Raymond, MS
To promote humanities in mississippi public life
$46K
Northeast Mississippi Community College · Booneveille, MS
To promote humanities in mississippi public life
$30K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Nonprofits
- History
- Humanities
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