North Carolina Humanities: Small Project Grants

_NOTE: To be eligible for consideration, the activities for which you are requesting funding must not begin sooner than eight weeks from the submission deadline._

NC Humanities distributes grants to projects across the state that address fundamental humanities questions and create conversations about who we are and how we live together in North Carolina and the world. If you have such a program proposal, our team would love to hear more about it and see if we might help!

What We Fund

We welcome diverse projects from across North Carolina that address different topics and use a variety of public humanities disciplines. We are interested in funding projects that advance one or more of the following:

• Deepen human connections by broadening perspectives
• Equip communities with empathy, understanding, and respect
• Connect North Carolinians across difference
• Respond to community interests
• Encourage dialogue, critical thinking, and the exchange of ideas
• Ask fundamental questions about identity and culture
• Contextualize experiences, both historical and current
• Foster a more informed and engaged citizens

Small Project Grants

NC Humanities’ Small Project Grants provide up to $5,000 to cultural organizations to support the implementation of public humanities projects such as lecture/discussion series, exhibitions, presentations, workshops & more.

Eligibility

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