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Outstanding Achievement in the Humanities Award

Idaho Humanities Council Inc

Foundation Annual Humanities Grants

Funding Amount

Not stated

Deadline

Deadline not published

Grant Type

Foundation

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Cycle: Annual
Tracked since: April 2026

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Overview

The Idaho Humanities Council's highest honor, awarded annually to recognize high achievement that fosters greater understanding or appreciation of the humanities.

Geographic Scope: Idaho

Focus Areas: Humanities achievement broadly - recipients have included professors, historians, writers, scholars, Tribal elders, archivists, politicians, and Idaho Supreme Court justices

Award History:

First awarded in 1986
2023 recipient: Rodney Frey, University of Idaho Professor Emeritus of Ethnography, honored for decades of work fostering understanding of Native American culture through collaboration and community trust-building

Selection Process: IHC selects recipients annually

Phone: 208-345-5346 or toll-free 888/345-5346
Website: www.idahohumanities.org

What Idaho Humanities Council Inc actually gave

Source: IRS Form 990, 2024

Grants in 2024: 3
Total given: $19K
Median grant: $6,000
Range: $5,500–$7,000

By dollars: Idaho 100%. Top recipient cities: Boise, ID; Moscow, ID.

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The wood river museum's shoshone-bannock tribes outreach initiative

$5,500