Funding Amount

$20,000 - $25,000

Deadline

Rolling / Open

Grant Type

foundation

Overview

Planning Grants

Funder: Connecticut Humanities Council Inc

Geographic Scope: Connecticut

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

Overview: Grants to support planning and strategic development for humanities organizations and projects. These grants help organizations develop plans for exhibitions, programs, and initiatives.

Focus Areas:

  • Strategic planning for organizations

  • Exhibition planning

  • Program development

  • Organizational capacity building through planning processes
  • Funding Examples (FY18):

  • Connecticut Historical Society: History of Mental Health Care in Connecticut - $21,225

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

  • Naugatuck Historical Society: Town of Dreamers, City of Invention - $20,000

  • Norwalk Historical Society: Planning for the exhibition "Norwalk's Changing Communities before 1835" - $23,000

  • Norwalk Historical Society: Assessment of the Norwalk Potteries Collections - $3,620

  • Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum: Planning for "Bulls of Wall Street: High Finance, Power, and Social Change in Victorian America" - $20,000

  • Wethersfield NSCDA-CT/Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum: Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum/NSCDA-CT New Interpretation and Orientation Exhibit, Gallery, and Video - $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.

    Focus Areas & Funding Uses

    Fields of Work

    nonprofitscapacity-buildinghistoryhumanities

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