Post-Incarceration Humanities Partnership (PIHP)
Funding Amount
Up to $25,000
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Annual
- Tracked since
- April 2026
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Required status
- Tax-exempt status
Overview
A cohort-based program that supports organizations incorporating the humanities into their work serving formerly incarcerated individuals and their families. PIHP provides grants and ongoing peer-learning opportunities through regular cohort meetings.
Geographic Scope: New York State
Eligible Applicants: Tax-exempt organizations serving formerly incarcerated individuals and their families
Program Structure:
- Grantees join a cohort that meets regularly to share work and exchange ideas
- Focus on dialogue and reflection about re-entry and incarceration experiences
- Distinct from social services and criminal justice reform work
- Emphasis on centering "the human" in public discourse about incarceration and re-entry
Focus Areas:
- Humanities-based interventions for returning citizens
- Support for formerly incarcerated individuals and their families
- Youth and family members indirectly impacted by the justice system
- Creative writing, arts, dialogue, and healing programs
Funding Source: Generously funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation ($1.2 million for 2023-2026 period)
Program History:
- Pilot program launched in 2022 with 5 organizations
- 2024: 20 organizations awarded grants (16 returning for second/third years, 4 new)
- Program continues to evolve to address emerging gaps and needs
What New York Council for the Humanities actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 73
- Total given
- $941K
- Median grant
- $9,975
- Range
- $5,475–$26K
- By dollars: New York 100%. Top recipient cities: New York, NY; Brooklyn, NY; Buffalo, NY.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 66% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Society of Fellows & Heyman Center Columbia University · New York, NY
Post-incarceration humanities partnerhip (pihp) grant for program support
$26K
Bard College · Annandaleonhudson, NY
Reading & discussion grant and post-incarceration humanities partnerhip (pihp) grant…
$26K
Art Start Incorporated · New York, NY
Post-incarceration humanities partnerhip (pihp) grant for program support
$25K
Center for Community Alternatives · Syracuse, NY
Post-incarceration humanities partnerhip (pihp) grant for program support
$25K
Civic Ensemble · Ithaca, NY
Post-incarceration humanities partnerhip (pihp) grant for program support
$25K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Nonprofits
- Released prisoners
- Humanities
- Arts
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