America's Historical and Cultural Organizations

Agency: National Endowment for the Humanities

45.164 -- Promotion of the Humanities_Public Programs

Archived opportunityLast Updated: May 13, 2026

Description

Americas Historical and Cultural Organizations grants provide support for museums, libraries, historic places, and other organizations that produce public programs in the humanities. Grants support the following formats: exhibitions at museums, libraries, and other venues; interpretations of historic places, sites, or regions; book/film discussion programs; living history presentations; other face-to-face programs at libraries, community centers, and other public venues; and interpretive websites.Types of Americas Historical and Cultural Organizations awards Planning grants support the early...

stages of project development, including consultation with scholars, refinement of humanities themes, preliminary design, and audience evaluation. Implementation grants support final scholarly research and consultation, design development, production, and installation of a project for presentation to the public. See application guidelines for Implementation Grants.

Eligibility

Eligible applicants

Government

State governments
City or township governments
Special district governments
County governments
Federally recognized Native American tribal governments

Education

Public and state institutions of higher education
Private institutions of higher education

Nonprofit

Nonprofits non-higher education without 501(c)(3)
Nonprofits non-higher education with 501(c)(3)

Additional information

Grantor contact information

Description

Division of Public Programs National Endowment for the Humanities Room 426 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20506 202-606-8269 publicpgms@neh.gov

Email

publicpgms@neh.gov

Documents

No documents are currently available.

Link to additional information

http://www.neh.gov/grants/ahco

Archived: February 8, 2013

Application process

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Award

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Program Funding

Expected awards

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Award Minimum

$1,000,000

Award Maximum

Funding opportunity number:

20130109-GE

Cost sharing or matching requirement:

Funding instrument type:

Grant

Opportunity Category:

Discretionary

Opportunity Category Explanation:

CategoryExplanation

Category of Funding Activity:

Humanities

Category Explanation:

History

Version:

Posted date:

October 4, 2012

Archive date:

February 8, 2013