State Historical Society of Iowa

Humanities Project Grant

This funding opportunity is currently accepting applications.

Humanities Project Grants offer support for public humanities projects that encourage contemplation, spark conversation and engage the community. Eligible projects will use the humanities as the central resource to involve and benefit diverse groups of Iowans through educational programming that explore the human experience.

Funding for the Humanities Project Grant is made possible by an appropriation from the National Endowment for the Humanities, a federal agency.

  • Who: Individuals, Nonprofits, Local Governments and Higher Education Institutions
  • What: $2,500 - $30,000
  • When: August 15, 2024 for the funding period of November 1, 2024–October 31,2025

Manage Your Grant

FY23 Guidelines

Current grant recipients can reference the FY23 Humanities Collaboration Grant program guidelines online.

Grantee Handbook

See the Grantee Handbook to learn how to manage your grant, including contract compliance and publicity.

Final Report

As a grant recipient, you must complete a final report form at the end of the process to request your grant reimbursement and share the impact of the project on the humanities in Iowa.

Grant Awards History

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Project Title Sort descending Applicant City County Fiscal year Grant Amount
Programming to Celebrate Gateway Dance Theatre's 50th Anniversary Gateway Dance Theatre Des Moines Polk 2022 $6,680.00
Promise Road: The Opening of Iowa's Lincoln Highway Prairie Rivers of Iowa Ames Story 2022 $8,394.00
Re-awakening History by Recording Our Own Stories Hometown Heritage Perry Dallas 2022 $16,500.00
Recover, Reclaim, Recapitulate: The Women Who Originated Modern Music Girls Rock! Des Moines Des Moines Polk 2022 $20,000.00
Save Iowa Stories Digital Video Database Project Iowa Rock 'N Roll Music Association Arnolds Park Dickinson 2022 $20,000.00
Seed Savers Exchange Conference and Campout: Connecting through Seed and Stories Seed Savers Exchange Decorah Johnson 2022 $20,000.00
Speaking Out: Stories of KBBG Radio University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls Black Hawk 2022 $15,233.00
Tai Dam Culture Festival Tai Village, Inc. Des Moines Polk 2022 $13,400.00
The Art of George Simons: Yesterday & Today Historic General Dodge House Council Bluffs Pottawattamie 2022 $2,600.00
The Oxbow Project: Encounters with Water in Iowa Iowa Environmental Council Des Moines Polk 2022 $20,000.00
Traveling Exhibition // Our Town: Reclaiming the Narrative James & Meryl Hearst Center for the Arts Cedar Falls Black Hawk 2022 $5,000.00