Oregon Humanities Grants support public programs designed to explore the humanities in participatory and dynamic ways. We encourage applications from a broad range of nonprofit organizations in Oregon, including those that may not define their work as being based in the humanities. We especially welcome inquiries for projects that will attract diverse audiences, engage minds, and stimulate meaningful community dialogue.
FY 2010 Public Program Grant Guidelines Available
Letters of inquiry postmark deadline October 31, 2009
Oregon Humanities awards grants to nonprofit organizations and groups organized for nonprofit purposes in Oregon to support public programs that encourage critical thinking and public engagement with the humanities, and that promote the role of thought and ideas in our lives. Public Program Grant requests between $1,000 and $5,000 are awarded once a year through a competitive grant process. Grant decisions are made by our statewide volunteer board of directors.
Oregon Humanities grants fund projects that explore timeless ideas as well as programs that respond to timely local, national, or international issues or events. Oregon Humanities funds activities as varied as lectures, reading and discussion groups, community dialogues, public conferences, consultation with humanities scholars, discussions before or after performances or literary readings, and public programs related to film and radio projects.
Oregon Humanities encourages proposals from a broad range of nonprofit organizations in Oregon, including those that may not typically define their mission through the humanities. Though proposals for all kinds of humanities programs are welcome, special consideration will be given to projects that use the humanities to explore the following themes, which are of particular interest to Oregon Humantieis:
- Globalism (including but not limited to economics, war, security, labor, migration, immigration, or foreign policy)
- Media and Consumer Culture (including but not limited to media literacy, consumerism, advertising, socioeconomics, technology, ethics, or privacy)
- Place and Community (including but not limited to public space, property rights, sustainability, localism, land use, urban and rural issues, or the built environment)
Please download (below) and review Oregon Humanities Grants guidelines for more information. Letters of inquiry to apply for Public Program Grants must be postmarked by October 31, 2009. Full proposals, if invited, will be due by December 15, 2009.
Forms for 2009 Grant Recipients
If you have received a 2009 Public Program Grant or Opportunity Grant and need copies of the required reporting forms, you can download them below. If you have trouble downloading the forms, please contact Program and Development Coordinator Annie Dubinsky at (503) 241-0543, ext. 116, or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
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