Finding Common Ground Speaker Series: High Desert Partnership
Learn about the many ways the High Desert Partnership in Harney County supports a community of diverse perspectives to collaboratively solve the complex challenges facing rural America. Speakers include Brenda Smith, executive director of HDP; Mara Polenz, communications director; Josh Hanson, forest and range ecological coordinator; Kaylee Littlefield, community involvement and monitoring coordinator; Melissa Petschauer, Harney Basin ecological coordinator; Camille Torres, collaborative project coordinator; and Denise Rose, Harney internship coordinator.
This event is supported by a Minigrant for Rural Libraries from Oregon Humanities.
Public Program Grants
Oregon Humanities awards annual Public Program Grants in support of programs across Oregon that explore challenging questions and strive for just communities.
Public Program Grant application deadline
Apply for a Public Program Grant by March 10
Deadline: Consider This Mini Grants for Rural Libraries
Oregon Humanities will award $25,000 in funding to enable rural and rural-adjacent Oregon libraries to create and host events in their own communities, in partnership with our Consider This program. Events should reflect the theme "People, Place, and Power." Read more about this opportunity.
Mini Grants For Rural Libraries
A grant for rural Oregon libraries to create and host events in their communities
The Immigrant Story Live at Willamette
The Immigrant Story presents a live storytelling event in observance of Global Diversity Awareness Month. Read more about this event.
This event is supported by a grant from Oregon Humanities.
COVID-19 Emergency SHARP Grants online office hour
An online Zoom open office hour with Oregon Humanities staff to help answer questions about our COVID-19 Emergency SHARP Grants.
SHARP Grants Application Deadline
Oregon Humanities will award at least $675,000 for general operating and project or program support for Oregon nonprofit organizations, federally recognized Native American tribal governments in Oregon, accredited public and 501(c)(3) institutions of higher education, and state and local government agencies in Oregon.
Grant Recipients
Programs that have received grant support from Oregon Humanities since 2017
Grants
Oregon Humanities awards grants in support of programs that help Oregonians connect, reflect, and learn from each other.
COVID-19 Emergency Fund Grantees
A responsive review panel composed of staff and board members redistributed $452,500 for general operating and programmatic support to sixty-one organizations throughout the state in late May as part of the CARES Act.
2019 Conversations with Funders and Partners—Bandon
Oregon Humanities joins Oregon Cultural Trust Manager Aili Schreiner and other statewide partners and funders from February 12 through March 11 for “Conversations with Funders and Partners,” a seven-stop series of application workshops.
2019 Conversations with Funders and Partners—Eugene
Oregon Humanities joins Oregon Cultural Trust Manager Aili Schreiner and other statewide partners and funders from February 12 through March 11 for “Conversations with Funders and Partners,” a seven-stop series of application workshops.
2019 Conversations with Funders and Partners—Lincoln City
Oregon Humanities joins Oregon Cultural Trust Manager Aili Schreiner and other statewide partners and funders from February 12 through March 11 for “Conversations with Funders and Partners,” a seven-stop series of application workshops.
2019 Conversations with Funders and Partners—La Grande
Oregon Humanities joins Oregon Cultural Trust Manager Aili Schreiner and other statewide partners and funders from February 12 through March 11 for “Conversations with Funders and Partners,” a seven-stop series of application workshops.
2019 Conversations with Funders and Partners—Bend
Oregon Humanities joins Oregon Cultural Trust Manager Aili Schreiner and other statewide partners and funders from February 12 through March 11 for “Conversations with Funders and Partners,” a seven-stop series of application workshops.
2019 Conversations with Funders and Partners—Roseburg
Oregon Humanities joins Oregon Cultural Trust Manager Aili Schreiner and other statewide partners and funders from February 12 through March 11 for “Conversations with Funders and Partners,” a seven-stop series of application workshops.