Project Grant CLI29862924
- The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $268,202 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Challenge Grants program (CFDA 45.130) to the Madison Children's Museum. This 15-month grant will support climate action planning for the Caretakers of Wonder Consortium, an interdisciplinary network of museums across four U.S. bioregions that serve children and families. The consortium will conduct climate adaptation and mitigation assessments, establish net-zero pathways,...
- The Cleveland Museum of Natural History was awarded a $350,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149). The grant funding will be used to replace the museum's 35-year-old HVAC system that maintains climate control for its humanities collection, including cultural anthropology, fine arts, rare books, and archival materials. This project will help ensure the sustainable preservation...
- The Indiana Medical History Museum received a $185,679 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149). The funding will support a two-year initiative to improve storage and environmental conditions for the museum's important visual collections, which will help preserve and expand public access to these humanities resources. The project aims to share lessons learned with other institutions...
- The Children's Museum of Indianapolis was awarded $500,000 under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program by the National Endowment for the Humanities to develop virtual humanities programs for underserved students. The museum will use the funding to continue and improve its real-time virtual school programs, introduce an on-demand library of teacher resources, and digitize parts of its collections for use in new video content....
- The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $400,000 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Challenge Grants program (CFDA 45.130) to the Toledo Museum of Art. This funding supports critical renovations to the century-old plumbing infrastructure in the Edward B. Green Building, which houses the museum's art collection and serves as a venue for arts and humanities programming. The project will safeguard the museum's valuable artworks and provide comfortable, inviting...
- The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $130,615 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Challenge Grants program (CFDA 45.130) to the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)'s School of Art & Art History. The grant, awarded on September 1, 2024 with a completion date of April 30, 2026, will support a strategic climate action plan for two UIC public-facing units: Gallery 400 and the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum. The project aims to conduct a comprehensive...
- The National Museum of Industrial History was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Challenge Grants program (CFDA 45.130). The funding will support Phase 2B of the museum's Second Floor Expansion Project, which will increase the size of the facility by renovating the previously undeveloped 20,000 square foot second floor. This expansion will double the museum's exhibit space and add much needed administrative and...
- The Brooklyn Children's Museum was awarded a $287,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Challenge Grants program (CFDA 45.130) to repair and rehabilitate the museum's geothermal wells. The geothermal system, installed in 2008, had fallen into disrepair, causing temperature fluctuations that forced the museum to close at times and threatened the safety of the museum's collection of 30,000 objects. This grant funding will support the...
- Summary The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded Indiana Humanities Council, Inc. a $833,297 Project Grant on June 1, 2026, through the Promotion of the Humanities Federal/State Partnership program (CFDA 45.129), with a completion date of April 30, 2031. This general operating support grant funds the council's mission to bring humanities programming to life across Indiana by supporting both direct public programming and subawards to eligible local organizations, cultural...
- This $197,304.00 Project Grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) supports a two-year humanities institute for higher education faculty and K-12 educators. The institute will allow participants to develop plans for engaging with museum and archival collections that contain potentially traumatic content related to historical events and human-ecology interactions. The goal is for...
This Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Challenge Grants program (CFDA 45.130) provides $201,000 to the Children's Museum of Indianapolis Inc. to develop a long-term sustainability strategy for the museum. The project will involve a comprehensive sustainability assessment, including a facilities condition assessment, energy audit, and collection of data on water use, waste streams, and greenhouse gas emissions. This assessment, combined with community and stakeholder feedback, will inform the development of a new sustainability strategy that will be integrated into the museum's master campus plan. The strategy aims to identify and mitigate environmental impacts associated with the museum's operations, laying the groundwork for a $100 million centennial fundraising campaign that includes $16 million for sustainable infrastructure and facilities improvements. The award period is from August 1, 2024 to January 31, 2026.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $201.0k | 7/31/24 |