Summary

Humanities Kansas Inc. received a $479,774 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Federal/State Partnership program (CFDA 45.129), effective June 1, 2026 through April 30, 2031. As Kansas's designated state humanities council, Humanities Kansas will utilize this general operating support funding to develop and deliver public humanities programming, educational initiatives, and community engagement activities throughout Kansas. The organization will administer annual sub-awards to local cultural institutions, including libraries, museums, and community centers, to support locally-tailored humanities projects that advance civic engagement, cross-cultural understanding, and public knowledge of community and state history.

The award supports Humanities Kansas's core mission to strengthen communities through humanities-focused initiatives, with required expenditures during the first three years of the five-year performance period. Services funded through this grant include public education programming, community engagement activities, promotion of domestic history and cultural awareness, and grants administration to nonprofit organizations and community groups operating within Kansas. As part of the NEH's broader Federal/State Partnership program, which supports 56 state and jurisdictional humanities councils nationwide, this funding advances the agency's strategic objectives of enhancing public knowledge and support for the humanities at the local and statewide levels.