Federal Grant Award Summary

Humanities Montana received a Project Grant award of $439,259 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. This general operating support grant enables Humanities Montana to develop and deliver public humanities programming and educational initiatives tailored to Montana's communities, including administering subawards to local and regional organizations, providing direct public programming, offering teacher training, and engaging underserved populations. The council's activities advance NEH's strategic objectives of enhancing knowledge and understanding of the humanities while increasing public awareness of and support for humanities-focused activities at the statewide level.

The award supports Humanities Montana's mission to serve Montana's communities through scholarship, stories, and conversations that address the state's diverse history, literature, and philosophy. As a state humanities council, the organization serves as an intermediary for NEH funding, distributing subawards to local cultural institutions and community organizations while delivering humanities programming directly to the public. The five-year performance period requires that funded activities and expenditures occur during the first three years, with comprehensive fiscal documentation maintained for three years following submission of the final expenditure report.