Project Grant SSO29656523

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $175,000 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) to the Upstander Project, Inc. for the "Upstander Academy: Rethreading the Needle of Native American History through Land and Water-Based Learning" program. This two-week residential institute, scheduled for July 2025, will provide 25 participants from 3rd to 12th grade humanities teachers and museum educators with an...

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $223,800 Project Grant to the Florida Humanities Council, Incorporated through the Promotion of the Humanities Federal/State Partnership program (CFDA 45.129). The grant supports the "Racial Awareness Project", a multiplatform, interactive initiative focused on educating the public on white supremacy in the wake of a racially motivated shooting in Jacksonville, Florida. The project will include an interactive exhibition, a...

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access (CFDA 45.149) program awarded a $148,054 project grant to the San Jose State University Research Foundation to implement the "Resisting Erasure and Asserting Afghan Cultural and Community Resilience" initiative. This community-engaged humanities project seeks to collect and publicly preserve the stories, cultural heritage, and resilience of first- and second-generation Afghan...

Summary: Courage in the Hollers – Interpreting Coal Miners' March and Battle on Blair Mountain The West Virginia Mine Wars Museum received a $275,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) awarded January 1, 2026. This two-year implementation grant funds the third phase of "Courage in the Hollers: Interpreting Coal Miners' March and Battle on Blair Mountain," a public humanities initiative...

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $150,000 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) to the South Asian American Digital Archive NFP (SAADA) to document the resilience, innovation, and community-building of South Asian American small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic. The project, titled "?STILL STANDING?: STORIES OF RESILIENCE FROM SOUTH ASIAN AMERICAN SMALL BUSINESSES", will train...

The Atlanta Historical Society, Inc. dba Atlanta History Center received a $249,650 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) federal grant program. The grant will support expansion of the Made by Us civic education and engagement initiative's Civic Season program between Juneteenth and July 4th. The Atlanta History Center will collaborate with up to 300 leading U.S. history and civics organizations,...

The National Liberty Museum received a $100,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) to develop the Voices of Liberty Podcast, a limited-series public humanities initiative. The podcast will feature conversations with scholars, museum professionals, politicians, artists, comedians, and community members exploring what liberty means in contemporary society, with particular emphasis on the Declaration...

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded $348,758 to the American Congregational Association through its Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) for the "Recovering Untold Stories from Revolutionary New England" project. The award, effective September 1, 2025, with completion by August 31, 2028, supports the digitization, description, and transcription of early church records from six partner institutions across New...

This $147,371 federal Project Grant was awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149). The grant aims to collaborate with residents of East St. Louis, Illinois to build an archive documenting their experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic. The project has two key components: conducting oral histories with community elders and first responders, and organizing community-based archiving events...

This Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) will support the "NAYE FARBINDUNGEN (NEW CONNECTIONS)" project led by the National Yiddish Book Center. The $150,000 project, with a performance period from August 1, 2025 to July 31, 2027, will document the surge in online Yiddish language study and community building that occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic....