Humanities grants for libraries [the american library association (ALA) requests $2,221,576 in NEH american rescue plan: humanities grantmaking funding to provide libraries the support they need to…

The American Library Association (ALA) received a $2,221,576 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) program. Through this funding, ALA will administer a $2 million subaward program to provide 200 public, academic, school, tribal, prison and special libraries with $10,000 each to develop humanities programming. The subawards will deliver immediate short-term relief to libraries as they recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and resume their roles as community centers for humanities learning. Specifically, the libraries will use the subaward funds to strengthen humanities programming that enables engagement with history, culture and ideas. The period of performance for ALA to administer the subaward program is September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2023.

Activities

Administration of a grantmaking program comprised of 200 subawards of $10,000. This program will deliver immediate short-term relief to libraries developing humanities programming and recovering from the pandemic.

Expected outcomes

Emergency relief to 200 humanities organizations.

Intended beneficiaries

Public, academic, school, tribal, prison, and special libraries, especially those in rural and/or historically underserved communities.

Subrecipient activities

Development of programming that will enable libraries to resume and strengthen their positions as centers of humanities learning.]