National Council For History Education, Inc.

National Council For History Education, Inc., a tax-exempt nonprofit organization based in St. Paul, Minnesota, receives federal grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Department of Education to develop K-12 humanities education programming, curriculum resources, and professional development workshops for educators. NCHE operates exclusively as a grant recipient; the organization has not held federal contracts or subcontracts and does not compete under set-aside categories.

NCHE's recent grant portfolio concentrates heavily on NEH funding. Five of six awards over the past five years flow from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163), with a single grant from the Department of Education's Office of Innovation and Improvement. All six awards are prime grants; NCHE does not operate as a sub-recipient. Combined obligated dollars across all awards total $2.3 million.

The organization's capability work centers on place-based and experiential learning models for American history. Representative recent work includes a $190,000 NEH Project Grant awarded October 1, 2023, for "The Space Age on the Space Coast," delivering two week-long residential workshops in July 2024 to 70 K-12 educators exploring space exploration landmarks at Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, and the Brevard Museum of History and Natural Science in partnership with the Astronauts Memorial Foundation. A successor $190,000 NEH grant awarded January 1, 2026, continues this initiative with two thirty-person workshops scheduled for 2026, expanding engagement with historians, educators, astronauts, and NASA personnel. NCHE also received a $190,000 NEH grant awarded October 1, 2021, supporting the same Space Age on the Space Coast program across a two-year period. Additionally, NCHE holds an NEH-funded "American Commonwealth" podcast project (awarded October 1, 2022) producing ten thirty-minute episodes examining foundational American documents and underrepresented narratives in the American story. A newly awarded NEH grant (April 1, 2026, completion October 31, 2027) titled "The Course of Human Events: Teaching, Learning, and Interpreting the 250th in 50 States" will develop short videos and K-12 curriculum connecting learners to American Revolution and Declaration of Independence sites across all fifty states, with resources disseminated online and through QR codes at no cost to the public. Two awards reach ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months and thus face grant renewal or recompete decisions.