Company facts
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Tax Exempt)
- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 230 S Broad St #403, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA
- Website
- pahumanities.org
- Founded
- 1973
- Employees
- 11-50
- Estimated annual revenue
- $1M-$10M
- Industry
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- Consumer Discretionary
- Consumer Services
- Diversified Consumer Services
- Specialized Consumer Services
- SIC code
- 86 Membership Organizations
Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .
Grant awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Grant subawards
| Prime recipient | Prime award | Amount | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Not on record | LS-260842-OLS-26 | $233,199 | |
| Not on record | LS-253650-OLS-23 | $184,485 | |
| Not on record | LS-253650-OLS-23 | $143,023 | |
| Not on record | LS-252481-OLS-22 | $184,500 |
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About the company
Pennsylvania Humanities Council, doing business as Penna Humanities Council, is a Philadelphia-based tax-exempt nonprofit that operates as a prime recipient of federal humanities grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts, channeling funding into subawards to Pennsylvania-based libraries, schools, and community organizations alongside direct public programming.
The Council's federal footprint is concentrated in humanities grant programming rather than contract procurement. Across 23 awards tracked in recent source data, the National Endowment for the Humanities accounts for 17 awards (87% of the customer concentration by count) and the National Endowment for the Arts for 3 awards, with combined obligated dollars totaling $27.2 million. The Council acts as prime recipient on 87% of its awards and as sub-recipient on 13%, reflecting its role as a state humanities council distributing federal support to local institutions.
Recent representative grant work includes a $947,686 five-year general operating support award from NEH under the Promotion of the Humanities Federal/State Partnership program (CFDA 45.129), effective June 1, 2026 through April 30, 2031, supporting the Council's mission to deliver subawards and public programming across Pennsylvania focused on civic education, public discussions, and activities in history, literature, and culture. The Council received an NEH "United We Stand" supplement grant (September 2023 through October 2024) targeting cross-cultural understanding, community resilience, and civic engagement through humanities programming, and a paired NEA grant (January 2023 through June 2024) funding data analysis and reporting from a mixed-methods research study mapping Pennsylvania's creative and humanities ecosystems. A January 2026 NEA award supports community poetry workshops and a publication inspired by the Declaration of Independence.
In its sub-recipient role, the Council distributes funds to organizations including the Pennsylvania Department of Education for library and early childhood education collaborations serving underserved populations. Recent subawards have funded the Teen Reading Lounge, a library-based humanities initiative for low-income and ethnically diverse teens (awarded April 22, 2024 and December 19, 2022), and Project READY, a curriculum module set developed by the University of North Carolina to improve racial equity knowledge among Pennsylvania school and public library staff.
Two awards face completion within the next twenty-four months, positioning the Council for recompete activity in that window.
Quick answers
Is Pennsylvania Humanities Council registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. Pennsylvania Humanities Council's SAM.gov registration is active through September 30, 2027.
What is Pennsylvania Humanities Council's CAGE code?
Pennsylvania Humanities Council's CAGE code is 5FFE4, and its Unique Entity ID (UEI) is MA14YARQQJ45.
What is Pennsylvania Humanities Council's most recent federal award?
Pennsylvania Humanities Council's most recent federal grant award is State or jurisdictional humanities program [with the general operating support grant, pennsylvania humanities council… (SO30924826), from National Endowment for the Humanities, on June 1, 2026.
On GovTribe
See Pennsylvania Humanities Council's full federal record
- Federal grant awards
- Funding analysis by agency, NAICS and set-aside
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