We the People Challenge Grants in United States History, Institutions, and Culture

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	Federal Grant Title:	We the People Challenge Grants in United States History, Institutions, and Culture
	CFDA Number:	45.130
	CFDA Description:	Promotion of the Humanities_Challenge Grants
	Federal Agency Name:	National Endowment for the Humanities
	Category of Funding Activity:	Humanities
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	20090203-CZ
	Document Type:	Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Grant
	Posted Date:	Oct 07, 2008
	Creation Date:	Oct 07, 2008
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Feb 03, 2009
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Feb 03, 2009
	Archive Date:	Mar 05, 2009
	Expected Number of Awards:	Information not provided
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	Information not provided
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	$1,000,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	$0
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	Yes

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: State governments - Special district governments - Public and State controlled institutions of higher education - Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) - Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education - Private institutions of higher education
Additional Information on Eligibility: Information not provided
Grant Description: NEH invites applications for We the People Challenge Grants in United States History, Institutions, and Culture. This grant opportunity, part of NEH's We the People program, is designed to help institutions and organizations secure long-term improvements in and support for humanities activities that examine American history through the lens of the nation's founding principles. Proposals must demonstrate how the challenge grant would strengthen the institution's ability to explore significant themes and events in American history, so as to advance knowledge of how the founding principles of the United States have shaped, and been shaped by, American history and culture for more than two hundred years. NEH welcomes proposals for programs that not only articulate the theories of governance and assertions of human rights that have embodied the founding principles, but also lead to deeper exploration of how these principles have been tested and interpreted since the Founding Era. NEH challenge grants are intended to help institutions and organizations secure long-term improvements in and support for their humanities programs and resources. Grants may be used to establish or enhance endowments or spend-down funds (that is, funds that are invested, with both the income and the principal being expended over a defined period of years) that generate expendable earnings to support ongoing program activities. Funds may also be used to support one-time capital expenditures (such as construction and renovation, purchase of equipment, and acquisitions) that bring long-term benefits to the institution and to the humanities more broadly. Because of the matching requirement, these NEH grants also strengthen the humanities by encouraging nonfederal sources of support. Applications are welcome from colleges and universities, museums, public libraries, research institutions, historical societies and historic sites, scholarly associations, state humanities councils, and other nonprofit entities. Programs that involve collaboration among multiple institutions are eligible as well, but one institution must serve as the lead agent and formal applicant of record. NEH particularly welcomes proposals for programming at America's historic places (historic sites, neighborhoods, communities, or larger geographical regions).
Link to Full Grant Announcement: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/wtpchallenge.html
Grant Announcement Contact: Office of Challenge Grants National Endowment for the Humanities Room 420 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20506 202-606-8309

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Similar Government Grants: • Challenge Grants; • Challenge Grants for Two-Year Colleges; • Challenge Grants in United States History and Culture