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

The summary for the We the People Challenge Grants in United States History, Institutions, and Culture grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the National Endowment for the Humanities, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

We the People Challenge Grants in United States History, Institutions, and Culture: As part of its We the People initiative, NEH invites proposals for challenge grants designed to help institutions and organizations secure long-term improvements in and support for humanities activities focused on exploring significant themes and events in American history. NEH is particularly interested in projects that advance knowledge of the founding principles of the United States in their full historical and institutional context. Grants may be used to support long-term costs such as construction and renovation, purchase of equipment, acquisitions, and conservation of collections. Grants may also be used to establish or enhance endowments that generate expendable earnings for program activities. Because of the matching requirements, 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, public television and radio stations, scholarly associations, state humanities councils, and other nonprofit entities. Programs that involve the collaboration of multiple institutions are eligible, as well, but one institution must serve as the lead agent and formal applicant of record. Both federal and nonfederal funds must provide long-term benefits to the humanities. We the People challenge grant funds should not merely replace funds already being expended on the humanities, but instead should reflect careful strategic planning to improve and strengthen the institution's activities in and commitment to the teaching, studying, and understanding of our nation's history, institutions, and culture. Funds may be invested in an endowment that produces income to support ongoing humanities activities in education, public programming, scholarly research, and preservation. Endowment income can be used to fund, for example, faculty and staff positions, fellowships, lecture or exhibition series, visiting scholars, publishing subventions, consultants, maintenance of facilities, faculty development, acquisitions, and preservation/conservation programs. Outright expenditures can be used for items that have inherent longevity; for example, materials that enhance library or museum collections, construction or renovation of facilities, equipment, and fund-raising costs (no more than 10 percent of total grant funds). Grant funds may also provide limited bridging funds for program activities where the grant provides for endowment income to meet the same expenses in the future. All grant funds, federal and nonfederal, must be raised and expended during the grant period. For the Challenge Grants program, deposit of funds into an interest- or dividend-bearing account constitutes expenditure.