Challenge Grants

Post Date

February 8th 2011

Application Due Date

May 4th 2011

Funding Opportunity Number

20110504-CH

CFDA Number(s)

45.130

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Humanities

Number of Awards

20

Eligibility Categories

State Governments
County Governments
City or Township Governments
Special District Governments
Public and State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education
Federally Recognized Native American Tribal Governments
Non-Profits With 501 (c) (3) Status With The IRS (Except Higher Education Institutions)
Non-Profits Without 501 (c) (3) Status With The IRS (Except Higher Education Institutions)
Private Institutions of Higher Education

Funding

• Award Range:

  $0 - $1000000

Grant Description

NEH challenge grants are capacity-building grants, 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. Grantees may also use funds for 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.

Contact Information

• Agency

  National Endowment for the Humanities

• Office:

  None

• Agency Contact:

  Office of Challenge Grants
  National Endowment for the Humanities
  Room 420
  1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
  Washington, DC 20506
  202-606-8309

• Agency Mailing Address:

  challenge@neh.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  challenge@neh.gov

• More Information:

  http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/challenge.html