Promotion of the Humanities Federal/State Partnership
Program Funding
Annual program obligations reported to SAM.gov.
Program Objective
Federal/State Partnerships promote local, statewide, and regional humanities programming through annual grants to humanities councils in each of the fifty states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and American Samoa. The humanities councils use those grants to conduct humanities projects and grant programs for local nonprofit organizations, institutions, and groups, and occasionally for individuals. Under the provisions of 20 U.S.C. 956(f)(8), only one entity in each state may receive assistance from NEH as the state humanities council.
Eligibility
Eligible Applicants
- Not-for-Profit Organization
Nonprofit 501(c)(3) state and jurisdictional humanities councils which conform to the requirements of 20 U.S.C. 956(f). See https://www.neh.gov/about/state-humanities-councils.
Beneficiaries
- Specific Restrictions (Determined at NOFO Level)
- U.S. State Government
- U.S. Territory Government
- Federally Recognized Tribal Government
- Municipality/Township Government
- County Government
- Local Government Consortium
- Other Special District Government
- Nonprofit Organization
- University Higher Education
State and local governments; sponsored organizations; public and private nonprofit institutions/organizations; other public institutions/organizations; Federally recognized Native American Tribal governments; Native American organizations; U.S. jurisdictions minority organizations; and quasi-public nonprofit institutions which apply directly to the state and jurisdictional humanities councils.
How to Apply
Award Procedure
NEH staff review councils' annual plans and activities and outcomes reports. NEH staff and teams of independent reviewers, including scholars and nonprofit professionals, review self-assessments. Based on the information provided in the annual plan and the annual reports submitted following the close of the most recently completed funding period, NEH staff prepare a report
on the state and jurisdictional humanities councils and present it to the National Council on the
Humanities. The National Council meets at least twice annually to advise the NEH Chair. The Chair considers the advice provided by the review process and, by law, makes all funding decisions.
Decision Timeline
- Approval: > 180 Days
Variable: Six months.
Program details & compliance
Description
Federal/State Partnership brings humanities education, lifelong learning, and public humanities programming to communities across the country by providing general operating support grants to 56 state and jurisdictional humanities councils. The councils help NEH realize its two primary strategic goals of advancing knowledge and understanding of the humanities and increasing public awareness of access to, and support for the humanities throughout the United States.
Mission Categories
Primary: Promotion of the Humanities
Use of Funds
Allowed Uses
Grants may be used to fund local, statewide, and regional humanities projects, subject to guidelines determined by each state and jurisdictional humanities council.
Required Documentation
State and jurisdictional humanities councils submit an activities and outcomes report annually, and every five years they submit a self-assessment report. Compliance requirements are outlined in 20 U.S.C. 956(f). 2 CFR 200, Subpart E - Cost Principles applies to this program.
Matching Requirements
State and jurisdictional humanities councils must match the federal award on a one-to-one basis.
Reporting & Compliance
Applicable 2 CFR 200 Subparts
- Subpart B — General Provisions
- Subpart C — Pre-Federal Award Requirements
- Subpart D — Post-Federal Award Requirements
- Subpart E — Cost Principles
- Subpart F — Audit Requirements
Formula
As established by the Congressional funding formula, each State and jurisdictional council receives $200,000 of the definite funds appropriated to Federal/State Partnership. The remaining funds are distributed by a formula based on population. State and jurisdictional humanities councils must match the federal award on a one-to-one basis.