Skip to main content

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Promotion of the Humanities Challenge Grants

Program Information

Popular name

N/A

Program Number

45.130

Program objective

To strengthen institutional base and organizational capacity for work in the humanities by providing funds that are matched with cash contributions from nonfederal third parties. Successful applicants receive awards in federal matching funds intended to stimulate additional private, state, and local support for humanities organizations. The Climate Smart Humanities Organizations program supports comprehensive organizational assessments that lead to strategic climate action and adaptation plans.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2018

    Past recipients of Humanities Challenge Grants may be found by using the NEH’s Funded Projects Query Form available online at https://securegrants.neh.gov/publicquery/main.aspx.

  2. 2021

    Visit this site for examples of Infrastructure and Capacity Building Challenge Grants: https://www.neh.gov/our-work/listing?f%5B0%5D=our_work_division_office%3A2536&f%5B1%5D=content_type%3Aproject

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

45 CFR 1100 and 1105. The Notice of Funding Opportunity is available online at http://www.neh.gov/grants/grants.html and upon request from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Washington, DC 20506.

  1. National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, as amended, Public Law 89-209, 20 U.S.C. §956, et seq.

Program details

Categories & sub-categories

Cultural Affairs

Program types

Eligible beneficiaries

  • Private nonprofit institution/organization
  • Public nonprofit institution/organization

Additional resources