This month, the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) announced that it will award $43.1 million in grants for 218 humanities projects. “From nationally broadcast documentaries to summer workshops for high school teachers, the projects receiving funding today strengthen and sustain the cultural life of our nation and its citizens,” said NEH Chairman Jon Parrish Peede.
This round of funding, NEH’s third and last for fiscal year 2018, will support vital research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities. These peer-reviewed grants were awarded in addition to $47 million in annual operating support provided to the national network of state and local humanities councils during fiscal year 2018.
Thirty-three AASLH members were among the grant winners, and their total grants amount to over $6 million dollars. We congratulate them all on the hard work that led to these awards, and look forward to seeing the results of their endeavors.
Adirondack Historical Association (members since 1979)
Blue Mountain Lake, NY
$350,000
Alabama Humanities Foundation (members since 2016)
Birmingham, AL
$178,871
Black Archives of Mid-America (members since 2018)
Kansas City, MO
$1,000
Boston University (members since 1994)
Boston, MA
$250,000
Brick Store Museum (members since 1979)
Kennebunk, ME
$29,240
Burke Museum (members since 2016)
Seattle, WA
$450,000
Central Michigan University (members since 2009)
Mount Pleasant, MI
$285,000
Chicago Historical Society (members since 1941)
Chicago, IL
$100,000
Churchill County Museum Association (members since 1979)
Fallon, NV
$1,000
George Mason University (members since 2003)
Fairfax, VA
$325,000
Georgia Historical Society (members since 1979)
Savannah, GA
$500,000
The Henry Ford (members since 1989)
Dearborn, MI
$163,351
History Colorado (members since 1994)
Denver, CO
$224,000
Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington (members since 1990)
Washington, D.C.
$250,000
Lake Jackson Historical Association (members since 2002)
Lake Jackson, TX
$1,000
Maine State Library (members since 2002)
Augusta, ME
$127,000
McClung Museum of Natural History & Culture (members since 2000)
Knoxville, TN
$1,000
Middle Tennessee State University (members since 1994)
Murfreesboro, TN
$205,000
MonDak Heritage Center (members since 2005)
Sidney, MT
$1,000
Montana Historical Society (members since 1979)
Helena, MT
$267,000
Newberry Library (members since 1941)
Chicago, IL
$522,679
Ohio Historical Society (members since 1941)
Columbus, OH
$246,798
Old Sturbridge Village (members since 1977)
Sturbridge, MA
$75,000
Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association (members since 1995)
Deerfield, MA
$174,761
Portsmouth Athenaeum (members since 2003)
Portsmouth, NH
$49,875
State Historical Society of Iowa (members since 1941)
Des Moines, IA
$371,208
Temple Railroad and Heritage Museum Foundation (members since 1979)
Temple, TX
$1,000
Tulane University (members since 1979)
New Orleans, LA
$160,371
University of New Hampshire (members since 1979)
Durham, NH
$109,668
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (members since 2016)
Milwaukee, WI
$80,649
Washington State Library (members since 1979)
Olympia, WA
$280,000
Wing Luke Memorial Foundation (members since 1998)
Seattle, WA
$168,532
Winterthur Museum (members since 1979)
Winterthur, DE
$50,000