Call for Board Members
NEW! Submit applications and nominations for new Humanities Montana board members by August 1. Read this press release for more info.

The Trail Book Club
NEW! Please join us on the Humanities Roundtable for an online conversation about Richard Ford's novel Canada.

Opportunity Grants
As of June 1, Humanities Montana is not able to consider Opportunity Grant applications for programs taking place before November 1.

Speakers Bureau Applications
Due to overwhelming demand, we can only accept proposals for Speakers Bureau and Speakers in the Schools programs that take place November 1 and later. We will continue to deliver already-approved programs throughout the state during this summer and fall. Many thanks to the organizations that have made use of these programs.

Help Humanities Flourish This Spring
This year we'll provide up to 60 grants to nonprofit organizations, 137 Speakers Bureau programs, 80 Speakers in the Schools visits, the Humanities Montana Festival of the Book, the Governor’s Humanities Awards, Letters About Literature, and many more humanities events in communities all across Montana.

This work wouldn't be possible without your support. Please contribute to our Spring Annual Fund Drive and help us meet our goal of raising $10,000 by August 31.

Carol Buchanan

An author and independent scholar, Carol Buchanan's Speakers Bureau presentation "A Vacuum of Law: Montana's Vigilantes and the Law in 1863-1864" tells the story of Alder Creek, where gold-seekers made a rich strike in the early 1860s. As a community quickly formed, so did crime in a place where there was no code of law. By then end of the year, however, several citizens formed The Vigilantes, established a "People's Court," and took it upon themselves to mete out justice.

Humanities Montana offers a wide variety of youth-oriented programs and opportunities, and we invite partnerships with teachers to extend and deepen our connections with Montana's young people. learn more here

Consider giving legacy support to the humanities through a gift in your will. To learn more about legacy gifts visit our planned giving page and visit Legacy Montana, an organization that promotes planned philanthropy in the state.