In 2021, Humanities Montana awarded $451,200 in general operating support grants and $99,995 in project grants to cultural institutions across the state. See the full list of grantees here.
In 2020 and 2021, Humanities Montana provided almost $1,000,000 in rapid-response funding to nonprofit humanities and cultural organizations facing financial hardship resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Funding for these grants was provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act and the Sustaining the Humanities Through the American Rescue Plan (SHARP).
SHARP Grants
In 2021, Humanities Montana distributed over $550,000 in emergency SHARP grants to 51 cultural institutions across the state.
In 2021 SHARP grantees reported*:
* Final SHARP statistic reports are not complete until 2022.
$550K Worth of SHARP Grant Impact
CARES Grants
In 2020, Humanities Montana distributed almost $420,000 in emergency CARES Act funds to 95 cultural institutions across the state to help them retain employees, pay operational costs, and continue programming. 100% of funding went directly to Montana organizations impacted by COVID-19. All grant recipients were able to continue serving their communities.
In an April 2020 Humanities Montana survey:
CARES Grants by the Numbers
Humanities Montana awarded almost $420,000 in emergency CARES Act funds to 95 cultural institutions across the state. See the full list of grantees here.
21% of CARES grants were awarded to Indigenous history and culture organizations. View a full breakdown of the data here.
60% of CARES grants were awarded to rural communities. Click here to view the map of all grant recipients.
