October 2024 Grant News

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Grant-Writing Workshop in Lame Deer

In September, Woodenlegs Library and Chief Dull Knife College in Lame Deer hosted a public grant-writing workshop with Humanities Montana. Attendees learned about key components of grant applications and tips for writing successful grant proposals.

This year’s grant-writing workshops were supported with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) United We Stand: Connecting Through Culture initiative. With this support, Humanities Montana staff traveled to rural and Tribal communities and learned about current and pressing humanities issues across the state. Thanks to over 100 community members, volunteers, and partners, we have been able to visit 14 communities, facilitate four free grant-writing workshops, and host seven community conversations and listening sessions.

Humanities Montana awards over $72,000 to organizations across the state

We recently awarded $72,718 to humanities projects across the state in response to the August 2024 application cycle. This final round of 2024 funding supports four films and five community projects. We are grateful to all of the applicants for their aspirational work in the humanities and wish to congratulate the following recent awardees:

Film + Video

  • The Story of Us: The Women Who Shaped Montana Episodes 2 & 3, The Extreme History Project, $10,000
  • We are the Light From the Shadows, MAPS Media Institute, $10,000
  • Star & Stories: Northern Cheyenne, the Morning Star People, Montana State University, $9,585
  • Bitterroot at War: The Vietnam Era, Ravalli County Museum, $7,000

Community Projects

  • Northwest Montana Book Festival, Northwest Montana Historical Society, $4,174
  • Living Stories of Jewish Montana, Montana Jewish Project, $10,000
  • History Day For All in Montana, Montana State University, $9,959
  • Beyond Yellowstone: Montana Outside the Obvious, Working Quiet, $4,000
  • The Apsaalooke Crow on the Elk River, Billings Community Foundation, $8,000

Now Accepting Proposals for December 1 Deadline

If you are interested in applying for a Community Project Grant ($2,000–$10,000) or a Public Humanities Fellowship (up to $4,000) this December, contact Humanities Montana staff by November 15. You can learn more about each grant opportunity on our website and schedule a 30-minute consultation with our staff by following the links or using the buttons below. We look forward to learning more about your project ideas and guiding you through the grant application process.