Using the humanities, we connect with people across Vermont to create just, vibrant, and resilient communities and to inspire a lifelong love of learning.
To better support public humanities work across Vermont, we have exponentially grown the amount of money we distribute to Vermont non-profits and other organizations through our grants programs.
Our Project Grants fund community and curriculum development projects with awards up to $5,000.
We do not use federal funding for Project Grants.
Fundable projects include:
- Community programming that invites participation in humanities discourse
- Curriculum development with plans to share the work to increase access to the humanities
- Humanities experiences designed to support a specific affinity group or to encourage interaction among more than one affinity groups
Both new and existing projects are eligible to apply. Project grant applications are reviewed three times per year.
Vermont Humanities staff performs an initial grant review of all applications to ensure eligibility before sharing the applications with our grant review committee, which is made up of members of our Board of Directors and other community members in Vermont.
Our Rapid Response Grants are quick turn-around small grants for humanities-focused community projects. We award Rapid Response Grants of up to $1,000.
For the 23rd year of the Vermont Reads program, we invite Vermont communities to plan projects centered around The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton