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Grants for humanities organizations
387 humanities nonprofit organizations received at least $1.2 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 541 grants made from 439 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,500. Of these 439 foundations, 89% made just a single grant to humanities orgs, and 2% made grants to four or more humanities orgs. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.
$1,162,735
Total grant dollars given to humanities organizations
541
Number of grants made annually to humanities organizations
439
Number of grantmakers funding humanities organizations
$1,500
Median grant size to humanities organizations
Foundations that support humanities nonprofit organizations
Foundation size
| Foundation size | Number of grantmakers |
|---|
| Small | |
| Medium | |
| Large | |
Small foundations have <$10M in assets. Medium foundations have $10M to $50M in assets. Large foundations have >$50M in assets.
Grants made
| Grants made to humanities orgs | Number of grantmakers |
|---|
| 1 | |
| 2-3 | |
| 4-10 | |
| 11+ | |
Top 10 foundations supporting humanities nonprofit organizations
Humanities nonprofit organizations grantees
Humanities organizations with more than $5 million in total revenues received 15% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 16% of all humanities orgs.
Grant amounts
| Size of grant | Number of grants |
|---|
| <$10k | |
| $10k-$25k | |
| $25k-$100k | |
| $100k+ | |
Grant amount by grantee size
| Grantee annual revenue | Median grant size |
|---|
| <$100k | |
| $100k-$500k | |
| $500k-$1M | |
| $1M-$5M | |
| >$5M | |
Top 25 grants made to humanities organizations
| Grantee | Grant size | Purpose | Grantmaker |
|---|
| Center for Inquiry | $5,000 | General & Unrestricted | Stiefel Freethought Foundation |
| Write Around Portland | $5,000 | Charitable | Weinstein Family Foundation |
| 826 New Orleans | $5,000 | General Assistance | Zurich Classic of New Orleans |
| SS Cosmas E Damian Society | $5,000 | Unrestricted General | Privitera Family Charitable Foundation |
| The New Review | $5,000 | General Support | Russian Nobility Association in America |
| Santa Fe Council on International Relations | $5,000 | Q03 International Foreign Affairs Associations | The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository |
| The Thurber House | $5,000 | Arts and Humanities | The Columbus Foundation |
| Jason Taylor Foundation | $5,000 | Program Support | The Miami Foundation |
| PENFaulkner Foundation | $5,000 | Toward Pen/faulknepenfaulknerer Programs in Schools | Diana Davis Spencer Foundation |
| Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop | $5,000 | General Funding | The Helgeson Foundation |
| Archipelago Books | $5,000 | For the Book: "in the Land of the Cyclops" | J M Kaplan Fund |
| 826chi | $5,000 | Public Charity | Susan Crown Exchange |
| Fan Foundation / Spocon | $5,000 | Donor Advised Funds | Global Impact |
| The Arizona Branch of the International Dyslexia Association | $5,000 | General Support | United Phoenix Fire Fighters Association |
| Pittsburgh Arts and Lectures | $5,000 | Arts | The Clark Hunter Foundation |
| Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy | $5,000 | Other (Literacy, Computers, Libraries) | Greater Houston Community Foundation |
| Young Writers Project | $5,000 | General Support | Birdseye Foundation |
| The Rabbit Hole KC | $5,000 | Program Grant | The Shumaker Family Foundation |
| Undocumented Migration Project | $5,000 | Sponsorship | The City College 21ST Century Foundation |
| Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities | $5,000 | Arts & Culture | Woldenberg Foundation |
| The Center for Documentary Studies | $5,000 | Program Support | Mark & Bette Morris Family Foundation |
| 826 National | $5,000 | Charitable Donation | Valla Family Foundation |
| PEN American Center | $5,000 | Charitable Exempt Purpose | The William H Pitt Foundation |
| Pittsburgh Arts and Lectures | $5,000 | To Present Nyt Journalist Jodi Kantor Discussing Reporting on Sexual Harassment By Harvey Weinstein | Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) |
| The Cabin / Log Cabin Literary Center Inc | $5,000 | General Support | Harad Family Foundation |
Methodology: To determine grants and grantees, Cause IQ analyzes electronically-filed Form 990, Form 990-EZ, and Form 990-PF financial disclosure documents, matching grantees to specific organizations using EINs and fuzzy matching logic. The "Humanities organizations" category for this page is determined by the "A70: Humanities Organizations" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.