NewsRestoring & Preserving Fluvanna’s Black Cemeteries
In the fall of 2021, we awarded the Fluvanna County Historical Society a grant through the Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan program. The historical society is using the funds …
NewsNew More Accessible Grant Opportunities Announced
Our grants program is changing! Get the latest and learn what to expect when the applications open on June 1.
NewsAnnouncing Seven Grants Highlighting Local Communities Across the Commonwealth
Today, Virginia Humanities announced six new grants totaling $52,000 for projects that highlight local stories from communities across Virginia including a grant to Beloved Community Charlottesville to develop a virtual bus tour.
NewsExploring the Infinite Potential of Women in Old-Time Music
Grants coordinator Toni Doman currently spends her days at Bristol’s Birthplace of Country Music Museum sifting through content for the museum’s upcoming Women in Old-Time Music exhibit. But you can tell that she’s really a musician. Doman isn’t separate from her subjects. She is one of them.
News5 Questions with Adam Courville
If you’ve ever submitted a grant application or project proposal, perhaps you’ve wondered just who is that person behind the email address? As of last fall, that person might be grant and fellowships coordinator Adam Courville.
NewsFilm Festival Showcases Native Perspectives
Q&A with Pocahontas Reframed’s festival director Bradby Brown
In the five years since the inception of The Pocahontas Reframed Film Festival, it has grown to become the largest Native American film festival on the East Coast. Scroll through the program roster, and the secret to the festival’s success becomes obvious.
NewsNearly $1 million in SHARP Grant Funds Awarded to Organizations Across Virginia
Virginia Humanities announced today that $950,600 in grants will be distributed among eighty-three nonprofit organizations across the state. Funding for these grants comes from The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) …
NewsJanuary 2022 Grant Deadline Replaced with Rolling Grant Expansion
Over the past two years, between our normal grant programs and the CARES Act and SHARP grant programs, we have awarded nearly $2.5 million to Virginia’s cultural nonprofits. To allow …
NewsTwenty-Four New Grants Help Tell the Story of Our Commonwealth
Charlottesville, VA—Today, Virginia Humanities announced $231,750 in new grants to twenty-four nonprofit organizations dedicated to amplifying lesser-known historical narratives and initiating conversations around topics relevant to all Virginians. Since 1974, …
NewsLINKED: Stories Crossing the Color Line
How a grant from Virginia Humanities is helping the Richmond chapter expand its work of bringing Virginians together to face the legacy of slavery
NewsApply Now for a SHARP Grant
Virginia Humanities will distribute more than $900k to humanities and cultural nonprofits across Virginia as part of the American Rescue Plan. Learn who is eligible and how to apply.
NewsAnnouncing $900k in American Rescue Plan Funds
Virginia Humanities will be distributing more than $900,000 in funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), to museums, historic sites, and cultural institutions across Virginia affected by the …
NewsRappahannock Tribe of Virginia
A Q&A with Chief Anne Richardson – With a Virginia Humanities grant, the Rappahannock Tribe makes plans to commemorate the 100th anniversary of incorporation.
NewsPressing Pause: A Community Book Project During COVID-19
A Q&A with Virginia Humanities Grantee Studio Pause, an art and bookmaking studio located in the Gates of Ballston affordable housing community in Arlington.
