NEW YORK COUNCIL FOR THE HUMANITIES

GRANT-MAKING:THE HUMANITIES HELP US TALK ABOUT AND UNDERSTAND THE IDEAS THAT DEFINE US AS INDIVIDUALS AND CONNECT US AS COMMUNITIES. THEY TEACH NEW YORKERS HOW, NOT WHAT, TO THINK. HUMANITIES NEW YORK GRANTS HELP COMMUNITIES USE THE HUMANITIES TO ARTICULATE THEIR IDEAS ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE HUMAN. HUMANITIES NEW YORK GRANTS SUPPORT PROJECT TEAMS WITH HUMANITIES EXPERTISE AND PROJECTS THAT USE THE TOOLS OF THE HUMANITIES TO ENGAGE PUBLIC, NON-SPECIALIZED AUDIENCES. HUMANITIES NEW YORK OFFERS THREE COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAMS. VISION GRANTS ($500 TO $1,500) HELP GROUPS DEVELOP PLANS FOR PUBLIC HUMANITIES PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES THAT ARE BUILT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS. ACTION GRANTS ($6,500 TO $10,000) HELP ORGANIZATIONS LAUNCH PUBLIC HUMANITIES PROGRAMS THAT ARE DYNAMIC, RESPONSIVE, AND THOUGHT-PROVOKING. QUICK GRANTS ($500 TO $1,500) ARE AVAILABLE TO ORGANIZATIONS WITH OPERATING BUDGETS OF LESS THAN $250,000 FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PUBLIC HUMANITIES PROGRAMS. IN FY24, HNY PROVIDED 78 TOTAL GRANTS TO ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE STATE.

POST-INCARCERATION PUBLIC HUMANITIES GRANT - PIHP:THE POST-INCARCERATION HUMANITIES PARTNERSHIP (PIHP) GRANT SUPPORTS THE WORK OF ORGANIZATIONS IN NEW YORK STATE WHO SERVE AND COLLABORATE WITH INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN INCARCERATED AND THE FAMILIES OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS. EACH GRANT PROVIDES UP TO $25,000 IN FUNDING FOR ORGANIZATIONS USING HUMANITIES-BASED TECHNIQUES ON PROJECTS THAT ENGAGE THE FORMERLY INCARCERATED AND THEIR FAMILIES WITH EXPERIENCES, TOOLS, EDUCATION, AND NETWORKS TO INSURE THAT THEIR INCARCERATION IS NOT THE EPISODE THAT DEFINES THEIR LIVES. BOLSTERED BY A PILOT VERSION OF THE GRANT, WHICH FUNDED EFFORTS BY SIX "DOWNSTATE ORGANIZATIONS LOCATED IN THE NYC AND LONG ISLAND REGIONS, HNY SUPPORTED THE FORMERLY INCARCERATED AND THEIR LOVED ONES IN EFFORTS TO REBUILD THEIR RELATIONSHIPS AND THEIR LIVES.