The Florida Humanities is seeking applications for the Community Project Grants Program.

Florida Humanities Community Project Grants provide funding to nonprofits and public institutions across Florida to develop and implement humanities-rich public programs that meet the needs of local communities.

All projects must:

• be rooted in the humanities
• Involve humanities advisors, scholar(s), and/or community experts.
• attract diverse audiences
• bring the public together (even if virtually) for discussion
• be free and open to the public (or not cost prohibitive)

Programmatic Priorities

Community Project Grants, at their core, meet the needs of local communities. While remaining open to funding locally driven public humanities projects, Florida Humanities may give special consideration to applications that focus on one or more of the following five programmatic priorities:

1. Racial Injustice: Sharing stories and perspectives highlighting historical and modern race-based inequities and injustices that disadvantage communities of color, employing the humanities to bring communities together in constructive dialogue.
2. Civics and Democracy: Current issues in American democracy and civics including but not limited to voting, suffrage, the power of protest, voting rights, voter suppression, contested elections, and ideological polarization.
3. Water: Water as an essential component of life on our planet (environmentally, culturally, and historically), using the humanities to examine a community’s relationship with water as it relates to their cultural history.
4. Public Health: The impact of public health issues on the sustainability of Florida's communities within a diverse, globalizing world, exploring the continuity and change of cultural heritage in relation to public health crises, including global pandemics. Explorations may include the disparities in health access and service for various groups within the community, such as economic resources, sex, and race/ethnicity. NOTE: Public humanities programs focused on health must use the humanities to think critically and provide a deep level of analysis and interpretation. Social service projects focused on public health and not grounded in the humanities are ineligible for funding.
5. Immigrant and Refugee Stories: Programs that share refugees’ and immigrants’ personal accounts and perspectives, using the humanities to compassionately reflect upon community challenges and triumphs in our increasingly diverse and changing Florida landscape.

Funding Information

Applicants may request up to $5,000 for proposed projects.

Types of Fundable Programs

• Community conversations
• Digital and audio humanities projects
• Interactive websites that function as public humanities programs
• Museum exhibitions with related programming
• Oral history projects with post-project community engagement
• Outdoor heritage signage with post-development community engagement
• Panel Discussions following theatrical productions
• Public lecture series and panel discussions

Who can apply?

Florida nonprofit organizations, municipalities and public intuitions are eligible. Although eligible for grants, colleges and universities are strongly encouraged to partner with and apply through local nonprofit organizations.

For more information, visit Florida Humanities.