THE GRANTS
- Grants of up to $50,000 are offered to nonprofit organizations across North Dakota that provide humanities programming as a significant part of their mission and that are facing financial hardship due to COVID-19.
- Grants are available for humanities programming and general operating expenses.
- No matching funds are required.
Eligibility
To be eligible for a Humanities North Dakota CARES Relief Grant, an organization must:
Not eligible for funding - Individuals
The following organizations are not eligible to apply for a COVID-19 Emergency Support Grant:
- Be a public library, museum, a nonprofit organization recognized as a 501(c)(3) by the Internal Revenue Service, or a nonprofit with a formal relationship with a 501(c)(3) organization as their fiscal agent. (check your organization’s IRS status here).
- Be a tribal college or tribal program that substantially involves the humanities.
- Be physically located in North Dakota and have North Dakota residents as its primary audience.
- Have at least one staff member (full or part-time) who is a paid employee of the organization.
- Be experiencing financial hardship due to the effects of the COVID-19. Hardship includes, but is not limited to the reduction, loss or furlough of paid staff or a significant loss of revenue.
Not eligible for funding - Individuals
The following organizations are not eligible to apply for a COVID-19 Emergency Support Grant:
- Religious or primarily faith-based programs or organizations receiving a significant portion of their funding from a religious organization
- Public, private, or parochial schools
- Arts organizations (contact North Dakota Council on the Arts for available funding opportunities)
- Organizations receiving Corporation for Public Broadcasting funds
- For-profit organizations
- Political or advocacy organizations
- Government entities including city, county, and municipal agencies with exception of public libraries and museums
- Individuals
- K-12 institutions
- Universities, colleges, or academic departments (please, apply directly to the National Endowment for the Humanities for funding)
Deadlines and Application Process
- No matching funds are required.
- Applications must be submitted by 4:30pm on September 1.
- Applications will be reviewed and decisions made within 20 business days of application deadline.
- Completing the application should take about 1 hour AFTER YOU HAVE READ THE GUIDELINES. You must read the guidelines to successfully complete your application.
In the interest of speed, HND staff are not able to review drafts of Humanities North Dakota CARES applications. Questions about the application may be directed to Brenna Gerhardt.