NEH Cultural and Community Resilience Program Grants

 Application Deadline: DEADLINE EXTENDED! May 28, 2024

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Cultural and Community Resilience program supports community-based efforts addressing the impacts of climate change and COVID-19 by preserving cultural resources and enhancing cultural resilience through identifying, documenting, and/or collecting cultural heritage and community experiences. It prioritizes projects from disadvantaged U.S. communities. Projects can focus on one of two categories: community collecting initiatives or oral history programs, with an emphasis on addressing the effects of climate change or the pandemic. The program welcomes both modest projects and larger ones and supports projects at any stage, from preliminary planning to final steps and implementation. Example project activities include collaborative planning, documentation of cultural resources, recording oral histories, preserving traditional knowledge, and establishing shared resources and protocols for rapid response collecting. NEH encourages inclusive methodologies and the use of open-access online resources. 

NEH will award successful applicants up to $150,000 and anticipates awarding approximately $2,500,000 among an estimated fifteen to twenty recipients. NEH does not require cost sharing in this program. Proposals should budget for two team members to attend a meeting in Washington, D.C., in May 2026. Applicant organizations must be established in the U.S. or its jurisdictions as one of the following: a nonprofit organization recognized as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, an accredited institution of higher education (public or nonprofit), a state or local government or one of their agencies, or a federally recognized Native American Tribal government.

You must apply using Grants.gov or a Grants.gov system-to-system solution. Note that Grants.gov will be unavailable May 18-21, 2024, due to systems maintenance. Ensure your SAM.gov and Grants.gov registrations and passwords are current as it may take weeks to register. 

For more information, a webinar recording with updated information about the program, and the application, visit the NEH webpage: neh.gov/program/cultural-and-community-resilience.