Funder: California Humanities
Due Dates: Suspended until further notice (All programs and grant cycles) | Rolling when active (Quick Grants)
Funding Amounts: $1,000–$5,000 for a 12-month project; no matching funds required
Summary: Supports locally initiated, participatory public humanities projects serving California audiences, especially new and underserved communities.
Key Information: Applicants and fiscal sponsors must be California-based, and projects must include facilitated public programming.
Description
California Humanities’ Humanities for All Quick Grants support small-scale, locally initiated public humanities projects responding to Californians’ needs and interests. The program seeks to broaden participation, particularly among new and underserved audiences, and foster understanding, empathy, critical thinking, and civic participation. Projects should connect humanities ideas and approaches to California’s histories, experiences, cultures, and contemporary issues.
Supported formats include community dialogues, reading and film discussions, oral history and nonfiction workshops, walking tours, interpretive exhibitions, humanities-focused performances, and speaker series. Programming may be in person, virtual, or hybrid, but must offer participatory learning with real-time moderation or facilitation. California Humanities currently states that all programs and grant cycles are suspended until further notice.
