Vermont Humanities

Past Awards

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Grants

Our grant programs include:

  • Rapid-response grants of up to $1,000 for initiatives needing immediate support
  • Regular project grants of up to $5,000 that can include both traditional humanities disciplines and applied humanities and community development work
  • Partnership grants to aid the long-term humanities initiatives of Vermont nonprofit organizations

Click on the links below to view listings of the projects we’ve funded through humanities grants in recent years.

To learn more about our grants programs, email community@vermonthumanities.org.

Vermont Humanities*** February 11, 2022

A woman with gray hair wearing a blue shirt reads from a music stand in front of a seated crowd in a state park

Our seasonal “Words in the Woods” program allows Vermonters and visitors to enjoy our state’s natural beauty while listening to and reading literature in the outdoors.

Middle school students in costume on stage during Shakespeare play

Humanities Camps are filled with reading and writing projects, field trips, and outdoor activities.

Rep. John Lewis and Andrew Aydin with students in front of a schoolbus

We won a 2020 Schwartz Prize for best public humanities programming in the U.S. for Vermont Reads 2019: “March: Book One.”

African man in dark pants and shirt leading a group of children in a dance in a school gymnasium

We supported the Chandler Center for the Arts’ Global Connections Youth Outreach program, which highlights artists from around the world.

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Our free public events help bring the power of the humanities to communities across Vermont.