Vermont Humanities

Past Projects

Group on tour in snowy Burlington
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

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 Richelle Franzoni or fill out our Grant Inquiry Form.

Vermont Humanities*** February 11, 2022

Poet Sarah Audsley in a black dress in front of a large gray rock.

Poet Sarah Audsley joined us at the Taconic Mountains Ramble State Park for Words in the Woods.

Group of students walking on a boardwalk into the woods

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.”

Group on tour in snowy Burlington

We supported Historic New England’s “More than a Market” project that explored the experiences of new Americans through food markets.

Woman raising her hand during a public event

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