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Humanities Texas invites Texas cultural and educational organizations that suffered losses or damages to humanities collections as a result of the February 2021 winter storm, or incurred costs related to resuming humanities programming that was postponed or cancelled as a result of the storm, to apply for fast-track Recovery Grants.
These grants are made possible with a National Endowment for the Humanities Chairman's Emergency Grant.
For more information about eligibility, allowable costs, grant amounts, and funding priorities, please see the 2021 Winter Storm Recovery Grants overview page.
Please direct questions about Recovery Grants to Humanities Texas grants staff at grants@humanitiestexas.org.
As the person filling out the online application, please provide the following information. You may browse through the application prior to registering; however, you will not be able to enter any data until you have registered. Once you REGISTER, the application will appear immediately, and you may begin.
You will receive an email from grants@humanitiestexas.org with a link to your application. You may save your application for later and revisit it as often as you wish by clicking on this link. Please retain this email throughout the application process until your grant application is submitted.
This information pertains to the nonprofit organization that will receive and administer the grant. The sponsoring organization must be an accredited nonprofit that has tax-exempt status from the IRS. An organization may not apply as a fiscal sponsor with the intention of regranting the award to a different organization.
Provide a brief description of the Sponsoring Organization. Be sure to include your mission and emphasize how you promote broader understanding of the humanities to public audiences in Texas. [Limit: 1500 characters including spaces]
Please describe any target audience(s) your organization serves (e.g., veterans, rural populations, disadvantaged communities, K-12 students, higher education faculty and students).
This is the representative of the sponsoring organization, most often the chief executive officer, who has authority to submit the grant application on behalf of the organization. This person may NOT serve as the fiscal officer.
This person is responsible for the management of the project. The project director also serves as liaison with Humanities Texas and is responsible for submitting the final evaluation form, and, if applicable, any grant adjustments or revised budgets. This person may NOT serve as the fiscal officer.
The fiscal officer, typically an organization’s bookkeeper or accountant, is responsible for accounting for the grant funds. This person may NOT serve as the authorizing official or project director.
This period of time—termed your “grant period”—should include all project activities and expenditures. All 2021 Recovery Grants will have the same grant period, running from April 1, 2021 (with pre-award allowability for eligible costs from February 11, 2021) to August 31, 2021. Final reports will be due to Humanities Texas no later than November 30, 2021.
Describe 1) the damages and losses you experienced as a result of the winter storm, 2) the specific costs you are requesting emergency funding to cover, and 3) how your request is related to your humanities collections, humanities programs, and/or overall mission to provide public educational opportunities in the humanities. Please be specific. Be sure to review the description of the eligible and ineligible costs in the program guidelines. [Limit: 3000 characters including spaces]
Attach the sponsoring organization’s determination letter from the IRS confirming its tax-exempt status.
Files must be less than 15.00 MB. Allowed file types: pdf, jpg, jpeg, png.
You may include up to five additional items with your application, all in PDF, JPG, or PNG format. However, these materials are not required.
Photos will give the review committee a clearer sense of the losses and damages that you experienced to your humanities collections and programs.
Letters of support should be addressed to the Humanities Texas Grants Review Committee. Letters can serve a range of purposes: Some can speak to the significance of the organization's promotion of the public humanities. Others can confirm the organization's importance to the community and/or past accomplishments.
Please contact the Humanities Texas grants staff if you have questions about letters of support or other possible items to include with your application.
Call 512.440.1991 or email grants@humanitiestexas.org