# Promotion of the Humanities Challenge Grants (45.130)

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Promotion of the Humanities Challenge Grants is run by National Endowment for the Humanities. From fiscal 2021 to 2025 it awarded $49.4 million in 193 grants, about $255,713 per award.

## Objectives

To strengthen institutional base and organizational capacity for work in the humanities by providing funds that are matched with cash contributions from nonfederal parties. Successful applicants receive awards in federal matching funds intended to stimulate additional private, state, and local support for humanities organizations.

## Funding by fiscal year

| Year | Amount | Awards |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $7.2 million | 44 |
| 2022 | $5.9 million | 36 |
| 2023 | $12.7 million | 61 |
| 2024 | $17.2 million | 79 |
| 2025 | $6.3 million | 64 |

## Largest recipients

| Recipient | State | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| New York Public Radio | New York | $750,000 |
| Montana Historical Society | Montana | $750,000 |
| Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association, Inc. | Virginia | $750,000 |
| New York Historical Society | New York | $750,000 |
| Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego | California | $750,000 |
| University of California, Merced | California | $750,000 |
| Northwest Indian College Foundation | Washington | $750,000 |
| Jackson Hole Historical Society & Museum | Wyoming | $750,000 |
| Detroit Opera | Michigan | $750,000 |
| The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | $750,000 |
| Utah State University | Utah | $750,000 |
| Naperville Heritage Society | Illinois | $705,000 |
| Toledo Museum of Art | Ohio | $700,000 |
| Taft Museum of Art | Ohio | $685,000 |
| Shelburne Museum, Incorporated | Vermont | $663,687 |
| Mount Vernon Library Charitable Foundation | New Hampshire | $655,000 |
| Portland Art Museum | Oregon | $625,000 |
| Korean Cultural Center of Chicago | Illinois | $600,000 |
| United Society of Shakers Inc | Maine | $563,089 |
| Shaker Museum & Library | New York | $554,342 |