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Federal grants to Newberry Library

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Newberry Library in Chicago, Illinois received $1.1 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 7 awards. Its largest program was Promotion of the Humanities Research, with $518,075. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $70,626.

From USAspending.gov award records, updated October 31, 2026.

By year

Federal grants to Newberry Library by fiscal year
Fiscal yearAwardsAmount
FY 20214$374,461
FY 20221$246,785
FY 20231$35,000
FY 20242$396,230
FY 20252$70,626

An award funded in several years counts in each of them, so yearly awards add up to more than the five-year total.

Programs that fund Newberry Library

Every program, fiscal 2021 to 2025
ProgramAwardsAmount
Promotion of the Humanities Research 45.1611$518,075
Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access 45.1491$336,288
Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development 45.1632$169,461
Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals 45.0243$109,942

Awarding agencies

AgencyAwardsAmount
National Endowment for the Humanities4$1.0 million
National Endowment for the Arts3$109,942

Largest awards

The 7 largest awards by money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025
AwardProgramFirst actionAmount
Long-term research fellowships at the newberry library
ASST_NON_RA26981620_418 on USAspending
Promotion of the Humanities ResearchJanuary 28, 2021$550,000
Digitizing the ayer indigenous linguistics collection [the newberry requests funds to digitize and make widely available 2,400 rare and historical books in its edward e. Ayer north and middle american indian linguistics collection. These materials represent more than 300 languages spoken or formerly
ASST_NON_PW29682124_418 on USAspending
Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and AccessJune 8, 2024$336,288
Making modernism: literature, dance, and visual culture in chicago, 1893-1955 [the newberry library seeks level i support for a residential, three-week summer institute for twenty-five college and university faculty that will explore chicago?s vital contribution to the modernist movement. From july
ASST_NON_EH28121021_418 on USAspending
Promotion of the Humanities Professional DevelopmentSeptember 24, 2021$161,347
Purpose: to support an exhibition, catalogue, and related programming exploring how indigenous people have engaged with, contributed to, and resisted american popular culture.
ASST_NON_1934143-44-25_417 on USAspending
Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and IndividualsDecember 9, 2024$50,000
Purpose: to support an exhibition on the art and history of the pop-up book.
ASST_NON_1905355-44-23_417 on USAspending
Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and IndividualsMarch 2, 2023$34,942
To support the exhibition chicago avant-garde: five women ahead of their time and an accompanying catalogue.
ASST_NON_1884467-44-21_417 on USAspending
Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and IndividualsMay 20, 2021$25,000
Mapping nature across the americas
ASST_NON_FV26715819_418 on USAspending
Promotion of the Humanities Professional DevelopmentMarch 1, 2021$8,570

Amounts are net obligations: money committed, minus any amounts taken back. They are not payments. See how our data works.

Questions people ask

How much federal grant money does Newberry Library get?

$1.1 million in 7 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.

Which agency gives Newberry Library the most?

The National Endowment for the Humanities, with $1.0 million in 4 awards. The National Endowment for the Arts follow.

What is Newberry Library's largest federal grant?

$550,000 under Promotion of the Humanities Research, with its first action in the period on January 28, 2021. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.

Which federal programs fund Newberry Library?

Its largest are Promotion of the Humanities Research, Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access and Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development.

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