Federal grants to Humanities Washington
Humanities Washington in Seattle, Washington received $6.4 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 9 awards. Its largest program was Promotion of the Humanities Federal/State Partnership, with $6.3 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $606,848.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated October 31, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$6.4 million
- Awards9
- Awarded in FY 2025$606,848
- Largest award$3.3 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 3 | $2.1 million |
| FY 2022 | 2 | $1.1 million |
| FY 2023 | 4 | $1.4 million |
| FY 2024 | 2 | $1.3 million |
| FY 2025 | 2 | $606,848 |
Programs that fund Humanities Washington
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Promotion of the Humanities Federal/State Partnership | 5 | $6.3 million |
| Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals | 3 | $82,510 |
| Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access | 1 | $50,000 |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| National Endowment for the Humanities | 6 | $6.4 million |
| National Endowment for the Arts | 3 | $82,510 |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| State humanities program | Promotion of the Humanities Federal/State Partnership | October 30, 2020 | $3.3 million |
| State or jurisdictional humanities program. [with the general operating support grant, humanities Washington brings the humanities to life through subawards and/or public programming in Washington state. The council tailors its subaward-making and public programs to the needs, resources, and interes | Promotion of the Humanities Federal/State Partnership | January 11, 2024 | $1.8 million |
| Humanities councils american rescue plan funding | Promotion of the Humanities Federal/State Partnership | June 12, 2021 | $1.1 million |
| United we stand supplements [the applicant?s project will deliver on the goals of neh?s ?united we stand?: to foster cross-cultural understanding, empathy, and community resilience; deepen public understanding of and contextualize community, state, and national history; educate the public on the his | Promotion of the Humanities Federal/State Partnership | August 31, 2023 | $52,406 |
| Safeguarding cultural memory: protecting and providing access to 40 years of Washington state traditions and stories [humanities Washington seeks a planning grant from the national endowment for the humanities to help complete a full assessment of an aggregated Washington state folklife collection. | Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access | July 23, 2025 | $50,000 |
| Purpose: to support an archiving project for the Washington folklife collection. | Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals | March 13, 2023 | $35,000 |
| Purpose: to support a statewide survey about foodways. | Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals | March 2, 2022 | $30,000 |
| To support the identification and documentation of traditional foodways in Washington. | Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals | April 14, 2021 | $22,971 |
| National history day supplements [the applicant?s project will deliver on the goals of the national history day supplements: to foster collaboration with the local nhd affiliate in order to encourage underrepresented communities to participate in the nhd program; to extend nhd outreach to educators | Promotion of the Humanities Federal/State Partnership | August 31, 2023 | $20,000 |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Humanities Washington get?
$6.4 million in 9 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Humanities Washington the most?
The National Endowment for the Humanities, with $6.4 million in 6 awards. The National Endowment for the Arts follow.
What is Humanities Washington's largest federal grant?
$3.3 million under Promotion of the Humanities Federal/State Partnership, with its first action in the period on October 30, 2020. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Humanities Washington?
Its largest are Promotion of the Humanities Federal/State Partnership, Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals and Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access.
Other grant recipients in Seattle
- University of Washington
- Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
- King County Metro Transit
- Port of Seattle
- Seattle Children's Hospital
- Allen Institute
- Seattle Housing Authority
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