New York Council for the Humanities - Mini Grants [01910]
Synopsis: Mini Grants are for project requests between $250 and $2,500. Most proposals in this category are for single events, for projects that are modest in scope and have a short time frame, or for exhibition planning.
Objectives: Grants are designed to help public audiences learn more about the humanities. The sponsor favors applications that display a critical approach, and encourages projects that pose questions rather than answering them—that explore the “why” rather than simply the “how.” The centrality of humanities scholars and scholarship in Council-funded projects is essential. We also favor projects that bring the humanities to new audiences. Some appropriate formats for these projects include, but are not limited to: lectures, conferences, symposia, and panel discussions intended for the general public; planning or implementation of exhibitions; film screenings or readings combined with interpretive discussion; interpretive brochures, docent scripts, or walking tours; exhibition catalogues with significant humanities scholarship; radio programs; and/or internet presentations such as online exhibitions or moderated discussions.

New York Council for the Humanities - Speakers in the Humanities Grants [10912]
Synopsis: Support is provided to New York organizations to bring lecture programs related to the humanities to community audiences. Awards cover the costs of speakers' honoraria and travel expenses. Speakers must be selected from the sponsor's "Speakers in the Humanities" booklet, which is updated periodically.
Objectives: The sponsor provides support to bring lecture programs to community audiences. Programs for the public are supported in all disciplines of the humanities, including, but not limited to: history, literature, philosophy, ethics, jurisprudence, linguistics, comparative religion, and the history, theory, and criticism of the arts. All Speakers programs must be presented free of any required charge and must be open to the general public. Organizations may not require a "donation" for entrance to a Speakers event, nor may they request a mandatory "donation" for refreshments. The sponsor requires a minimum attendance of forty persons.
Funding: Speakers are granted an honorarium of $250 for each lecuture presented. The Speaker is also reimbursed up to $200 in travel and lodging expenses per lecture event.

New York Council for the Humanities - Speakers in the Humanities Program: Call for Speakers [65726]
Synopsis: The sponsor invites applications from humanities scholars who wish to deliver a number of lectures as part of the Speakers in the Humanities Program. Speakers are allowed, but not guaranteed, a maximum of five presentations per year.
Objectives: The general program links distinguished scholars with a diverse adult audience through the presentation of lectures on a broad range of topics. Areas of interest include literature, history, philosophy, ethics, comparative religion, linguistics, jurisprudence, archaeology, history and criticism of the arts, and certain aspects of the social sciences that employ a qualitative approach. As audiences will be mixed, lectures should assume little, if any, prior knowledge of the subject. The sponsor encourages scholars to select topics that are specific, rather than general.

Delmas (Gladys Krieble) Foundation - Humanities Program [19023]
Synopsis: The sponsor intends to further the humanities along a broad front, supporting projects which address the concerns of the historical studia humanitatis: a humanistic education rooted in the great traditions of the past; the formation of human beings according to cultural, moral, and aesthetic ideals derived from that past; and the ongoing debate over how these ideals may best be conceived and realized.
Objectives: Programs in the following areas are eligible: history; archaeology; literature; languages, both classical and modern; philosophy, ethics; comparative religion; the history, criticism, and theory of the arts; and those aspects of the social sciences which share the content and methods of humanistic disciplines. The Foundation welcomes projects that cross the boundaries between humanistic disciplines and explore the connection between the humanities and other areas of scholarship.
The Humanities Program is primarily directed to institutions of higher education and humanistic enterprises such as learned societies, museums, and major editorial projects. The program may also consider, on a selective basis, projects that increase the exposure of those outside these institutions to the humanistic experience or that strengthen preparation for the humanistic disciplines in secondary education.

NSF - High-Risk Research in Anthropology [62697]
Snyopsis: The sponsor offers small awards that provide investigators with the opportunity to assess the feasability of an anthropological research project. The maximum award is $25,000, with a duration of one year.
Objectives: This program is designed to permit the submission of high-risk, exploratory proposals that can lead to significant new anthropological knowledge. In an effort to insure that both risky projects and projects that require a rapid decision have a possibility of success the sponsor offers three Anthropology Programs (Archaeology, Cultural Anthropology and Physical Anthropology) through which these may obtain funding. Projects which face severe time constraints because of transient phenomena or access to materials may also be considered.

Kress (Samuel H.) Foundation - Practice of Art History and Conservation Grants [62892]
Synopsis: Funding is provided to improve and refine the practice of art history and conservation, the sponsor offers grants that develop and utilize the skills and experience of trained professionals.
Objectives: Emphasis is placed on two program areas:
ESSENTIAL RESOURCES: Grants that support the means by which specialized knowledge is created and disseminated, including publications, archives, photography, documentation, databases, catalogues, technical and scientific studies and other materials that relate to art historical research and art conservation.
SHARING EXPERTISE: Grants for activities that permit art historians and conservators to share their expertise through international exchanges, professional meetings, conferences, symposia, consultations, the presentation of research, and other structured event.

Playboy Foundation Funded Films Grants Program [63601]
Synopsis: The sponsor awards post-production grants, ranging from $1,000 to $5,000, to social change documentary films and videos.
Objectives: The sponsor awards grants for post-production and distribution to a range of social change documentary films and videos. Grants are limited to documentary film and video in the post-production phase.

McCormick Tribune Foundation - Journalism Program [65942]
Deadline note:  The sponsor will consider grant requests at any time during the year. However, most journalism grants are awarded by the Board of Directors in September of each year. To be considered for approval at the September meeting, grant seekers should submit letters of inquiry no later than May 1 of the previous year.
Synopsis: Support is provided to nonprofit organizations in the interests of four priority areas: news leadership, youth media, free speech and journalism education.
Objectives: The sponsor supports selected programs in several priority areas:
News Leadership: To promote the development of effective and farsighted leadership in news organizations, the foundation supports and conducts programs that: increase understanding of changes affecting news business, audiences and technology; promote diversity of staffing and content in the news media; and improve leaders' understanding and commitment to core news values.
Youth Media: To promote the development of future generations of journalists, the foundation supports and conducts programs that: strengthen high school journalism and nurture future journalists; encourage teen inquiry, civic engagement and expression; and
increase young people’s awareness of the First Amendment.
Free Speech: To promote freedom of expression and the vital importance of all news media in a free society, the foundation supports and conducts programs that: monitor and protest abuses against journalists; examine restrictive laws, rulings and regulations; and strengthen public support for the First Amendment.
Journalism Education: To strengthen the quality and depth of journalism, the foundation supports and conducts programs that: strengthen journalism training at the collegiate level; increase understanding between the military and the media and improve coverage of national security; and strengthen specialized reporting in a variety of topics essential to the functioning of democracy. 

Rubin (Shelley and Donald) Foundation [68514]
Synopsis: The sponsor provides support for innovative efforts to transform society's institutions, thereby making them more responsible, and to empower individuals to develop their full potential.
Objectives: The sponsor is primarily interested in supporting the inclusion of art from non-Western European cultures into the mainstream of scholarship and display. In addition, the sponsor is interested in the study of the relationship between art, culture and humanity. In particular, the sponsor's interest is the collection, care, preservation, study and public display of the ancient art of the Himalayas, with the related goal of exploring the relationships between this art and that of other cultures.
In addition, the sponsor supports research, action and other projects designed to reveal and understand barriers to the full access of all people to American society and the larger international community. Areas of particular interest include, but are not limited to: access to health care; AIDS and its effects on society's institutions; the celebration of ethnic and cultural diversity which simultaneously encourages inter-group understanding; and cultural and arts programs which encourage individual and community identity.
Art related projects eligible for funding most often fall within the areas of enhancing the sponsor's web site, tibetart.org; preserving Himalayan art; supporting educational activities reaching a broad constituency; supporting Himalayan art and architecture restoration projects as well as traveling exhibits bringing Himalayan art to new audiences.
Projects in other areas which are most often funded are those which in themselves serve as catalysts for social change, addressing emerging problems as well as better known, long-standing problems in new ways. Projects should offer recommendations that raise the level of current or future debate and develop a methodology which is replicable by other organizations.
On a limited basis, programs eligible for funding may also include evaluation, technical assistance, and demonstration on projects leading to the development of innovative models. Some examples of technical assistance of interest to the sponsor are the establishment of Web Sites, the development of Web/TV productions and related outreach activities.

Sundance Institute - Sundance Documentary Fund [70712]
Synopsis: This program makes grants in support of U.S. and international documentary films for cinematic feature documentaries that focus on contemporary human rights and social justice issues.
Objectives: The Sundance Institute Documentary Fund is a key program of the Documentary Film Program, dedicated to supporting U.S. and international documentary films that focus on current human rights issues, freedom of expression, social justice, civil liberties, and exploring critical issues of our time. The Documentary Fund now considers projects in four categories—Development, Production and Post-Production, Engagement (for previous grantees only) and Impact (by invitation only). Proposals are evaluated on artful storytelling, stylistic innovation, subject relevance and potential for social engagement.

Knight (John S. and James L.) Foundation - Journalism [73837]
Synopsis: The sponsor provides support to nonprofit journalism institutions to advance jour