[Libs-Or] CARES Act relief grants to cultural/humanities organizations

[Janet Webster]

Please share with others who may be eligible.

Thanks,
-Janet Webster
Past chair, Oregon Humanities

Oregon Humanities is one of fifty-six organizations receiving emergency relief funds through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, distributed to state humanities councils by the National Endowment for the Humanities <https://www.neh.gov/news/neh-receives-75-million-distribute-cultural-institutions-affected-coronavirus>.

Oregon Humanities will make $450,000 in grants for general operating or project/program support to nonprofit organizations and federally recognized tribes that have been financially impacted by the COVID-19 National Emergency <https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/proclamation-declaring-national-emergency-concerning-novel-coronavirus-disease-covid-19-outbreak/> and Oregon’s “Stay Home, Save Lives” executive order <https://www.oregon.gov/newsroom/Pages/NewsDetail.aspx?newsid=36240>. Grants will be distributed in sums of $5,000, $7,500, and$10,000 based on organizational budget size. Grant funds are to support operations and programming costs associated with an organization's cultural/humanities programming.

The priority review deadline for applications is 11:59 p.m. PDT, Sunday, May 10, 2020. Any funds still available after the May 10 priority deadline will be awarded on a rolling basis until funds run out. Applicants will be notified about the status of their application no later than June 1, 2020.

http://oregonhumanities.org/programs/public-program-grants/covid-19-emergency-funds/

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://omls.oregon.gov/pipermail/libs-or/attachments/20200501/4255c42a/attachment.html>