<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; caret-color: rgb(84, 84, 84); font-family: TiemposHeadline, Helvetica, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; letter-spacing: 0.5px;" class="">Please share with others who may be eligible.</p><div class="">Thanks,</div><div class="">-Janet Webster</div><div class="">Past chair, Oregon Humanities</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; caret-color: rgb(84, 84, 84); font-family: TiemposHeadline, Helvetica, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; letter-spacing: 0.5px;" class="">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 <a href="https://www.neh.gov/news/neh-receives-75-million-distribute-cultural-institutions-affected-coronavirus" style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">National Endowment for the Humanities</a>.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; caret-color: rgb(84, 84, 84); font-family: TiemposHeadline, Helvetica, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; letter-spacing: 0.5px;" class="">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 <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/proclamation-declaring-national-emergency-concerning-novel-coronavirus-disease-covid-19-outbreak/" style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">COVID-19 National Emergency</a> and <a href="https://www.oregon.gov/newsroom/Pages/NewsDetail.aspx?newsid=36240" style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Oregon’s “Stay Home, Save Lives” executive order</a>. Grants will be distributed in sums of <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">$5,000</strong>, <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">$7,500</strong>, and<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">$10,000</strong> based on organizational budget size. Grant funds are to support operations and programming costs associated with an organization's cultural/humanities programming.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; caret-color: rgb(84, 84, 84); font-family: TiemposHeadline, Helvetica, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; letter-spacing: 0.5px;" class="">The priority review deadline for applications is 11:59 p.m. PDT, <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Sunday, May 10, 2020</strong>. 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.</p><div class=""><a href="http://oregonhumanities.org/programs/public-program-grants/covid-19-emergency-funds/" class="">http://oregonhumanities.org/programs/public-program-grants/covid-19-emergency-funds/</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></body></html>