In FY24, Partnership Grants will only be available to organizations invited to apply.

Partnership Grants support Connecticut organizations and their projects in areas currently not served by CT Humanities and which have a strategic statewide, regional, or national impact in the humanities for the public.

Successful partnerships will address topics in areas including (but not limited to):  

• Improving the capacity of Connecticut museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations to bring the humanities to the public and their communities; 
• Supporting K-12 educators in teaching CT social studies and humanities topics in ways that connect to CT State Standards and CT museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations’ collections; 
• Presenting a more inclusive, diverse, and equitable Connecticut story by connecting to local communities, organizations, and collections; 
• Integrating and/or providing content across organizations, platforms, communities, etc. to improve/increase public access to the humanities;

Through Partnership funding, CTH seeks to create a collaborative relationship with grantees that will result in resource sharing, co-creation, or co-direction of content. Successful grantees will join CTH’s other Funded Partners in working to craft a coherent vision and compelling case for the humanities in Connecticut and will produce tangible, measurable goals and objectives aligned with the funding priorities, mission, and strategic plan of CT Humanities. 

Recently funded CTH Partnerships include:

• Connecticut League of History Organizations: Support to improve capacity to serve Connecticut’s museum ecosystem through expanding staff, strategic planning, direct services to museums, expanding digital infrastructure through the Connecticut Collections project, and outreach to the broader museum community.
• Connecticut Heritage Foundation: Funding for Conservation Connection to run a Collections Assessment Grant program to provide small and mid-sized museums with a free assessment of their museum or archive collections.
• Connecticut Democracy Center: Support to the CT Council for the Social Studies (CCSS), in coordination with the CT Democracy Center, to create social studies standards, offer professional development, provide funding for sustainable partnerships between cultural institutions and schools, and modernize the web presence for CCSS
• Connecticut Historical Society: Increase capacity for the CT Cultural Heritage Arts Program (CCHAP) to serve diverse cultural communities throughout the state through increased community-informed consultation, in-depth cultural instruction within communities, community-led projects and collaboration, and open access to a growing catalog of digital assets through CCHAP.

To view our full list of current Funded Partnership Grants, click here.

Please read the Partnership Grant guidelines before applying. The Partnership Grant guidelines detail eligibility requirements, eligible expenses, grant duration, and more. 

View Grant Guidelines

Organizations must be invited to apply for an FY24 Partnership Grant, at which point you will receive instructions on how to apply.

CT Humanities seeks to fund projects with significant humanities scholarship and content that explores topics and stories in an inclusive, diverse, and equitable manner. You can find more information about our funding priorities here.

In addition, Funded Partnership Grants must produce tangible, measurable goals and objectives aligned with the mission and strategic plan of CT Humanities. You can find more information about our mission and strategic plan here.

Interested applicants must email CTH by September 15, 2022 to apply. Email Lian Partridge at lpartridge@cthumanities.org with your Partnership idea.

Application Deadline: October 6, 2023 by 11:59 p.m.

Award Notification: October 31, 2023

Grant Period: 9 months