Sponsorships
CT Humanities provided Sponsorships between March 2022-June 2024. Sponsorships were intended to fund activities that aligned with CTH’s mission and strategic goals and objectives, with the intent of providing visibility and access to strategic audiences that were not being served by CTH through its normal grantmaking and other initiatives. CTH provided funding up to $2,000 for an organization’s event in return for marketing visibility and exposure.
Due to budget constraints, CTH decided to no longer offer Sponsorships in FY2025 (July 2024 – June 2025).
CT Summer at the Museum
CT Humanities is honored to have partnered with the CT Office of the Arts to administer the CT Museums – Kids Are Free Summer Grant program which then became Connecticut Summer at the Museum – Free Admission for Kids.
The Department of Economic and Community Development, in partnership with the Office of the Governor, Connecticut State Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, and CT Humanities, delivered these financially accessible summer enrichment opportunities to families and children of all ages using funding provided through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA).
The grant providing funding to Connecticut museums to help them to provide free admission to Connecticut children and one accompanying adult between July 1 and Labor Day. This program ran from 2021 through 2023.
COVID Relief Fund for CT Musuems
CT Humanities provided $1.5 million in grants to help larger non-profit museums and humanities organizations recover from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID Relief Fund for Museums grants were operating support grants for larger museums and other 501c3 nonprofit organizations that provide humanities-based projects and activities for the general public (i.e., museums, historic houses, historical societies, cultural centers, and other types of non-profit organizations that offer activities like interpretive exhibitions, discussion-based public programs, or walking tours to the general public).
Funding was made available to larger organizations with full-time staff and annual operating budgets of at least $450,000, with priority given to those with annual operating budgets of $500,000 or more.
The grants were administered by CT Humanities, with funding provided by the Connecticut State Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD)/Connecticut Office of the Arts (COA) with funding allocated to the State of Connecticut through the CARES Act.
CT Humanities Cultural Relief Grants
CT Humanities and the Connecticut Office of the Arts partnered to offer relief funding to cultural organizations that continued to provide arts and humanities programs and services while facing financial hardship resulting from COVID-19. These organizations demonstrated their commitment to advancing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) work in their mission and operations, and commitment to the Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) community.
Connecticut Humanities re-granted a total of $85,000 to cultural organizations across Connecticut. Each grant award was $5,000 and could be used for general operating expenses with no funding match.
CARES Act Humanities Relief Grants
Connecticut Humanities is honored to have provided rapid-response funding to nonprofit humanities and cultural organizations facing financial hardship resulting from COVID-19 with grants funded by the CARES Act via the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Connecticut Humanities re-granted a total of $478,467 in CARES Act funding to 70 organizations. Grant awards ranged from $2,500 to $20,000 and no match was required (maximum amount of funding was based upon an organization’s budget size). Grants were used for general operating expenses such as salaries, rent, utilities, supplies, and equipment.
Constitution of 1818 Grants
1818 Commemoration Quick Grants were small, implementation grants for projects that examined the Connecticut Constitution of 1818 and contextualized its lasting impact on our state.
These grants were able to be used to support a wide range of community-oriented programs that explored and commemorated the 200th anniversary of the Constitutional Convention of 1818.
SHARP Grants
CT Humanities (CTH) SHARP (Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan) Capacity Grants were designed to assist humanities organizations and other cultural institutions respond to and recover from the coronavirus pandemic and improve their ability to thrive and serve their communities now and in the future.
