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Federation of State Humanities Councils
The federation advocates for increased investment in and engagement with the national network of humanities councils. We support, connect, and amplify the work and voices of our members, demonstrating councils' value for communities and their collective impact on civic health and cultural vibrancy.
- $14M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 71
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $13M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $200,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 49
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 55
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.0M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations Federation of State Humanities Councils funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $27k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 54 | $12M | 4% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $138k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $12k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 43 | $1.8M | 5% |
| FY2019 | 46 | $1.5M | 7% |
| FY2017 | 49 | $1.6M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities | $391,315 | 4 | 2% |
| Rhode Island Council for the Humanities | $381,043 | 4 | 26% |
| Mississippi Humanities Council Inc | $380,250 | 4 | 3% |
| Vermont Humanities Council | $376,686 | 5 | 14% |
| Pennsylvania Humanities Council | $375,394 | 5 | 8% |
| Arizona Humanities Council Inc | $372,942 | 5 | 4% |
| Humanities Washington | $370,486 | 4 | 3% |
| Wyoming Humanities Council | $370,486 | 4 | 20% |
| California Humanities | $370,486 | 4 | 1% |
| Kentucky Humanities Council Inc | $367,793 | 4 | 3% |
Show all 57 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
Federation of State Humanities Councils supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 51 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: The Academy of American Poets Inc · The Andrew W Mellon Foundation · Network for Good · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
Compare Federation of State Humanities Councils with peer funders
About Federation of State Humanities Councils
- How much does Federation of State Humanities Councils give?
- Federation of State Humanities Councils reported 71 itemized grants totaling $12,631,250, out of $13,870,254 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 49 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Federation of State Humanities Councils fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Public Benefit (57%), Arts & Culture (43%), Philanthropy (1%).
- Who are Federation of State Humanities Councils's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities ($391k), Rhode Island Council for the Humanities ($381k), Mississippi Humanities Council Inc ($380k).
- Does Federation of State Humanities Councils fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Federation of State Humanities Councils?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Academy of American Poets Inc, The Andrew W Mellon Foundation, Network for Good.
- Where is Federation of State Humanities Councils based?
- Federation of State Humanities Councils is based in VA.
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