**With apologies for cross posting**
Does your organization have a comprehensive plan for lowering your carbon footprint, preparing for climate-related threats, or adhering to new state or local energy targets? Are you looking for a way to engage staff, board members, and your visitors in the process of planning for climate disruptions?
The National Endowment for the Humanities Office of Challenge Programs is now accepting applications for the Climate Smart Humanities Organizations grant program to support climate-informed strategic planning at humanities organizations such as museums, libraries, archives, historic sites, and colleges and universities.
This program offers up to $300,000 in federal matching funds (1:1 match required) to support comprehensive organizational assessments that lead to institutional climate action and/or adaptation plans. Primary assessment types include mitigation, which looks for ways to reduce an institution's impact on the environment, and adaptation, which looks for ways to protect an organization from climate impacts.
Projects should propose to undertake a range of assessment activities such as comprehensive energy audits, climate risk assessments, and/or carbon footprint calculation. These efforts should include institutional staff at all levels and may also rely upon outside consultants, experts, and community partners.
The result of the grant will be a climate smart strategic plan that establishes goals and prioritized actions to reduce the organization's impacts on the environment and/or vulnerability from extreme events, while supporting work in the humanities over the long term.
Eligible organizations can apply on behalf of their own institution or lead a community-based consortium of collaborating cultural organizations. All applicants must raise third-party, nonfederal funds in an equal amount to what is requested from NEH.
Want to learn more? Please see our program page here for more details and a pre-recorded webinar. Have questions? Contact us any time at challenge@neh.gov, or sign up to join a live Q&A session on August 1, 2023.
Snapshot:
• Up to $300,000 in NEH funds
• All projects require a 1:1 non-federal, third-party match (max. total project costs $600,000)
• Optional draft deadline of August 9, 2023
• Deadline: September 14, 2023
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Jessica Unger
Program Analyst
National Endowment for the Humanities
Washington DC
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