American Library Association

Humanities Grants for Libraries [the American Library Association (ALA) Requests $2,221,576 in Neh American Rescue Plan: Humanities Grantmaking Funding to Provide Libraries the Support They Need to Reaffirm and Strengthen Their Roles, Post-pandemic, as Vibrant Centers of Humanities Learning, Conversation, and Connection. With This Funding, Ala Plans to Distribute $2 Million in Subawards to 200 Public, Academic, School, Tribal, Prison, and Special Libraries, Serving a Broad Range of Communities Across the U.s.] [purpose: Emergency Relief for Libraries With Humanities Programming. Activities to Be Performed: Administration of a Grantmaking Program Comprised of 200 Subawards of $10,000. This Program Will Deliver Immediate Short-term Relief to Libraries Developing Humanities Programming and Recovering From the Pandemic. Expected Outcomes: Emergency Relief to 200 Humanities Organizations. Intended Beneficiaries: Public, Academic, School, Tribal, Prison, and Special Libraries, Especially Those in Rural And/or Historically Underserved Communities. Subrecipient Activities: Development of Programming That Will Enable Libraries to Resume and Strengthen Their Positions as Centers of Humanities Learning.]