Humanities, Cultural Studies & Social Services

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Listed in Ascending Order of External Due Dates

(i.e. if it’s listed first, it’s due to the sponsor sooner)

Funding Source: Samuel H. Kress Foundation invites LOIs for scholarly European art projects

Amount: $5,000 to $45,000 and conservation projects range from $10,000 to $100,000

Key Deadline: If you submitted and LOI on 03/01/2026 then your grant applications is due on 04/01/2026 & LOI’s submitted on 8/15 have grant submissions dates of 09/01/2026

Details/Guidelines/Instructions: History of Art Grants | Samuel H. Kress Foundation

Brief Overview: Grants will be awarded in support of projects, including those incorporating the use of digital methodologies and tools that create and disseminate specialized knowledge, such as archival projects, development and dissemination of scholarly databases, documentation projects, museum exhibitions and publications, photographic campaigns, scholarly catalogues and publications, and technical and scientific studies. The program also supports activities that permit art historians to share their expertise through international exchanges, professional meetings, conferences, symposia, consultations, presentations of research, and other professional events.

   

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Funding Source: Chime Scholars Foundation invites scholarship applications

Amount: $20,000

Key Deadline: 03/31/2026

Details/Guidelines/Instructions: Chime Scholars Foundation | Chime

Brief Overview: Chime, a leading consumer financial technology company, has announced that Chime Scholars Foundation (CSF) has opened applications for the 2026-27 academic year. Aspiring scholars can apply for scholarships of up to $20,000 toward their education, paving the way for greater career opportunities and higher earnings. The scholarship program is open to students of all backgrounds and stages of life, and it supports a wide range of educational pathways, including traditional college degrees, apprenticeships, trade schools, and technical certifications.

 

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Funding Source: NEW JERSEY GREEN WORKFORCE TRAINING GRANT CHALLENGE PHASE 2

Amount: $500,000 and $800,000

Key Deadline: 04/20/2026 – (Applications due)

Details/Guidelines/Instructions: Application Details

Brief Overview: The Green Workforce Training Grant Challenge Phase 2 is a competitive funding opportunity that will award grants to implement workforce development training programs that bolster the green economy talent pipeline in the state with a particular focus on NJ’s Overburdened Communities. A total of $4 million is available for programs under this Grant Challenge through the Governor’s Council on the Green Economy. The minimum and maximum amounts for individual awards are set at $500,000 and $800,000, respectively. NJEDA anticipates making multiple awards in this grant challenge.

 

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Funding Source: Vilcek Foundation invites applications for grants to support nonprofits working with immigrants

Amount: varies

Key Deadline: 04/30/2026

Details/Guidelines/Instructions: Grants – Vilcek Foundation

Brief Overview:  The foundation invites applications for its grants program, which will award grants in support of nonprofit organizations based in the United States and U.S. territories that work with immigrant artists and communities and that promote diversity in the arts, sciences, education, or through the provision of social services. The foundation invests in organizations that take a creative approach to putting their mission into action and prioritize the development of unique projects and operations that effectively achieve meaningful goals. The ideal grant recipient creates outputs, provides services, or serves populations in an innovative way that sets them apart from other organizations.

 

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Funding Source: 826 National invites applications for 2026 Write to Thrive Fund grants

Amount: $20,000

Key Deadline: 07/21/2026

Details/Guidelines/Instructions: Write to Thrive Fund

Brief Overview:  826 National, which claims to have the country’s largest youth writing network, is expanding its writing-based approach to social-emotional learning and well-being through a first-of-its-kind literacy mental health fund. 826 National invites eligible youth-serving organizations—such as schools and out-of-school-time providers—to apply for $20,000 grants that provide access to 826 National’s writing and curriculum training, strengthening partners’ capacity to support young people’s creative expression and well-being.

 

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Funding Source: Lilly Endowment invites proposals for Exploring Christian Practices initiative

Amount: Up to $2.5 million

Key Deadline: 03/25/2026 (LOI), 05/18/26 (proposal)

Details/Guidelines/Instructions: exploring-practices-rfp-2026.pdf

Brief Overview:  The Lilly Endowment has announced the launch of its Exploring Christian Practices Initiative, which aims to multiply opportunities and increase access to settings that help individuals from a wide variety of backgrounds explore and engage in Christian practices to address their spiritual interests and questions, find and build community with others, nourish their religious lives and grow in faith. The Endowment anticipates awarding approximately 60 grants to charitable organizations that submit the most compelling proposals that demonstrate they have the imagination, commitment and capacity to design, implement and sustain high-quality programs.

 

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Funding Source: MacArthur Foundation awards $10 million to bolster culture, humanities

Amount: Up to $10 million

Key Deadline: Various

Details/Guidelines/Instructions: MacArthur Awards $10 Million to Strengthen the Humanities – MacArthur Foundation

Brief Overview: The awards include funding for programs and projects that explore human culture, thought, and experience through the study of history, language, art, philosophy, and religion. According to the foundation, the funding is in response to “mounting pressures facing the humanities, from assaults on academic freedom to the erasure of vital histories.”

 

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Funding Source: NSF Funds Linguistics Projects – Linguistics | PD 98-1311

Amount: Not listed in RFP

Key Deadline: 07/15/2026 & 01/15/2027

Details/Guidelines/Instructions: Application Details

Brief Overview: The Linguistics Program supports basic science in the domain of human language, encompassing investigations of the grammatical properties of individual human languages, and of natural language in general. Research areas include syntax, semantics, morphology, phonetics and phonology. The program encourages projects that are interdisciplinary in methodological or theoretical perspective. Because NSF’s mandate is to support basic research, the Linguistics Program does not fund research that takes as its primary goal improved clinical practice or applied policy, nor does it support work to develop or assess pedagogical methods or tools for language instruction.

 

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Funding Source: Cultural Anthropology Program Senior Research Awards (CA-SR) – NSF 25-502

Amount: Anticipated Funding is approx. $4,000,000, for all new and continuing awards combined – 30 – 40 anticipated awards

Key Deadline: 08/17/2026 & 01/15/2027

Details/Guidelines/Instructions: Application Details

Brief Overview: Supports research aimed at understanding patterns, causes and consequences of human social and cultural variation, including research that has implications for confronting anthropogenic problems.

 

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Funding Source: Creag Foundation Grant

Amount: Unspecified

Key Deadlines: Rolling

Details/Guidelines/Instructions: Grant Application – Creag Foundation

Brief Overview: Must submit an initial letter of inquiry. Previously funded uses of project funds include Education / Outreach, Project / Program, Capital Project, Research. The Creag Foundation is focused on innovation in the industry. We will consider proposals from 501(c)(3) organizations that are finding new ways to address societal issues facing the nonprofit community. Applicants must have held 501(c)(3) status for one year before submitting. If your organization has held 501(c)(3) status for over a year, and your believe that your organization has a new approach to an existing social problem or is addressing a previously unaddressed social issue, you are welcome to contact us and request that we consider your organization for a funding opportunity.

 

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Funding Source: Costco Wholesale Charitable Contributions Grant

Amount: Unspecified

Key Deadlines: Rolling

Eligibility: Must be a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, focusing on supporting children, education, and/or health and human services and Monetary requests only

Details/Guidelines/Instructions:

Brief Overview: Funds educational (Outreach, Project) programs. Costco Wholesale’s primary charitable efforts specifically focus on programs supporting children, education, and health and human services in the communities where we do business. Throughout the year we receive a large number of requests from nonprofit organizations striving to make a positive impact, and we are thankful to be able to provide support to a variety of organizations and causes. While we would like to respond favorably to all requests, understandably, the needs are far greater than our allocated resources and we are unable to accommodate them all.

 

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Funding Source: State Farm Good Neighbor Citizenship Company Grants

Amount: Unspecified

Key Deadlines: Rolling

Details/Guidelines/Instructions: Charitable funding or sponsorship request

Brief Overview: Funds the following types of grant mechanisms – community grants, safety grants, community development, education.

 

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Funding Source: Hearst Foundation: Culture Grant

Amount: $100,000 +

Key Deadlines: Rolling

Details/Guidelines/Instructions: Applying & Reporting – HearstFDN | Hearst Foundations

Brief Overview: The mission of the Hearst Foundations is to identify and fund outstanding nonprofits to ensure that people of all backgrounds in the United States can build healthy, productive and satisfying lives. Through its grantmaking, the Hearst Foundations support well-established nonprofit organizations that address significant issues within their major areas of focus—culture, education, health and social service—and that primarily serve large demographic and/or geographic constituencies. In each area of funding, the Foundations seek to identify those organizations achieving truly differentiated results relative to other organizations making similar efforts for similar populations. The Foundations also look for evidence of sustainability beyond their support.

 

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Funding Source: The Tony Robbins Foundation

Key Deadline: Rolling

Details/Guidelines/Instructions: Grants Request – The Tony Robbins Foundation

Brief Overview: The Tony Robbins Foundation is a nonprofit organization created to empower individuals and organizations to make a significant difference in the quality of life of people often forgotten. We’re dedicated to creating positive changes in the lives of youth, seniors, the hungry, homeless and the imprisoned population, all who need a boost envisioning a happier and deeply satisfying way of life. Our passionate staff, generous donors and caring group of international volunteers provide the vision, inspiration, and resources needed to empower these important members of our society.

 

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Funding Source: RDL Faculty and Staff Associates Program

Amount: Up to $30,000

Key Deadline: Applications are accepted on a rolling basis

Details/Guidelines/Instructions: RDL Faculty and Staff Associates Program

Brief Overview:  The RDL Faculty and Staff Associates Program empowers Rutgers faculty and staff to develop bold, interdisciplinary solutions to the complex challenges facing American democracy. Funding is available for selected proposals, which creates a unique opportunity to execute innovative projects with real-world impact.  Students are at the heart of the Rutgers Democracy Lab, so their incorporation into all project proposals is strongly encouraged.

 

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Funding Source: NSF 25-545: NSF STEM K-12 (STEM K-12)

Amount: $25,000 to $750,000 depending on the track and duration

Key Deadline: Rolling

Details/Guidelines/Instructions: Guidelines

Brief Overview: The NSF STEM K-12 program encourages multidisciplinary collaborations that bring together expertise and methodological approaches from various fields, including education research, social and behavioral sciences, implementation sciences, computer science, and all STEM disciplines. In addition, the program encourages partnerships that integrate perspectives from education research, education practice, and industry, as well as perspectives of learners and other critical stakeholders who would benefit from the work.  The program also welcomes quantitative, qualitative, mixed method approaches, and a range of research and/or development efforts across broad areas of scientific inquiry.