Opportunity Grants | Major Grants | Challenge Grants
Local Affiliate Grants | Scholar Research Grants |
We the People Initiative
OHC grants encourage cultural programming on the local level across the state. Eligible projects must support the OHC mission—to promote meaningful public engagement with the humanities—and may be structured in a variety of ways: conferences, lectures, panel discussions, websites, audio or video productions, exhibitions, field trips, etc.
Limited support is also available for projects that may not have a direct public component, but demonstrate an obvious benefit to the citizens of Oklahoma, such as teacher institutes, planning for humanities projects, and scholar research.
For more information or to discuss the eligibility of your project, contact:
David Pettyjohn
Director of Programs.
Opportunity Grants – Award Level: Up to $1,000
Deadline: Applications are due 40 days before your program begins.
Application Form/Guidelines
Major Grants – Award Level: Up to $8,500
Maximum outright award is $5,000; may be increased by $3,500 with the Gifts and Match program. Applicants must allow at least 90 days between the final application deadline and the date of the proposed program or presentation.
Spring Deadline: Draft, March 1 – Final, April 1
Fall Deadline: Draft, August 1 – Final, September 1
Guidelines | Application Instructions | Application Form
Challenge Grants – Award Level: Up to $15,000
Offers matching funds only, on a dollar-for-dollar basis, for gifts raised from eligible third-party donors. Applicants must allow at least 90 days between the final application deadline and the date of the proposed program or presentation.
Spring Deadline: Draft, March 1 – Final, April 1
Fall Deadline: Draft, August 1 – Final, September 1
Guidelines | Application Instructions | Application Form
Local Affiliate Grants – Award Level: Up to $3,000
Enables small organizations to plan a series of humanities projects to provide continuity in local programming and promote awareness of OHC and its mission. Grant is renewable for up to 3 years. Applicants must allow at least 90 days between the final application deadline and the date of the proposed program or presentation.
Spring Deadline: Draft, March 1 – Final, April 1
Fall Deadline: Draft, August 1 – Final, September 1
Guidelines | Application Instructions | Application Form
Scholar Research Grants – Award Level: $500-$1,000
Awarded to scholars who are residents of Oklahoma or are employed in Oklahoma, including independent scholars with or without academic affiliations. Up to 12 grants of $500 each are awarded annually. Up to 3 grants of $1,000 each are awarded annually to scholars associated with universities or colleges that have received few OHC research grants within the past 10 years.
Deadline: December 1
Application Form/Guidelines
We the People Initiative – Award Level: Up to $15,000
We the People is a wide-ranging initiative funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities that seeks to “explore significant events and themes in American history and culture, and to advance the knowledge of the principles that define America.” OHC will award grants to organizations whose programs correspond to the We the People guidelines. Funding is limited. Further explanation of the initiative is available at: www.wethepeople.gov.