National Endowment for the Humanities

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National Endowment for the Humanities

1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20506

Phone, 202-606-8400 or 800-634-1121 (toll free). TDD, 202-606-8282 or

866-372-2930 (toll free). Internet, www.neh.gov. E-mail, info@neh.gov.

Chairman Bruce Cole

Deputy Chairman Thomas Lindsay

Chief of Staff and Counselor to the Andrew Hazlett

Chairman

Assistant Chairman for Planning and Jeff Thomas

Operations

Assistant Chairman for Partnership Carole Watson

and National Affairs

Assistant Chairman for Programs Michael McDonald

Director, We the People Program Thomas Lindsay

Director, Communications Elissa Pruett

General Counsel Heather Gottry, Acting

Director, Congressional Affairs Brian Lee

Inspector General Sheldon Bernstein

Administrative Services Officer Barry Maynes

Chief Information Officer Brett Bobley

Director, Division of Education Wilsonia Cherry, Programs Acting

Director, Division of Ralph Canevali, Acting

Preservation and Access

Director, Division of Public Thomas Phelps, Acting

Programs

Director, Division of Research Adam Wolfson

Programs

Director, Federal/State Edythe Manza

Partnership

Director, Office of Challenge Stephen M. Ross

Grants

Director, Office of Human Timothy G. Connelly

Resources

Director, Office of Strategic Larry Myers

Planning

Director, Office of Grants Susan Daisey

Management

Director, Office of Public Noel Milan

Affairs

Director, Office of Publications (vacancy)

Equal Employment Opportunity Willie McGhee

Officer

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The National Endowment for the Humanities is an independent, grantmaking agency established by Congress in 1965 to support research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities.

According to the agency's authorizing legislation, the term

``humanities'' includes, but is not limited to, the study of the following: language, both modern and classical; linguistics; literature; history; jurisprudence; philosophy; archeology; comparative religion; ethics; the history, criticism, and theory of the arts; and those aspects of the social sciences that employ historical or philosophical approaches.

The Endowment makes grants to individuals, groups, or institutions--

schools, colleges, universities, museums, public television stations, libraries, public agencies, and nonprofit private groups to increase understanding and appreciation of the humanities.

Challenge Grants Nonprofit institutions interested in developing new sources of...