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. Internet, www.neh.gov. E-mail, info@neh.gov.

Chairman Bruce Cole

Deputy Chairman Lynne Munson

Senior Adviser Anne Radice

Senior Counselor to the Chairman Cherie Harder

Special Assistant to the Chairman Andrew Hazlett

Assistant Chairman for Planning and Jeff Thomas

Operations

Assistant Chairman for Partnership Carole Watson

and National Affairs

Assistant Chairman for Programs Howard Dickman

Director, We the People Program Richard Fonte

Director, Communications Erik Lokkesmoe

General Counsel Daniel Schneider

Inspector General Sheldon Bernstein

Administrative Services Officer Barry Maynes

Chief Information Officer Brett Bobley

Director, Division of Education Michael Poliakoff

Programs

Director, Division of Thomas Mallon

Preservation and Access

Director, Division of Public Nancy Rogers

Programs

Director, Division of Research Kenneth Kolson, Acting

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 Mary Lou Beatty

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 grantsto 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 long-term support for educational, scholarly, preservation,and public programs...