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. Email, info@neh.gov.

CHAIR Jim Leach

Deputy Chairman Michael McDonald, Acting

Chief of Staff (vacancy)

Assistant Chairman for Planning and Operations Jeff Thomas

Assistant Chair for Partnership and National Carole Watson

Affairs

Assistant Chairman for Programs Adam Wolfson

Director, White House and Congressional Affairs Jeremy Bernard

Director, We the People Program Michael McDonald, Acting

Director, Communications Noel Milan, Acting

General Counsel Michael McDonald

Inspector General Sheldon Bernstein

Director, Administrative Services Barry Maynes

Chief Information Officer Brett Bobley

Director, Division of Education Programs William Craig Rice

Director, Division of Preservation and Access Nadina Gardner

Director, Division of Public Programs Thomas Phelps

Director, Division of Research Programs Jane Aikin, Acting

Director, Office of Challenge Grants Stephen M. Ross

Director, Office of Digital Humanities Brett Bobley

Director, Federal/State Partnership Edythe Manza

Director, Office of Grant Management Susan Daisey

Director, Office of Human Resources Anthony Mitchell, Acting

Director, Office of Planning and Budget Larry Myers

Director, Office of Publications David Skinner

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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 long-term support for educational, scholarly, preservation...

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