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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