| I've got good news to share after a WH board meeting that lifted my heart.
We are about 7 months past the termination and later partial (40%) reinstatement of our 2025 federal funding. Wisconsin Humanities has survived thanks to your support and the cautious use of our remaining federal dollars as we wait to see if Congress awards us any funding in 2026.
But even with the limbo of a government shutdown, we are doing more than surviving!
Wisconsin Humanities was created to help you and all the people of this state be engaged and knowledgeable participants in our democracy. We will always strive to continue that work no matter what the obstacles. That thought lifts my heart every day.
I'm thrilled to announce that even if the federal government does not give us another penny in 2026, the WH board decided that because serving you and the rest of our statewide community always comes first, with your support we will stretch the resources we have today (and hope to add to) to:
- Open one grant round, awarding $68,000 (our total annual Wisconsin state funding)
- Pilot a new income-generating model of our Community Powered training program to reach even more people statewide
- Prepare to launch our Community Powered Tribal Health Initiative (and launch it if federal funding returns, which we can't do without despite the generous grant we received from the UW School of Medicine and Public Health)
- Partner with the Wisconsin Arts Board for a special America's 250th folklife project thanks to a grant from the Smithsonian
Continue to produce two episodes every month of Human Powered podcast, bringing you into the conversation with some of our state's most dynamic public humanities practitioners
- Hold more Listening Sessions, bringing wonderful people like you together to talk about your communities' strengths and to find opportunities make Wisconsin the place we all want to live!
THANK YOU for you moral support, your financial support, and your commitment to ensuring that the beliefs, cultures, and humanity of all Wisconsinites are nurtured and respected.
Dena
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