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We are excited to welcome Meghan Dudle to the WH team!   Meghan is Wisconsin Humanities’ Director of Grants and Outreach, and she’s excited to get to know you!   Hi, My name is Meghan! It’s been an exciting couple of weeks in my new role as Director of Grants and Outreach! When I was… Read more »

Open year-round, 24 hours a day, the exhibit provides a glimpse of the Ho-Chunk families registered in the area in 1832   “The intention was to put this house into perspective, because it had far-reaching implications,” explained Adam Novey, who initiated the effort to design a new exhibit on the grounds of the Historic Indian… Read more »

In 2021, American Players Theatre received a Major Grant for a project called “The Words Between Us.” This week-long residency in four rural high school classrooms reached over 300 students.   This program made me excited to come to school in a way that I haven’t felt since before COVID. – High school student participant… Read more »

Wisconsin Humanities has been giving grants in support of local efforts to celebrate and explore our histories and cultures for 50 years! Over those decades, there have been projects in every corner of the state, serving rural and urban communities, and making Wisconsin a better place for all of us to live. It’s always exciting… Read more »

We’re celebrating 50 years of Wisconsin Humanities! LEARN ABOUT OUR 50 YEAR HISTORY ➔ Since our organization’s founding as an independent nonprofit in 1972, Wisconsin Humanities has worked in every corner of the state to explore what it means to be human, to be part of a democracy, and to strengthen each of our communities…. Read more »

In 2021, we awarded 99 organizations a total of $800,000. This diverse group of organizations enriches our state’s cultural landscape today and into the future.   In November 2021, forty-seven nonprofit organizations across Wisconsin — including libraries, civic and cultural groups, and historical societies — were awarded Wisconsin Humanities Recovery Grants to help the state prevent, prepare for,… Read more »

Seventeen organizations just got over $106,000 in Mini and Major Grant awards!   Below is a list of the projects that received funding this fall. We are so excited to share! Every year, Wisconsin Humanities’ regular Mini and Major grants support humanities-based activities and diverse organizations that help enrich the state’s cultural landscape. Your project… Read more »

We are excited to announce the organizations who are receiving a total of nearly $12,000!   We have seven regular grant rounds in every typical year. Our regular Mini and Major grant program supports projects designed by communities and organizations around the state. These are projects that: reflect the interests or needs of a community…. Read more »

Big News! All across the state, 52 different historical societies, museums, libraries, and other nonprofits have been awarded Wisconsin Humanities Recovery Grant funds! These are funds to help Wisconsinites prevent, prepare for, respond to, and recover from the pandemic. The awards represent the first round of funds provided to Wisconsin Humanities by the National Endowment… Read more »

This year we will be giving more money in grants than we ever have in our nearly 50-year history. Funding for the upcoming additional grants, called Wisconsin Humanities Recovery Grants, is provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. In a typical year, we are proud to make… Read more »

Maya Angelou once said, “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” Rachel Monaco-Wilcox understands this. She walks with people on a path that requires courage and strength…a path that reveals incredible beauty. We met Rachel when she was starting Untold Stories – an innovative writing and art-making workshop for survivors of human… Read more »

Despite the challenges of planning public programs in an uncertain future and the realities of life during the pandemic, organizations around the state have impressed us with their creativity, innovation, and commitment to using humanistic approaches to serve their audiences. We are proud to announce that in February 2021, Wisconsin Humanities awarded $83,915 in Mini… Read more »