The Mississippi Humanities Council is committed to helping our communities to explore and share their history and culture by creating public humanities programs that encourage reflection, discussion, and civic participation. The Council offers a variety of grants to support public humanities lectures and panel discussions, historical and photographic exhibits, oral histories, the planning of larger projects, and the development of original productions in film and online content.
Who is eligible for our grants? Any entity constituted for nonprofit purposes. It is not necessary to be incorporated or have tax-exempt status, only that the organization is not a for-profit enterprise. Eligible entities include private nonprofit organizations; institutions of higher education; state, local and federally recognized Indian tribal governments; community and cultural organizations; educational and professional groups; museums; libraries; public agencies; and non-commercial radio and television stations.
We offer three different types of grants:
Minigrants
(up to $2,500) have no deadlines, though applications must be received at least four weeks before the program or proposed grant period begins.
Regular grants
($2,501-$10,000) have deadlines on May 1 and September 15. Programs and expenditures may not occur fewer than eight weeks after the deadline date.
Documentary film grants
(up to $15,000) have deadline on December 15. Programs and expenditures may not occur fewer than 10 weeks after the deadline date.