Guides: Melissa's Storage Guide: Public Humanities Resources

Websites

Beyond the Professoriate
A community for graduate students and PhDs to connect with like-minded people and explore career options.
Guidelines for Evaluating Publicly Engaged Humanities Scholarship in Language and Literature Programs
Guidelines created by the MLA to help departments, institutions, and faculty members in languages and literatures value and assess public humanities work.
Humanities for All
A showcase of more than 1,500 examples of publicly engaged humanities work at colleges and universities across the United States from the National Humanities Alliance.
ImaginePhD
A free online career exploration and planning tool for PhD students and postdoctoral scholars in the humanities and social sciences.
Master's Program in the Engaged & Public Humanities (Georgetown)
Find information about Georgetown's Engaged & Public Humanities degree program.
MLA Connected Academics
An initiative of the MLA to help prepare doctoral students to use their humanistic training in a broader range of occupations.
National Humanities Alliance
A coalition of organizations dedicated to advancing humanities education, research, preservation, and public programs.
ReinventPhD (Georgetown)
Georgetown's initiatives to seek to expand intellectual discourse beyond the university, cultivating dialogues with public intellectuals and specialists in non-academic areas and expanding the curriculum with training in the methods, practices, and skills associated with the public humanities.

Grant Sources

Foundation Directory This link opens in a new window
Candid's Foundation Directory Online is a tool for finding potential funding sources for scholarships and non-profit projects. It is the foremost resource for finding information on philanthropic organizations, grants received, and organizations that receive them. Also available are the organization's IRS 990: Financial statements in the non-profit world. To learn how to use the databases use their YouTube tutorials or contact the Library.
Catalog of Nonprofit Literature This link opens in a new window
Covers information on domestic and international philanthropy and the nonprofit sector by identifying, indexing, and abstracting relevant books, articles, and non-print resources. From the Foundation Center.
Includes topics such as fundraising, proposal development, and revenue-generating activities. Also includes works related to charitable giving, including project reports, studies, and statistical analyses. Literature on all aspects of company-sponsored foundations and corporate giving is included, as are materials related to the nonprofit sector, its composition, administration, management, and voluntarism. Also covers publications that discuss the impact of government policies and funding upon the sector and the legal and tax implications of local, state, and federal regulation and legislation.
Pivot This link opens in a new window
Provides several services to the Research and Development community. The Funding Opportunities database contains more than 22,000 records, representing over 400,000 funding opportunities. The Funded Research enables members to research and track information on funding and award histories at leading research facilities around the world. Access and support provided through the Office of Sponsored Programs.

Grants.gov
A portal for identifying and applying for federal grant sources.
GuideStar
A searchable database of more than 620,000 nonprofit organizations in the United States. You will have to register to verify a nonprofit's legitimacy, learn whether a contribution will be tax deductible, or view a nonprofit's recent Forms 990.
Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
The IMLS advances, supports, and empowers America's museums, libraries, and related organizations through grantmaking, research, and policy development.
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
An independent federal agency that funds, promotes, and strengthens the creative capacity of our communities by providing all Americans with diverse opportunities for arts participation. Provides grants for organizations and individuals in the arts.
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
An independent federal agency that supports and promotes excellence in the humanities. Provides grants for cultural institutions and individual scholars.
National Historical Publications & Records Commission
The grant-making affiliate of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). Provides grants to promote the preservation and use of America's documentary heritage.
USA.gov for Nonprofits
Find information and services for nonprofits, including grants, loans, assistance, taxes, management and more.
Whiting Public Engagement Program
Provides fellowships and grants designed to celebrate and empower humanities faculty who embrace public engagement as part of the scholarly vocation.

Books for PH Guide

Staying with the Trouble: Making Kin in the Chthulucene by Donna J. Haraway
Call Number: Lau Stacks QL85 .H369 2016
Not for Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities by Martha C. Nussbaum
Call Number: Lau Stacks Stacks LC1011 .N88 2010 and Online
The Value of the Humanities by Helen Small
Call Number: Stacks AZ103 .S63 2013
The Work of Art in the World: Civic Agency and Public Humanities by Doris Sommer
Call Number: Lau Stacks NX180.S6 S623 2014