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Opportunity Summary:

Programming Grants to Accompany NEH on the Road Exhibitions is a discretionary grant opportunity from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) designed to help host organizations build strong public humanities programming around an NEH on the Road traveling exhibition. The central purpose is not to fund the exhibition itself, but to support the extra, locally tailored activities that help communities engage more deeply with the exhibition's themes and historical or cultural questions. These add-on programs are meant to broaden public participation, provide context, and create multiple ways for general audiences to connect with humanities content while the traveling exhibition is on site.

The grant supports a wide range of public-facing formats, with a clear emphasis on accessible programming for non-specialists. Typical activities include lectures and speaker series, reading and discussion programs, film screenings paired with guided discussions, and Chautauqua-style presentations led by scholars. It can also cover family-oriented programs, interpretive tours of the exhibition, and other outreach approaches that fit the exhibition topic and the interests of the host community. The overarching expectation is that the programming will reach the general public and provide meaningful humanities interpretation, rather than serving only academic audiences.

Eligibility is limited and tied directly to the NEH on the Road tour schedule. An applicant institution may apply only if it is a nonprofit organization with IRS tax-exempt status and has already secured a confirmed booking for an NEH on the Road exhibition through Mid-America Arts Alliance, the organization that manages bookings for the tour. In practice, this means the grant is intended for exhibition host sites that can demonstrate they will actually be presenting the traveling show and are prepared to run complementary public programs during the exhibition period.

The opportunity is listed under the Humanities funding activity category, associated with CFDA (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance) number 45.164, Promotion of the Humanities - Public Programs. The funding instrument type is a grant, and the opportunity category is discretionary. Importantly, the listing indicates there is no cost sharing or matching requirement, which can reduce barriers for smaller nonprofits that want to offer strong public programming but have limited fundraising capacity.

The award ceiling shown in the source data is $1,000, with an award floor of $0, signaling that awards are small and meant to cover modest program costs rather than large-scale production budgets. The posting and creation dates are January 2, 2013, and the application closing date is December 31, 2013, with an archive date of January 30, 2014. While these dates indicate the particular notice is historical, they also reflect how the program was structured: a rolling or extended window tied to exhibition scheduling, with eligibility dependent on confirmed bookings.

For applicants needing help accessing the full announcement or guidance on the program, the contact is NEH's Division of Public Programs. The listed contact information includes the NEH address at 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20506, phone number 202-606-8269, and the email publicpgms@neh.gov. The opportunity also provides an additional information link pointing to the NEH grants page for programming grants associated with NEH on the Road exhibitions.

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