CHALLENGE GRANT AWARDS
Office of Challenge Grants
Announced: November 2003

Academy of Natural Sciences
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

NEH: $250,000
Nonfederal: $750,000
Total: $1,000,000

To support endowment for the Academy Fellow, a key humanities position in the Academy's library, and for humanities programming.

Ahtna Heritage Foundation*
Glennallen, Alaska

NEH: $30,000
Nonfederal: $30,000
Total: $60,000

To support endowment for part-time humanities staff, including tradition-bearers and humanities scholars, and for humanities educational programming.

American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Cambridge, Massachusetts

NEH: $600,000
Nonfederal: $1,800,000
Total: $2,400,000

To support endowment for a program of visiting scholars in the humanities and for lectures, conferences and special projects; and renovation of office facilities for visiting scholars.

Chicago Humanities Festival
Chicago, Illinois

NEH: $400,000
Nonfederal: $1,200,000
Total: $1,600,000

To support endowment for humanities programming and educational initiatives.

Chrysler Museum of Art
Norfolk, Virginia

NEH: $500,000
Nonfederal: $2,000,000
Total: $2,500,000

To support endowment for the position of Museum Conservator and conservation programs for the public; renovation of conservation facilities.

Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

NEH: $300,000
Nonfederal: $900,000
Total: $1,200,000

To support endowment for enhanced services for the preservation of humanities collections.

Copiah-Lincoln Junior College*
Wesson, Mississippi

NEH: $100,000
Nonfederal: $100,000
Total: $200,000

To support endowment to provide partial support for the educational director of the Natchez Literary and Cinema Celebration.

Fort Apache Heritage Foundation*
Fort Apache, Arizona

NEH: $100,000
Nonfederal: $100,000
Total: $200,000

To support endowment for oral history research, presentations by White Mountain Apache elders and cultural experts, and creation of exhibits relating to tribal and regional history.

Garnet Preservation Association*
Missoula, Montana

NEH: $60,000
Nonfederal: $60,000
Total: $120,000

To support endowment for seasonal staff salaries and training at the preserved ghost town of Garnet, Montana.

Greenbelt Museum*
Greenbelt, Maryland

NEH: $100,000
Nonfederal: $100,000
Total: $200,000

To support endowment for the position of Education Coordinator.

Georgia Historical Society
Savannah, Georgia

NEH: $750,000
Nonfederal: $2,250,000
Total: $3,000,000

To support endowment for a technical services librarian, humanities programming, and operating expenses.

Hanover Tavern Foundation*
Hanover, Virginia

NEH: $100,000
Nonfederal: $100,000
Total: $200,000

To support endowment for an education coordinator and humanities programs at the History Discovery Center.

Historic Northampton*
Northampton, Massachusetts

NEH: $100,000
Nonfederal: $100,000
Total: $200,000

To support endowment for the position of Education Coordinator.

History of Science Society
Gainesville, Florida

NEH: $125,000
Nonfederal: $500,000
Total: $625,000

To support endowment for a half-time bibliographer of the society's annual monograph and cumulative database, the Isis Current Bibliography.

Massachusetts Historical Society
Boston, Massachusetts

NEH: $400,000
Nonfederal: $1,600,000
Total: $2,000,000

To support endowment for a preservation librarian, contract preservation services, and conservation supplies.

McLean County Historical Society*
Bloomington, Illinois

NEH: $100,000
Nonfederal: $100,000
Total: $200,000

To support endowment for guest curators and support for research, publications, and lectures relating to exhibition themes.

Mississippi Department of Archives and History
Jackson, Mississippi

NEH: $450,000
Nonfederal: $1,350,000
Total: $1,800,000

To support endowment for educational programming and a Welty Scholar at the Eudora Welty House in Jackson, Mississippi.

New England Historic Genealogical Society
Boston, Massachusetts

NEH: $400,000
Nonfederal: $1,600,000
Total: $2,000,000

To support endowment for the technological infrastructure for a website that will serve as an electronic portal into the society's manuscript collections and research library.

Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture
Spokane, Washington

NEH: $500,000
Nonfederal: $1,500,000
Total: $2,000,000

To support endowment for two humanities positions, Director of Exhibits and Programs and Director of the U.S. Bank Center for Plateau Cultural Studies, as well as for a humanities advisory council.

Oberlin Heritage Center*
Oberlin, Ohio

NEH: $100,000
Nonfederal: $100,000
Total: $200,000

To support endowment to provide partial support for the position of museum education coordinator and for a local history symposium to be held every two years.

Philadelphia Museum of Art
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

NEH: $800,000
Nonfederal: $3,200,000
Total: $4,000,000

To support endowment for the position of Senior Curator of Education and for humanities programming.

Shady Side Rural Heritage Society*
Shady Side, Maryland

NEH: $100,000
Nonfederal: $100,000
Total: $200,000

To support endowment for a professional curator to research local history, develop humanities programs, and maintain collections for the society's Captain Salem Avery House Museum.

Shenandoah Shakespeare
Staunton, Virginia

NEH: $600,000
Nonfederal: $1,800,000
Total: $2,400,000

To support construction costs of the Shakespearean replica Blackfriars Playhouse, bridge funds, and an endowment for education staff.

St. John's University, Collegeville
Collegeville, Minnesota

NEH: $450,000
Nonfederal: $1,800,000
Total: $2,250,000

To support endowment for a curator's salary, acquisitions and collections development, and research activities in the Malta Study Center of the Hill Monastic Library.

University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California

NEH: $750,000
Nonfederal: $3,000,000
Total: $3,750,000

To support enhancement of storage facilities and climate controls for the Bancroft Collection of Western Americana and other special collections in the Bancroft Library.

University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Knoxville, Tennessee

NEH: $600,000
Nonfederal: $2,400,000
Total: $3,000,000

To support endowment for staff salaries, academic fellowships, and programming in a Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies.

University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

NEH: $300,000
Nonfederal: $1,200,000
Total: $1,500,000

To support endowment for faculty, graduate, and visiting researchers in the humanities at the Bill Holm Center for Northwest Coast Art, part of the Burke Museum.

* = awarded under a Special Initiative for Local History