CHALLENGE GRANT AWARDS
Office of Challenge Grants
Announced: December 2005

Note: NEH funds are offered to match the indicated amount of nonfederal donations. The total represents the full support for the humanities generated by the challenge grant.

Cornell University
Ithaca, New York

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

To support construction of a study center in the university's Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art and endowment for educational programming and salary for a half-time education coordinator.

Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute
Nicosia, Cyprus

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

To support the construction of a library addition to an American overseas research center and endowment for operating expenses for the new facility, including a librarian's salary, as well as bridge funding and development costs.

Fredericksburg Area Museum and Cultural Center, Inc.
Fredericksburg, Virginia

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

To support an endowment for staff coordinators for school and public programs, as well as website development and stipends for humanities scholars.

Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland

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

To support an endowment for a librarian, acquisitions, and cataloguing in support of the Stulman Jewish Studies program.

Levine Museum of the New South
Charlotte, North Carolina

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

To support an endowment for research on post-Civil War Southern history and expanded community outreach through humanities programming.

Mark Twain House
Hartford, Connecticut

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

To support an endowment and bridge funding for teacher development programs, a writing contest for high school students, and an educational website.

New York Public Library
New York, New York

NEH: $530,000
Nonfederal: $2,120,000
Total: $2,650,000

To support an endowment for staff positions in the library's Manuscripts and Archives Division.

South Dakota Humanities Council
Brookings, South Dakota

NEH: $ 70,000
Nonfederal: $ 280,000
Total: $ 350,000

To support an endowment for humanities programming in the new South Dakota Center for the Book.

Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, Pennsylvania

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

To support an endowment for faculty positions in the teaching of Modern Standard Arabic.

University of Kentucky Research Foundation
Lexington, Kentucky

NEH: $220,000
Nonfederal: $880,000
Total: $1,100,000

To support an endowment and bridge funding for programs and an endowment for a faculty chair whose holder will serve as director of a center for the humanities.

Vermont Humanities Council
Montpelier, Vermont

NEH: $200,000
Nonfederal: $ 600,000
Total: $ 800,000

To support the purchase and renovation of a new facility for the Vermont Humanities Council, and endowment for programs.