The 56 humanities councils located in all U.S. states and jurisdictions support local humanities programs and events. The state humanities councils are funded in part by the federal government through NEH's Federal/State Partnership Office. They also receive funding from private donations, foundations, corporations, and, in some cases, state government.
Stories about the work of state humanities council are on the Federal/State Partnership page. Articles about the public humanities programming by state humanities councils appear in most issues of Humanities, as do articles about council executives. Bios of all the council executives are also available on this website. To find out more about the humanities councils near you, browse the alphabetical listing by state, below. Click for a printable contact list of all the state and jurisdictional humanities councils.
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Alabama
Alabama Humanities Foundation
1100 Ireland Way, Suite 101
Birmingham,AL 35205-7001
205.558.3980 / 205.558.3981 (fax)
www.alabamahumanities.org
Board chair: Jim Noles
Executive: Armand DeKeyser -
Alaska
Alaska Humanities Forum
161 East 1st Avenue, Door 15
Anchorage, AK 99501
907.272.5341 | 907.272.3979 (fax)
www.akhf.org
Board chair: Talis J. Colberg
Executive: Nina Kemmpel -
American Samoa
Amerika Samoa Humanities Council
P.O. Box 5800
Pago Pago, AS 96799
684.633.4870 / 684.633.4873 (fax)
www.ashcouncil.org
Board chair: Iuli Alexander Godinet
Executive: Niualama Taifane -
Arizona
Arizona Humanities Council
The Ellis-Shackelford House
1242 North Central Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85004
602.257.0335 / 602.257.0392 (fax)
www.azhumanities.org
Board chair: Thomas H. Wilson
Executive: Brenda M. Thomson -
Arkansas
Arkansas Humanities Council
407 President Clinton Avenue, #201
Little Rock, AR 72201
501.320.5761 / 501.537.4550 (fax)
www.arkhums.org
Board chair: Kris Katrosh
Executive: Paul S. Austin -
California
Cal Humanities
312 Sutter Street, Suite 601
San Francisco, CA 94108
415.391.1474 / 415.391.1312 (fax)
www.calhum.org
Board chair: Luis Herrera
Executive: Ralph Lewin -
Colorado
Colorado Humanities
7935 East Prentice Avenue, Suite 450
Greenwood Village, CO 80111
303.894.7951 / 303.864.9361 (fax)
www.coloradohumanities.org
Board chair: William Wei
Executive: Margaret A. Coval -
Connecticut
Connecticut Humanities
37 Broad Street
Middletown, CT 06457
860.685.2260 / 860.704.0429 (fax)
cthumanities.org
Board chair: Russell Blair
Executive: Stuart L. Parnes -
Delaware
Delaware Humanities Forum
100 West 10th Street, Suite 1009
Wilmington, DE 19801
302.657.0650 / 302.657.0655 (fax)
www.dhf.org
Board chair: Erik P. Rau
Executive: Marilyn Whittington -
District of Columbia
Humanities Council of Washington, DC
925 U Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
202.387.8393 / 202.387.8149 (fax)
www.wdchumanities.org
Board chair: Marianne Scott
Executive: Joy Ford Austin -
Florida
Florida Humanities Council
599 2nd Street S
St. Petersburg, FL 33701-5005
727.873.2000 / 727.873.2014 (fax)
www.flahum.org
Board chair: John Belohlavek
Executive: Janine Farver -
Georgia
Georgia Humanities Council
50 Hurt Plaza, SE, Suite 595
Atlanta, GA 30303-2915
404.523.6220 / 404.523.5702 (fax)
www.georgiahumanities.org
Board chair: Ruth Knox
Executive: Jamil Zainaldin -
Guam
Guam Humanities Council
222 Chalan Santo Papa
Reflection Center, Suite 106
Hagatna, Guam 96910
671.472.4460 / 671.646.2243 (fax)
www.guamhumanitiescouncil.org
Board chair: Joyce Crisostomo
Executive: Kimberlee Kihleng -
Hawai'i
Hawai'i Council for the Humanities
3599 Waialae Avenue, Room 25
Honolulu, HI 96816
808.732.5402 / 808.732.5432 (fax)
www.hihumanities.org
Board chair: Henry Halenani Gomes
Executive: Robert Buss -
Idaho
Idaho Humanities Council
217 West State Street
Boise, ID 83702
208.345.5346 / 208.345.5347
www.idahohumanities.org
Board chair: Katherine Aiken
Executive: Rick Ardinger -
Illinois
Illinois Humanities Council
17 North State Street, Suite 1400
Chicago, IL 60602-3296
312.422.5580 / 312.422.5588 (fax)
www.prairie.org
Board chair: Deborah Epstein
Executive: Kristina Valaitis -
Indiana
Indiana Humanities
1500 North Delaware Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202
317.638.1500 / 317.634.9503 (fax)
www.indianahumanities.org
Board chair: Mark Maassel
Executive: Keira Amstutz -
Iowa
Humanities Iowa100 Library Room 4039
Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1420
319.335.4153 / 319.335.4154 (fax)
www.humanitiesiowa.org
Board chair: Barb O’Hea
Executive: Christopher Rossi -
Kansas
Kansas Humanities Council
112 SW Sixth Avenue, Suite 210
Topeka, KS 66603
785.357.0359 / 785.357.1723 (fax)
www.kansashumanities.org
Board chair: Gene Merry
Executive: Julie Mulvihill -
Kentucky
Kentucky Humanities Council
206 East Maxwell Street
Lexington, KY 40508
859.257.5932 / 859.257.5933 (fax)
www.kyhumanities.org
Board chair: Aristofanes Cedeño
Executive: Virginia G. Carter -
Louisiana
Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities
938 Lafayette Street, Suite 300
New Orleans, LA 70113
504.523.4352 / 504.529.2358 (fax)
www.leh.org
Board chair: Kevin Kelly
Executive: Michael Sartisky -
Maine
Maine Humanities Council
674 Brighton Avenue
Portland, ME 04102-1012
207.773.5051 / 207.773.2416 (fax)
www.mainehumanities.org
Board chair: Thomas Lizotte
Executive: Hayden Anderson -
Maryland
Maryland Humanities Council
108 West Centre Street
Baltimore, MD 21201-4565
410.685.0095 | 410.771.0655 (fax)
www.mdhc.org
Board chair: David Phillips
Executive: Phoebe Stein Davis -
Massachusetts
Mass Humanities
66 Bridge Street
Northampton, MA 01060
413.584.8440 / 413.584.8454
www.masshumanities.org
Board chair: Susan Winston Leff
Executive: David Tebaldi -
Michigan
Michigan Humanities Council
119 Pere Marquette Drive, Suite 3B
Lansing, MI 48912-1270
517.372.7770 517.372.0027 (fax)
michiganhumanities.org
Board chair: Timothy Chester
Interim executive: Robbe DiPietro -
Minnesota
Minnesota Humanities Center
987 East Ivy Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55106
651.774.0105 / 651.774.0205 (fax)
www.minnesotahumanities.org
Board chair: Ann Glumac
Executive: David O'Fallon -
Mississippi
Mississippi Humanities Council
3825 Ridgewood Road, Room 311
Jackson, MS 39211
601.432.6752 / 601.432.6750 (fax)
www.mshumanities.org
Board chair: Pamela Pridgen
Executive: Barbara Carpenter -
Missouri
Missouri Humanities Council
543 Hanley Industrial Court, Suite 201
St. Louis, MO 63144
314.781.9660 / 314.781.9681 (fax)
www.mohumanities.org
Board chair: Eric Zahnd
Executive: Geoff Giglierano -
Montana
Humanities Montana
311 Brantly
Missoula, MT 59812-7848
406.243.6022 / 406.243.4836 (fax)
www.humanitiesmontana.org
Board chair: William Marcus
Executive: Ken Egan -
Nebraska
Nebraska Humanities Council
Lincoln Center Building, Suite 330
215 Centennial Mall South
Lincoln, NE 68508
402.474.2131 / 402.474.4852 (fax)
www.nebraskahumanities.org
Board chair: Sara Crook
Executive: Chris Sommerich -
Nevada
Nevada Humanities
1034 N. Sierra Street
Reno, NV 89507
775.784.6587 / 775.784.6527 (fax)
www.nevadahumanities.org
Board chair: Thomas F. Fay
Executive: Christina Barr -
New Hampshire
New Hampshire Humanities Council
117 Pleasant Street
Concord, NH 03301
603.224.4071 / 603.224.4072 (fax)
www.nhhc.org
Board chair: Sylvia McBeth
Executive: Deborah Watrous -
New Jersey
New Jersey Council for the Humanities
28 West State Street, 6th Floor
Trenton, NJ 08608
609.695.4838 / 609.695.4929
www.njch.org
Board chair: Wendel A. White
Executive: Sharon Ann Holt -
New Mexico
New Mexico Humanities Council
4115 Silver Avenue, NE
Albuquerque, NM 87108
mail: P.O. Box 8826, Albuquerque, NM 87198
505.633.7370 / 505.633.7377 (fax)
www.nmhum.org
Board chair: Elmo Baca
Executive: Craig L. Newbill -
New York
New York Council for the Humanities
150 Broadway, Suite 1700
New York, NY 10038
212.233.1131 / 212.233.4607 (fax)
www.nyhumanities.org
Board chair: Elbrun E. Kimmelman
Executive: Sara Ogger -
North Carolina
North Carolina Humanities Council
122 North Elm Street, Suite 601
Greensboro, NC 27401
336.334.5325 / 336.334.5052 (fax)
www.nchumanities.org
Board chair: Townsend Ludington
Executive: Shelley Crisp -
North Dakota
North Dakota Humanities Council
418 East Broadway, Suite 8
P.O. Box 2191
Bismarck, ND 58502
701.255.3360 / 701.223.8724 (fax)
www.nd-humanities.org
Board chair: Tayo “Jay” Basquiat
Executive: Brenna L. Gerhardt -
Northern Marianas Islands
Northern Marianas Humanities Council
P.O. Box 506437
Saipan, MP 96950
670.235.4785 / 670.235.4786 (fax)
www.nmihumanities.org
Board chair: David J. Attao
Executive: Scott Russell -
Ohio
Ohio Humanities Council
471 E. Broad Street, Suite 1620
Columbus, OH 43215-3857
614.461.7802 / 614.461.4651 (fax)
www.ohiohumanities.org
Board chair: Marjorie McLellan
Executive: Patricia N. Williamsen -
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Humanities Council
Festival Plaza
428 West California, Suite 270
Oklahoma City, OK 73102
405.235.0280 / 405.235.0289 (fax)
www.okhumanitiescouncil.org
Board chair: Ann Neal
Executive: Ann Thompson -
Oregon
Oregon Humanities
813 SW Alder Street, Suite 702
Portland, OR 97205
503.241.0543 / 503.241.0024 (fax)
www.oregonhumanities.org
Board chair: John Frohnmayer
Executive: Cara Ungar -
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Humanities Council
325 Chestnut Street, Suite 715
Philadelphia, PA 19106
215.925.1005 / 215.925.3054 (fax)
www.pahumanities.org
Board chair: Nancy L. Eaton
Interim executive: Laurie Zierer -
Puerto Rico
Fundación Puertorriqueña de las Humanidades
109 San Jose Street, 3rd floor
Box 9023920
San Juan, PR 00902-3920
787.721.2087 / 787.721.2684 (fax)
www.fphpr.org
Board chair: Luis González-Vales
Executive: Juan M. González Lamela -
Rhode Island
Rhode Island Committee for the Humanities
385 Westminster Street, Suite 2
Providence, RI 02903
401.273.2250 / 401.454.4872 (fax)
www.rihumanities.org
Board chair: David Lux
Interim Executive: Alexandra Rollins -
South Carolina
The Humanities Council of South Carolina
2711 Middleburg Drive, Suite 203
P.O. Box 5287
Columbia, SC 29254
803.691.4100 / 803.691.0809 (fax)
www.schumanities.org
Board chair: Sara L. Sanders
Executive: Randy L. Akers -
South Dakota
South Dakota Humanities Council
1215 Trail Ridge Road, Suite A
Brookings, SD 57006
605.688.6113 / 605.688.4531 (fax)
www.sdhumanities.org
Board chair: Jean Nicholson
Executive: Sherry DeBoer -
Tennessee
Humanities Tennessee
306 Gay Street, Suite 306
Nashville, TN 37201
615.770.0006 / 615.770.0007 (fax)
www.humanitiestennessee.org
Board chair: Neil Hemphill
Executive: Robert Cheatham -
Texas
Humanities Texas
1410 Rio Grande Street
Austin, TX 78701
512.440.1991 / 512.440.0115 (fax)
www.humanitiestexas.org
Board chair: Mary L. Volcansek
Executive: Michael Gillette -
Utah
Utah Humanities Council
202 West 300 North
Salt Lake City, UT 84103-1108
801.359.9670 / 801.531.7869 (fax)
www.utahhumanities.org
Board chair: Gary Daynes
Executive: Cynthia Buckingham -
Vermont
Vermont Humanities Council
11 Loomis Street
Montpelier, VT 05602
802-262-2626 / 802-262-2620 (fax)
www.vermonthumanities.org
Board chair: Jim Wilbur
Executive: Peter A. Gilbert -
Virgin Islands
Virgin Islands Humanities Council
1826 Kongens Gade 5-6, Suite 2
St. Thomas, VI 00802-6746
340.776.4044 / 340.774.3972 (fax)
www.vihumanities.org
Board chair: Opal Palmer Adisa
Interim executive: Ayesha Morris -
Virginia
Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy
145 Ednam Drive
Charlottesville, VA 22903-4629
804.924.3296 / 804.296.4714 (fax)
www.virginiahumanities.org
Board chair: Walter Rugaber
Executive: Robert C. Vaughan -
Washington
Humanities Washington
1204 Minor Avenue
Seattle, WA 98101
206.682.1770 / 206.682.4158 (fax)
www.humanities.org
Board chair: John Baule
Executive: Julie Ziegler -
West Virginia
West Virginia Humanities Council
1310 Kanawha Boulevard East
Charleston, WV 25301
304.346.8500 / 304.346.8504 (fax)
www.wvhumanities.org
Board chair: Raymond W. Smock
Executive: Kenneth Sullivan -
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Humanities Council
222 South Bedford Street, Suite F
Madison, WI 53703-3688
608.262.0706 / 608.263.7970 (fax)
www.wisconsinhumanities.org
Board chair: Steven R. Myck
Executive: Dena Wortzel -
Wyoming
Wyoming Humanities Council
1315 E. Lewis Street
Laramie, WY 82072-3459
307.721.9243 / 307.742.4914 (fax)
www.uwyo.edu/humanities
Board chair: Dave Reetz
Executive: Marcia Britton