State and Jurisdictional Humanities Councils
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The humanities councils support local humanities programs and events. The councils are funded in part by the federal government through NEH's Office of Federal/State Partnership (Fed/State). They also receive funding from private donations, foundations, corporations, and, in some cases, state government.
Stories about the work of state and jurisdictional humanities council are on the Fed/State page. Articles about the public humanities programming by state and jurisdictional humanities councils appear in most issues of Humanities, as do articles about council executives. To find out more about the humanities councils near you, browse the alphabetical listing by state and jurisdiction, below.
A printable version of the contact information for the state and jurisdictional humanities councils can be found here (PDF).
Alabama
Alabama Humanities Alliance
1100 Ireland Way, Suite 202
Birmingham, AL 35205
(205) 558-3980
alabamahumanities.org
Executive: Charles Holmes
Alaska
Alaska Humanities Forum
421 W. 1st Ave, Suite 200
Anchorage, AK 99501
(907) 770-8400
akhf.org
Board chair: Ben Mallott
Executive: Kameron Perez-Verdia
American Samoa
Amerika Samoa Humanities Council
P.O. Box 5800
Pago Pago, AS 96799
(684) 633-4870 / (684) 633-4871 (fax)
ashcouncil.org
Amerika Samoa Humanities Council
Board chair: Faiivae Iuli Alexander Godinet
Executive: Niualama Taifane
Arizona
Arizona Humanities
The Ellis-Shackelford House
1242 North Central Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85004
(602) 257-0335 / (602) 257-0392 (fax)
azhumanities.org
Board chair: Tamika Sanders
Executive: Brenda M. Thomson
Arkansas
HumanitiesAR
1400 W Markham ST, Suite 307
Little Rock, AR 72201
501-353-0349
arkansashumanitiescouncil.org
@arhumanitiescouncil
Board Chair: Lea Russ-Glenns
Executive: Jama Best
California
California Humanities
538 9th Street, Suite 210
Oakland, CA 94607
PO Box 65917
Los Angeles, CA
90065
(415) 391-1474
calhum.org
Board chair: Rachel Hatch
Executive: Rick Noguchi
Colorado
Colorado Humanities
7935 East Prentice Avenue, Suite 450
Greenwood Village, CO 80111
(303) 894-7951 / (303) 864-9361 (fax)
coloradohumanities.org
Colorado Humanities & Center for the Book
Board chair: Taffy Lee
Executive: Margaret A. Coval
Connecticut
Connecticut Humanities
100 Riverview Center, Suite 290
Middletown, CT 06457
(860) 785-9640
cthumanities.org
Board chair: Helen Higgins
Executive: Jason Mancini
Delaware
Delaware Humanities
100 West 10th Street, Suite 509
Wilmington, DE 19801
(302) 657-0650
dehumanities.org
Board chair: Adenike Davidson
Executive: Michele Anstine
District Of Columbia
Humanities DC
1804 T Street NW
Washington, DC 20009
(240)-266-8453
humanitiesdc.org
Board Chair: Maceo Thomas
Executive: Rebecca Lemos-Otero
Florida
Florida Humanities
599 2nd Street S
St. Petersburg, FL 33701-5005
(727) 873-2000 / (727) 873-2014 (fax)
floridahumanities.org
Board chair: Maria Goldberg
Executive: Dr. Nashid Madyun
Georgia
Georgia Humanities
50 Hurt Plaza, SE, Suite 595
Atlanta, GA 30303-2915
(404) 523-6220 / (404) 523-5702 (fax)
georgiahumanities.org
Board chair: Cameron Bean
Executive: Latonda Milner (Interim Executive Director )
Guam
Humanities Guåhan
Reflection Center
222 Chalan Santo Papa, Suite 106
Hagatna, GU 96910
(671) 472-4460 / (671) 472-4465 (fax)
humanitiesguahan.org
Board chair: Troy McVey
Executive: CJ Ochoco
Hawaii
Hawai‘i Council for the Humanities
3599 Wai‘alae Avenue, Room 25
Honolulu, HI 96816
(808) 732-5402 / (808) 732-5432 (fax)
hihumanities.org
Hawai'i Council for the Humanities
Board chair: Maja Grajski
Executive: Aiko Yamashiro
Idaho
Idaho Humanities Council
217 West State Street
Boise, ID 83702
(208) 345-5346 / (208) 345-5347 (fax)
idahohumanities.org
Board chair: Shelley McEuen-Howard
Executive: David Pettyjohn
Illinois
Illinois Humanities
125 S. Clark Street,, Suite 650
Chicago, IL 60603
(312) 422-5580 / (312) 422-5588 (fax)
600 Troy Road N4, Room 207
Edwardsville, IL 62025
(618) 468-5580
Board chair: Jai L. Winston
Executive: Gabrielle Lyon
Indiana
Indiana Humanities
1500 North Delaware Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202
(317) 638-1500 / (800) 675-8897 (fax)
indianahumanities.org
Board chair: Tiffany Tolbert
Executive: Keira Amstutz
Iowa
In partnership with NEH, the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs makes subawards with NEH funding to support the state’s cultural sector.
State Historical Building
1st and 2nd Floor West
600 E. Locust St.
Des Moines, IA 50319
(515) 281-5111
Director: Chris Kramer
Kansas
Humanities Kansas
112 SW Sixth Avenue, Suite 400
Topeka, KS 66603
(785) 357-0359 / (785) 357-1723 (fax)
humanitieskansas.org
Board chair: Sheilah Philip
Executive: Julie Mulvihill
Kentucky
Kentucky Humanities
206 East Maxwell Street
Lexington, KY 40508
(859) 257-5932 / (859) 257-5933 (fax)
kyhumanities.org
Board chair: Brian Clardy
Executive: Bill Goodman
Louisiana
Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities
938 Lafayette Street, Suite 300
New Orleans, LA 70113
(504) 523-4352
leh.org
Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities
Board chair: Randy K. Haynie
Executive: Miranda Restovic
Maine
Maine Humanities Council
674 Brighton Avenue
Portland, ME 04102-1012
(207) 773-5051 / (207) 773-2416 (fax)
mainehumanities.org
Board chair: Greg Fahy
Executive: Samaa Abdurraqib
Maryland
Maryland Humanities
108 West Centre Street
Baltimore, MD 21201-4565
(410) 685-0095 / (410) 685-0795 (fax)
mdhumanities.org
Board chair: Alicia Jones McLeod
Executive: Lindsey Baker
Massachusetts
Mass Humanities
66 Bridge Street
Northampton, MA 01060
(413) 584-8440 / (413) 584-8454 (fax)
masshumanities.org
Board chair: Yves Salomon-Fernandez
Executive: Brian Boyles
Michigan
Michigan Humanities
2364 Woodlake Drive, Suite 100
Okemos, MI 48864
(517) 372-7770
michiganhumanities.org
Board chair: Ethriam Brammer
Executive Director: Jennifer Rupp
Minnesota
Minnesota Humanities Center
987 East Ivy Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55106
(651) 774-0105
mnhum.org
Board chair: Joshua Ney
Executive: Kevin Lindsey
Mississippi
Mississippi Humanities Council
3825 Ridgewood Road, Room 311
Jackson, MS 39211
(601) 432-6752 / (601) 432-6750 (fax)
mshumanities.org
Mississippi Humanities Council
Board chair: Douglass Sullivan-González
Executive: Stuart Rockoff
Missouri
Missouri Humanities
105 N Main, Ste. 108
St. Charles, MO 63301
(314) 781-9660
mohumanities.org
Board chair: Trish Erzfeld
Executive: Ashley Beard-Fosnow
Montana
Humanities Montana
311 Brantly
Missoula, MT 59812-7848
(406) 243-6022
humanitiesmontana.org
Board chair: David Dietrich
Executive Director: Jill Baker
Nebraska
Humanities Nebraska
215 Centennial Mall South, Suite 330
Lincoln, NE 68508
(402) 474-2131
humanitiesnebraska.org
Board chair: Beth Whited
Executive: Chris Sommerich
Nevada
Nevada Humanities
1670-200 North Virginia Street, P.O. Box 8029
Reno, NV 89507-8029
(775) 784-6587 & (800) 382-5023 / (775) 784-6527 (fax)
1017 S. First Street, Unit 190
Las Vegas, NV 89101
(702) 800-4670 / (702) 800-4665 (fax)
Board chair: Shaun Griffin
Executive: Christina Barr
New Hampshire
New Hampshire Humanities
117 Pleasant Street
Concord, NH 03301
(603) 224-4071 / (603) 224-4072 (fax)
nhhumanities.org
Board chair: Marcia Schmidt Blaine
Executive Director: Michael Haley Goldman
New Jersey
New Jersey Council for the Humanities
336 Friends Street
Camden, NJ 08102
PO Box 3287
Camden, NJ 08101
(609) 695-4838
njhumanities.org
New Jersey Council for the Humanities
Board chair: Gregory Waters
Executive: Carin Berkowitz
New Mexico
New Mexico Humanities Council
4115 Silver Avenue, SE
Albuquerque, NM 87108
(505) 633-7370 / (505) 633-7377 (fax)
nmhumanities.org
Board chair: Miriam Langer
Executive: Brandon Johnson
New York
Humanities New York
150 Broadway, Suite 1700
New York, NY 10038
(212) 233-1131 / (212) 233-4607 (fax)
humanitiesny.org
Board chair: Timothy Murray
Executive: Sara Ogger
North Carolina
North Carolina Humanities
320 East 9th Street, Suite 414
Charlotte, NC 28202
(704) 687-1520
nchumanities.org
Board chair: Mike Wakeford
Executive: Sherry Paula Watkins
North Dakota
Humanities North Dakota
418 East Broadway, Suite 8, P.O. Box 2191
Bismarck, ND 58502
(701) 255-3360 / (701) 223-8724 (fax)
humanitiesnd.org
Board chair: Dennis Cooley
Executive: Brenna L. Gerhardt
Northern Mariana Islands
Northern Marianas Humanities Council
Springs Plaza
Chalan Pale Arnold Rd. + Gualo Rai Rd.
Saipan, 96950
(670) 235-4785
nmhcouncil.org
Board chair: Gretchen A. Smith
Executive: Leo Pangelinan
Ohio
Ohio Humanities
541 West Rich Street
Columbus, Ohio 43215
(614) 461-7802
ohiohumanities.org
Board chair: Sarah M. Sisser
Executive: Rebecca Brown Asmo
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Humanities
424 Colcord Drive, Suite E
Oklahoma City, OK 73102
(405) 235-0280 / (405) 235-0289 (fax)
okhumanities.org
Board chair: Sarah Milligan
Executive: Caroline Lowery
Oregon
Oregon Humanities
610 SW Alder Street
Suite 1111
Portland, OR 97205
(503) 241-0543 & (800) 735-0543
oregonhumanities.org
Board chair: Justin Chin
Executive: Adam Davis
Pennsylvania
PA Humanities
230 South Broad Street, Suite 403
Philadelphia, PA 19102
(215) 925-1005 / (215) 925-3054 (fax)
pahumanities.org
Board chair: Gwendolyn White
Executive: Laurie Zierer
Puerto Rico
Humanidades Puerto Rico
Ballaja Barracks, Norzagaray Street
Old San Juan
PO Box 9023920
San Juan PR 00902-3920
(787) 721-2087 / (787) 721-2684 (fax)
fphpr.org
Fundacion Puertorriqueña de las Humanidades
Board chair: Jaime E. Toro-Monserrate
Executive: Sonya Canetti Mirabal
Rhode Island
Rhode Island Council for the Humanities
131 Washington Street, Suite 210
Providence, RI 02903
(401) 273-2250 / (401) 454-4872 (fax)
rihumanities.org
Rhode Island Council for the Humanities
Board chair: Doug Popovich
Executive: Elizabeth Francis
South Carolina
South Carolina Humanities
2711 Middleburg Drive, Suite 203
Columbia, SC 29204
PO Box 5287
Columbia SC 29204
(803) 771-2477 / (803) 771-2487 (fax)
schumanities.org
Board chair: Jennifer Thomas
Executive: Randy L. Akers
South Dakota
South Dakota Humanities Council
1215 Trail Ridge Road, Suite A
Brookings, SD 57006
(605) 688-6113
sdhumanities.org
South Dakota Humanities Council
Board chair: Bobbie Bohlen
Executive Director: Christina Oey
Tennessee
Humanities Tennessee
615 Main St, Ste. B19
Nashville, TN 37206
(615) 770-0006 / (615) 770-0007 (fax)
humanitiestennessee.org
Board chair: Tonya Dyson
Executive: Timothy Henderson
Texas
Humanities Texas
1410 Rio Grande Street
Austin, TX 78701
(512) 440-1991 / (512) 440-0115 (fax)
humanitiestexas.org
Board chair: John Phillip Santos
Executive: Eric Lupfer
Utah
Utah Humanities
202 West 300 North
Salt Lake City, UT 84103-1108
(801) 359-9670
utahhumanities.org
Board chair: Danielle Dubrasky
Executive: Jodi Graham
Vermont
Vermont Humanities Council
11 Loomis Street
Montpelier, VT 05602
(802) 262-2626
vermonthumanities.org
Board chairs: Steve Stettler (Co-Chair) and Yasmine Ziesler (Co-Chair)
Executive: Christopher Kaufman Ilstrup
U.S. Virgin Islands
In partnership with NEH, the Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands makes subawards with NEH funding to support the jurisdiction’s cultural sector.
Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands
PO Box 380
St. Thomas, VI 00804
340.774.6031/ 340.774.3852 fax
cfvi.net
Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands
Board Chair: Marie Thomas Griffith
Director: Dee Baecher-Brown
Virginia
Virginia Humanities
946 Grady Ave. Ste. 100
Charlottesville, VA 22903
(434) 924-3296
virginiahumanities.org
Board chair: Sylvester Johnson
Executive: Matthew Gibson
Washington
Humanities Washington
130 Nickerson Street, Suite 304
Seattle, WA 98109
(206) 682-1770
humanities.org
Board chair: Mark Miyake
Executive: Julie Ziegler
West Virginia
West Virginia Humanities Council
1310 Kanawha Boulevard East
Charleston, WV 25301
(304) 346-8500 / (304) 346-8504 (fax)
wvhumanities.org
West Virginia Humanities Council
Board chair: George Brown
Executive: Eric Waggoner
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Humanities
3801 Regent Street, Suite 101
Madison, WI 53705
(608) 262-0706
wisconsinhumanities.org
Board chair: Jan Larson
Executive: Dena Wortzel
Wyoming
Wyoming Humanities
P.O. Box 400
Laramie, WY 82073
(307) 721-9243
thinkwy.org
Board chair: Maggi Maier Murdock
Executive: Shawn Reese