The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) supports research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities. Through the Climate Smart program, your humanities organization can undertake activities such as energy audits, risk assessments, and meetings with consultants. The resulting climate smart plan helps you establish goals and prioritize actions that reduce your organization’s impacts on the environment through mitigation and vulnerability from extreme events through adaptation. Together, mitigation and adaptation can inform a robust road map that addresses climate challenges, protects assets, and facilitates collaboration between internal and external stakeholders. Strategic planning for climate change is an essential part of sustaining humanities organizations’ operations and activities—becoming climate smart.

Individual organizations can apply for themselves or lead a consortium of organizations collaborating on strategic climate smart planning.

Awards in this program are made with federal matching funds and require fundraising of third-party, non-federal gifts at a ratio of one to one.

Application Deadline: Optional draft due August 9, 2024; Deadline for proposals is September 18, 2024.