Opportunity Grant Application (Grants up to $3,000)

DHF grants give nonprofit organizations funds to host a wide range of their own humanities programming. Key elements of a successful humanities program will include one or more of the following:

• Making humanities programs available to the public
• Making use of humanities specialists (persons who by reason of graduate education, teaching, research, or publications are deemed to be professionals in humanities disciplines) to plan, present and/or evaluate your project
• Using humanities methodology to develop programming
• Fostering an understanding of the humanities disciplines
• Applying the humanities to topics of public concern
• Offering a balance of perspectives
  

As a major part of our overall mission, the DHF takes our re-granting responsibility very seriously. We are proud of making an assortment of programs available to Delaware's citizens. Approximately $120,000 has been dispersed on an annual basis in recent years.

Opportunity Grants can be requested at any time throughout the year. These grants, for up to $3,000, can be used to fund smaller projects or to assist with long-range planning for larger projects.Funding for Opportunity Grants is extremely limited and therefore we recommend you contact us prior to completing an application.

For more information on grants, including deadlines and FAQs visit our Grant Programs page. To go directly to the downloadable application, visit our Forms page.

The downloadable app is available as a Word document or a PDF. The Adobe Reader program is required to print a PDF file; this program can be downloaded direct from Adobe for free. A full version of Adobe Acrobat is required to complete and save the PDF application online; however, this program is not free. If you cannot download the PDF, please use the Word version; complete online or print and type directly onto the application.

Submit the application via email or mail. A fax is also acceptable (fax no: 302-657-0655), but not preferred.

• E-MAIL: Send application and attachments to programofficer [at] dhf [dot] org . (E-mail addresses are spelled out to reduce spam. To send an e-mail, simply change the “at” and “dot” to "@" and "." when you copy the address.) Note that DHF requires two signatures on grant applications, therefore you may need to print and scan the first page of your document.
• MAIL: Print the document and its attachments and mail to Delaware Humanities Forum, Attn: Grants Management Office, 100 West Tenth St., Suite 1009, Wilmington, DE 19801.