Grant Requirements

Grant Requirements

General Grant Requirements

• Organizations must have a Unique Entity Identifier 
• 1:1 cost share match with the amount received from Delaware Humanities 
• The project must align with one or more of Delaware Humanities’ four Core Concepts: Stories & Histories, Environment & Health, Media & Democracy, Culture & Community 
• All funded projects must take place during the period of performance 
• The primary or targeted beneficiaries of the project must be residents of Delaware 
• Recipients will be required to set up a bill.com account to receive their award by epayment(s)
• Groups eligible for funding: 
  • K-12 schools, colleges, and universities 
  • Museums, historical societies, libraries 
  • State/local government agencies 
  • Nonprofit groups (professional or social organizations, community or religious groups, etc.) 
  • NOTE: Funding can not be applied for by fiscal sponsors or pass through entities.

Costs Eligible for Support

• All costs must be reasonable, allowable, and allocable.  All costs must be permitted for subawards under 2 CFR 200 and under the NEH General Terms and Conditions for General Support Grants to State Humanities Councils. 
• Direct programming and implementation costs integral to the project 
• Collections acquisition (note: if for a museum collection acquisition, please contact the Grant Officer with more information before applying) 
• Book acquisitions (note: must be tied with a program) 
• Technical or consulting needs related to digital transition or access, including costs directly associated with digitizing humanities collections to make them available online 
• Honoraria for humanities experts/scholars/facilitators 
• Domestic travel – mileage cannot exceed the federal rate.  Airfare costs cannot exceed the customary standard commercial rate (coach or equivalent). 
• Per diem – may include refreshments, but must be shown to be necessary and reasonable.  Allowed for out-of-town personnel only.  Costs cannot exceed the federal per diem rates. 
• Supplies – materials necessary for the project, with no singular item costing more than $1,000 
• Rental – facilities space for event if grantee organization does not have a space of adequate size 
• Promotion and Printing – advertising and publicity costs for outreach, includes social media and virtual publicity efforts as well as traditional paper-based mediums 

Costs Not Eligible for Support

• General operating support and general (NOT project-specific) staff salaries 
• Scholarly programs directed to a limited audience or individual scholar research 
• Competitive re-granting, prizes, awards, and projects that provide academic credit, scholarships, fellowships 
• Pre-award costs 
• Equipment 
• International travel 
• Construction, purchase of real property, major alteration, repair, and renovation 
• The preservation, organization, or description of materials that are not regularly accessible for research, education, or public programming 
• Promotion of a particular political, religious, or ideological point of view 
• Advocacy of a particular program of social or political action 
• Support of specific public policies or legislation 
• Lobbying 
• Alcohol and entertainment 
• Projects that fall outside the humanities and the humanistic social sciences (including the creation or performance of art; creative writing, autobiographies, memoirs, and creative nonfiction; and quantitative social science research or policy studies) 
• Unallowable expenses for subawards as defined in 2 CFR 200 Subpart E-Cost Principles 

Rules Specific to Opportunity Grants

• A nonprofit organization does not have to have tax-exempt status 
• If your organization is concerned about making the cost share match, contact the Grant Officer before submitting your application.  In certain circumstances that requirement may be waived. 

Rules Specific to Action & Innovation Grants

• A letter of inquiry (LOI) must be submitted. After the LOI is received, your organization may or may not be invited to submit a grant application. 
• A nonprofit organization MUST have current tax-exempt status and must be a nonprofit in good standing 
• The most recent copy of your organization’s 990 must be submitted as part of the application 
• Please see each specific grant type’s web page for more information on the process and timing.