State Humanities Program

FAIN: SO-253162-17

Alaska Humanities Forum (Anchorage, AK 99501-1661)
Catkin Kilcher-Burton (Project Director: May 2016 to December 2018)
Megan Cacciola (Project Director: December 2018 to February 2020)
Moira Smith (Project Director: February 2020 to December 2021)
Judith Owens-Manley (Project Director: December 2021 to March 2024)

Funding details:
Original grant (2017) $146,000.00
Supplement (2017) $592,510.00
Supplement (2018) $762,170.00
Supplement (2019) $783,600.00
Supplement (2023) ($6,000.01)

To support local humanities initiatives and state humanities council operations.

The mission of the Alaska Humanities Forum is to use the humanities to tell the stories and impact the lives of all Alaskans. The Alaska Humanities Forum is a non-profit organization affiliated with the National Endowment for the Humanities that began operation in 1972. Its purpose is to promote the exploration of ideas, human values, and public issues that concern Alaskans today. The Forum furthers this work through its grants program, leadership programs, youth and educator cross-cultural programs, by convening many discussions and public events, and through the FORUM magazine, monthly newsletter, and other publications. The Forum believes that projects rooted in history, philosophy, literature, traditional wisdom, and other studies in the humanities contribute to the quality of life in meaningful ways.