Program

Federal/State Partnership: State Humanities Councils General Operating Support Grants

Period of Performance

11/1/2016 - 10/31/2021

Funding Totals (outright + matching)

$2,396,869.00 (approved)
$2,396,869.00 (awarded)


State Humanities Program

FAIN: SO-253180-17

Puerto Rico Humanities Council (San Juan, PR 00902-3920)
Jaime Toro-Monserrate (Project Director: May 2016 to May 2018)
Jorge L. Crespo-Armaiz (Project Director: May 2018 to October 2025)

Funding details:
Original grant (2017) $146,000.00
Supplement (2017) $629,350.00
Supplement (2018) $799,710.00
Supplement (2019) $821,809.00

To support local humanities initiatives and state humanities council operations.

The Puerto Rican Endowment for the Humanities (FPH for its acronym in Spanish) is an independent, non-profit organization affiliated with the National Endowment for the Humanities and dedicated to promoting the values of the humanities through its own initiatives. It also, promotes finances and supports deserving, high-quality proposals from individuals, communities and non-profit entities. The organization’s own initiatives, as well as the proposals, are aimed at developing programs and activities that stimulate analysis and dissemination of knowledge about the Puerto Rican experience and reality.