Disaster Relief Grants

2022 Kentucky Disaster Relief Grant

Organizations are invited to apply for grants up to $20,000. Application deadline is November 17, 2022.

Kentucky Humanities requested and received a special request for Emergency Supplemental Funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities to support cultural institutions that experienced catastrophic damage from the storms in 2022.

We will begin accepting grant applications immediately to support these institutions. This federal funding is made available through the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to assist cultural institutions affected by the severe storms in July of 2022 that resulted in President Biden declaring a state of emergency in 18 Kentucky counties. These counties include Breathitt, Clay, Cumberland, Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Lee, Leslie, Letcher, Lincoln, Magoffin, Martin, Owsley, Perry, Pike, Powell, Whitley, and Wolfe.

Disaster Relief Grants will support archival recovery, exhibit reconstruction, clean-up costs, strategic planning or capacity building to recover from disaster, relocation costs or storage expense, or other costs to reinstate humanities programming.

All grantees must have a UEI number in order to be eligible to receive federal funds.

https://www.sam.gov/sam/transcript/Quick_Guide_for_Grants_Registrations.pdf

Grantees must comply with civil rights, budget allocations, record keeping, reporting, licensing of media, insurance, acknowledgment of KH and NEH in all funded activities, and other general compliance issues.

Funds may not be used for the following purposes:

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, legislation, or lobbying
purchase of land or facilities, construction or renovation (unless directly impacting a humanities program)
overlapping project costs with any other pending or approved application(s) for federal funding

Application for Disaster Relief Grant

Two additional documents are needed to support your application: 1. signed w-9 form; 2. grant budget. At the end of the online application you can upload these documents prior to submitting your application. Once you submit your application, you will not be able to go back into the application and make changes or add attachments. After submitting your application, if you did not attach these documents, you can email them to kyhumanities@kyhumanities.org or mail them to Kentucky Humanities at 206 E. Maxwell St., Lexington, KY 40508. All materials should be received by November 17, 2022.

Applicant Organization

Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) Number

Is your organization registered in SAM?

US Congressional District

What is your organization's tax designation?

Amount of Kentucky Humanities grant request Grants will range from $2,000 - $20,000.

Please check the activities for which your organization will use these grant funds

archival recovery
exhibit reconstruction
clean-up costs
strategic planning/capacity building to recover from disaster
relocation costs/storage expense
other costs to reinstate humanities programming

Please select the type of humanities organization

What is your organization's published mission?

Street Address

City

State

Zip Code

Organization Mailing Address (if different from the physical address)

Organization Website

Organization Facebook Page

Organization Instagram Page

Any Other Social Media Handles

Project Director First Name This is the person on record that is responsible for the overall management of the grant and will receive the grant award notice, complete the final project director's report, and will be the primary person that Kentucky Humanities communicates with.

Project Director Last Name

Project Director Email Address

Project Director Office Phone

Project Director Cell Phone

Project Director Mailing Address (if different from the organization)

Project Director City

Project Director State

Project Director Relationship to the Applicant Organization

Project Director Zip Code

Authorized Official First Name
This is the person that is designated by the organization to enter into grant agreements for the organization.

Authorized Official Last Name

Authorized Official Email Address

Authorized Official Mailing Address (if different from organization)

Authorized Official Phone Number

Fiscal Officer First Name This is the person that will be responsible for the financial reports on this grant. The Fiscal Officer and the Project Director must be two different people.

Fiscal Officer Last Name

Fiscal Officer Email

Fiscal Officer Mailing Address (if different from the organization)

Fiscal Officer Phone Number

Would the Project Director like to receive occasional e-newsletter with information about our programs and deadlines?

Would the Fiscal Officer like to receive occasional e-newsletter with information about our programs and deadlines?

Would the Authorized Official like to receive occasional e-newsletter with information about our programs and deadlines?

How many full-time and part-time employees does your organization employ on the application date?
Please indicate as follows: full-time - XX employees, part-time - XX employees

Have any of your employees been laid off as a result of this disaster?

If you have had a change in the number of employees because of this disaster, please explain.

Funding Justification: Please describe what effect this disaster has had on your organization. What changes has your organization had to make since the July storms? Additionally, how will this funding alleviate those impacts? Please describe how your operations changed because of the disaster. Have you reduced staff, operating hours, in-person events, etc. How have you adapted?

Currently, what is your most urgent organizational concern and what are your plans for addressing this concern?

Describe the programmatic changes your organization has made due to the disaster.

In a typical year, how many people does your organization serve?

Has your organization received any other emergency funds to support you through this disaster and/or have you applied for other sources of funding? What other sources of funds do you anticipate seeking? List name of the source(s) and the amount received/pledged. Please include funds/pledges confirmed or applied for to date from private donors, foundations, government agencies, etc.

Please describe how this funding will help continue to bring the humanities to your audience. Include a description of the program(s), the number of events, any humanities scholars involved in the program, etc.

Project Abstract (Describe your request in 100 words or less. What do you intend to do with these grant funds and how will they help your organization?)

Additional attachments to support your online application

Organizations applying for the 2022 Kentucky Disaster Relief grant should upload the required attachments or mail a copy to our office prior to November 17, 2022. Our mailing address is

Kentucky Humanities

206 E. Maxwell St.

Lexington, KY 40508

If you prefer, attachments can be emailed to kyhumanities@kyhumanities.org.

Attachments include:

completed w-9 form
grant budget

Please sign and upload a completed w-9 form. You may mail a copy to our office by November 17, 2022, instead of uploading.

Applicant must upload a budget for the amount requested and indicate how the grant funds will be expended. While there is no requirement for any matching funds for this grant, if an organization can offer any match for the related activities that this grant will fund, please include them in your budget.

Please use this button to upload any additional information you wish to share such as work bid, estimates, pictures, etc.

Once you submit your online application, you will receive a message that says "Someone will be in touch with you shortly." This message is an indication that your submission was successful. Kentucky Humanities staff will begin processing applications immediately and assign your proposal a grant number and confirm all the necessary attachments are received. Grants will be reviewed as quickly as possible after the November 17 deadline by our grant review committee. If we have any questions about your proposal, we will be in touch.

You will be notified as soon as possible after the deadline if your application was approved. You will also be notified if your application is not approved.

Please feel free to call Kathleen Pool at 859/257-5472 or email kathleen.pool@uky.edu if you have any questions.