August 5, 2004 | Read Time: 1 minute
Foundation Funding for the
Humanities: An Overview of Current and Historical Trends, by Loren Renz and Steven Lawrence, summarizes grant-maker support of archaeology, ethics, history, literature, and other humanities-related programs. Ms. Renz, vice president for research at the Foundation Center, in New York, and Mr. Lawrence, director of research at the center, report that financial support for the humanities from the 1,000 largest U.S. foundations grew from $134-million in 1992 to $335-million in 2002, and that the number of grants from those organizations doubled during the same time period. The report, prepared in collaboration with the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, in Cambridge, Mass., lists the 25 foundations that give the most support for the humanities and breaks down giving by region and by type of support—for example, capital, operating, or research. An essay by James Allen Smith, senior adviser to the president of the J. Paul Getty Trust, in Los Angeles, provides a history of 20th-century trends in grant making for the humanities.
Publisher: Foundation Center, 79 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10003-3076; (212) 807-3690 or (800) 424-9836; fax (212) 807-3691; http://fdncenter.org/marketplace; 23 pages; available free on center’s Web site.
