Funding search · digital humanities · Washington DC
Who funds digital humanities work in Washington DC
15 funders have a record of paying for digital humanities work by Washington DC recipients: 17 grants totaling $4.9M, most recently in 2024 — mostly private foundations, plus grantmaking charities. The largest by matched giving are National Archives Foundation ($2.7M), Omidyar Network Fund ($200,000) and Arcus Foundation ($10,000).
From IRS Form 990-PF and 990 Schedule I filings, 2019–2025. Grants already paid to Washington DC recipients — evidence of what these funders back, not open calls.
National Archives FoundationWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $2.7M · through 2021Largest: $2.7M to NATIONAL ARCHIVES RECORDS & ADMINISTRATION — award for programming, exhibit fabrication national archives, museum renovation project, july 4 programming, and research
Omidyar Network FundRedwood City, CA
1 matching grant · $200,000 · through 2023Largest: $200,000 to National Archives Foundation — to support grantee's research and public dissemination of that research
Largest: $10,000 to MATTACHINE SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON — general operating support to conduct original archival research and educational outreach that focuses on gay and lesbian legal, political, and policy history often hidden, locked a…
Tides FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $135,000 · through 2023Largest: $100,000 to DIGITAL RIGHTS FOUNDATION USA — equity, human rights, and economic empowerment
Largest: $150,000 to PUBLIC CITIZEN FOUNDATION INC — core support to the digital trade alliance to protect and promote human and consumer rights in international trade outcomes from a global majority-centric perspective
The Highland ProjectNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $100,000 · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to CENTER FOR COMMUNITY CHANGE ACTION — broaden the definition of wealth by centering the perspectives and lived experiences of black women through research, storytelling, and the archiving of their origin stories
Largest: $50,000 to NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION — towards the cost to research, convenings and thought leadership to promote innovative solutions building new institutions (or transforming existing ones) to address climate change …
Largest: $275,000 to FOUNDATION FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE — to support research, digital media, and convenings on palestinian human rights
Largest: $100,000 to POLARIS PROJECT — nat'l human trafficking hotline digital program
Largest: $20,000 to JEWS UNITED FOR JUSTICE — to support training and technical assistance in management, human resources, and digital security
Identity2020 SystemsNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $200,000 · through 2023Largest: $200,000 to UNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION'S DIGITAL IMPACT ALLIANCE (DIAL) — id2020's charitable mission is to advance ethical, privacy-protecting approaches to digital id as a means to promote equitable social, political, and economic empowerment and prote…
Largest: $450,000 to NEW VENTURE FUND — to support digital action's work in safeguarding democratic and human rights by generating mandatory, effective and equitable safeguards against the risks of digital threats throug…
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