Funding search · EIN 530217487 · Washington, DC

American Historical Association

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

87
grants reported
$2.9M
total given
2021–2024
filing years
$24,732
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20212024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

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83 grants matching “sharpe · $2.5M

  • $37,959

    National Council for the Social Studies · Silver Spring, MD · 2024

    Sharp subgrant

  • $65,634

    Sing Sing Prison Museum · Ossining, NY · 2023

    Sharp subgrant

  • $53,419

    South Asian American Digital Archive · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    Sharp subgrant

  • $49,850

    Berkshire Conference of Women Historians · Columbia, MD · 2023

    Sharp subgrant

  • $48,801

    Black Archives of Mid-America in Kansas City · Kansas City, MO · 2023

    Sharp subgrant

  • $36,246

    Vermont Granite Museum of Barre · Barre, VT · 2023

    Sharp subgrant

  • $31,057

    Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire · Portsmouth, NH · 2023

    Sharp subgrant

  • $30,096

    Western Association of Women Historians · Long Beach, CA · 2023

    Sharp subgrant

  • $26,736

    American Social History Productions · New York, NY · 2023

    Sharp subgrant

  • $23,623

    American Society for Environmental History Uic Dept of History · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Sharp subgrant

  • $21,997

    Refusing To Forget · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Sharp subgrant

  • $21,822

    The Web Du Bois Center for Freedom and Democracy · Great Barrington, MA · 2023

    Sharp subgrant

  • $19,000

    Gaston County Museum of Art and History · Dallas, NC · 2023

    Sharp subgrant

  • $17,107

    South End Historical Society · Boston, MA · 2023

    Sharp subgrant

  • $16,864

    Urban History Association · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023

    Sharp subgrant

  • $15,454

    Madison County Historical Society · Edwardsville, IL · 2023

    Sharp subgrant

  • $14,361

    Walker County African American Historical and Alumni Association · Chickamauga, GA · 2023

    Sharp subgrant

  • $13,070

    Dennys River Historical Society · Dennysville, ME · 2023

    Sharp subgrant

  • $11,538

    Society for History Education · Long Beach, CA · 2023

    Sharp subgrant

  • $9,910

    Putnam History Museum · Cold Spring, NY · 2023

    Sharp subgrant

  • $8,427

    Elizabeth City State University History Program · Elizabeth City, NC · 2023

    Sharp subgrant

  • $8,413

    International Big History Association · Allendale, MI · 2023

    Sharp subgrant

  • $7,854

    Society for the History of Technology · Kirksville, MO · 2023

    Sharp subgrant

  • $7,393

    Reckoning · Louisville, KY · 2023

    Sharp subgrant

  • $6,141

    Cayuga Museum of History and Art · Auburn, NY · 2023

    Sharp subgrant

  • $5,473

    Over-the-Rhine Museum · Cincinnati, OH · 2023

    Sharp subgrant

  • $75,000

    Moravian Historical Society · Nazareth, PA · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $75,000

    Ablemarle Charlottesville Historial Society · Charlottesville, VA · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $75,000

    American Catholic Historical Association Mount St Mary'S University · Emmitsburg, MD · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $75,000

    American Museum of Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender History and Cultu · New York, NY · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $74,910

    Peale Center for Baltimore History and Architecture · Baltimore, MD · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $65,090

    Putnam History Museum · Cold Spring, NY · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $62,040

    Roebling Main Gate Museum · Roebling, NJ · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $60,053

    Reckoning · Louisville, KY · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $59,435

    Urban History Association · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $59,352

    Madison County Historical Society · Edwardsville, IL · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $57,335

    Charnley-Persky House Museum Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $55,642

    The Web Du Bois Center for Freedom and Democracy · Great Barrington, MA · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $52,982

    Mt Zion Memorial Fund for Blues Music and Justice · Water Valley, MS · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $51,389

    Historical Society of Cheshire County · Keene, NH · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $50,935

    Cayuga Museum of History and Art · Auburn, NY · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $49,650

    Association Culturelle Et Historique Du Mont Carmel · Lille Surstjean, ME · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $48,800

    Refusing To Forget · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $48,297

    Lane County Historical Society · Eugene, OR · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $39,070

    Collections and Stories of American Muslims · Washington, DC · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $36,999

    Society for the History of Children and Youth · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $36,864

    Walker County African American Historical and Alumni Association · Chickamauga, GA · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $36,813

    Southeastern Council of Latin American Studies · Wingate, NC · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $35,527

    Over-the-Rhine Museum · Cincinnati, OH · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $34,278

    American Society for Environmental History Uic Dept of History · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $29,582

    History Center in Tompkins County · Ithaca, NY · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $28,215

    Baptist History and Heritage Society · Macon, GA · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $27,923

    International Big History Association · Allendale, MI · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $26,700

    Dennys River Historical Society · Dennysville, ME · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $25,150

    Berkshire Conference of Women Historians · Columbia, MD · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $24,732

    Sing Sing Prison Museum · Ossining, NY · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $22,721

    History Center of Lake Forest Lake Bluff · Lake Forest, IL · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $22,317

    Buena Vista County Historical Society · Storm Lake, IA · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $22,010

    Window Seat Media · Olympia, WA · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $21,307

    South End Historical Society · Boston, MA · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $19,797

    New York State Association of European Historians · Buffalo, NY · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $19,649

    South Asian American Digital Archive · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $18,119

    Coordinating Council for Women in History · Charlotte, NC · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $16,600

    Island County Historical Society Museum · Coupeville, WA · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $15,950

    Black Archives of Mid-America in Kansas City · Kansas City, MO · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $15,322

    Gaston County Museum of Art and History · Dallas, NC · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $14,552

    Society for History Education Department of History · Long Beach, CA · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $13,779

    Hiram Historical Society · Hiran, ME · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $12,308

    Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire · Portsmouth, NH · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $11,768

    Elizabeth City State University History Program · Elizabeth City, NC · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $10,433

    Society for the History of Technology · Kirksville, MO · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $7,577

    Amelia Island Museum of History · Fernandina Beach, FL · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $6,625

    Vermont Granite Museum of Barre · Barre, VT · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $40,000

    Vermont Granite Museum of Barre · Barre, VT · 2021

    Sharp subgrant

  • $21,529

    American Social History Productions · New York, NY · 2021

    Sharp subgrant

  • $14,043

    Southeastern Council of Latin American Studies · Wingate, NC · 2021

    Sharp subgrant

  • $12,500

    Collections & Stories of American Muslims · Washington, DC · 2021

    Sharp subgrant

  • $9,792

    Mt Zion Memorial Fund for Blues Music and Justice · Water Valley, MS · 2021

    Sharp subgrant

  • $8,775

    Association Culturelle Et Historique Du Mont Carmel · Lille Surstjean, ME · 2021

    Sharp subgrant

  • $7,979

    Lane County Historical Society · Eugene, OR · 2021

    Sharp subgrant

  • $6,486

    Reckoning · Louisville, KY · 2021

    Sharp subgrant

  • $5,500

    Baptist History and Heritage Society · Macon, GA · 2021

    Sharp subgrant

  • $5,325

    Amelia Island Museum of History · Fernandina Beach, FL · 2021

    Sharp subgrant

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

  • Norc at the University of Chicago2 grants · $180,886
  • John Gardner Institute1 grant · $173,840
  • National Council for the Social Studies2 grants · $92,101
  • Sing Sing Prison Museum2 grants · $90,366
  • Vermont Granite Museum of Barre3 grants · $82,871
  • The Web Du Bois Center for Freedom and Democracy2 grants · $77,464
  • Urban History Association2 grants · $76,299
  • Ablemarle Charlottesville Historial Society1 grant · $75,000
  • American Catholic Historical Association Mount St Mary'S University1 grant · $75,000
  • American Museum of Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender History and Cultu1 grant · $75,000

Giving over time

$305,769
2021
$1.9M
2022
$700,446
2023
$37,959
2024

Grant history

All 87 reported grants, largest first.

  • $173,840

    John Gardner Institute · Brevard, NC · 2021

    History gateways subgrant

  • $130,160

    Norc at the University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Mapping subgrant

  • $75,000

    Ablemarle Charlottesville Historial Society · Charlottesville, VA · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $75,000

    American Catholic Historical Association Mount St Mary'S University · Emmitsburg, MD · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $75,000

    American Museum of Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender History and Cultu · New York, NY · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $75,000

    Moravian Historical Society · Nazareth, PA · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $74,910

    Peale Center for Baltimore History and Architecture · Baltimore, MD · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $65,634

    Sing Sing Prison Museum · Ossining, NY · 2023

    Sharp subgrant

  • $65,090

    Putnam History Museum · Cold Spring, NY · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $62,040

    Roebling Main Gate Museum · Roebling, NJ · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $60,053

    Reckoning · Louisville, KY · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $59,435

    Urban History Association · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $59,352

    Madison County Historical Society · Edwardsville, IL · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $57,335

    Charnley-Persky House Museum Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $55,642

    The Web Du Bois Center for Freedom and Democracy · Great Barrington, MA · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $54,142

    National Council for the Social Studies · Silver Spring, MD · 2022

    Mapping subgrant

  • $53,419

    South Asian American Digital Archive · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    Sharp subgrant

  • $52,982

    Mt Zion Memorial Fund for Blues Music and Justice · Water Valley, MS · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $51,389

    Historical Society of Cheshire County · Keene, NH · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $50,935

    Cayuga Museum of History and Art · Auburn, NY · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $50,726

    Norc at the University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Mapping subgrant

  • $49,850

    Berkshire Conference of Women Historians · Columbia, MD · 2023

    Sharp subgrant

  • $49,650

    Association Culturelle Et Historique Du Mont Carmel · Lille Surstjean, ME · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $48,801

    Black Archives of Mid-America in Kansas City · Kansas City, MO · 2023

    Sharp subgrant

  • $48,800

    Refusing To Forget · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $48,297

    Lane County Historical Society · Eugene, OR · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $40,000

    Vermont Granite Museum of Barre · Barre, VT · 2021

    Sharp subgrant

  • $39,070

    Collections and Stories of American Muslims · Washington, DC · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $37,959

    National Council for the Social Studies · Silver Spring, MD · 2024

    Sharp subgrant

  • $36,999

    Society for the History of Children and Youth · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $36,864

    Walker County African American Historical and Alumni Association · Chickamauga, GA · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $36,813

    Southeastern Council of Latin American Studies · Wingate, NC · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $36,246

    Vermont Granite Museum of Barre · Barre, VT · 2023

    Sharp subgrant

  • $35,527

    Over-the-Rhine Museum · Cincinnati, OH · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $34,278

    American Society for Environmental History Uic Dept of History · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $31,057

    Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire · Portsmouth, NH · 2023

    Sharp subgrant

  • $30,096

    Western Association of Women Historians · Long Beach, CA · 2023

    Sharp subgrant

  • $29,582

    History Center in Tompkins County · Ithaca, NY · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $28,215

    Baptist History and Heritage Society · Macon, GA · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $27,923

    International Big History Association · Allendale, MI · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $26,736

    American Social History Productions · New York, NY · 2023

    Sharp subgrant

  • $26,700

    Dennys River Historical Society · Dennysville, ME · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $25,150

    Berkshire Conference of Women Historians · Columbia, MD · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $24,732

    Sing Sing Prison Museum · Ossining, NY · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $23,623

    American Society for Environmental History Uic Dept of History · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Sharp subgrant

  • $22,721

    History Center of Lake Forest Lake Bluff · Lake Forest, IL · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $22,317

    Buena Vista County Historical Society · Storm Lake, IA · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $22,010

    Window Seat Media · Olympia, WA · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $21,997

    Refusing To Forget · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Sharp subgrant

  • $21,822

    The Web Du Bois Center for Freedom and Democracy · Great Barrington, MA · 2023

    Sharp subgrant

  • $21,529

    American Social History Productions · New York, NY · 2021

    Sharp subgrant

  • $21,307

    South End Historical Society · Boston, MA · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $19,797

    New York State Association of European Historians · Buffalo, NY · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $19,649

    South Asian American Digital Archive · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $19,000

    Gaston County Museum of Art and History · Dallas, NC · 2023

    Sharp subgrant

  • $18,119

    Coordinating Council for Women in History · Charlotte, NC · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $17,107

    South End Historical Society · Boston, MA · 2023

    Sharp subgrant

  • $16,864

    Urban History Association · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023

    Sharp subgrant

  • $16,600

    Island County Historical Society Museum · Coupeville, WA · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $15,950

    Black Archives of Mid-America in Kansas City · Kansas City, MO · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $15,454

    Madison County Historical Society · Edwardsville, IL · 2023

    Sharp subgrant

  • $15,322

    Gaston County Museum of Art and History · Dallas, NC · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $14,552

    Society for History Education Department of History · Long Beach, CA · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $14,361

    Walker County African American Historical and Alumni Association · Chickamauga, GA · 2023

    Sharp subgrant

  • $14,043

    Southeastern Council of Latin American Studies · Wingate, NC · 2021

    Sharp subgrant

  • $13,779

    Hiram Historical Society · Hiran, ME · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $13,070

    Dennys River Historical Society · Dennysville, ME · 2023

    Sharp subgrant

  • $12,500

    Collections & Stories of American Muslims · Washington, DC · 2021

    Sharp subgrant

  • $12,308

    Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire · Portsmouth, NH · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $11,768

    Elizabeth City State University History Program · Elizabeth City, NC · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $11,538

    Society for History Education · Long Beach, CA · 2023

    Sharp subgrant

  • $10,433

    Society for the History of Technology · Kirksville, MO · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $9,910

    Putnam History Museum · Cold Spring, NY · 2023

    Sharp subgrant

  • $9,792

    Mt Zion Memorial Fund for Blues Music and Justice · Water Valley, MS · 2021

    Sharp subgrant

  • $8,775

    Association Culturelle Et Historique Du Mont Carmel · Lille Surstjean, ME · 2021

    Sharp subgrant

  • $8,427

    Elizabeth City State University History Program · Elizabeth City, NC · 2023

    Sharp subgrant

  • $8,413

    International Big History Association · Allendale, MI · 2023

    Sharp subgrant

  • $7,979

    Lane County Historical Society · Eugene, OR · 2021

    Sharp subgrant

  • $7,854

    Society for the History of Technology · Kirksville, MO · 2023

    Sharp subgrant

  • $7,577

    Amelia Island Museum of History · Fernandina Beach, FL · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $7,393

    Reckoning · Louisville, KY · 2023

    Sharp subgrant

  • $6,625

    Vermont Granite Museum of Barre · Barre, VT · 2022

    Sharp subgrant

  • $6,486

    Reckoning · Louisville, KY · 2021

    Sharp subgrant

  • $6,141

    Cayuga Museum of History and Art · Auburn, NY · 2023

    Sharp subgrant

  • $5,500

    Baptist History and Heritage Society · Macon, GA · 2021

    Sharp subgrant

  • $5,473

    Over-the-Rhine Museum · Cincinnati, OH · 2023

    Sharp subgrant

  • $5,325

    Amelia Island Museum of History · Fernandina Beach, FL · 2021

    Sharp subgrant

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.