Humanist Service Grant for AHA Chapters

The American Humanist Association’s Chapters are vital to increasing humanism’s presence and impact. To support and expand their efforts, the AHA offers a grant to empower our communities to act on our shared humanist values in innovative ways. See past grant winners here. For questions or assistance with applications, contact Jake Via at jvia@americanhumanist.org.

Humanist Service Grant – AHA Chapters may apply for grants ranging from $250 to $2,500 to support service projects aimed to provide direct action, increase humanist visibility, and attract media attention. Applicants must be willing to work with AHA to promote the actions more widely. These grants can be used (though not limited) to strengthen and expand group projects for Secular Week of Action, running Friday, April 25 to Sunday, May 4.

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Timeline:

  • Next cycle TBA
  • Awardees announced and grant money paid TBA

Eligibility:

Applicants must be Chapters of the American Humanist Association in good standing (i.e., have at least five AHA members, maintain at least two active forms of public contact information, provide an annual membership list to the AHA, openly identify as an AHA Chapter, and support the AHA’s mission).

Application for Spreading Humanist Values Grant

Form includes details on AHA Chapter, contact person, project description, measure of effectiveness, and how the project demonstrates humanist values.

Important Details:

  • Applications must be completed by the deadline and include all requested and required information. Applicants may need to submit additional information upon request. Groups may apply for grants in consecutive years but should not expect funds to be automatically granted or reoccurring. We aim to support several groups and many projects each year, which may result in the rewarding of partial grants.

  • Grants may not be used for:

    • ongoing operational costs like rent, salaries, or subscriptions,

    • lobbying or partisan purposes, or

    • donating to another nonprofit (unless partnering on a project, please describe in application form).

  • Applications include an agreement section to virtually sign and choose to receive funds via bank transfer or paper check. Awardees must return any unspent or unaccounted for funds to the AHA. Misuse of funds can result in ineligibility for future grants.

  • Grants will be considered for one year’s funding and 1-2 reports must be made within 18 months of receiving funds. The report form asks about successes, challenges, and lessons learned. Awardees are also encouraged to share text and images to publicize their project and its success, i.e., social media content, articles, webinars, toolkits, etc.