Virginia Humanities

Charlottesville, VA   |  www.VirginiaHumanities.org

Mission

We connect people and ideas to explore the human experience.

Ruling year info

1989

Executive Director

Mr. Matthew S. Gibson

Main address

946 Grady Ave #100

Charlottesville, VA 22903 USA

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Formerly known as

Virginia Foundation for the Humanities

EIN

54-1435523

NTEE code info

Arts, Cultural Organizations - Multipurpose (A20)

IRS filing requirement

This organization is required to file an IRS Form 990 or 990-EZ.

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Grants

Virginia Humanities accepts proposals from nonprofit organizations seeking funding to develop public humanities programs for audiences in Virginia.

Population(s) Served

Working across the Commonwealth to unite communities of readers, writers, artists, and book lovers through year-round programs and partnership initiatives, our books and literature programs recognize the enduring power of literature, storytelling, and book arts to engage Virginians in public dialogue and promote intercultural understanding.
Virginia Center for the Book and Virginia Festival of the Book

Population(s) Served

Community Initiatives serves as a coordinating office for projects and partnerships across the state and works to strengthen Virginia Humanities’ relationships with new and diverse audiences.
African American Cultural Resources Task Force
Changing the Narrative
History United
Virginia Indian Archive

Population(s) Served

Encyclopedia Virginia is a free, authoritative multimedia resource that tells inclusive stories about Virginia for students, teachers, and community members who seek to understand how the past informs the present. The encyclopedia includes more than 1,000 entries about Virginia’s history accompanied by primary documents and media objects, including images, audio and video clips, and links to Google Street View tours of historic sites.

Population(s) Served

The Virginia Folklife Program is dedicated to the documentation, presentation, and support of Virginia’s rich cultural heritage. Whether sung or told, hand-crafted or performed, Virginia’s rich Folklife refers to those “arts of everyday life” that reflect a sense of traditional knowledge and connection to community.

Population(s) Served

Our audio programming brings the latest humanities scholarship to millions of listeners every year, through digital podcasts and on radio stations across the country.

Population(s) Served

Where we work

Financials

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Virginia Humanities

Board of directors
as of 02/14/2022
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board chair

Kelly O'Keefe

Brand Federation

Term: 2017 - 2023

Dulce Carrillo

Arlington Public Schools

Susan Colpitts

Signature Family Wealth Advisors

Howard Dobin

Washington and Lee University

William Habeeb

Habeeb Associates LLC

Lenneal Henderson

The Fielding Graduate University

Steve Herman

Energy Capital Partners

Tucker Lemon

Martin, Hopkins & Lemon, P.C.

Kelly O'Keefe

Virginia Commonwealth University

Edward Scott

Mary Baldwin College

W. McIlwaine (Mac) Thompson

Woods Rogers PLC

Will Trinkle

C.W. Francis & Son, Inc.

Kellee Blake

Independent Scholar

Christopher Head

Home Instead / Virginia House of Delegates

Karen Cogar Abramson

Designer

Lynette Lewis Allston

Chief, Nottoway Indian Tribe of Virginia

Megan Beyer

Arts Advisor

Jill Bussey Harris

Beautiful Smiles

Jim Chapman

Dominion Energy

Chris Head

Virginia Delegate, 17th District

Iris E. Holliday

Holliday.Ideas.Strategies

Clark Hoyt

Rishi Jaitly

Times Bridge

Sylvester Johnson

VT Center for Humanities

Dee Lester

CPA, Retired

Lester Lyles

USAF, Retired

Larissa Smith

Longwood University