Vermont Humanities
Non-profit OrganizationsVermont, United States11-50 Employees
Vermont Humanities is a statewide nonprofit based in Montpelier, Vermont, founded in 1974. As a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, it promotes engagement with ideas to foster reading, civic participation, and lifelong learning across the state. Each year, the organization sponsors more than 1,200 programs in towns across all counties, reaching Vermonters of diverse ages and backgrounds. Its programs include book discussions, speaker events, conferences, a statewide one-book program, and grants that support humanities projects in other nonprofits, delivered through venues such as libraries, museums, community centers, and schools. The reach extends to diverse learners—from childcare providers and middle school students to incarcerated adults and adult basic education participants—and recent collaborations, such as the Spark! Places of Innovation traveling exhibit with New Hampshire Humanities and the Smithsonian, bring humanities to small towns in Vermont and neighboring states.