State Humanities Councils

The 56 humanities councils located in all U.S. states and jurisdictions support local humanities programs and events. The state humanities councils are funded in part by the federal government through NEH's Federal/State Partnership Office. They also receive funding from private donations, foundations, corporations, and, in some cases, state government.

Stories about the work of state humanities council are on the Federal/State Partnership page. Articles about the public humanities programming by state humanities councils appear in most issues of Humanities, as do articles about council executives. Bios of all the council executives are also available on this website. To find out more about the humanities councils near you, browse the alphabetical listing by state, below. Click for a printable contact list of all the state and jurisdictional humanities councils.

• Alabama
  Alabama Humanities Foundation
  1100 Ireland Way, Suite 202
  Birmingham,AL 35205-7001
  205.558.3980 / 205.558.3981 (fax)
  www.alabamahumanities.org
  Board chair: John E. Rochester
  Executive: Armand DeKeyser
• Alaska
  Alaska Humanities Forum
  161 East 1st Avenue, Door 15
  Anchorage, AK 99501
  907.272.5341 | 907.272.3979 (fax)
  www.akhf.org
  Board chair:  Jonathon Lack
  Executive: Nina Kemppel
• American Samoa
  Amerika Samoa Humanities Council
  P.O. Box 5800
  Pago Pago, AS 96799
  684.633.4870 / 684.633.4873 (fax)
  www.ashcouncil.org
  

  Board chair: Iuli Alexander Godinet
  Executive: Niualama Taifane

• Arizona
  Arizona Humanities Council
  The Ellis-Shackelford House
  1242 North Central Avenue
  Phoenix, AZ 85004
  602.257.0335 / 602.257.0392 (fax)
  www.azhumanities.org
  Board chair: Thomas H. Wilson
  Executive: Brenda M. Thomson
• Arkansas
  Arkansas Humanities Council
  407 President Clinton Avenue, #201
  Little Rock, AR 72201
  501.320.5761 / 501.537.4550 (fax)
  www.arkhums.org
  Board chair: Kris Katrosh
  Executive: Paul S. Austin
• California
  Cal Humanities
  312 Sutter Street, Suite 601
  San Francisco, CA 94108
  415.391.1474 / 415.391.1312 (fax)
  www.calhum.org
  Board chair: Luis Herrera
  Executive: Ralph Lewin
• Colorado
  Colorado Humanities
  7935 East Prentice Avenue, Suite 450
  Greenwood Village, CO 80111
  303.894.7951 / 303.864.9361 (fax)
  www.coloradohumanities.org
  Board chair: William Wei
  Executive: Margaret A. Coval
• Connecticut
  Connecticut Humanities
  37 Broad Street
  Middletown, CT 06457
  860.685.2260 / 860.704.0429 (fax)
  cthumanities.org
  Board chair: Russell Blair
  Executive: Stuart L. Parnes
• Delaware
  Delaware Humanities Forum
  100 West 10th Street, Suite 1009
  Wilmington, DE 19801
  302.657.0650 / 302.657.0655 (fax)
  www.dhf.org
  Board chair: Erik P. Rau
  Executive: Marilyn Whittington
• District of Columbia
  Humanities Council of Washington, DC
  925 U Street, NW
  Washington, DC 20001
  202.387.8393 / 202.387.8149 (fax)
  www.wdchumanities.org
  Board chair: Bradford C. Grant
  Executive: Joy Ford Austin
• Florida
  Florida Humanities Council
  599 2nd Street S
  St. Petersburg, FL 33701-5005
  727.873.2000 / 727.873.2014 (fax)
  www.flahum.org
  Board chair: John Belohlavek
  Executive: Janine Farver
• Georgia
  Georgia Humanities Council
  50 Hurt Plaza, SE, Suite 595
  Atlanta, GA 30303-2915
  404.523.6220 / 404.523.5702 (fax)
  www.georgiahumanities.org
  Board chair: Ruth Knox
  Executive: Jamil Zainaldin
• Guam
  Guam Humanities Council
  222 Chalan Santo Papa
  Reflection Center, Suite 106
  Hagatna, Guam 96910
  671.472.4460 / 671.646.2243 (fax)
  www.guamhumanitiescouncil.org
  Board chair: Joyce Crisostomo
  Executive: Kimberlee Kihleng
• Hawai'i
  Hawai'i Council for the Humanities
  3599 Waialae Avenue, Room 25
  Honolulu, HI 96816
  808.732.5402 / 808.732.5432 (fax)
  www.hihumanities.org
  Board chair: Linda Menton
  Executive: Robert Buss
• Idaho
  Idaho Humanities Council
  217 West State Street
  Boise, ID 83702
  208.345.5346 / 208.345.5347
  www.idahohumanities.org
  Board chair: Katherine Aiken
  Executive: Rick Ardinger
• Illinois
  Illinois Humanities Council
  17 North State Street, Suite 1400
  Chicago, IL 60602-3296
  312.422.5580 / 312.422.5588 (fax)
  www.prairie.org
  Board chair: Deborah Epstein
  Executive: Kristina Valaitis
• Indiana
  Indiana Humanities
  1500 North Delaware Street
  Indianapolis, IN 46202
  317.638.1500 / 317.634.9503 (fax)
  www.indianahumanities.org
  Board chair: Mark Maassel
  Executive: Keira Amstutz
• Iowa
  Humanities Iowa

  100 Library Room 4039
  Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1420
  319.335.4153 / 319.335.4154 (fax)
  www.humanitiesiowa.org
  Board chair: Barb O’Hea
  Executive: Christopher Rossi

• Kansas
  Kansas Humanities Council
  112 SW Sixth Avenue, Suite 210
  Topeka, KS 66603
  785.357.0359 / 785.357.1723 (fax)
  www.kansashumanities.org
  Board chair: Gene Merry
  Executive: Julie Mulvihill
• Kentucky
  Kentucky Humanities Council
  206 East Maxwell Street
  Lexington, KY 40508
  859.257.5932 / 859.257.5933 (fax)
  www.kyhumanities.org
  Board chair: William G. Francis
  Executive: Virginia G. Carter
• Louisiana
  Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities
  938 Lafayette Street, Suite 300
  New Orleans, LA 70113
  504.523.4352 / 504.529.2358 (fax)
  www.leh.org
  Board chair: Michael Bernstein
  Executive: Michael Sartisky
• Maine
  Maine Humanities Council
  674 Brighton Avenue
  Portland, ME 04102-1012
  207.773.5051 / 207.773.2416 (fax)
  www.mainehumanities.org
  Board chair: Thomas Lizotte
  Executive: Hayden Anderson
• Maryland
  Maryland Humanities Council
  108 West Centre Street
  Baltimore, MD 21201-4565
  410.685.0095 | 410.771.0655 (fax)
  www.mdhc.org
  Board chair: David Phillips
  Executive: Phoebe Stein Davis
• Massachusetts
  Mass Humanities
  66 Bridge Street
  Northampton, MA 01060
  413.584.8440 / 413.584.8454
  www.masshumanities.org
  Board chair: Ben Birnbaum
  Executive: David Tebaldi
• Michigan
  Michigan Humanities Council
  119 Pere Marquette Drive, Suite 3B
  Lansing, MI 48912-1270
  517.372.7770 517.372.0027 (fax)
  michiganhumanities.org
  Board chair: Pat Waring
  Interim executive: Robbe DiPietro
• Minnesota
  Minnesota Humanities Center
  987 East Ivy Avenue
  St. Paul, MN 55106
  651.774.0105 / 651.774.0205 (fax)
  www.minnesotahumanities.org
  Board chair: Ann Glumac
  Executive: David O'Fallon
• Mississippi
  Mississippi Humanities Council
  3825 Ridgewood Road, Room 311
  Jackson, MS 39211
  601.432.6752 / 601.432.6750 (fax)
  www.mshumanities.org
  Board chair: Pamela Pridgen
  Executive: Barbara Carpenter
• Missouri
  Missouri Humanities Council
  543 Hanley Industrial Court, Suite 201
  St. Louis, MO 63144
  314.781.9660 / 314.781.9681 (fax)
  www.mohumanities.org
  Board chair: Michele Hansford
  Executive: Geoff Giglierano
• Montana
  Humanities Montana
  311 Brantly
  Missoula, MT 59812-7848
  406.243.6022 / 406.243.4836 (fax)
  www.humanitiesmontana.org
  Board chair: Julie Dial
  Executive: Ken Egan
• Nebraska
  Nebraska Humanities Council
  Lincoln Center Building, Suite 330 
  215 Centennial Mall South
  Lincoln, NE 68508
  402.474.2131 / 402.474.4852 (fax)
  www.nebraskahumanities.org
  Board chair: Andrew Alexander
  Executive: Chris Sommerich
• Nevada
  Nevada Humanities
  1034 N. Sierra Street
  Reno, NV 89507
  775.784.6587 / 775.784.6527 (fax)
  www.nevadahumanities.org
  Board chair: Thomas F. Fay
  Executive: Christina Barr
• New Hampshire
  New Hampshire Humanities Council
  117 Pleasant Street
  Concord, NH 03301
  603.224.4071 / 603.224.4072 (fax)
  www.nhhc.org
  Board chair: Sylvia McBeth
  Executive: Deborah Watrous
• New Jersey
  New Jersey Council for the Humanities
  28 West State Street, 6th Floor
  Trenton, NJ 08608
  609.695.4838 / 609.695.4929
  www.njch.org
  Board chair: Wendel A. White
  Associate Director: Mary Rizzo
• New Mexico
  New Mexico Humanities Council
  4115 Silver Avenue, NE
  Albuquerque, NM 87108
  505.633.7370 / 505.633.7377 (fax)
  www.nmhum.org
  Board chair: Elmo Baca
  Executive: Craig L. Newbill
• New York
  New York Council for the Humanities
  150 Broadway, Suite 1700
  New York, NY 10038
  212.233.1131 / 212.233.4607 (fax)
  www.nyhumanities.org
  Board chair: Elbrun E. Kimmelman
  Executive: Sara Ogger
• North Carolina
  North Carolina Humanities Council
  122 North Elm Street, Suite 601
  Greensboro, NC 27401
  336.334.5325 / 336.334.5052 (fax)
  www.nchumanities.org
  Board chair: Cynthia Brodhead
  Executive: Shelley Crisp
• North Dakota
  North Dakota Humanities Council
  418 East Broadway, Suite 8
  P.O. Box 2191
  Bismarck, ND 58502
  701.255.3360 / 701.223.8724 (fax)
  www.ndhumanities.org
  Board chair: Tayo “Jay” Basquiat
  Executive: Brenna L. Gerhardt
• Northern Marianas Islands
  Northern Marianas Humanities Council
  P.O. Box 506437
  Saipan, MP 96950
  670.235.4785 / 670.235.4786 (fax)
  www.nmihumanities.org
  Board chair: David J. Attao
  Executive: Scott Russell
• Ohio
  Ohio Humanities Council
  471 E. Broad Street, Suite 1620
  Columbus, OH 43215-3857
  614.461.7802 / 614.461.4651 (fax)
  www.ohiohumanities.org
  Board chair: Marjorie McLellan
  Executive: Patricia N. Williamsen
• Oklahoma
  Oklahoma Humanities Council
  Festival Plaza
  428 West California, Suite 270
  Oklahoma City, OK 73102
  405.235.0280 / 405.235.0289 (fax)
  www.okhumanities.org
  Board chair: William Bryans
  Executive: Ann Thompson
• Oregon
  Oregon Humanities
  813 SW Alder Street, Suite 702
  Portland, OR 97205
  503.241.0543 / 503.241.0024 (fax)
  www.oregonhumanities.org
  Board chair: John Frohnmayer
  Executive: Cara Ungar
• Pennsylvania
  Pennsylvania Humanities Council
  325 Chestnut Street, Suite 715
  Philadelphia, PA 19106
  215.925.1005 / 215.925.3054 (fax)
  www.pahumanities.org
  Board chair: Nancy L. Eaton
  Executive: Laurie Zierer
• Puerto Rico
  Fundación Puertorriqueña de las Humanidades
  109 San Jose Street, 3rd floor
  Box 9023920
  San Juan, PR 00902-3920
  787.721.2087 / 787.721.2684 (fax)
  www.fphpr.org
  Board chair: Luis González-Vales
  Executive: Juan M. González Lamela
• Rhode Island
  Rhode Island Committee for the Humanities
  385 Westminster Street, Suite 2
  Providence, RI 02903
  401.273.2250 / 401.454.4872 (fax)
  www.rihumanities.org
  Board chair: David Lux
  Executive: Elizabeth Francis
• South Carolina
  The Humanities Council of South Carolina
  2711 Middleburg Drive, Suite 203
  P.O. Box 5287
  Columbia, SC 29254
  803.691.4100 / 803.691.0809 (fax)
  www.schumanities.org
  Board chair: Sara L. Sanders
  Executive: Randy L. Akers
• South Dakota
  South Dakota Humanities Council
  1215 Trail Ridge Road, Suite A
  Brookings, SD 57006
  605.688.6113 / 605.688.4531 (fax)
  www.sdhumanities.org
  Board chair: Jean Nicholson
  Executive: Sherry DeBoer
• Tennessee
  Humanities Tennessee
  306 Gay Street, Suite 306
  Nashville, TN 37201
  615.770.0006 / 615.770.0007 (fax)
  www.humanitiestennessee.org
  Board chair: Neil Hemphill
  Executive: Timothy Henderson
• Texas
  Humanities Texas
  1410 Rio Grande Street
  Austin, TX 78701
  512.440.1991 / 512.440.0115 (fax)
  www.humanitiestexas.org
  Board chair: Michael L. Klein
  Executive: Michael Gillette
• Utah
  Utah Humanities Council
  202 West 300 North
  Salt Lake City, UT 84103-1108
  801.359.9670 / 801.531.7869 (fax)
  www.utahhumanities.org
  Board chair: Madonne Miner
  Executive: Cynthia Buckingham
• Vermont
  Vermont Humanities Council
  11 Loomis Street
  Montpelier, VT 05602
  802-262-2626 / 802-262-2620 (fax)
  www.vermonthumanities.org
  Board chair: Jim Wilbur
  Executive: Peter A. Gilbert
• Virgin Islands
  Virgin Islands Humanities Council
  #1829 Kongens Gade
  St. Thomas, VI 00802-6746
  340.776.4044 / 340.774.3972 (fax)
  www.vihumanities.org
  Board chair: Opal Palmer Adisa
  Executive:
• Virginia
  Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy
  145 Ednam Drive
  Charlottesville, VA 22903-4629
  804.924.3296 / 804.296.4714 (fax)
  www.virginiahumanities.org
  Board chair: Walter Rugaber
  Executive: Robert C. Vaughan
• Washington
  Humanities Washington
  1204 Minor Avenue
  Seattle, WA 98101
  206.682.1770 / 206.682.4158 (fax)
  www.humanities.org
  Board chair: John Baule
  Executive: Julie Ziegler
• West Virginia
  West Virginia Humanities Council
  1310 Kanawha Boulevard East
  Charleston, WV 25301
  304.346.8500 / 304.346.8504 (fax)
  www.wvhumanities.org
  Board chair: Raymond W. Smock
  Executive: Kenneth Sullivan
• Wisconsin
  Wisconsin Humanities Council
  222 South Bedford Street, Suite F
  Madison, WI 53703-3688
  608.262.0706 / 608.263.7970 (fax)
  www.wisconsinhumanities.org
  Board chair: Steven R. Myck
  Executive: Dena Wortzel
• Wyoming
  Wyoming Humanities Council
  1315 E. Lewis Street
  Laramie, WY 82072-3459
  307.721.9243 / 307.742.4914 (fax)
  www.uwyo.edu/humanities
  Board chair: Dave Reetz
  Executive: Marcia Britton