Virginia Humanities

Virginia Foundation for the Humanities (VFH) connects people and ideas to explore the human experience and inspire cultural engagement. Since its founding in 1974, VFH has grown to become the largest and most diversely funded state humanities council in the country, producing more than 40,000 humanities programs including festivals, public radio programs, and digital resources, and contributing to more than 3,000 grant projects and 300 individual and collaborate fellowships. Four focus areas organize our programming: Community Programs - Grant Program - Virginia Folklife Program - African American Programs - Virginia Indian Programs Virginia Center for the Book - Virginia Festival of the Book - Virginia Arts of the Book Center - Letters About Literature Scholarship - Residential Fellowship Program - With Good Reason - BackStory With the American History Guys Digital Initiatives - Encyclopedia Virginia - Documents Compass - edUi Conference We work with individuals and communities to explore the past, confront current issues, and discover a promising future in Virginia and beyond.