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2024 PIHP Grants Awarded

Humanities New York is pleased to announce that 20 organizations across the state have received grants totaling $474,428 as part of the Post-Incarceration Humanities Partnership (PIHP): a cohort-based program that supports organizations that incorporate the humanities into their work of serving formerly incarcerated individuals and their families. Read the full list of new and returning grantees.

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Post-Incarceration Humanities Partnership Spotlight: August Edition

Humanities New York is excited to present our Post-Incarceration Humanities Partnership (PIHP) grantees of 2023!PIHP is an annual grant that provides support to New York State-based organizations that serve previously incarcerated individuals and their families. PIHP aims to recognize the importance of and support these organizations and their work; explore humanities-based techniques to programming through workshops and discussion; and convene grantees in order to share experiences and engage with new resources.

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Humanities New York Receives $1.2 Million Award from Mellon Foundation for Post-Incarceration Humanities Partnership 

HNY is proud to announce that the Mellon Foundation has awarded $1.2 million to its Post-Incarceration Humanities Partnership for a period of three years. The 2023–26 HNY Post-Incarceration Humanities Partnership (PIHP) will provide grants of up to $25,000 to organizations in New York State that serve individuals who have previously been incarcerated and their families.

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