NATIONAL HUMANITIES CENTER

2024 · Form 990 · revenue $9.6M · expenses $6.9M · assets $96.8M

EIN

59-1735367

Address

7 TW ALEXANDER DR, DURHAM, NC 27713-2847

Website

NATIONALHUMANITIESCENTER.ORG

NTEE code

A70

Exempt type

501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)

Ruling date

July 1977 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)

IRS status

Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗

Tax-deductible donations

Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (public charity) Pub 78 ↗

Foundation status

Public charity, 509(a)(2)

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Mission

THE NATIONAL HUMANITIES CENTER IS THE WORLD'S ONLY INDEPENDENT INSTITUTE DEDICATED EXCLUSIVELY TO ADVANCED STUDY IN ALL AREAS OF THE HUMANITIES. THROUGH ITS RESIDENTIAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM, THE CENTER PROVIDES SCHOLARS WITH THE RESOURCES NECESSARY TO GENERATE NEW KNOWLEDGE AND TO FURTHER UNDERSTAND ALL FORMS OF CULTURAL EXPRESSION, SOCIAL INTERACTION, AND HUMAN THOUGHT. THROUGH ITS EDUCATION PROGRAMS, THE CENTER STRENGTHENS TEACHING ON THE COLLEGIATE AND PRE-COLLEGIATE LEVELS. MODEL PROGRAMS DEVELOPED AT THE CENTER PROVIDE TEACHERS AND FACULTY WITH NEW MATERIALS AND INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES TO MAKE THEM MORE EFFECTIVE IN THE CLASSROOM AND REKINDLE THEIR ENTHUSIASM FOR THE SUBJECTS THEY TEACH. THROUGH PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, IN THE FORM OF COMMUNITY LECTURES, PANEL DISCUSSIONS, SYMPOSIA, AND A RICH MULTI-MEDIA LIBRARY, THE CENTER PROMOTES UNDERSTANDING OF THE HUMANITIES AND ADVOCATES FOR THEIR FOUNDATIONAL ROLE IN A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

17 people paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

96 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

People by year

Highest-paid independent contractors

Trademarks

1 US trademark, 0 live.

• National Humanities Center 1 marks, NC EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state

The newest marks of the trademark owners above, matched to this record by name (and state).

Who the money went to

Grants this organization reported paying: Schedule I Part II of the Form 990, or the grants-paid list on the 990-PF. Open a year for every recipient. Recipients link to their own page when the grant names an EIN we have (990-PF grants list no EIN, so those link only on an exact, unique name and state). Grants to individuals are counted; their names are not shown.

Negative amounts are returned or refunded grants; they are listed last and left out of the totals of grants paid.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

Connected to

Organizations that list some of the same people on their returns (officers, directors, key employees on this organization’s latest return), and related organizations it lists on Schedule R.

• NATIONAL HUMANITIES ALLIANCE Washington, DC · 2 people in common (Ben Vinson Iii, Joy Connolly)
• DUKE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM INC Durham, NC · 1 person in common (Vincent Price)
• DUKE UNIVERSITY Durham, NC · 1 person in common (Vincent Price)
• HOWARD UNIVERSITY Washington, DC · 1 person in common (Ben Vinson Iii)
• ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE Charlotte, NC · 1 person in common (Vincent Price)
• AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LEARNED SOCIETIES New York, NY · 1 person in common (Joy Connolly)
• AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION Washington, DC · 1 person in common (Ben Vinson Iii)
• DUMAC INC Durham, NC · 1 person in common (Vincent Price)
• ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES Washington, DC · 1 person in common (Vincent Price)
• MID-EASTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE Norfolk, VA · 1 person in common (Ben Vinson Iii)
• RESEARCH TRIANGLE FOUNDATION OF NORTH CAROLINA Durham, NC · 1 person in common (Vincent Price)
• THE ROBERTSON SCHOLARS LEADERSHIP PROGRAM New York, NY · 1 person in common (Vincent Price)
• LONGLEAF SERVICES INC Chapel Hill, NC · 1 person in common (John Sherer)
• CONSORTIUM OF UNIVERSITIES OF THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA Washington, DC · 1 person in common (Ben Vinson Iii)
• NORTH CAROLINA INDEPENDENT COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES Raleigh, NC · 1 person in common (Vincent Price)
• UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA PRESS Chapel Hill, NC · 1 person in common (John Sherer)
• ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY PRESSES INC New York, NY · 1 person in common (John Sherer)
• NATIONAL HUMANITIES ALLIANCE FOUNDATION Washington, DC · 1 person in common (Ben Vinson Iii)
• ASSOCIATION OF HBCU RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS INC Washington, DC · 1 person in common (Ben Vinson Iii)
• MEAC FOUNDATION Norfolk, VA · 1 person in common (Ben Vinson Iii)

Funders of this organization

36 grantors reported grants to this organization, $5,597,895 in all, tax years 2009 to 2025; the 25 largest shown (all 36). Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

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