Humanities Tennessee

“No review was or will be conducted.”

“Board members review the policy once a year. Before any relevant vote, all board members are required to disclose any potential conflict of interest.”

“Staff salary ranges are researched using national and regional data available from multiple sources, including the federation of state humanities councils, based on length of tenure, comparable duties assigned to the position, etc. To ensure appropriate comparisons, ultimate determination of the ceo's salary is made by executive committee.”

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“General grants/sharp - humanities tn makes funding investments in all three grand divisions of the state to support the efforts of cultural, educational, and community-based organizations providing public humanities programs. The grant funds awarded to organizations are leveraged for additional community investment, including financial support and volunteer time. The organizers of these projects anticipate engaging more than one million people in tennessee history, culture, arts, and more. In addition to our general grant program, humanities tn was able to provide 941,454 to 91 organizations throughout the state through the sustaining the humanities through the american rescue plan (sharp) grants, made possible by the national endowment for the humanities as part of the 1.9 trillion american rescue plan act of 2021 approved by the u.s. Congress and signed into law on march 11, 2021.”

“Chapter 16 - in response to the loss of book coverage in newspapers around the state, humanities tennessee founded chapter19.org in 2009 to provide comprehensive coverage of literary news and events in tennessee. Each weekday the site posts fresh content that focuses on author events across the state and new releases from tennessee authors. In addition, chapter 16 maintains partnerships with newspapers in each major media market statewide, and our content appears in print each week through the memphis commercial appeal, the nashville scene, and the knoxville news sentinel. Through the site, social media, a weekly newsletter, and our newspaper partnerships, chapter 16 reaches more than half a million readers on a good week. The outcome is the ongoing visibility of the tennessee literary community in newspapers statewide, the support to tennessee writers and independent bookstores via promotion of books and events, and an ever- growing archive of original content.”