Below is a comprehensive list of past recipients for the Helen and Martin Schwartz Prize, which is the highest honor awarded to humanities councils by the humanities community.
1982
- “The Trinity Humanities Series: The Dramatic Work as a Historical, Cultural Document,” Rhode Island Committee for the Humanities
1983
- “This Far By Faith: Black Hoosier Heritage,” Indiana Humanities Council
1984
- “LOGON ’83: Technology, Mythology and Literacy in the New Age,” Montana Committee for the Humanities
1985
- “The Jefferson Park Writing Project,” Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities
1986
- “The Virginia Women’s Cultural History Project,” Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy
1987
- “The Segesser Hide Paintings Symposium and Public Forum,” New Mexico Endowment for the Humanities
- “Plain People: Mini-Biographies of North Dakotans,” North Dakota Humanities Council
1988
- “Nebraska Project ’87,” Nebraska Committee for the Humanities
1989
- “The 350th Anniversary of the Connecticut General Assembly,” Connecticut Humanities Council
- “City Lights,” D.C. Community Humanities Council
1990
- “In View of Home: 20th Century Visions of the Alabama Landscape,”Alabama Humanities Foundation
1991
- “Asians and Asian Americans in Virginia: Ethnic Identity and Education,” Virginia Foundation for the Humanities
- “The Bill of Rights: The North Dakota Perspective,” North Dakota Humanities Council
1992
- “Common Ground,” Utah Humanities Council
- “A Celebration of the Written Word-The Southern Festival of Books,” Tennessee Humanities Council
1993
- “In Search of Common Ground,” D.C. Community Humanities Council
- “Hartford Humanities Alliance,” Connecticut Humanities Council
1994
- “Anne Frank in the World: Picture a World Without Prejudice,” Alaska Humanities Forum
- “Montana This Morning,” Montana Committee for the Humanities
1995
- “The First 100 Years: Reflections of Seattle’s Chinese Americans,” Washington Commission for the Humanities
- “The Connecticut Experience,” Connecticut Humanities Council
1996
- “Nez Perce Music Archive 11,” Idaho Humanities Council
- “Nosotros: The Hispanic People of Oregon,” Oregon Humanities Council
1997
- “The Oscar Micheaux Festival,” South Dakota Humanities Council
- “Voices from Communities in Transition,” Arizona Humanities Council
1998
- “Un Tesoro de Nebraska (A Nebraska Treasure): Discovering our Mexican Legacy,” Nebraska Humanities Council
- “The Odyssey Project,” Maine Humanities Council
1999
- “The Word Power Theater Project,” Illinois Humanities Council
- “NC Crossroads,” North Carolina Humanities Council
2000
- “The Bozeman Trail Heritage Conference,” Montana Committee for the Humanities
- “Prime Time Family Reading Time,” Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities
2001
- “Action Speaks 2000, A Topical Forum: Under-Appreciated Dates of the 2oth Century That Changed America,” Rhode Island Committee for the Humanities
- “Re-Envisioning the Los Angeles River,” California Council for the Humanities
2002
- “Sophie Germain Project,” Illinois Humanities Council (regrant)
- “The Unfinished Civil War,” Humanities Iowa (council conducted)
2003
- “The Wallpaper Project,” Ohio Humanities Council (regrant)
- “Literature & Medicine: Humanities at the Heart of Health Care,” Maine Humanities Council (council conducted)
2004
- “A Confluence of Cultures: Native Americans and the Expedition of Lewis and Clark,” Montana Committee for the Humanities (regrant)
- “Re-Imagining Ireland,” Virginia Foundation for the Humanities (council conducted)
2005
- “Vietnam Voices and Vision Unfiltered,” New Mexico Humanities Council (regrant)
- “New Georgia Encyclopedia,” Georgia Humanities Council (council conducted)
2006
- “The Arizona Heritage Tourism Website,” Arizona Humanities Council (council conducted)
- “Alabama Prison Arts & Education Project: Pilot Course in Survey of Southern Literature,” Alabama Humanities Foundation (regrant)
2007
- “Mexican-American Baseball in Los Angeles: From the Barrios to the Big Leagues,” California Council for the Humanities (regrant)
- “Taxing Maine,” Maine Humanities Council (council-conducted)
2008
- “The New Nebraskans,” Nebraska Humanities Council
- “Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr: Remembrance and Reconciliation,” Maryland Humanities Council
- “BackStory with the American History Guys,” Virginia Foundation for the Humanities
2009
- “How I See It: Youth Digital Filmmakers,” California Council for the Humanities
- “Public Affairs Initiative,” Humanities Montana
- “Virginia Indian Heritage Program,” Virginia Foundation for the Humanities
2010
- “Heritage Resource Center,” Connecticut Humanities Council
- “Civil Rights Digital Library,” Georgia Humanities Council
- “Socrates Exchange,” New Hampshire Humanities Council
2011
- “Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program,” Virginia Foundation for the Humanities
- “Practicing Democracy,” Maryland Humanities Council
- “Food for Thought,” Indiana Humanities Council
2012
- “Why Treaties Matter,” Minnesota Humanities Center
- “Chapter 16,” Humanities Tennessee
- “Reading Frederick Douglass,” Mass Humanities
2013
- “After Safeguard,” North Dakota Humanities Council
- “Teen Reading Lounge,” Pennsylvania Humanities Council
- “Community Conversations,” New York Council for the Humanities
2014
- “#QR1863,” Kansas Humanities Council
- “Idea Lab Summer Institute,” Oregon Humanities
- “We Are One,” Utah Humanities Council
2015
- “Hometown Humanities,” Humanities Montana
- “War Ink,” California Humanities
- “Hometown Teams: Galesville Community Center,” Maryland Humanities
2016
- “Heritage Grants – Exploring the History of All Michigan’s People,” Michigan Humanities Council
2017
- Indiana Humanities – “Next Indiana Campfires”
2018
- Mississippi Humanities – “Racial Equity Grant Program”
- Oregon Humanities – “This Land”
2019
- Humanities Guåhan – “Taking Root: Growing Youth Empowerment for Island Sustainability”
- Ohio Humanities – “Not Far From Me: Stories of Opioids and Ohio”
2020
Schwartz Prize for 2019 Programming
- California Humanities – “Library Innovation Lab”
- Vermont Humanities – “Vermont Reads 2019: March: Book One“
Schwartz Prize for Rapid Response, COVID-19 Programming
- Humanities Washington – “Cabin Fever Questions”
- Humanities Texas – “Teacher Professional Development Programs”
2021
- Minnesota Humanities Center – “How Can We Breathe”
- Nevada Humanities – “Humanities Heart to Heart”
2022
- Hawai’i Council for the Humanities – “Why It Matters: Civic and Electoral Participation”
- Oklahoma Humanities – “Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commemoration Initiative”