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”


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