American Council of Learned Societies
http://www.acls.org/
The American Council of Learned Societies draws together learned societies and affiliates for consideration of shared concerns, particularly those relating to maintaining and improving conditions for scholarship, education, and communication among scholars in the humanities and social sciences. It also directly supports humanistic scholarship through sponsorship of fellowship competitions, international exchange programs, and the creation of scholarly reference works and resources. Check out the web site to review Fellowship & Grant Competitions to be held.

American Council of Learned Societies
Frederick Burkhardt Residential Fellowships for Recently Tenured Scholars
http://www.acls.org/burkguid.htm
Application deadline: Sept. 30, 2004
These fellowships support long-term, unusually ambitious projects in the humanities and related social sciences. The ACLS will award up to 11 Burkhardt Fellowships in this competition year, each carries a stipend of $75,000.

American Philosophical Association
Grants, Fellowships, and Prizes
http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/
The American Philosophical Society began assisting research by individual scholars in 1933. Today, the Society supports several major grant or fellowship programs to continue in the promotion of useful knowledge.
Grants are for research only. The Society makes no grants for study, travel to conferences, workshops or to consult with other scholars, for permanent equipment, or assistance with publication or translation. The purpose of all programs is to put scholars in contact with the objects of their research.

Arch and Bruce Brown Foundation
http://www.aabbfoundation.org/
The Arch and Bruce Brown Foundation awards yearly grants to writers in three rotating disciplines: Theatre, Full-length Fiction, and Short Stories. All works submitted must present the gay and lesbian lifestyle in a positive manner and be based on, or inspired by, a historic person, culture, event, or work of art. Writing contests close on November 30th of each year. Grants are $1000 and are not limited to a single winner. The Foundation also offers grants (usually of $1000) to production companies to offset expenses in producing gay-positive theatrical works based on history.
Listed under Grants for Individuals -- arts, humanities, writing.

Dactyl Foundation for the Arts and Humanities
http://www.dactyl.org
The Dactyl Foundation, 64 Grand Street, New York, NY 10013; Tel: (212) 219-2344; Fax: (212) 226-7320; e-mail dactyl@flash.net.
A not-for-profit organization established for the purposes of investigating the role of art in the contemporary world. Currently offers a $3,000 award for essays that present a "reading" of a text, art object, natural object or event. Inter-disciplinary approaches are especially encouraged. Include a one-page abstract. Essays may be submitted by the author or nominated by another individual. Length open. Published or unpublished. Send to Victoria N. Alexander and include SASE. No application is required. [Also listed under Arts, Humanities]

Folger Shakespeare Library
Short- and Long-Term Fellowships
http://www.folger.edu/template.cfm?cid=298
Preeminent in the world for its Shakespeare collection, the Folger Shakespeare Library is an independent research facility with about 300,000 books and manuscripts on British and European literary, cultural, political, religious, and social history from the fifteenth through the eighteenth centuries.

Grants.gov : Current Federal Funding Opportunities for Humanities
http://www.grants.gov/FindGrantOpportunities?search=category
Note: Select humanities as funding activity category.