First grantees in Hope, community project series announced
HOLLAND The first round of funding from a grant program connecting Hope College and local organizations for community projects has been announced.
A 42-month, $800,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is funding the “There’s No Place Like ‘Home’” initiative at Hope College, established in February 2020. Three projects were announced Tuesday as part of the first round of funding.
The program is meant to expand the role of the humanities at Hope into other disciplines and the greater Holland community.
“This is an initiative like others sponsored by Mellon at Hope such as Grand Challenges and Mellon Scholars, to create a vision of the humanities that’s more publicly engaged,” said William Pannapacker, professor of English and senior director of Mellon Initiatives. “Simply put, this is an effort to bring the humanities out into town, even more than they already are.