South Dakota Humanities Council Employee Directory
Non-profit OrganizationsSouth Dakota, United States11-50 Employees
The South Dakota Humanities Council is a non-profit organization based in Brookings, South Dakota, founded in 1972. Its sole mission is to deliver humanities programming to the people of South Dakota, acting as a statewide advocate for the humanities and collaborating with partners to foster literary and civic engagement. The council supports public humanities programming, provides grant funding for community projects and research, and carries out the mission of the South Dakota Center for the Book through reading and literacy initiatives and the annual Festival of Books. Its work centers on celebrating literature, promoting civil conversation, and telling the stories that define the state, serving communities across the region through a focus on public programming and community-oriented humanities projects.