California Humanities’ mission is to bring Californians together to share cultures and heritage. The organization uses special programs and grants to reach every corner of California and help tell the stories of the state. As an employer, California Humanities has offered part-time and freelance job opportunities in the past. The organization seeks prospective team members with a supportive, collaborative, and independent work style who have a willingness to pay close attention to details and possess a good sense of humor.

Headquartered in Oakland, California, California Humanities was founded in 1975. Formerly known as Cal Humanities and the California Council for the Humanities, the organization began primarily focused on granting and started to handle humanities projects and programs in the 1990s. An independent state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, California Humanities is governed by 20-26 volunteer members. The organization focuses on conversation, ideas, and learning as meaningful, relevant ways to understand the human condition and connect people in an effort to strengthen California. Since its inception, California Humanities has awarded more than $29 million in grants across the state of California to use history, literature, anthropology, sociology, art, and other stories from the humanities to bring Californians together.

California Humanities’ mission is to bring Californians together to share cultures and heritage. The organization uses special programs and grants to reach every corner of California and help tell the stories of the state. As an employer, California Humanities has offered part-time and freelance job opportunities in the past. The organization seeks prospective team members with a supportive, collaborative, and independent work style who have a willingness to pay close attention to details and possess a good sense of humor.

Headquartered in Oakland, California, California Humanities was founded in 1975. Formerly known as Cal Humanities and the California Council for the Humanities, the organization began primarily focused on granting and started to handle humanities projects and programs in the 1990s. An independent state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, California Humanities is governed by 20-26 volunteer members. The organization focuses on conversation, ideas, and learning as meaningful, relevant ways to understand the human condition and connect people in an effort to strengthen California. Since its inception, California Humanities has awarded more than $29 million in grants across the state of California to use history, literature, anthropology, sociology, art, and other stories from the humanities to bring Californians together.