American Council of Learned Societies

About American Council of Learned Societies

The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) is a nonprofit federation of 81 scholarly organizations, formed in 1919. As a leading representative of American scholarship in the humanities and social sciences, ACLS supports the creation and circulation of knowledge to advance understanding of humanity and human endeavors, with a focus on improving the human experience.

Products & Services

Fellowship & Grant Programs:ACLS offers fellowships and grants to support scholars across all fields of the humanities and social sciences.

Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program:A program aimed at supporting undergraduate students in the humanities and social sciences.

Community College Humanities Initiative:An initiative to advance humanities education and scholarship at community colleges.

Doctoral Futures Initiative:A program to assess and reimagine humanities graduate education.

Specialties

Humanistic Scholarship Advocacy for Humanities Academic Network Connections Support for Scholars Digital Scholarship

Funding History

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#	Type	Amount Fields	Date Fields	Investors
1	RT: Grant T: - FT: Grant	A: 500000 MR: - FA: $500,000 FAN: 500000	D: 2025-08-29 FD: 2025-08-29	1 investors
2	RT: Grant T: - FT: Grant	A: 3300000 MR: - FA: 3.3 million FAN: 3300000	D: 2023-05-25 FD: 2023-05-25	1 investors

Grant Latest

2025-08-29

$500K

1 investor (Pro only)

Grant 2023-05-25

$3.3M

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Growth Metrics

+45%

Employee Growth

YoY

3.2x

Funding Growth

Last Round

12

Markets

Operating

10K+

Customers

Active

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Team & Leadership

J

Joy Connolly

President

M

Mona Rad

Executive Assistant to the President

S

Stacy Hartman

Program Officer, Higher Education Initiatives

T

Treviene Harris

Project Manager

C

Camilo Villalpando

Director of Member Society Relations

E

Emily Carroll

Grants Officer

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