In 1980, the name Pennsylvania Humanities Council (PHC) was adopted and the organization settled in Philadelphia.
[4] In the early years, PHC's activity consisted almost exclusively of issuing grants to non-profit organizations with funds provided by NEH.
[4] In 1994, PHC focused on expanding access to the humanities in Pennsylvania beyond groups traditionally interested in cultural events.
[4] They began to support local groups, working to build the programming capacity of small historical societies, museums, art centers, libraries, senior centers and community groups.
Teens help to create the reading list for their program sites and work with trained facilitators to design creative projects.