Much of the funding for the SHP has been obtained through a number of grants from the University of the West Indies, including the Research and Publications Grant and the Post Graduate Fund. These have greatly facilitated the SHP’s publication programme.

The SHP relies on funding from annual subscription fees and proceeds from the sale of its publications to carry out its work.

From time to time, individuals have donated money grants to the SHP.
Funds have also been secured from private, and non-profit organisations. Special mention must be made of OXFAM’s sponsorship towards the research and publication of Women in Caribbean History. Postgraduate students, Janet Anderson, Aleric Josephs and Dorothy Pennant worked as research assistants on this project.

We are delighted to announce that the Culture, Health, Arts, Sports and Education (CHASE) Fund has agreed to provide (JA)$1.1 million to support our publication in book and CD form, “The Jamaican Black Middle Class of the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries”. The publication will be an expansion of the current exhibition on tour across the island, to 50 biographical profiles and photographic images, which we hope to launch later in the year.

Funding applications have also been made for the Downtown, Kingston project, for much needed oral history equipment and a Research Fellow to the SHP.