[company_age]105.0[/company_age][employees]11-50 employees[/employees][funding]grant[/funding][description]The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) is a non-profit federation of 81 scholarly organizations dedicated to advancing research and teaching in the humanities and interpretive social sciences. Founded in 1919, ACLS is the preeminent representative of American scholarship in these fields. The organization provides fellowships, grants, and other resources to support scholars at all stages of their careers. ACLS also works to promote public understanding of the humanities and to advocate for the importance of these fields in American society. ACLS is headquartered in New York City.[/description][ps]Fellowships, grants, resources, advocacy, public understanding promotion.[/ps]