Deadline: 15-Jul-21
Illinois Humanities is seeking applications for its Project Grants Program to support emergency relief and recovery to Illinois-based nonprofits to develop or continue humanities-based projects in 2021.
These grants will support organizations that may not have an explicit humanities-based mission or scope but incorporate humanities-based programs or projects as part of their work.
Examples include performing arts groups that include audience-based discussions of the work; park districts that host seminars or workshops on history, literature, or other humanities disciplines; visual arts groups or art museums that incorporate art history discussions or seminars; community-based organizations that host discussions with community members that promote civic engagement; etc.
There are two funding pools: one designated for organizations based within Cook County and one designated for organizations based outside Cook County.
In 2021, Illinois Humanities is offering two grant opportunities to help humanities organizations and cultural groups respond to the ongoing pandemic:
- General operating grants for organizations that are explicitly defined as humanities-based in terms of mission and core programming.
- Humanities project grants for organizations that plan to do humanities-based work but who may not be explicitly humanities-based organizations in mission and scope.
Goals
The main goals of the 2021 Illinois Humanities COVID-19 Emergency Relief and Recovery Grants are:
- To provide emergency relief support for humanities-based organizations throughout the state who are impacted by COVID-19.
- To help enable other nonprofit partners to provide humanities-based programs to help their communities recover and respond with resilience to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- To help build the capacity of their grantee-partners through offering workshops that address their most pressing needs, networking opportunities within their sector, and a peer skill share program that compensates participants.
Funding Information
- The Humanities Project Grants will be for $5,000.
- These grants are project grants, meant to provide support to tax-exempt organizations intent on carrying out humanities-based projects that aim to help strengthen their community’s recovery and resilience during COVID-19. No matching funds are required.
Eligibility Criteria
- These project grants are eligible to the following types of organizations: Tax-exempt organizations in Illinois; public libraries; K-12 schools; universities, colleges, and academic departments; and organizations focused on the arts.
- For-profit organizations and individuals are ineligible.
For more information, visit https://www.ilhumanities.org/program/illinois-humanities-covid-19-emergency-relief-grants/