Illinois Humanities launched a new micro-grants program, Activate History, in order to inspire and help enable those who have local collections of various kinds (archives, texts, photos, stories, etc) to explore creative ways for community members to become more engaged with them.
Donor Name: Illinois Humanities
State: Illinois
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/01/2022
Size of the Grant: $500
Details:
They see this work as encouraging individual curiosity and connections to local history; as celebrating the efforts of amateur and other local historians; and as an avenue for growing the outreach efforts of local collections– all of which helps bolster community identity. Illinois Humanities has designed this micro-grants program to be accessible with a quick turnaround, in response to the dearth of available funds for individuals and smaller entities to host discussions on history and related matters.
Funding can be used for leading conversations, for activating a space through an event, and for artistic interpretation of collections.
Funding Information
- The Activate History micro-grants are for $500 each.
- Applicants can request up to $250 in additional support to help make their events more accessible to audience participants, particularly those with physical disabilities.
Eligibility Criteria
Any nonprofit, church, school, government entity, library, museum and/or individual can apply. Either the applicant, the theme to be explored, or the audience addressed should be focused on Illinois. Special consideration is given to organizations with annual budgets of less than $400,000. For-profit businesses may not apply.
For more information, visit Illinois Humanities.
