The General Operating Grants are specifically designed for nonprofit, tax-exempt humanities organizations that have budgets of $250,000 or less.
Donor Name: Illinois Humanities
State: Illinois
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/15/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
General Operating Grants were established to provide unrestricted funds to humanities-based organizations in Illinois. Illinois Humanities is interested in funding a full spectrum of public humanities programs in the state, including audiences and communities that have been historically underserved.
The goals of this grant are to:
- Support the growth and development of organizations serving Illinois through public humanities programming.
- Strengthen the nonprofit humanities landscape in Illinois by building organizational capacity.
- Ensure the future of humanities in Illinois includes thriving organizations with experience bringing public humanities to their communities.
Funding Information
A cash award of up to $10,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Must be a humanities-based organization
- Must be a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization in good standing or have a fiscal sponsor
- Organizations must be Illinois-based in their mission, history, and audience served.
- Organizations must have an annual budget of $250,000 or less
- Organizations may not apply if they have an open Vision, Action, Multiplier, or a 2024 General Operating grant
- Previous Illinois Humanities grantees must be up-do-date on reporting for any previous grants from Illinois Humanities
- Illinois Humanities staff will conduct a vetting process to establish eligibility in the following areas:
- Active 501(c)(3) status
- Illinois-based mission, history, and community
- No outstanding reporting requirements from previous Illinois Humanities grant initiatives.
For more information, visit Illinois Humanities.
