Call for Proposals for INcommon Grant Program (Indiana) - fundsforNGOs

INcommon Grants provide tax-exempt organizations with funds to develop and implement public programs that use the humanities to explore subjects related to race and ethnicity.

Donor Name: Indiana Humanities

State: Indiana

County: All Counties

Type of Grant: Grant

Deadline: 02/28/2023

Size of the Grant: Up to $5,000

Details:

Grant-supported programs may examine a variety of topics, including the longer histories driving contemporary debates around immigration, gentrification, incarceration, policing, institutional racism, the legacies of segregation in housing and education, and more.

Goals

Immigration, gentrification, incarceration, policing, institutional racism, and the legacies of segregation in housing and education are issues that continue to affect their communities. This grant opportunity invites Hoosiers to take a step back and use the humanities to look at the longer histories driving contemporary debates. They welcome diverse projects from across Indiana, addressing different themes and using a variety of public humanities formats, including reading series and civic reflection discussions; public lectures or panels; film screenings and discussions; or the creation of exhibits, web projects, podcasts, walking tours or documentary films.

Funding Information

Award: Up to $5,000

What they Support

As the INcommon name suggests, they’re eager to support proposals that utilize the tools and methods of the humanities to foster dialogue and understanding on topics related to race and ethnicity. They know that these conversations can be difficult, but they believe the humanities can create a space for people to come together to learn, consider different points of view, sometimes model respectful disagreement and discover shared values.
They welcome diverse projects from across Indiana, addressing different themes and using a variety of public humanities formats. INcommon Grants can be used to support new or ongoing public humanities programs that align to the key themes outlined below. Such projects may include reading series and civic reflection discussions; public lectures or panels; film screenings and discussions; or the creation of exhibits, web projects, podcasts, walking tours or documentary films.
They’ll give high priority to projects that include community discussion and conversation at the heart of their proposed activities. Successful proposals will include input from humanities scholars, including as advisers or facilitators.

Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible for an INcommon Grant, you must apply on behalf of a tax-exempt organization that’s registered with the Internal Revenue Service; K-12 schools, colleges and universities, public libraries, churches and government entities are also eligible. They will not award INcommon Grants to individuals, nonregistered entities or for-profit entities. All organizations receiving a grant must provide Indiana Humanities with a Unique Entity Identification (UEI) through the federal government’s System for Award management website, SAM.gov. Recipients that are unable to provide a UEI will not be eligible for funding. Also, note that they will not award an organization more than one Action Grant per calendar year.

Requirements

Your proposal must meet the following requirements in order to be considered. Their review committee will use these to evaluate, rate and rank your application. Your project must:

Contain a strong focus on the humanities. When considering which humanitiesrelated projects to fund, they use guidelines provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities. According to the NEH, the humanities include activities in the following disciplines: