The Indiana Humanities in partnership with the Central Indiana Community Foundation invites applications for its INcommon Grant to support programs that use humanities ideas, readings and scholars to spark in-depth thinking and conversation around the persistent social, economic, cultural and racial issues that divide communities.
Donor Name: Indiana Humanities
State: Indiana
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 02/28/2022
Grant Size: $5,000
Grant Duration: 1 year
Details:
The program welcomes diverse projects from across Indiana, addressing different themes and using a variety of public humanities formats. INcommon Grants can be used to develop and implement creative and thoughtful public programs that use humanities ideas, readings and scholars to spark in-depth thinking and conversation around the persistent social, economic, cultural and racial issues that divide their communities.
Funding Information
- Amount: Up to $5,000.
- Date by Which Projects Must Be Completed: Within one year of notification.
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible for an INcommon Grant, applicant must apply on behalf of an Indiana-based tax-exempt organization. Schools, public libraries, churches, community organizations and government entities are eligible; 501(c)3 status is not required. The program will not award INcommon Grants to individuals or for-profit entities. Also, note that the program will not give an organization more than one INcommon Grant per calendar year.
- Requirements:
- Contain a strong focus on the humanities. When considering which humanities-related projects to fund, the program use guidelines provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities. According to the NEH, the humanities include activities in the following disciplines:
- Literature
- Comparative religion
- Language
- Law
- History
- Ethics
- Philosophy
- Theory, history and criticism of the performing and visual arts
- Archaeology
- Social sciences that have humanistic content and/or humanistic method
- Include humanities scholars in planning and implementation
- Be intended for a public audience.
- Be presented at a site that is accessible according to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
- Include a plan for execution.
- Not exceed $5,000 in requested funding.
- Demonstrate at least a 50 percent match in cash or in-kind contributions from organization or other sources.
- Contain a strong focus on the humanities. When considering which humanities-related projects to fund, the program use guidelines provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities. According to the NEH, the humanities include activities in the following disciplines:
Restrictions
Indiana Humanities will not award grants for any of the following purposes:
- General operating expenses (i.e., their grants must support the development and implementation of specific public humanities programs)
- Activities that promote a particular political, religious or ideological point of view
- Advocacy of a particular program of social or political action
- Support of specific public policies or legislation
- Lobbying
- Fundraising
- Endowment contributions
- Regranting of funds
- Purchase of land or facilities, construction or renovation
- Property or major equipment purchases (in other words, funds should not be used exclusively for equipment purchases; the program may consider funding equipment, however, if it’s a portion of the grant request and will support the overall goal of providing public humanities programming)
- Archival acquisitions
- Programming that falls outside of the humanities, including the creation or performance of art
- Social services
- Prizes, awards or scholarships
- Publication of books
- Foreign travel
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- Entertainment (unless it’s a key educational component of the program—for example, musicians for a program on Indiana’s jazz heritage)
For more information, visit Indiana Humanities.
