Opportunity Grants open the door for smaller organizations that are building healthier communities one public program at a time.
Donor Name: Wisconsin Humanities
State: Wisconsin
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/01/2024
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Funding Priorities for Opportunity Grants
Wisconsin Humanities is committed to funding organizations that have been historically underserved statewide and recognizes that every community has stories to share, traditions to explore, and challenges to tackle. All nonprofits in Wisconsin are eligible to apply and they encourage organizations who meet any of the following points below to apply.
- Led by or primarily serving Black, Indigenous, and/or People of Color (BIPOC); members of religious minorities; women and girls, LGBTQI+ persons; persons with disabilities; persons who live in rural areas; persons otherwise adversely affected by persistent poverty or inequality; and individuals who belong to multiple such communities.
- With annual expenditures of less than $500,000 in the last completed fiscal year.
Funding Information
Up to $4,000.
Eligibility Criteria
Wisconsin Humanities grants are for nonprofit organizations. Some examples are historical societies, libraries, colleges, schools, civic organizations, or an ad hoc group with a nonprofit serving as programmatic partner and fiscal sponsor.
Wisconsin Humanities does not fund:
- For-profit organizations or Individuals
- Organizations based out-of-state or without a Wisconsin EIN
- Projects that don’t engage the humanities
- Book production projects
- Strictly archival projects
- Building construction or renovation
- Projects whose main purpose is advocacy.
For more information, visit Wisconsin Humanities.
