Collaborative Project Grants

Nonprofit organizations carrying out partnerships and collaborations with other nonprofits, humanities groups, or directly with their audience or community are candidates for this project-based grant. From projects that impact underfunded, underserved communities to telling stories of forgotten history, these initiatives champion collaboration in the public humanities. Partnering with organizations in this work helps us all to make valuable connections for the humanities throughout Illinois. The grant supports public humanities programming that engages Illinois communities, including initiatives focused on local and regional history, community-centered journalism, storytelling, place-based community-building, humanities education workshops, local filmmaking, oral history, and digital or physical archives. The program emphasizes projects that engage communities in humanities content that is local and relevant, leverage the humanities to address timely issues, support reflection on what it means to be human, impact underserved communities, and connect public humanities practitioners across Illinois.