Statewide — Indiana Humanities will offer more than $215,000 in grants in 2021, continuing to provide opportunities for smaller rapid-response funding and larger grants that support innovative and collaborative public humanities programs.
The statewide nonprofit has a webinar online about its offerings and anticipates holding in-person grant workshops later in the year around the state to provide additional information about the grant guidelines and application instructions.
The slate of grants and deadlines include:
Action Grant
• Up to $3,000
• Offered on a rolling basis, with applications due the last day of each month
• Supports a broad array of projects that help people learn new information, consider different perspectives, share ideas and understand one another better
Historic Preservation Education Grant, in partnership with Indiana Landmarks
• Up to $2,500
• Applications due Feb. 28, 2021 (round 1) and Sept. 30, 2021 (round 2)
• Supports programs that educate the community about historic places and properties—and particularly about the need to preserve and protect them
INcommon Grant, in partnership with the Central Indiana Community Foundation
• Up to $5,000
• Applications due Feb. 28, 2021 (round 1) and Aug. 31, 2021 (round 2)
• Supports 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 our communities
Innovation Grant
• Up to $10,000
• Inquiry form due April 30, 2021, with full application due July 31, 2021
• Supports bold programs that introduce new ideas, utilize unique approaches and/or reach underserved audiences; applicants must demonstrate they’re stretching boundaries to create fresh, inventive and even risky projects
Collaboration Grant
• Up to $20,000
• Inquiry form due April 30, 2021, with full application due July 31, 2021
• Supports nonprofit organizations that collaborate to deliver in-depth public humanities programming built around a core idea or theme; partnerships may be among organizations within a community, within a region or across the state
Click here for in-depth guidelines, application instructions, and more. For more information, call 317.616.9784, or email [email protected].
