The Indiana Humanities is seeking applications
for its Action Grant to support a broad array of projects that help people
learn new information, consider different perspectives, share ideas and
understand one another better.
To help ensure that everyone across the state shares in these
benefits, Indiana Humanities offers Action Grants to Indiana organizations,
providing them with funds to develop and implement responsive and meaningful
humanities programming in their own communities.
Funding Information
- Grant Amount: Up to $3,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible for an
Innovation 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. Please note that the grant will not award Innovation Grants to
individuals for for-profit entities. Also, note that the grant will not
give an organization more than one Innovation Grant per calendar year.
- Requirements:
- Contain a strong focus on the
humanities. When considering which humanities-related projects to fund,
the grant 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 innovative elements
- 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 $3,000 in requested
funding.
- Demonstrate at least a 50
percent match in cash or in-kind contributions from organization or other
sources
Restrictions
Indiana Humanities will not award grants for any
of the following purposes:
- General operating expenses
(i.e., our 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
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Post Date - 03-Feb-2021