INDIANAPOLIS — Dozens of schools, libraries and other organizations across the Hoosier State have received grants from Indiana Humanities to provide public humanities programs in their communities.
From January through April 2022, Indiana Humanities awarded 11 Action Grants totaling $29,857, seven Historic Preservation Education Grants totaling $16,427 and two INcommon Grants totaling $9,705. Altogether, Indiana Humanities awarded more than $55,000 in grants during the first four months of this year.
Action Grants (up to $3,000) support nonprofit organizations that sponsor public humanities programs such as exhibitions, workshops, lectures and reading-and-discussion programs. The Eiteljorg, Butler University, an Indiana Historical Society were among the recipients.
Historic Preservation Education Grants (up to $2,500) fund activities that educate Indiana citizens about historic places and properties—and particularly about the need to preserve and protect them. Indiana Landmarks partners on this grant and provides half the funds.
INcommon Grants (up to $5,000) help Indiana nonprofits develop and implement public humanities programs that look at the histories driving contemporary debates around immigration, gentrification, incarceration, policing, institutional racism, the legacies of segregation in housing and education and more. The Indianapolis Foundation, a Central Indiana Community Foundation affiliate, provides funding for programs that take place in Marion and Hamilton Counties. The Oaks Academy received an INcommon grant.
Indiana Humanities accepts applications for its grants at various times throughout the year. Guidelines and application deadlines are available at www.indianahumanities.org/grants.