Multiplier Grants are our largest grant category (maximum $15,000). They are meant to support collaborative projects in the public humanities.

Examples of Multiplier Grants might include a number of groups coming together in a given city or town to form a working group trying to attract young families, the development of a citywide plan for nurturing the humanities, or a group of libraries or historical societies working collectively to bolster their public engagement in creative ways.

Action Grants are project grants (up to $4,000) to nonprofit organizations located in Illinois or doing work impacting Illinois audiences. Action Grants are meant to provide support to groups that want to try out innovative approaches to public humanities programming. Applicants must be nonprofit organizations, and can include churches, libraries, colleges or universities, and others.

For additional information and to apply, visit the website: https://www.ilhumanities.org/program/community-grants/

Vision Grants are ($2,000) grants to Illinois nonprofit organizations to carry out planning projects related to their work in the humanities. These grants are intended for smaller organizations and applicants must have an annual budget of $1 million or less.

For additional information and to apply, visit the website: https://www.ilhumanities.org/program/community-grants/

James Patterson and Scholastic Reading Club will renew the Patterson Partnership grant program to help save school libraries and keep reading a priority for children in the United States.

Patterson will once again personally donate $1.75 million to school libraries and Scholastic Reading Club will match each dollar with “Bonus Points,” which teachers can use to acquire books and other materials for their classrooms.

For additional information, or to apply for this grant, click here.

Forty (40) sets of the 2016 Teens’ Top Ten nominees will be given away to libraries in need with funding generously provided by the Dollar General Literacy Foundation. With the set of new titles, libraries will not only be able to further enrich their young adult collection but also attract teens to the library.

Please note, applicants must be personal YALSA members and be within 20 miles of a Dollar General store to be eligible to apply.

For more information and to apply, visit the website: http://www.emailmeform.com/builder/form/0z8TvdGwj3f

The Humanities Open Book Program is designed to make outstanding out-of-print humanities books available to a wide audience. By taking advantage of low-cost “ebook” technology, the program will allow teachers, students, scholars, and the public to read humanities books that have long been out of print. Humanities Open Book is jointly sponsored by NEH and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

For more information and to apply, visit the website: http://www.neh.gov/grants/odh/humanities-open-book-program#.VvMZ-WpxGgE.mailto

Through Lowe's support for public education, we’re closing the funding gap facing many schools today. Each year, the Lowe’s Toolbox for Education grants program contributes more than $5 million to fund improvements at public schools in the United States.

The Kellogg Foundation makes grants to a variety of organizations that engage in charitable activities. They only consider projects that fit within their priorities: Thriving Children, Working Families, and Equitable Communities.