Vision Grants support nonprofit organizations in their pursuit of planning, evaluation, and DEI initiatives.
Donor Name: Illinois Humanities
State: Illinois
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/15/2024
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Through research, workshops, and more, these vision-driven projects help steer organizations to make a positive impact. As a funder and partner, they provide the resources and support to help your organization grow more equitable while strengthening your programs and initiatives.
Planning plays a critical role in smaller groups’ ability to successfully carry out humanities initiatives. Especially for groups that wish to delve into more interactive public humanities programming or target new audiences, planning grants can help develop a series, explore collaborations, or look into harnessing digital technology or other tools. They believe that better planning leads to stronger programming and that stronger programmatic initiatives can lead to stronger organizational vitality. Vision grants can also be used for succession planning.
Working with consultants to conduct research, provide training, and help develop evaluation tools is entirely acceptable. Projects can include convening scholars, bringing together or surveying audience members, traveling around the state to research an initiative, and other activities to help groups plan.
In addition, Vision grants can be used for groups to go through workshops and trainings meant to help them become more effective as anti-racist organizations and more intentional in holistically addressing gender, class, sexuality, disability/ability, and other issues.
Funding Information
Up to $2,000
Eligibility Criteria

Must be a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization or have a fiscal sponsor
Organizations or projects must be Illinois-based
Priority given to organizations with an annual budget of $1 million or less
Can not have an open Vision, Action, or General Operating grant

For more information, visit Illinois Humanities.