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Illinois Humanities, NEH, and other Humanities Councils targeted by DOGE. Take action today: Contact your congressional representatives!

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Our Grantee Partners

Our Impact in 2024

For 50 years, Illinois Humanities has worked throughout the state to make the public humanities accessible to all. Through grants, partnerships, and public programs, we have worked with groups of all sizes, disciplines, and stages of development to increase their local and statewide impact and support the state’s cultural ecosystem.

Explore the map to discover our vast network of grantee partners across the state and connect with a public humanities organization near you. Below, see a snapshot of how Illinois Humanities grants and programs provide free and transformative humanities experiences for all Illinoisans. 

4,050

Illinoisans in 47 counties engaged with culture, history, and contemporary social issues through free Road Scholars Speakers presentations

200 %

increase in visitors to Museum on Main Street, our traveling Smithsonian exhibition showcasing local heritage across seven Illinois towns

988

youth poets statewide participated in our annual Gwendolyn Brooks Youth Poetry Awards

13 %

growth in applications to the Odyssey Project/Proyecto Odisea, our free college program empowering adult learners in a supportive educational community

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