The Landmarks Illinois Timuel D. Black, Jr. Grant Fund for Chicago’s South Side supports grantees in their effort to preserve and promote the history, culture and architecture of Chicago’s South Side.
Donor Name: Landmarks Illinois
State: Illinois
City: Chicago
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/01/2022
Size of the Grant: $500—$2,500
Details:
Purpose
The Fund’s purpose is to support grantees in their effort to preserve and promote the history, culture, and architecture of Chicago’s South Side.
Funding Information
Grants range from $500—$2,500.
Eligibility
- Eligible beneficiaries of Timuel D. Black, Jr. Fund grants are significant structures or sites located on Chicago’s South Side that are under threat of demolition, imminent deterioration, or are of such architectural importance that their preservation will benefit the public and community.
- Structures or sites on Landmarks Illinois’ most recent “Endangered List” are presumed to be Eligible Structures.
Applicants
- Eligible applicants include nonprofit and community organizations, faith-based and educational institutions. Landmarks Illinois, in exceptional circumstances, can determine other persons or organizations to be eligible applicants if it finds:
- There is no other practical means of benefiting the Eligible Structure or Site but to grant money to the applicant;
- The public benefit of preserving the Eligible Structure or Site substantially outweighs the benefits to the applicant; and
- Every effort has been made to protect the public benefit of the preservation grant after it is made.
- Applicants must own the Eligible Structure or Site, or have sufficient legal control of the Eligible Structure or Site to permit the Eligible Project to be completed and protected as required by Landmarks Illinois.
- Applicants must possess the capacity to manage the grant funds prudently and have the expertise to execute the Eligible Project in accordance with its approved conditions. An applicant that lacks one or both of these attributes must submit to the expertise of a pro bono Sponsor elected by Landmarks Illinois if, in its sole discretion, it offers to provide it.
- Applicants must agree to seek preservation protection for the Eligible Structure or Site from local, state, or national preservation organizations as applicable if not already protected.
- A follow-up report of the project is required to be submitted to Landmarks Illinois within a determined time period.
For more information, visit Landmarks Illinois.