Oregon Humanities will award $25,000 in funding to enable rural and rural-adjacent Oregon libraries to create and host events in their own communities, in partnership with their Consider this program.
Donor Name: Oregon Humanities
State: Oregon
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: o1/06/2023
Size of the Grant: $2,000
Details:
Events should reflect the theme of their 2022–23 Consider This series: People, Place, and Power. Grantees are welcome to interpret this theme and develop topics that are relevant to their communities.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to, community care, collective power, and civic engagement in rural areas. Libraries, including branches, located in (or adjacent to and serving) rural or frontier zip codes that have annual operating budgets of less than $1.5 million are eligible.
Funding Details
The maximum funding award is $2,000 per event. Oregon Humanities will fund a total of 12 events annually. Libraries can apply for funding for up to three events.
Eligibility Criteria
Organizations Eligible for This Funding
- Public, tribal, or volunteer libraries (or library branches) in Oregon
- Applicants must have an organizational budget under $1.5 million for their most recently completed fiscal year, unless the applicant is a federally recognized tribe.
- If the applicant is a library branch, the $1.5 million budget cap applies to the branch’s organizational budget.
- Libraries/library branches must be located in, or adjacent to and serving, rural or frontier Oregon zip codes.
- All current and past Oregon Humanities grant awardees must be in good standing with past awards in order to be eligible to apply for funding.
- Have a current Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) number at the time of grant application submission.
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