Grant Recipients
| Title | Grantee Organization | Award |
|---|---|---|
| 1900 Rockford | Midway Village & Museum Center | $10,000 |
| A Whole 'Nother Ball Game: Baseball in Central Illinois | Early American Museum | $2,000 |
| Aaron Copland | Elgin Symphony Orchestra Association | $10,000 |
| Afro-Mexican Studies Symposium | Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum | $10,000 |
| American Roots Music In the Heartland | Cavalcade of Music Foundation | $10,000 |
| An Illinois Chautauqua: Lifelong Learning Through the Arts | University of Illinois at Urbanan/Champaign | $10,000 |
| And They Came to Chicago: The Italian American Legacy | Italic Institute of America | $10,000 |
| Arts and Humanities Series | Lake Land College | $10,000 |
| Audience Education | Rush Hour Concerts at St. James Cathedral | $2,000 |
| Aztecs and the Making of Colonial Mexico | The Newberry Library | $10,000 |
| Black Jewel of the Midwest | Chicago Public Library | $8,990 |
| Chicago's Unrest - The Sixties | Chicago Film Archives, NFP | $2,500 |
| Dance India: Choreographing Traditions Conference | Natya Dance Theatre | $2,000 |
| De Coding the Venus | Chicago Dramatists | $2,000 |
| Diana and Kathy | The Arc of Illinois | $10,000 |
| Fridays With Contratiempro | Contratiempo Magazine | $4,000 |
| Great Jazz Music: From Its Origins in New Orleans to the Current Chicago Scene | Music Arts School | $2,500 |
| Heat and Life - Humanities Programs | Links Hall Studio | $2,000 |
| Heroes at Your Library | DeKalb Public Library | $1,800 |
| Hickory Ridge Roots Music Festival | Illinois State Museum Society for Dickson Mounds Museum | $10,000 |
| History Careers Day Camp | McLean County Museum of History | $2,500 |
| Home From Around the World | WVIK Augustana Public Radio | $9,992 |
| Illinois Association of Museums Joint Annual Conference Scholarships | Illinois Association of Museums | $2,500 |
| Illinois Authors Book Fair - 2006 | Illinois Center For The Book | $10,000 |
| Immigration: Building a Community | West Chicago City Museum | $2,000 |
| In Search of the American Dream | Elgin Symphony Orchestra Association | $10,000 |
| In Search of the Cahokian Gods and Heroes | Fernwork Arts Incubator | $10,000 |
| Interpreting Illinois and Michigan Canal Regional History | Lewis University | $10,000 |
| Jens Jensen Harmonious World | Viva Lundin Productions | $4,000 |
| Korean Cultural Enrichment Program | Korean American Women's Association | $10,000 |
| Language to Leadership | Story Workshop Institute | $1,939 |
| Last Kamikaze | Northeastern Illinois University | $10,000 |
| Learning Curves: Reflections on Education and Knowledge | Neighborhood Writing Alliance | $7,200 |
| Lincoln's Landscape | Lincoln Memorial Garden | $2,000 |
| Mayor Washington in the House | Free Street Programs, Inc. | $10,000 |
| Multi-Cultural Awareness for Young Children | Maywood Fine Arts Association | $2,000 |
| Muntu | Jubilate Children's Choir | $10,000 |
| Naomi Shihab Nye: Coexistence | Bettendorf Public Library | $3,950 |
| New Directions in Adult Education | Chicago History Museum | $10,000 |
| On the Banks of the Big Muddy: Brownsville | General John A Logan Museum | $2,000 |
| One Book, One Rockford | Rockford Public Library | $5,000 |
| Oral History of Union County | Illinois Migrant Council | $10,000 |
| Origins of Now | Japanese American Service Committee | $10,000 |
| Palabra Pura | Guild Complex | $10,000 |
| Pastinha/Zumbi Celebration Weekend | International Capoeira Angola Foundation | $2,000 |
| Peoria Reads! 2007 | Common Place | $2,500 |
| Percy Julian Project | The DuSable Museum of African American History | $10,000 |
| Performers, Technology, and Meaning | Saint Xavier University | $6,330 |
| Photographic History of African American Illinois Legislators | Chicago State University | $10,000 |
| Prairieland Chautauqua 2006: Movers and Shakers in Illinois | Morgan County Historical Society | $2,000 |
| Public Programs for the Ancient Americas Exhibition | The Field Museum of Natural History | $10,000 |
| Raising Edo | Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | $5,000 |
| Reeltime Independent Film and Video Forum | Evanston Public Library | $10,000 |
| Remodeling the Tower of Babel: The Translator's Role in a Shrinking World | Caxton Club of Chicago | $2,000 |
| SAFE House Reading Group | University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign | $1,246 |
| Skirting Convention | WUIS & WIPA Public Radio | $9,992 |
| South Suburban Archaeological Society Lectures 2007 | South Suburban Archaeological Society (SSAS) | $1,800 |
| Springfield Urban League Freedom School | Springfield Urban League | $10,000 |
| SSAS Lectures 2006 | South Suburban Archaeological Society (SSAS) | $1,800 |
| Stateville Book Club | Long-Term Prisoner Policy Project | $2,000 |
| Sunday Scholar Series and TimeLine ""Backstory"" | TimeLine Theatre Company | $2,000 |
| Technical Assistance Grant | Midwest Archives Conference | $500 |
| Technical Assistance Grant | Illinois Heritage Association | $1,000 |
| Technical Assistance Grant | Effingham County & National Road Museum Association | $500 |
| Technical Assistance Grant | Ellwood House Museum | $400 |
| Terra Incognita | Kartemquin Films | $10,000 |
| The 12th Annual Chicago Asian American Showcase | The Foundation for Asian American Independent Media (FAAIM) | $2,500 |
| The Black Rockfordian Project | Afro-American Historical and Geneaological Society | $2,000 |
| The Daniel Burnham Film Project | The Archimedia Workshop NFP | $10,000 |
| The Elderquest and the Cinema and Literature of Age | Academy of Lifelong Learning | $2,000 |
| The Exponential Power of Art | Victory Gardens Theater | $2,000 |
| The Impact of Chicago's Ethnic Communities on the City's Contemporary Culture and Art | Chicago Artists' Coalition | $2,500 |
| The Second Annual Embarras Valley Film Festival | The Coles County Arts Council | $2,500 |
| The Taino Project - 2007 | Puerto Rican Arts Alliance | $10,000 |
| The Third Annual Chicago Taiko Legacy | Asian Improv aRts Midwest (AIRMW) | $2,500 |
| The Vortex of Torture: Voices of Survivors | Media Process Educational Films | $4,000 |
| Thinking About Religion | The Religious Council of Southern Illinois (URC) | $2,000 |
| Thread of Development Literacy and Creative Media Program | Nancy B. Jefferson Alternative School | $8,264 |
| Through My Eyes | Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois | $10,000 |
| Traveling the Spaceways | Hyde Park Art Center | $10,000 |
| Two Countries - One World: Lithuanian and American Short Films | Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture | $2,000 |
| Women and Prison | Beyondmedia Education | $10,000 |
| Young Playwright's Forum | About Face Theatre | $10,000 |
