| 1900 Rockford | $10,000 |
| A Whole 'Nother Ball Game: Baseball in Central Illinois | $2,000 |
| Aaron Copland | $10,000 |
| Afro-Mexican Studies Symposium | $10,000 |
| American Roots Music In the Heartland | $10,000 |
| An Illinois Chautauqua: Lifelong Learning Through the Arts | $10,000 |
| And They Came to Chicago: The Italian American Legacy | $10,000 |
| Arts and Humanities Series | $10,000 |
| Audience Education | $2,000 |
| Aztecs and the Making of Colonial Mexico | $10,000 |
| Black Jewel of the Midwest | $8,990 |
| Chicago's Unrest - The Sixties | $2,500 |
| Dance India: Choreographing Traditions Conference | $2,000 |
| De Coding the Venus | $2,000 |
| Diana and Kathy | $10,000 |
| Fridays With Contratiempro | $4,000 |
| Great Jazz Music: From Its Origins in New Orleans to the Current Chicago Scene | $2,500 |
| Heat and Life - Humanities Programs | $2,000 |
| Heroes at Your Library | $1,800 |
| Hickory Ridge Roots Music Festival | $10,000 |
| History Careers Day Camp | $2,500 |
| Home From Around the World | $9,992 |
| Illinois Association of Museums Joint Annual Conference Scholarships | $2,500 |
| Illinois Authors Book Fair - 2006 | $10,000 |
| Immigration: Building a Community | $2,000 |
| In Search of the American Dream | $10,000 |
| In Search of the Cahokian Gods and Heroes | $10,000 |
| Interpreting Illinois and Michigan Canal Regional History | $10,000 |
| Jens Jensen Harmonious World | $4,000 |
| Korean Cultural Enrichment Program | $10,000 |
| Language to Leadership | $1,939 |
| Last Kamikaze | $10,000 |
| Learning Curves: Reflections on Education and Knowledge | $7,200 |
| Lincoln's Landscape | $2,000 |
| Mayor Washington in the House | $10,000 |
| Multi-Cultural Awareness for Young Children | $2,000 |
| Muntu | $10,000 |
| Naomi Shihab Nye: Coexistence | $3,950 |
| New Directions in Adult Education | $10,000 |
| On the Banks of the Big Muddy: Brownsville | $2,000 |
| One Book, One Rockford | $5,000 |
| Oral History of Union County | $10,000 |
| Origins of Now | $10,000 |
| Palabra Pura | $10,000 |
| Pastinha/Zumbi Celebration Weekend | $2,000 |
| Peoria Reads! 2007 | $2,500 |
| Percy Julian Project | $10,000 |
| Performers, Technology, and Meaning | $6,330 |
| Photographic History of African American Illinois Legislators | $10,000 |
| Prairieland Chautauqua 2006: Movers and Shakers in Illinois | $2,000 |
| Public Programs for the Ancient Americas Exhibition | $10,000 |
| Raising Edo | $5,000 |
| Reeltime Independent Film and Video Forum | $10,000 |
| Remodeling the Tower of Babel: The Translator's Role in a Shrinking World | $2,000 |
| SAFE House Reading Group | $1,246 |
| Skirting Convention | $9,992 |
| South Suburban Archaeological Society Lectures 2007 | $1,800 |
| Springfield Urban League Freedom School | $10,000 |
| SSAS Lectures 2006 | $1,800 |
| Stateville Book Club | $2,000 |
| Sunday Scholar Series and TimeLine ""Backstory"" | $2,000 |
| Technical Assistance Grant | $400 |
| Technical Assistance Grant | $500 |
| Technical Assistance Grant | $1,000 |
| Technical Assistance Grant | $500 |
| Terra Incognita | $10,000 |
| The 12th Annual Chicago Asian American Showcase | $2,500 |
| The Black Rockfordian Project | $2,000 |
| The Daniel Burnham Film Project | $10,000 |
| The Elderquest and the Cinema and Literature of Age | $2,000 |
| The Exponential Power of Art | $2,000 |
| The Impact of Chicago's Ethnic Communities on the City's Contemporary Culture and Art | $2,500 |
| The Second Annual Embarras Valley Film Festival | $2,500 |
| The Taino Project - 2007 | $10,000 |
| The Third Annual Chicago Taiko Legacy | $2,500 |
| The Vortex of Torture: Voices of Survivors | $4,000 |
| Thinking About Religion | $2,000 |
| Thread of Development Literacy and Creative Media Program | $8,264 |
| Through My Eyes | $10,000 |
| Traveling the Spaceways | $10,000 |
| Two Countries - One World: Lithuanian and American Short Films | $2,000 |
| Women and Prison | $10,000 |
| Young Playwright's Forum | $10,000 |
