| "Typeface" A Documentary Short | $10,000 |
| 1900 America: A Rockford Chautauqua | $10,000 |
| A Gift of Forty Years | $4,000 |
| A Quiet Place in the Woods | $1,500 |
| An American Dream | $2,500 |
| April 1865: Lincoln, Grant, and Logan Exhibit | $2,000 |
| Archeology Day 2007 | $2,000 |
| Between the Lines | $7,740 |
| Blues and the Spirit: A Symposium on the Legacy of Blues and Gospel Music | $10,000 |
| Celtic Roots: American Traditions | $2,000 |
| Chicago 2020 | $2,500 |
| Chicago Humanities Festival | $50,000 |
| Chicago Maritime Festival and Festival Outreach Program | $2,500 |
| Chicago Metro History Education Center (2007 - 2009) | $1,500 |
| Clandestinos: Contemporary Cuban Film and Video | $2,500 |
| Conjunctions: Ubjects, Subjects, and Place | $2,500 |
| Croatian Heritage Project | $7,372 |
| Cultural Connections: Extending the Capacity and Impact of the Chicago Cultural Alliance | $10,000 |
| Discovering the Middle East through Literature and Poetry: A Human Connection | $5,000 |
| Discretionary Grant - 2007 | $500 |
| Documentary: The Curator at Dixon School | $10,000 |
| Educational Programming for Loaded Landscape Exhibition | $8,990 |
| Expanded Education and Outreach Programming | $10,000 |
| Greentowns USA | $10,000 |
| Hallyu: The Korean Wave | $2,000 |
| Hull House History On Call | $10,000 |
| Jens Jensen Harmonious World | $9,650 |
| Kufundisha Institute: Teaching the African American Sociohistorical Experience | $10,000 |
| Lear Fest | $2,000 |
| Lincoln/Civil War Collection Exhibition | $2,000 |
| Living Documents: Exploring the Aztec Legacy in Chicago | $10,000 |
| Loie Fuller: In the Light Fantastic | $10,000 |
| Memories and Milestones | $9,800 |
| Native American Pow-wow | $2,000 |
| Newman: 150 Years of Community | $2,500 |
| Oral Histories of African Americans In Springfield, Illinois | $4,000 |
| Peoria Reads 2008 | $2,500 |
| Poetics of Place | $10,000 |
| Reconstructing Italians in Chicago | $2,000 |
| Room at the Table 2: Pass the Salt | $10,000 |
| Rural Midwestern Corridors | $5,185 |
| Safe House Reading Group | $6,747 |
| Silver City: From Boxcars to Split Levels | $10,000 |
| Springfield Urban League Freedom School | $10,000 |
| Stateville Book Club | $7,500 |
| Story Week Festival | $10,000 |
| Technical Assistance Grant | $500 |
| Technical Assistance Grant | $500 |
| Technical Assistance Grant | $500 |
| Technical Assistance Grant | $455 |
| The American Journey | $10,000 |
| The Atom Smashers | $10,000 |
| The Civil Rights Institute | $10,000 |
| The Day Carl Sandburg Died | $9,990 |
| The East St. Louis Visual - Literary Project | $2,500 |
| The Road to Civil War, 1820-1861 | $4,000 |
| The Universal Language of Music | $2,000 |
| Third Annual Embarras Valley Film Festival and Conference | $10,000 |
| Urbana Park District Centennial Chautauqua | $10,000 |
| Vanished: German-American Civilian Internment, 1941-48 | $2,195 |
| Voices (Lecture Series) | $5,000 |
| Voices for Freedom and Justice | $2,500 |
| Voices of the Land | $2,500 |
| Waiting to Inhale: Humanities Screenings and Panel Discussions | $10,000 |
| Web Based Classical Play | $5,000 |
| Whatever Happened To Guerrilla Television? | $2,500 |
| Women's Work Lives: Is the Struggle for Equity Still Necessary? | $2,000 |
| World On A String: Filipino Inventors of the Yo-Yo | $4,000 |
