Grant Recipients
| Title | Grantee Organization | Award |
|---|---|---|
| "Typeface" A Documentary Short | Kartemquin Films | $10,000 |
| 1900 America: A Rockford Chautauqua | Midway Village & Museum Center | $10,000 |
| A Gift of Forty Years | Chicago Filmmakers | $4,000 |
| A Quiet Place in the Woods | Johnson County Genealogical and Historical Society | $1,500 |
| An American Dream | Abraham Lincoln Association | $2,500 |
| April 1865: Lincoln, Grant, and Logan Exhibit | General John A Logan Museum | $2,000 |
| Archeology Day 2007 | Center For American Archeology (CAA) | $2,000 |
| Between the Lines | LaSalle Public Library | $7,740 |
| Blues and the Spirit: A Symposium on the Legacy of Blues and Gospel Music | Dominican University | $10,000 |
| Celtic Roots: American Traditions | Southern Illinois Irish Festival | $2,000 |
| Chicago 2020 | Street-Level Youth Media | $2,500 |
| Chicago Humanities Festival | Chicago Humanities Festival | $50,000 |
| Chicago Maritime Festival and Festival Outreach Program | Common Times | $2,500 |
| Chicago Metro History Education Center (2007 - 2009) | Chicago Metro History Education Center | $1,500 |
| Clandestinos: Contemporary Cuban Film and Video | The Nineteenth Step | $2,500 |
| Conjunctions: Ubjects, Subjects, and Place | Southwestern Illinois College Foundation | $2,500 |
| Croatian Heritage Project | Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville | $7,372 |
| Cultural Connections: Extending the Capacity and Impact of the Chicago Cultural Alliance | The Field Museum | $10,000 |
| Discovering the Middle East through Literature and Poetry: A Human Connection | Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville | $5,000 |
| Discretionary Grant - 2007 | Hegeler Carus Foundation | $500 |
| Documentary: The Curator at Dixon School | Chicago Filmmakers | $10,000 |
| Educational Programming for Loaded Landscape Exhibition | Museum of Contemporary Photography | $8,990 |
| Expanded Education and Outreach Programming | The Renaissance Society | $10,000 |
| Greentowns USA | Lost and Found Productions | $10,000 |
| Hallyu: The Korean Wave | Korean American Community Services | $2,000 |
| Hull House History On Call | Jane Addams Hull-House Museum | $10,000 |
| Jens Jensen Harmonious World | Viva Lundin Productions | $9,650 |
| Kufundisha Institute: Teaching the African American Sociohistorical Experience | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | $10,000 |
| Lear Fest | Oakton Community College | $2,000 |
| Lincoln/Civil War Collection Exhibition | McCord Gallery & Cultural Center | $2,000 |
| Living Documents: Exploring the Aztec Legacy in Chicago | The Newberry Library | $10,000 |
| Loie Fuller: In the Light Fantastic | MOMENTA, Inc. | $10,000 |
| Memories and Milestones | South Asian American Policy and Research Institute | $9,800 |
| Native American Pow-wow | Friends of the Round Lake Area Parks Foundation | $2,000 |
| Newman: 150 Years of Community | Newman Regional Library District | $2,500 |
| Oral Histories of African Americans In Springfield, Illinois | Springfield Illinois African American History Foundation | $4,000 |
| Peoria Reads 2008 | Common Place Family Learning Center | $2,500 |
| Poetics of Place | Young Chicago Authors (YCA) | $10,000 |
| Reconstructing Italians in Chicago | Italian Cultural Center at Casa Italia | $2,000 |
| Room at the Table 2: Pass the Salt | The Poetry Center of Chicago | $10,000 |
| Rural Midwestern Corridors | Eastern Illinois University | $5,185 |
| Safe House Reading Group | SAFE House | $6,747 |
| Silver City: From Boxcars to Split Levels | Sauk Valley Community College | $10,000 |
| Springfield Urban League Freedom School | Springfield Urban League | $10,000 |
| Stateville Book Club | John Howard Association | $7,500 |
| Story Week Festival | Columbia College Chicago | $10,000 |
| Technical Assistance Grant | The Savanna Historical Society | $500 |
| Technical Assistance Grant | Illinois Heritage Association | $500 |
| Technical Assistance Grant | Hegeler Carus Foundation | $500 |
| Technical Assistance Grant | Indianola Community Historical Society | $455 |
| The American Journey | Quincy Symphony Orchestra Association | $10,000 |
| The Atom Smashers | 137 Films, NFP | $10,000 |
| The Civil Rights Institute | Brighton Park Neighborhood Council | $10,000 |
| The Day Carl Sandburg Died | The Friends of Carl Sandburg at Connemara, Inc. | $9,990 |
| The East St. Louis Visual - Literary Project | Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville | $2,500 |
| The Road to Civil War, 1820-1861 | New York Foundation for The Arts | $4,000 |
| The Universal Language of Music | Rush Hour Concerts at St. James Cathedral | $2,000 |
| Third Annual Embarras Valley Film Festival and Conference | Coles County Arts Council | $10,000 |
| Urbana Park District Centennial Chautauqua | Urbana Park District | $10,000 |
| Vanished: German-American Civilian Internment, 1941-48 | TRACES Center for History and Culture | $2,195 |
| Voices (Lecture Series) | University of Illinois at Chicago | $5,000 |
| Voices for Freedom and Justice | Morgan County Historical Society | $2,500 |
| Voices of the Land | Garfield Heritage Society | $2,500 |
| Waiting to Inhale: Humanities Screenings and Panel Discussions | Bay Area Video Coalition | $10,000 |
| Web Based Classical Play | Genesius Theatre Foundation (Genesius Guild) | $5,000 |
| Whatever Happened To Guerrilla Television? | Fund For Innovative TV | $2,500 |
| Women's Work Lives: Is the Struggle for Equity Still Necessary? | Working Women's History Project | $2,000 |
| World On A String: Filipino Inventors of the Yo-Yo | The Foundation for Asian American Independent Media (FAAIM) | $4,000 |
