| African-American Heritage in the Midwest | $2,500 |
| Aqui y Alla - Here and There: Santa Clara del Cobre | $4,000 |
| Arab American Playwrights Panel | $2,000 |
| Barry Public Historians | $10,000 |
| Beneath the Blindfold | $10,000 |
| Beyond Kristallnacht: Lessons for Today | $2,500 |
| Books Alive: Bringing Literature to Life for Young Children | $5,000 |
| Center for American Archeology Archeology Day 2008 | $2,000 |
| Central Illinois H2O: Quality and Quantity Panel Discussion | $2,000 |
| Central Illinois: Patchwork of People - Educational Series | $2,000 |
| Challenging History Through Literature | $10,000 |
| Champaign's County Lincoln and the Goose Pond Church | $3,550 |
| Chicago Maritime Festival and Festival Outreach Program | $2,500 |
| Choices | $7,600 |
| Civil Rights Institute | $10,000 |
| College-in-Prison Program, Education Justice Project | $2,000 |
| Creating Mexican American Identities: Multiple Voices, Shared Dreams | $10,000 |
| Dedication of Wild Bill Hickok Statue | $1,500 |
| Exploring Humanities through the Persian Culture | $10,000 |
| Free Write Jail Arts and Literacy Program | $8,264 |
| Harold Washington Commemorative Year Capstone Symposium “Harold Washington: Exploring a Legacy” | $2,000 |
| How a Voice Slams | $4,258 |
| Howard Alk Retrospective | $10,000 |
| Hyde Park Neighborhood Club Pilot Intergenerational Oral Histories Program | $2,000 |
| Intersections: A Literacy Conference for Young Writers | $10,000 |
| Introduction and Reformatting of Orientation Video | $2,000 |
| Leonardo Across the Curriculum | $1,000 |
| Lincoln's Illinois | $5,000 |
| Mixing It Up | $10,000 |
| Museum in the Streets: Images of Public Housing | $2,000 |
| Music Institute of Chicago January Series | $5,000 |
| Origins of Now - The Stories of the Chicago Nisei | $4,000 |
| Outreach for Daniel Burnham Film Project with Chicago Public Library | $2,000 |
| Peoria Reads 2009 | $2,500 |
| Poetry and Music by Latin American Women | $2,500 |
| Point of Entry: An Interactive Digital Mural Project | $2,500 |
| Publications for Lincoln-Douglas Jonesboro Debate Sesquicentennial | $2,000 |
| Quarterly Book Discussions | $2,000 |
| Reeltime Independent Film and Video Forum | $10,000 |
| Represent! Exploring Identity Through History and Culture | $2,500 |
| Representations: A Series on Culture, Politics and Aesthetics | $10,000 |
| Springfield Urban League Summer Freedom School | $10,000 |
| Stories to Tell | $5,000 |
| Summer Art Around the World Intensive | $2,000 |
| Technical Assistance Grant | $500 |
| Technical Assistance Grant | $500 |
| The 10th Annual Puerto Rican Cuatro Festival | $6,000 |
| The Bronzeville Cultural Festival | $2,500 |
| The Canterbury Tales | $4,500 |
| The Lord Is Not On Trial Here Today | $10,000 |
| Time Detectives | $10,000 |
| Tony & Janina's American Wedding | $10,000 |
| Towards an Oral History of the Civil Rights Struggle in Mexican Pilsen | $2,500 |
| Vet Art Project | $2,500 |
| Voices of Norwood Park | $2,000 |
| Women and Prison Project | $10,000 |
| Words at Play | $5,000 |
| Young Filmmakers | $2,000 |
| Youth Stand Up! | $10,000 |
