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$1.8M

Total funding

$3K

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98 grants

$1.8M total

$3K median

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History Grants in Illinois Highlights

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Grant Insights : Grant Funding Trends in Illinois

Average Grant Size

What's the typical amount funded for Illinois?

Grants are most commonly $104,222.

$104,222

Total Number of Grants

What's the total number of grants in History Grants in Illinois year over year?

In 2024, funders in Illinois awarded a total of 104,158 grants.

2022 97,582

2023 97,805

2024 104,158

Top Grant Focus Areas

Among all the History Grants in Illinois given out in Illinois, the most popular focus areas that receive funding are Education, Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations, and Human Services.

1. Education

2. Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations

3. Human Services

Funding Over Time

How is funding for History Grants in Illinois changing over time?

Funding has increased by 16.08%.

2022 $8,503,243,276

2023 $9,316,300,812
9.56%

2024 $10,813,952,832
16.08%

Illinois Counties That Receive the Most Funding

How does grant funding vary by county?

Cook County, Lake County, and Macon County receive the most funding.

County	Total Grant Funding in 2024
Cook County	$6,893,460,213
Lake County	$720,580,526
Macon County	$544,478,272
Champaign County	$541,704,331
Dupage County	$496,099,366

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Big Ten Academic Alliance Smithsonian Fellowship

IDNR Historic Sites Field Trip Grant

Cohen-Tucker Dissertation Fellowship Program

Beveridge Family Prize in American History

The Audrey Lumsden-Kouvel Fellowship

GHI Doctoral and Postdoctoral Research Fellowships

Jay A. Graybeal Scholarship

Curtis Gates Lloyd Research Fellowship

Littleton-Griswold Prize in American Law and Society

The Charles Montgomery Gray Fellowship

James Madison Graduate Fellowship

AAFP Foundation: Center for the History of Family Medicine Oral History Grant

The Charles Warren Center Harvard- Summer Travel Grant for Dissertation Research

Harvard Charles Warren Center Term Time Research Grant

Harvard Charles Warren Center- Dissertation Completion Grant

Richard H. Brown/William Lloyd Barber Fellowships

Lloyd Lewis Fellowships in American History

Jack Miller Center Fellowships

The Adele Hast Fellowship in American History

George L. Mosse Prize in European Intellectual and Cultural History