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The Great Michigan Read Grants

MHC Grants Program:
Michigan People, Michigan Places. Our Stories, Our Lives.

The Michigan Humanities Council grants emphasize collaboration among cultural, educational, and community-based organizations and institutions to serve Michigan's people with public humanities programming. These grants play a vital role in defining our culture, our state, our community, and ourselves. Organizations are encouraged to explore and retrace our: histories, roles in societies, advancements and changes, meaning in self-expression and fulfillment, commonalities and differences—what shapes us individually as well as communally.

Limit one grant award per organization.

Example of previously submitted grant application:

To review the narrative from a successful grant proposal, please link here (in MS Word).

Examples of grant proposals (up to $15,000):

• A symphony and school district create curricular materials and present concert on Javanese music and musical instruments.
• A public library researches and publishes a book about the community’s early history while working with the school district to create curricular materials and culture kits to teach and supplement material in the book.
• A theatrical troupe writes and performs a drama about Michigan’s involvement in the underground railroad, presenting it to area school children and community members along with an audience question and answer period.

A funding priority is for The Great Michigan Read program. The Michigan Humanities Council encourages proposals that expose new audiences to literature. Two grant categories are available for The Great Michigan Read: major grants of up to $7,500, and quick grants of up to $500 (through July 10). The same application is used for Michigan People, Michigan Places. Our Stories, Our Lives grants.

Applications and guidelines:

The same application is used for Michigan People, Michigan Places. Our Stories, Our Lives grants and for The Great Michigan Read Grants.

Grant applications and complete guidelines: link here.