National Endowment for the Humanities - Spotlight on Humanities in Higher Education: Development Grants: Southland History Collective Grant
Funding Amount
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Deadline
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Grant Type
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Other requirements
- Chicago Southland region, including southern Cook and Will counties, Illinois
Overview
Southland History Collective Grant
Funder: National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) - Spotlight on Humanities in Higher Education: Development Grants
A two-year oral history and archival project to document, teach, and offer public programs on the histories of communities surrounding Governors State University. The project aims to uncover and document the rich and diverse history of Chicago's southland, specifically in the minority-majority villages surrounding GSU in southern Cook and Will counties.
Purpose
These communities' stories risk being forgotten without careful commemoration and preservation. The project disrupts archival trends that have silenced the voices and histories of marginalized communities, providing an accessible set of resources for local educators, teacher candidates, and researchers to use in curriculum development and original research.
Activities
- GSU students and scholars from multiple disciplines participate in collecting and organizing a growing archive
- Create lesson plans
- Present learning to the community
- Digital project exploring local sites, stories, and networks connected to the region's abolitionist past and Underground Railroad connections
Geographic Scope
Chicago Southland region, including southern Cook and Will counties, Illinois
Leadership
Led by Dr. Fackler and the Southland History Collective team
What Governors State University Foundation actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 1
- Total given
- $1.59M
- Median grant
- $1.59M
- By dollars: Illinois 100%. Top recipient cities: University Park, IL.
Example grants
Governors State University · University Park, IL
Supported Organization
$1.59M
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Humanities
- History
- Education
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