Kansas Humanities Council Announces Grant Opportunity for Graham and Sheridan Counties

Date: April 12, 2006

TOPEKA - - The Kansas Humanities Council is pleased to announce a new grant opportunity available to Kansas non-profit cultural organizations in Graham and Sheridan Counties.

A partnership with the Pratt Family Foundation, awards of up to $2,500 are available for projects that explore, preserve, or interpret the history of the area or that support community humanities-centered programs. These grant funds will support local nonprofit organizations in their efforts to examine their community’s history in order to better understand community life today.

This special grant opportunity is a gift from the Pratt Family Charitable Foundation as a memorial to Abram and Marjorie Pratt. Through this generous gift KHC hopes to promote the study of local history and support programs that enhance community and sense-of-place. Funded projects may begin after July 17, 2006, with final applications due June 26, 2006. Successful applications will fall in one of the following categories:

1. Preservation of Local History
Successful projects can involve basic research, oral histories, museum exhibition development, and/or care of museum collections (historic photographs, documents, artifacts).

2. Creation of Community Programs
Successful projects could include book and film discussions, and/or public symposiums. Examples: a panel discussion on ways to enhance community participation, chaired by a historian who offers perspective on how the nature of community has changed; a series of community meetings featuring scholars and local residents discussing how to help communities preserve a sense of place through ecological, architectural and other considerations.

For more information about the special grant opportunity, visit online at www.kansashumanities.org, call 785/357-0359 or email Julie Mulvihill, Director of Programs at julie@kansashumanities.org.

A non-profit cultural organization with 30 years experience, the Kansas Humanities Council conducts and supports community-based programs, serves as a financial resource through an active grantmaking program, and encourages Kansans to participate in their communities.

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