Since 2016, the Abraham Lincoln Association has offered grants to help fund non-ALA projects that promote Abraham Lincoln and his legacy. Grant amounts typically range from $500 to $6,000.
Funding from the program comes from the ALA’s endowment fund. Grants are awarded on a first come, first serve basis throughout the calendar year until the funding for the year runs out. A formula determines how much funding is available in a given year, although since the program has begun, the ALA typically has had between $13,000 and $25,000 to distribute.
All grant applications are reviewed by the ALA’s grants committee and then voted on by the ALA’s Executive Board. Applicants can receive full or partial funding of their requests.
Grant typically go to funding for the preservation of Lincoln materials, to sponsor or support Lincoln symposia or programs, and to help fund accessibility to Lincoln related materials, including by providing assistance for placing these materials on-line.
Although a one-on-one match is not required, in most cases the ALA does not provide full funding for a project. Examples from past years of grant recipients include:
to help fund its content management system
to help fund a Lincoln-related lecture
to help sponsor series of talks on Lincoln
to support two lectures on Abraham Lincoln
for programming
to assist funding the Lincoln colloquium
to help pay for Lincoln banner restoration
to assist in the purchase of a statue
to sponsor Emancipation Proclamation
to fund a Lincoln-related historical marker
for two-day program on Lincoln
to fund costs of conservation of Lincoln’s Campaign Banner
ALA Grant Program Application
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Please feel free to mail your filled-out and signed application + supporting documents to:
Abraham Lincoln Association
P.O. Box 1865
Springfield, Illinois 62705