[Libs-Or] Grant funding for Oregon rural libraries from Oregon Humanities

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Oregon Humanities will award $24,000 in funding to enable rural Oregon libraries to create and host their own events in partnership with our Consider This program. Events should reflect the theme of our 2021-22 Consider This series: American Dreams, American Myths, American Hopes<https://oregonhumanities.createsend1.com/t/t-i-cddkylk-gtukkijdt-o/>. Public, tribal, and volunteer libraries, including branches, are eligible. Read more and apply<https://oregonhumanities.createsend1.com/t/t-i-cddkylk-gtukkijdt-b/>.

Funding Details
The maximum funding award is $2,000 per event. Oregon Humanities will fund a total of 12 events annually. Libraries can apply for funding for up to three events.

Timeline

  *   Applications open: November 8, 2021, at 9:00 a.m. PT
  *   Applications due: December 13, 2021, by 11:59 p.m. PT
  *   Awards announced: mid-January 2022
  *   Funded programs/events held: mid-January-July 31, 2022
  *   Grant reports due: August 20, 2022

Eligibility
Organizations Eligible for This Funding

  *   Public, tribal, or volunteer libraries (or library branches) in Oregon<http://libdir.osl.state.or.us/>
  *   Applicants must have an organizational budget under $1.5 million for their most recently completed fiscal year, unless the applicant is a federally recognized tribe.
  *   If the applicant is a library branch, the $1.5 million budget cap applies to the branch's organizational budget.
  *   Libraries/library branches must be located in Oregon rural or frontier zip codes. (We use the Oregon Office of Rural Health's definition of rural and frontier communities<https://www.ohsu.edu/oregon-office-of-rural-health/about-rural-and-frontier-data> as locations in Oregon ten or more miles from the center of a population center of 40,000 people or more.) See this list of zip codes<https://www.oregon.gov/oha/HSD/AMHPAC/Documents/OR-Zip-Codes-Urban-Rural-Designations.pdf> to determine whether your library is located in a rural or frontier area.
  *   Libraries/library branches (other than libraries owned by tribal governments) must be nonprofits (as reported to the IRS and with an existing EIN) with 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status that are registered with the State of Oregon as a charitable organization.
  *   All current and past Oregon Humanities grant awardees must be in good standing with past awards in order to be eligible to apply for funding.

Approved Activities for Awards
The Consider This Mini Grant for Rural Libraries can support program-related expenses that may include, but aren't limited to, the following:

  *   Honoraria for conversation facilitators and featured conversation participants (excluding audience members)
  *   Costs of hosting of up to three total events
  *   Program/event planning costs, including planning and management labor
  *   Event space rental costs
  *   Labor and technical support for online events
  *   COVID-19 safety supplies for hosting in-person events (masks, cleaning supplies, etc.)
  *   Event advertising
  *   Documenting the program through production of video, audio, digital/print publication
Note: If the applicant is a library branch, all grant-funded activities and events need to be held within the branch's zip code.

Questions about applying or eligibility? Want to share feedback or ideas about this grant? Contact Dawn Smallman, Grants and Programs Coordinator, at d.smallman at oregonhumanities.org<mailto:d.smallman at oregonhumanities.org>  or (503) 241-0543 ext. 123.
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