CALIFORNIA
HUMANITIES
A STATE OF OPEN MINO
February 15, 2023
Erin Christmas, Library Director
Riverside Public Library System
3900 Mission Inn Ave
Riverside, CA 92501
Grant Number: LIL23-72
Grantee EIN: 95-6000769
California Humanities DUNS Number: 034259457
State Award Identification Number: CH21-01
State Agency: California State Library
Dear Erin Christmas:
Congratulations! We are pleased to inform you that California Humanities has awarded Riverside Public Library System a Library Innovation Lab Grant. We are excited to support you in your efforts to broaden awareness and deepen understanding of issues of relevance to Californians.
We have agreed to provide a grant award up to the amount of $5,500. The approved grant award period for the project is from 3/1/2023 to 12/31/2023. Grant funds are only applicable during the approved grant period for activities related to the Library Innovation Lab project as described in Program Announcement and Guidelines.
Be sure to keep in mind that in addition to designing, implementing, and assessing a public humanities program for immigrants over the project period, the Project Director (and their sponsoring library, the Grantee) will be expected to:
• Prepare for, attend and actively participate in three cohort meetings (est. four days total)
• Actively participate in ongoing project activities, including online communication with other participants and project staff, keeping a project reflection journal, documenting activities, and assessing project outcomes, • Match grant funds (1:1 minimum) over the life of the project with local cash or in- kind resources
• Maintain records and supply requested programmatic and budgetary information as part of the final reporting process
To receive your grant, please return a signed copy of the grant agreement with signatures from ›oth the Authorizing Official and Project Director. Upon electronically signing this agreement he signed copy will be automatically submitted to California Humanities California Humanities reserves the right to cancel this grant if a signed copy of this agreement and other application-related documents (if requested) are not received within 60 days of the date above. If you have any questions about submitting the grant agreement, please contact our grants administration staff at [email protected]. All correspondence with our office should include the above grant number. For all other communications please contact Felicia Kelley, Project and Evaluation Director, at (415) 391-1474 X316 or [email protected].
We depend upon major support from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the State I California to make these grants. We encourage you to write your tederal, state, an ocal representatives telling them about the importance of your work and what thi grant means to you and your community. A template will be provided for your use and we would appreciate a copy of any letters you send. Your efforts today can help make a difference in the availability of future grants.
On behalf of California Humanities, I congratulate your receipt of this award. We look forward to a stimulating humanities project.
Sincerely,
grie M.Fry
Julie Fry
President and CEO
cc: Hayden Birkett, Project Director
Felicia Kelley, Project and Evaluation Director