1794 Microgrants

$1794 dollars . . .

…for current projects, for your classroom , or plane fare and registration to numismatic conferences, or art supplies for a cultural heritage project, or to get you over the line on that research project you’ve been working on.

Dream big!

We have funded 5 1794 Microgrants in 2024.

Read about our recipients and their projects below, and follow us on social media and here as we interview them and document how they complete their projects.

Congratulations Willie Alexander! We are excited to read your art book, which uses songs to speak to each of the phases of nigrescence, culminating in the final phase of wholeness.

Congratulations Joy KMT! We can’t wait to see how, using natural grasses, coins, and other tokens, you will create power broom that will highlight the crossroads, fissures, and connectivity between peoples, places, spirituality, magic, and so-called things.

Congratulations Katie Bishop! We’re so glad we could help you build a coin corner and host a coin event, the “Consociational Conglomeration of Coin Nerds” at your Brooklyn coffee house.

Congratulations Jarrod Ranney! We’re excited to see you pursue your project on the unusual history of coins celebrating Delaware!

Congratulations Lianna Spurrier! We can’t wait to see what you uncover in your work on Japanese rectangle coins!

What do you want to explore? Tell us what you need, and why!

Thank you to all who applied for our 2024 grants! Keep an eye out for our 2025 applications!