The Legislature in providing this funding is seeking to fund individuals and organizations that will work to create, celebrate, and teach the art, culture, and heritage of the many diverse cultural groups that make up Minnesota, including but not limited to Indigenous organizations, communities whose culture and heritage have been historically underrepresented, recent immigrant communities, and veterans.

Through the State of Minnesota’s 2025-2027 biennial legislation and the Community Identity and Heritage, Cultural Heritage Fund (Legacy), the Minnesota Humanities Center (MHC) will administer $4,868,000 in grants to individuals and organizations that will work to create, celebrate, and teach the art, culture, and heritage of the many diverse cultural groups that make up Minnesota, including but not limited to Indigenous organizations, communities whose culture and heritage have been historically underrepresented, recent immigrant communities, and veterans.