Grantee Profile
Chicago Architecture Foundation
Grants to Chicago Architecture Foundation
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$315,000Active Strategy
2012 (Duration 5 years)
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS — Chicago Architecture Foundation enhances the public's awareness and appreciation of Chicago's architectural legacy through tours and exhibitions. It also engages diverse local audiences in a series of multidisciplinary programs that emphasize how citizens can help influence the physical construction of communities. Core programs include tours, exhibitions, lectures, symposia, special events, as well as youth and adult education activities. CAF attracts 450,000 visitors annually to its tours, exhibits and public programs. Its Youth Education Programs reached approximately 26,000 students and teachers in the Chicago area during the 2010/2011 school year.
The MacArthur Foundation awarded Chicago Architecture Foundation $315,000 between 2009 and 2012.