• $200,000Active Strategy

  2012 (Inactive Grant)

  Arts & Culture in Chicago

  NEW YORK, NEW YORK — This grant supports EmcArts, Inc., to offer the New Pathways for the Arts program in Chicago. This grant is intended to change the local dialogue about innovation in the arts by demonstrating what it means in practice. The training program will help professionally managed nonprofit arts organizations learn how to adapt the way in which they operate in today's economic and cultural environment. The goal is to introduce and apply concepts and tools that will help participating Chicago-based arts organizations address a self-identified organizational challenge and build a community of practice about innovation in the arts in Chicago.

• $22,000Active Strategy

  2011 (Inactive Grant)

  Arts & Culture in Chicago

  NEW YORK, NEW YORK — EmcArts is a social enterprise for learning and innovation in the arts. This grant will provide one-time project support to EmcArts, Inc. to design and deliver a day-long presentation and workshop intended to educate MacArthur's arts grantees about how to adapt the way current nonprofit arts organizations operate in today's economic and cultural environment. The goal is to introduce and apply concepts and tools that may benefit Chicago-based arts organizations, which are often excluded from national conversations about new ideas and innovation occurring in other parts of the country.

The MacArthur Foundation awarded EmcArts $222,000 between 2010 and 2013.