Eighty-eight grants totaling nearly $1.2 million were made through the MacArthur Funds for Arts and Culture at the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation and the Prince Charitable Trusts in support of Chicago area arts and cultural organizations.
The MacArthur Funds for Arts and Culture were established at the two foundations in April 2003 through grants totaling $6.5 million from the MacArthur Foundation. The funds will be used over a five-year period.
This year, the Driehaus Foundation awarded 57 grants totaling $500,000 and the Prince Charitable Trusts awarded 31 grants totaling $695,000 through the funds.
The fund at the Driehaus Foundation is used primarily for general operating support to arts and cultural organizations with annual budgets of approximately $500,000 or less. The fund at the Prince Charitable Trusts is used to support mid-sized arts and cultural organizations, those with annual budgets between $500,000 and $2 million. As with the fund at Driehaus, the emphasis is on support of general operations.
Each year, MacArthur also awards grants directly to organizations with budgets of more than $2 million. In April, the Foundation announced 17 grants totaling more than $3.5 million to large arts and cultural groups in the city. These grants are made for multiple years for general operations.
Support for arts and cultural organizations in Chicago and the region is an expression of MacArthurs' civic commitment to Chicago and is designed to help sustain the cultural life and vitality of the city and region.
The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation
The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation is a family foundation formed in 1992. Its primary mission is to benefit individuals and communities by preserving and enhancing the built and natural environments. The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation also supports the performing and visual arts and makes grants to organizations that provide opportunities for economically disadvantaged individuals.
Prince Charitable Trusts
The Prince Charitable Trusts were established in 1947 from the bequests of Frederick Henry Prince and his wife, Abbie Norman Prince. The three trusts operate as a family foundation with giving programs in the city of Chicago, the Washington D.C. region, and the state of Rhode Island. In Chicago, the Trusts support the core mission of arts organizations through general operating support grants, project grants to strengthen organizational capacity, and the Prince Prize for Commissioning Original Work.
Grants made through the MacArthur Fund for Arts and Culture at the Prince Charitable Trusts (31 grants totaling $695,000):
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About Face Theater $30,000 Apple Tree Theatre $20,000 Arts & Business Council of Chicago $20,000 Bailiwick Repertory $20,000 Black Ensemble Theater $20,000 The Center for International Performance and Exhibition (HOTHOUSE) $25,000 Chicago Chamber Musicians $25,000 The Chicago Classical Recording Foundation $5,000 Final Grant Chicago Jazz Ensemble $20,000 Chicago Public Art Group $20,000 Chicago Sinfonietta $20,000 Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra $25,000 Child's Play Touring Theatre $20,000 The Dance Center of Columbia College $30,000 Eta Creative Arts Foundation, Inc. $20,000 Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago $30,000 |
Hyde Park Art Center $25,000
Illinois Arts Alliance Foundation |
Grants made through the MacArthur Foundation Fund for Arts and Culture at the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation (57 grants totaling $500,000):
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Albany Park Theater Project $12,500 Anchor Graphics $20,000 Apollo Chorus of Chicago $5,000 Archeworks $15,000 Beacon Street Gallery and Performance Co. $10,000 Bronzeville Children's Museum $5,000 Chicago a cappella $5,000 Chicago Artists' Coalition $7,500 Chicago Ballet Russe Foundation $5,000 Chicago Blues Museum $7,500 Chicago Brass Band Association $5,000 Chicago Dance & Music Alliance $5,000 Chicago Dramatists $10,000 Chicago Filmmakers $7,500 Chicago Human Rhythm Project $7,500 Chicago Moving Company $10,000 Chicago Theatre Company $20,000 Circle Theater of Forest Park $7,500 Evanston Historical Society $2,500 Experimental Sound Studio $5,000 Famous Door Theatre $10,000 Free Street Programs $7,500 Fulcrum Point New Music Project $7,500 Glen Ellyn Children's Chorus $10,000 Guild Complex $10,000 Hedwig Dances $12,500 The House Theatre $7,500 Illinois Storytelling $2,500 Innocent Eyes and Lenses $7,500 |
International Center for Deafness $5,000 International Contemporary Ensemble $5,000 International Music Foundation $12,500 Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art $12,500 Jazz Institute of Chicago $12,500 Jump Rhythm Jazz Project $5,000 L'Opera Piccola $5,000 Lampo $7,500 Live Bait Theatre Co. $5,000 Luna Negra Dance Theater $10,000 Milkwood Foundation $5,000 Natya Dance Theatre $10,000 Near Northwest Wide Arts Council $5,000 Neighborhood Writing Alliance $25,000 Next Theatre Company $10,000 Opera Theatre North $5,000 Orion Chamber Ensemble $5,000 Pegasus Players $20,000 The Poetry Center of Chicago $10,000 Porchlight Music Theatre $10,000 Raven Theatre $7,500 Salt Creek Ballet $7,500 Scrap Mettle SOUL $12,500 South Side Family Chamber Orchestra $5,000 Stage Left $5,000 TimeLine Theater Company $12,500 Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art $5,000 Young Chicago Authors $12,500 |
Grantee Profile: Prince Foundation/Prince Charitable Trusts, Richard H. Driehaus Foundation
