GENERAL PROGRAM
Grants Authorized 2005

MacArthur’s support for arts and cultural organizations is an expression of civic commitment to Chicago, the place where the Foundation has its head-quarters and John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur made their home. Grants are designed to help sustain the cultural life of the city and region. Grants to arts and cultural organizations with annual budgets above $2 million are made directly by MacArthur. These grants are usually for multi-year general operating support. Arts and culture grants to organizations with annual budgets between $500,000 and $2 million are made through the Prince Charitable Trusts. Arts and culture grants to organiza-tions with annual budgets of $500,000 or less are made through a special fund at the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation.

Chicago Children’s Theatre, Chicago, Illinois
$100,000 in special support of start-up expenses (over three years).

Chicago Foundation for Women, Chicago, Illinois
$10,000 in support of the Eleanor Petersen Legacy Fund.

City Colleges of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
$150,000 in support of general operations for WYCC-TV20 (over five years).

DuSable Museum of African American History, Chicago, Illinois
$150,000 in support of general operations (over five years).

Grantmakers in the Arts, Seattle, Washington
$25,000 in support of general operations (over two years).

Harris Theater for Music and Dance, Chicago, Illinois
$100,000 in support of a subsidized usage program for smaller arts organizations (over two years).

Illinois Arts Alliance Foundation, Chicago, Illinois
$20,000 in support of the One State: Together in the Arts conference.

Kohl Children’s Museum of Greater Chicago, Glenview, Illinois
$150,000 in support of general operations (over five years).

League of Chicago Theatres Foundation, Chicago, Illinois
$70,000 in support of phase one of an online ticketing system.

$300,000 to support the second phase of an online ticketing system.

Lookingglass Theatre Company, Chicago, Illinois
$150,000 in support of general operations  over five years).

Museum of Broadcast Communications, Chicago, Illinois
$100,000 in support of exhibit design and fabrication (over three years).

Public Interest Projects, New York, New York
$150,000 in support of the Chicago component of the Fulfilling the Dream Fund (over three years).

University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
$25,000 in support of the second annual Richard J. Daley Urban Forum, Globalizing Cities: Chicago and the World.

THE MACARTHUR FUND FOR ARTS AND CULTURE AT PRINCE CHARITABLE TRUSTS
Arts and culture grants to organizations with annual budgets between $500,000 and $2 million are made through the Prince Charitable Trusts. www.fdncenter.org

About Face Theater $60,000 (over two years)
Apple Tree Theatre $40,000 (over two years)
Arts and Business Council of Chicago $40,000 (over two years)
Bailiwick Theatre $40,000 (over two years)
Black Ensemble Theater $40,000 (over two years)
Chicago Chamber Musicians $50,000 (over two years)
Chicago Jazz Ensemble $40,000 (over two years)
Chicago Public Art Group $40,000 (over two years)
Chicago Sinfonietta $40,000 (over two years)
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra $50,000 (over two years)
Child’s Play Touring Theatre $40,000 (over two years)
Dance Center of Columbia College $60,000 (over two years)
ETA Creative Arts Foundation, Inc. $40,000 (over two years)
Gene Siskel Film Center $60,000 (over two years)
HotHouse $50,000 (over two years)
Hyde Park Art Center $50,000 (over two years)
Illinois Arts Alliance Foundation $40,000 (over two years)
International Latino Cultural Center of Chicago $40,000 (over two years)
Lifeline Productions, Inc. $50,000 (over two years)
Marwen $40,000 (over two years)
Muntu Dance Theatre of Chicago $60,000 (over two years)
Music of the Baroque $60,000 (over two years)
Redmoon Theater $40,000 (over two years)
Remy Bumppo $40,000 (over two years)
Renaissance Society $30,000 (over two years)
River North Chicago Dance Company $50,000 (over two years)
SCT Productions $40,000 (over two years)
Street-Level Youth Media $40,000 (over two years)
Writers’ Theatre $20,000 (over one year)

THE MACARTHUR FUND FOR ARTS AND CULTURE AT THE RICHARD H. DRIEHAUS FOUNDATION
Arts and culture grants to organiza-tions with annual budgets of $500,000 or less are made through a special fund at the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation.

Albany Park Theater Project $12,500
Anchor Graphics $12,500
Archeworks $30,000 (over two years)
Asian Improv aRts Midwest $7,500
Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians $10,000
Chicago a cappella $7,500
Chicago Artists’ Coalition $7,500
Chicago Ballet Russe Foundation $5,000
Chicago Blues Museum $10,000
Chicago Brass Band Association $5,000
Chicago Dramatists $25,000 (over two years)
Chicago Filmmakers $7,500
Chicago Human Rhythm Project $7,500
Chicago Moving Company $20,000 (over two years)
Chicago Theatre Company $15,000
Circle Theater of Forest Park $10,000
Congo Square Theatre Company $10,000
Deeply Rooted Productions $10,000
Eighth Blackbird $7,500
Experimental Sound Studio $5,000
Free Street Theater $10,000
Fulcrum Point New Music Project $7,500
Glen Ellyn Children’s Chorus $10,000
Guild Complex $12,500
Hedwig Dances $20,000 (over two years)
Hellenic Museum and Cultural Center $10,000
House Theatre $10,000
International Center for Deafness $5,000
International Contemporary Ensemble $7,500
International Music Foundation $30,000 (over two years)
Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art $30,000 (over two years)
Jazz Institute $30,000 (over two years)
Jump Rhythm Jazz Project $5,000
L’Opera Piccola $5,000
Lampo $7,500
Luna Negra Dance Theater $20,000 (over two years)
Natya Dance Theatre $20,000 (over two years)
Neighborhood Writing Alliance $40,000 (over two years)
Neo-Futurists $12,500
Next Theater Company $25,000 (over two years)
Opera Theatre North $5,000
Orion Chamber Ensemble $5,000
Pegasus Players $17,500
Poetry Center of Chicago $25,000 (over two years)
Porchlight Music Theatre $25,000 (over two years)
Raven Theatre $7,500
Rembrandt Chamber Players $5,000
Salt Creek Ballet $7,500
Scrap Metal soul $10,000
Stage Left $5,000
TimeLine Theater Company $25,000 (over two years)
Young Chicago Authors $25,000 (over two years)

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