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Arts Alliance Illinois

Chicago, Illinois

Grants

2023 (1 year)
$50,000

Established in 1982, Arts Alliance Illinois’ mission is to build the vitality of communities statewide through service and advocacy, generating resources for the cultural sector and creative industries. With this award, Arts Alliance Illinois conducts a program evaluation on its role as a Community Navigator for the Illinois Creative Relief Grant Program.  

2020 ( 4 months)
$50,000

Arts Alliance Illinois (AAI) is a statewide arts service organization that advocates for the strength of the arts and culture sector. It is focused on advancing cultural equity and access to the arts by providing research, public education, workshops, and networking events for arts and cultural organizations throughout Illinois. This award supports AAI to convene a series of virtual meetings among collaborating organizations in the Arts for Illinois Relief Fund, which provides financial relief to artists, workers, and organizations in the creative industries impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

2018 ( 1 month)
$15,000

Arts Alliance Illinois (Arts Alliance) is the state’s only multi-disciplinary arts service organization advocating for the strength of the entire cultural sector. It is focused on advancing cultural equity and access to the arts by providing research, public education, workshops, and networking events for arts organizations throughout Illinois. This award supports “Brass Tacks: Making Equity Work in Arts and Culture,” which is the launch event for a series of equity focused convenings. The intent of these gatherings is to encourage arts and culture practitioners to explore practices, tools, and plans for integrating equity and inclusion work into daily operations.

2014 (3 years)
$150,000

Illinois Arts Alliance (d/b/a Arts Alliance Illinois) is the state’s only multi-disciplinary arts service organization, representing nonprofit arts organizations and individual artists throughout the state. It provides research, research assistance, public education, and information to arts organizations in Illinois. As a leading advocate for the arts, data collection and analysis is increasingly integral to all aspects of the Arts Alliance’s work. This grant provides general operating support to Arts Alliance Illinois as it advocates on behalf of the artists and arts organizations, conducts and interprets research related to pressing cultural sector issues, and creates strong data sets that provide insight and baseline information about the City’s vitality.

2012 (3 years)
$225,000

This one time general operating grant will support the Alliance as it makes a necessary shift in its operating model to remain relevant and effective in advocating for the local arts sector. Arts Alliance Illinois is the state’s only multi-disciplinary arts service organization, representing nonprofit arts organizations and individual artists throughout the state. It provides research assistance, public education, and information services through its programs. The Alliance was founded in 1982. Its goals are to increase public awareness about the value of the arts, advocate for higher levels of support for the arts, and promote a climate in which artistic expression can freely flourish.

2009 (2 years)
$30,000

In support of scholarships to the biennial conference, One State: Together in the Arts (over two years).

2007 (1 year)
$10,000

In support of scholarships to the fifth biennial "One State: Together in the Arts" conference.

2005 (1 year)
$20,000

In support of the "One State: Together in the Arts" conference.

2001 ( 6 months)
$24,000

To research trends in arts funding.

2001 (2 years)
$40,000

In support of general operations (over two years).

1998 (2 years)
$40,000

In support of general operations (over two years).

1998 (2 years)
$50,000

To support programs created under the Working Together: Building Community through the Arts project.

1997 (1 year)
$15,000

To support the Working Together: Building Community through the Arts project.

1996 (2 years)
$30,000

In support of general operations (over two years).

1995 (1 year)
$15,000

To support Building Community in Chicago, a project designed to build support for the arts at the neighborhood level.

1993 (3 years)
$45,000

In support of general operations (over three years).

1992 (1 year)
$10,000

To support a long-range planning process.

1991 (1 year)
$10,000

To train and organize a network of advocates for the arts among the trustees of arts and cultural organizations in Illinois.

1991 (1 year)
$20,000

In support of general operations (over two years).

1988 (2 years)
$30,000

In support of general operations (over three years).

1987 (1 year)
$10,000

A technical assistance grant.

1986 (1 year 2 months)
$20,000

In support of general operations (over two years).

1985 (1 year)
$10,000

In support of general operations.

1984 (1 year)
$10,000

In support of general operations.