The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation is pleased to announce 29 grants, totaling over $2.5 million, to support organizations working in the areas of Arts and Culture, the Built Environment, and Investigative Journalism for Government Accountability.
Grants awarded include support for artist residency programs, a preservation study, investigative reporting newsrooms, general operating support, and more.
Congratulations to all the grant recipients!
A Red Orchid Theatre
$80,000 to support A Red Orchid Theatre's Incubator Series
Association for Preservation Technology International
$150,000 for the APT Preservation Engineering Technical Committee Student Design-Build Competition
Black Arts & Culture Alliance of Chicago
$120,000 for general operating support
Chalkbeat
$30,000 to support Chalkbeat Chicago
Chicago Collections
$90,000 for general operating support
Chicago Headline Club
$80,000 to support FOIA Fest, the FOIA Fest Boot Camp, and the Watchdog Award
Chicago Reader
$100,000 to support its news investigations and accountability reporting
Comfort Station
$80,000 to support residencies for artists, curators, ensembles, and producers
Constellation Performing Arts
$34,000 to support subsidized, shared space use alongside business services for Chicago-based artists and arts organizations
Eighth Blackbird
$30,000 to support the 2025 Aviary Festival
Experimental Sound Studio
$60,000 to support the 2025 and 2026 Sonic Pavilion Festival
FACETS
$60,000 to support the Chicago Alliance of Film Festivals
Folded Map Project
$75,000 as fiscal sponsor for Englewood Arts Collective, to support unBlocked Englewood
Foundation for Homan Square
$400,000 to support the external masonry repair of the Nichols Tower
Friends of the Parks
$120,000 for general operating support
Glessner House
$60,000 for general operating support
Goldin Institute
$40,000 to support the Chicago Peace Fellows program
Grow Greater Englewood
$50,000 for general operating support
Independent Film Alliance Chicago
$80,000 for general operating support
Mas Context, NFP
$50,000 for general operating support
Media Burn Archive
$60,000 to support the Digitization and Preservation Program
People for Community Recovery
$100,000 to support plans for adaptive reuse of the historic George Washington Carver School Building C into the Hazel M. Johnson Institute for sustainability and environmental justice
Preservation Chicago, NFP
$255,000 for general operating support
Promontory Point Conservancy
$113,500 to support the Marine Engineering Preservation Study of Promontory Point: McLaren Engineering Group Survey Report
Revolution Workshop
$50,000 to support its historic trades program
The Paper Machete Group Inc. NFP
$60,000 to support the Paper Machete Show
Theater Wit
$60,000 to support subsidized, shared space use alongside business services for Chicago-based artists and arts organizations
University of Illinois Chicago, College of Architecture Design and the Arts
$60,000 to support the Building Climate Resilient Space project
Visceral Dance Chicago NFP
$25,000 to support the Visceral Studio and Theater Rental Subsidy Program
