The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation is pleased to announce 36 grants, totaling nearly $4.5 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 shared space use programs, historic preservation and rehabilitation projects, investigative reporting newsrooms, general operating support, and more.
Congratulations to all the grant recipients!
2nd Story
$80,000 to support The Rising Tide Project
Active Transportation Alliance
$70,000 for general operating support
Advocates for Urban Agriculture
$100,000 for general operating support
Arts Alliance Illinois
$90,000 for general operating support
Asian and Pacific Islander Americans in Historic Preservation
$35,000 for general operating support
Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University
$500,000 to support the restoration of the skylight
Borderless Magazine
$100,000 to support investigative reporting
Center for Investigative Reporting
$30,000 to support the investigative reporting partnerships in Chicago
Chicago Architecture Center
$1,000,000 to support the Chicago Architecture Center's youth education programs titled "The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Youth Learning Programs"
Chicago Artists Coalition
$45,000 for general operating support
Chicago Dance History Project
$90,000 for general operating support
Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble
$20,000 to support shared space use with business support services for artists and arts groups
Chicago Human Rhythm Project
$80,000 to support the arts service program of shared space and business support at the Mayfair Arts Center
Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival
$100,000 to support the 2025 and 2026 Chicago International Puppet Theater Festivals
Chicago Latino Theater Alliance
$80,000 for general operating support
Chicago Sculpture International
$25,000 for general operating support
Chicago Women in Architecture Foundation
$50,000 for the Ladders to Leadership program
City Bureau
$100,000 as fiscal sponsor for Cicero Independiente, to support government accountability investigations in Cicero
Congress for the New Urbanism
$150,000 for general operating support
Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma
$82,000 to support the Chicago Journalist Resilience Initiative
The Era Footwork Foundation
$25,000 to support The Ring series events in 2025
Full Spectrum Features
$40,000 to support the Access Reframed program
Green Star Movement
$100,000 for general operating support
Growing Home, Inc.
$250,000 to support the pre-development and design phases of the Wood Street South Campus expansion project
Healthy Schools Campaign
$100,000 to support "Space to Grow: Greening Chicago Schoolyards" program
ILA Creative Studio
$15,000 for general operating support
Injustice Watch
$200,000 for general operating support
Latinos in Heritage Conservation
$50,000 for general operating support
NeighborSpace
$200,000 for general operating support
New Music Chicago
$40,000 to support the 2025 Ear Taxi Festival
Plant Chicago
$85,000 to support the adaptive reuse of the historic former firehouse at Davis Square Park into Plant Chicago's offices
Preservation Maryland
$80,000 to support the 2025 American Historic Trades Summit in Chicago
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
$100,000 to support a program at the 2025 Smithsonian Folklife Festival highlighting apprenticeship and training in the historic building trades
South Side Community Art Center
$250,000 to support the schematic design and construction drawing phases of the SSCAC rehabilitation and renovation project
Spudnik Press Cooperative
$90,000 for general operating support
Stories Matter Foundation
$30,000 to support StoryStudio Chicago's Pub Crawl program
