The Driehaus Foundation is pleased to announce 30 grants, totaling nearly $4 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!
63rd House NFP
$500,000 to support the rehabilitation of 63rd House
Architreasures
$100,000 for general operating support
Block Club Chicago
$250,000 to support Block Club Chicago's investigative coverage
Chalkbeat
$100,000 to support Chalkbeat Chicago
Chicago Architecture Center
$150,000 for general operating support
Chicago Artist Guide
$10,000 for general operating support
Chicago Cultural Alliance
$150,000 for general operating support
Chicago Public Art Group
$100,000 for general operating support
City Bureau
$250,000 for the Civic Reporting Fellowship
Constellation Performing Arts
$100,000 to support subsidized, shared space use alongside business services for Chicago-based artists and arts organizations
Designs for Dignity
$80,000 for general operating support
Friends of Historic Second Church
$75,000 for general operating support
Friends of the Chicago River
$80,000 for general operating support
Goldin Institute
$80,000 to support the Chicago Peace Fellows program
Grow Greater Englewood
$100,000 for general operating support
Historic Pullman Foundation
$100,000 for general operating support
Illinois Green Alliance
$40,000 as fiscal sponsor for the Climate Action Museum for project support
Invisible Institute
$250,000 for general operating support
MAAFA Redemption Project
$800,000 to support the adaptive reuse of a former church (St. Barnabas) into the MAAFA Center for Arts & Activism
Mezcla Media Collective
$60,000 for general operating support
Openlands
$80,000 for general operating support
Public Media Institute
$100,000 to support the "Buddy" art store
Puerto Rican Arts Alliance
$500,000 to support the Cultural Campus Expansion Project
Reclaiming Chicago NFP
$1,000,000 to support the Reclaiming Chicago Construction Fund in the rehabilitation of homes in Chicago
Revolution Workshop
$100,000 to support the Historic Preservation Trades Initiative
Rivendell Theatre Ensemble
$25,000 to support the visiting artists and subsidized theater and rehearsal space programs
Strong Towns
$80,000 for general operating support
The Renaissance Collaborative Inc.
$105,000 to support the predevelopment and design phases of the historic Wabash YMCA restoration project
The University of Chicago, Black Metropolis Research Consortium
$50,000 to support the Black Metropolis Research Consortium
Visceral Dance Chicago NFP
$50,000 to support the Visceral Studio and Theater Rental Subsidy Program
