The Driehaus Foundation is pleased to announce 39 grants, totaling over $4.0 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 grant recipients!
Asian and Pacific Islander Americans in Historic Preservation
$100,000 for general operating support
Association for Preservation Technology International
$150,000 to support the APT Preservation Engineering Technical Committee Student Design-Build Competition
Center for Investigative Reporting
$50,000 for general operating support
Chicago Artists Coalition
$120,000 for general operating support
Chicago Dancemakers Forum
$120,000 for general operating support
Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble
$100,000 to support shared space use with business support services for artists and arts groups
Chicago Public Media
$100,000 for one-time emergency funding for general operations
Chicago Sculpture International
$60,000 for general operating support
Chicago Tap Theatre
$60,000 to support the Chicago Tap Allstars program
Community Foundation for the Land of Lincoln
$100,000 to support Press Forward Springfield
Design Museum of Chicago
$90,000 to support the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Built Environment Award, as part of DMC's Designing a Better Chicago program
Elastic Arts Foundation
$100,000 to support Elastic Arts' shared space programming
Enrich Chicago
$150,000 for general operating support
Field Museum of Natural History
$50,000 to support A New Gathering Space at Steelworkers Park
Floating Museum
$100,000 for general operating support
Friends of Historic KAM Isaiah Israel
$125,000 to support the rehabilitation of KAM Isaiah Israel building
Full Spectrum Features
$150,000 to support Access Reframed
ILA Creative Studio
$60,000 for general operating support
Latinos in Heritage Conservation
$100,000 for general operating support
Latitude, Inc NFP
$120,000 for general operating support
Lawyers for the Creative Arts
$120,000 for general operating support
Live The Spirit Residency
$100,000 to support the Englewood Jazz Festival in 2026 and 2027
Local Initiatives Support Corporation Chicago
$465,000 to support the management and presentation of the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Awards for Architectural Excellence in Community Design
MAKE Literary Productions
$60,000 to support the Lit & Luz Chicago Festival in 2025 and 2026
Mandala South Asian Performing Arts
$90,000 to support Makers Fest in 2026 and 2027
Metropolitan Planning Council
$80,000 for general operating support
mHUB
$100,000 for predevelopment costs for the M+ District
MobileMakers
$50,000 for general operating support
OPEN Center for the Arts
$50,000 for predevelopment funding for the Marshall Square Plaza Project
Preservation Chicago, NFP
$150,000 as fiscal sponsor, to support the Chicago Stock Exchange Virtual Reality Project
Red Clay Dance Company Inc
$100,000 to support In the Making at the Center for Excellence
Star Farm Chicago
$100,000 for general operating support
Stories Matter Foundation
$60,000 to support StoryStudio’s Pub Crawl program
Sweet Water Foundation
$100,000 for general operating support
The Chicago Community Foundation
$100,000 to support Press Forward Chicago
The Era Footwork Foundation
$25,000 to support The Ring series events in 2026
The Trust for Public Land
$50,000 to support TREEmendous Lawndale
University of Chicago - Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
$150,000 to support the Chicago Black Dance Legacy Project
Wicker Park Lutheran Building Friends
$125,000 to support the ADA rehabilitation of the Wicker Park Lutheran Church
