IACA Announces First Round of FY2014 Grants
Governor Pat Quinn and Chairman Shirley R. Madigan are pleased to announce the first round of fiscal year 2014 grants awarded by the Illinois Arts Council Agency. At the August meeting of the Illinois Arts Council Agency Board, 700 grants, totaling $5,179,635, were unanimously approved. They are listed below in alphabetical order according to the counties and cities in which they are located.
Adams County
Quincy
- Midsummer Arts Faire NFP, $1,850 for general operating support
- Quincy Art Center, $8,050 for general operating support
- Quincy Civic Music Assn, $1,015 for general operating support
- Quincy Community Theatre Inc, $10,025 for general operating support
- Quincy Society of Fine Arts, $25,000 for general operating support
- Quincy Society of Fine Arts, $6,350 for Community Arts Access Program
- Quincy Symphony Orchestra, $6,550 for general operating support
Boone County
Belvidere
- Boone County Arts Council, $1,150 for general operating support
Bureau County
Ottawa
- Illinois Valley Orchestral Assn, $1,515 for general operating support
Princeton
- Prairie Arts Council, $1,015 for general operating support
- Princeton Theater Group, $5,525 for general operating support
Carroll County
Mount Carroll
- Timber Lake Playhouse, $11,050 for general operating support
Champaign County
Champaign
- 40 North/88 West Inc, $5,850 for general operating support
- Bridgewater-Sullivan Comm Life Ctr, $1,000 for Mo Betta Music operating support
- Celebration Co/Station Theatre, $2,025 for general operating support
- Central Illinois Children's Chorus, $2,150 for general operating support
- Champaign Park District, $10,025 for arts marketing/personnel project support
- Champaign Urbana Ballet, $7,025 for general operating support
- Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra, $7,025 for general operating support
- Conservatory of Central Illinois, $5,525 for general operating support
- Dalkey Archive Press, $16,600 for general operating support
- Developmental Services Ctr-Champaign Co, $2,150 for Prompting Theater operating support
- Parkland College, $5,050 for Art Gallery operating support
- Prairie Air Inc WEFT-FM, $4,275 for general operating support
- The Prairie Ensemble, $2,025 for general operating support
- University of Illinois/UC, $4,275 for Ninth Letter operating support
- University of Illinois/UC, $6,550 for Japan House operating support
- University of Illinois/UC, $12,100 for Krannert Art Museum operating support
- University of Illinois/UC, $4,515 for Sinfonia da Camera operating support
- University of Illinois/UC, $31,000 for Krannert Center operating support
- University of Illinois/UC, $12,100 for Spurlock Museum operating support
- University of Illinois/UC, $11,050 for WILL Media operating support
Mahomet
- The Chorale NFP, $2,515 for general operating support
Savoy
- Champaign County Head Start, $4,355 for a five-week dance residency with Kate Kuper
Urbana
- Amasong: CUPL/F Chorus, $2,150 for general operating support
- Champaign-Urbana Theatre Co, $4,515 for general operating support
- Community Center for the Arts, $4,275 for general operating support
- City of Urbana, $4,100 for Public Arts Program operating support
- Urbana-Champaign Indep Media Ctr Fndn, $8,050 for general operating support
Coles County
Charleston
- Eastern Illinois University, $3,295 for a four-week visual arts residency with Alpha Bruton
Cook County
Arlington Heights
- Main Street Opera, $1,150 for general operating support
- Performing Arts at Metropolis, $11,050 for general operating support
- Emilia Plater Polish School, $875 for Polanie Ensemble operating support
- Township High School Dist #214, $3,550 for World Stage Series operating support
Bartlett
- Arts In Bartlett NFP, $1,550 for general operating support
- The Festival Chorus, $1,850 for general operating support
Berwyn
- The 16th Street Theater NFP, $4,275 for general operating support
Chicago
- 137 Films NFP, $2,025 for general operating support
- 500 Clown NFP, $3,025 for general operating support
- 6018North, $1,000 for general operating support
- About Face Theatre Collective, $11,050 for general operating support
- Access Living of Metro Chicago, $5,050 for Arts & Culture Program project support
- Acess Contemporary Music, $5,050 for general operating support
- Aerial Dance Chicago, $2,515 for general operating support
- African American Arts Alliance/Chicago, $2,515 for general operating support
- Aguijon Theater Co/Chicago, $3,025 for general operating support
- Albany Park Theater Project, $8,050 for general operating support
- Valerie Alpert Dance Co, $750 for general operating support
- American Blues Theater, $4,275 for general operating support
- American Indian Center of Chicago, $3,550 for general operating support
- American Theater Company, $11,050 for general operating support
- Anubis Quartet Performing Arts, $850 for Chicago Series project support
- Apollo Chorus of Chicago, $8,050 for general operating support
- ARC Educational Foundation, $1,550 for general operating support
- Archi-treasures Association, $7,025 for general operating support
- Ars Musica Chicago, $650 for general operating support
- Art Institute of Chicago, $60,000 for general operating support
- Artemisia A Chicago Theatre NFP, $650 for general operating support
- Artists Coop Residency/Exhibit Project, $1,515 for general operating support
- Arts & Business Council of Chicago, $12,100 for general operating support
- Asian Improv Arts Midwest, $7,600 for general operating support
- Association House of Chicago, $3,550 for general operating support
- AstonRep, $650 for general operating support
- Audience Architects NFP, $4,100 for general operating support
- Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt Univ, $11,050 for general operating support
- Ballet Chicago Company, $11,050 for general operating support
- Balzekas Museum/Lithuanian Culture, $8,050 for general operating support
- Baroque Band, $5,050 for general operating support
- Barrel of Monkeys Productions, $9,100 for general operating support
- Bella Voce, $3,025 for general operating support
- Beverly Arts Center of Chicago, $11,050 for general operating support
- Black Ensemble Theater Corp, $11,050 for general operating support
- Bohemian Theatre Ensemble NFP, $3,025 for general operating support
- Bronzeville Children's Museum, $3,025 for general operating support
- Cambodian Assn of Illinois, $5,050 for general operating support
- Capoeira Chicago, $3,025 for Special Event project support
- Casa Central Social Services Corp, $1,850 for Youth Opportunities operating support
- Catholic Charities Archdiocese of Chicago, $1,850 for Visions Of My Life project support
- Cedille Chicago NFP, $11,050 for general operating support
- Changing Worlds, $8,050 for general operating support
- Chicago a cappella, $8,050 for general operating support
- Chicago Access Corporation, $11,050 for general operating support
- Chicago Acting in Film Meetup NFP, $1,000 for general operating support
- Chicago Artists' Coalition, $9,100 for general operating support
- Chicago Arts Orchestra, $1,550 for general operating support
- Chicago Arts Partnerships in Ed, $12,100 for general operating support
- The Chicago Ballet, $3,025 for general operating support
- Chicago Brass Band Assn, $2,150 for general operating support
- Chicago Chamber Choir, $1,850 for general operating support
- The Chicago Chamber Musicians, $11,050 for general operating support
- The Chicago Children's Choir, $12,100 for general operating support
- Chicago Children's Museum, $8,015 for general operating support
- Chicago Children's Theatre, $11,050 for general operating support
- Chicago Choral Artists, $1,850 for general operating support
- Chicago Chorale, $5,050 for general operating support
- Chicago Composers Orchestra, $650 for general operating support
- Chicago Cultural Alliance, $8,050 for general operating support
- Chicago Dance Crash NFP, $2,025 for general operating support
- Chicago Dancing Company NFP, $10,025 for general operating support
- Chicago Dept of Cultural Aff/Spec Events, $145,500 for Community Arts Access Program
- Chicago Dept of Cultural Aff/Spec Events, $43,800 for general operating support
- Chicago Dramatists, $11,050 for general operating support
- The Chicago Ensemble, $2,150 for general operating support
- Chicago Film Archives NFP, $3,025 for general operating support
- Chicago Filmmakers, $7,025 for general operating support
- Chicago Fringe Festival Inc, $2,025 for general operating support
- Chicago Gay Men's Chorus, $8,050 for general operating support
- Chicago History Museum, $11,050 for general operating support
- Chicago Human Rhythm Project, $11,050 for general operating support
- Chicago Humanities Festival, $10,025 for general operating support
- Chicago Improv Festival, $3,025 for general operating support
- Chicago Jazz Philharmonic, $7,025 for general operating support
- Chicago Kids Company, $6,015 for general operating support
- Chicago Metro Symphony Orchestra, $1,000 for general operating support
- Chicago Moving Company, $3,550 for general operating support
- Chicago Opera Theater, $11,050 for general operating support
- Chicago Photography Center NFP, $8,050 for general operating support
- Chicago Public Art Group, $12,100 for general operating support
- Chicago Public Media Inc, $11,050 for general operating support
- Chicago Repertory Ballet, $1,150 for general operating support
- Chicago Shakespeare Theater, $28,100 for general operating support
- Chicago Sinfonietta, $12,100 for general operating support
- Chicago Symphony Orchestra, $12,100 for Civic Orchestra project support
- Chicago Symphony Orchestra, $60,000 for general operating support
- Chicago Tap Theatre NFP, $2,515 for general operating support
- Chicago Theatre Group-Goodman, $39,300 for general operating support
- Chicago West Comm Music Center, $1,150 for general operating support
- Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras, $12,100 for general operating support
- Chicspeare Production Co, $875 for general operating support
- Child's Play Touring Theatre, $6,015 for general operating support
- Chinese Fine Arts Society, $3,550 for general operating support
- Cinema/Chicago, $11,050 for general operating support
- CircEsteem, $6,015 for general operating support
- City Colleges of Chicago, $11,050 for WYCC Television operating support
- City Lit Theatre Company, $4,275 for general operating support
- The Classical Symphony Orchestra, $5,050 for general operating support
- Clinard Dance Theatre, $1,850 for general operating support
- Collaboraction Theatre Company, $7,025 for general operating support
- Columbia College Chicago, $8,050 for Belic Institute operating support
- Columbia College Chicago, $6,550 for Anchor Graphics operating support
- Columbia College Chicago, $11,050 for Sherwood Music School operating support
- Columbia College Chicago, $12,100 for Community Art Partnership operating support
- Columbia College Chicago, $12,100 for Photography Museum operating support
- Columbia College Chicago, $11,050 for Dance Center operating support
- Columbia College Chicago, $5,050 for A+D Gallery operating support
- Columbia College Chicago, $5,850 for Story Week Fest project support
- Columbia College Chicago, $7,025 for Center Book/Paper Art operating support
- Common Times, $765 for general operating support
- Community Film Workshop/Chicago, $2,025 for general operating support
- Community Renewal Chorus/All God's Child, $2,150 for general operating support
- Community Television Network, $8,050 for general operating support
- Company of Folk, $2,550 for general operating support
- Congo Square Theatre Co, $8,050 for general operating support
- Corn Productions, $2,025 for general operating support
- Court Theatre Fund, $21,500 for general operating support
- Cube, $1,150 for general operating support
- Culture Shock Chicago NFP, $875 for general operating support
- Curious Theatre Branch, $2,025 for general operating support
- Dal Niente New Music NFP, $3,550 for general operating support
- Dance COLEctive, $1,515 for general operating support
- Dance Loop Chicago, $1,515 for general operating support
- DanceWorks Chicago Inc NFP, $9,100 for general operating support
- T Daniel Productions NFP, $1,300 for general operating support
- DFBRL8R Ltd, $1,550 for general operating support
- Ebinger Elem School, $15,180 for a six-week dance residency with Ensemble Espanol
- Eclipse Theatre Company, $3,025 for general operating support
- The Edutainment Project, $850 for general operating support
- Eighth Blackbird Perf Art Assn, $11,050 for general operating support
- Elastic Arts Foundation, $3,550 for general operating support
- Elements Contemp Ballet NFP, $1,850 for general operating support
- Elevarte Community Studio, $8,050 for general operating support
- Emerald City Theatre Co, $11,050 for general operating support
- Ensemble Espanol, $9,100 for general operating support
- Erasing the Distance, $5,050 for general operating support
- Esoteric Dance Project, $850 for general operating support
- Esperanza Community Services, $2,550 for general operating support
- ETA Creative Arts Foundation, $21,600 for general operating support
- Experimental Sound Studio, $5,050 for general operating support
- The Factory Theater, $1,550 for general operating support
- William Ferris Chorale, $3,550 for general operating support
- Field Museum of Natural History, $30,000 for general operating support
- Fifth House Ensemble, $5,050 for general operating support
- Filament Theatre Ensemble NFP, $1,850 for Crossing Six Corners project support
- Flood Editions NFP, $2,150 for general operating support
- Free Spirit Media NFP, $12,100 for general operating support
- Free Street Theater, $8,050 for general operating support
- Fulcrum Point New Music Project, $8,050 for general operating support
- Fund for Innovative TV, $2,515 for general operating support
- Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance, $11,050 for general operating support
- Genesis Theatrical Productions NFP, $1,515 for general operating support
- Gilloury Institute, $12,100 for general operating support
- Gus Giordano's Jazz Dance Chicago, $11,050 for general operating support
- Global Explorers Kids, $1,000 for general operating support
- Global Girls, $2,515 for general operating support
- Grant Park Orchestral Assn, $12,100 for general operating support
- Greeley Elem School, $25,080 for a twenty-four week dance residency
- Griffin Theatre Company, $8,050 for general operating support
- Groundswell Educational Films NFP, $3,515 for general operating support
- The Guild Complex, $4,100 for general operating support
- Halcyon Theatre, $1,550 for general operating support
- Hawthorne Scholastic Academy, $6,820 for an eight-week theatre residency
- Heaven Gallery, $2,025 for general operating support
- Hedges Elem School, $7,380 for a six-week interdisciplinary arts residency
- Hedwig Dances Inc, $3,025 for general operating support
- Holy Trinity Polish Mission, $3,025 for Lajkonik Ensemble operating support
- Homeroom NFP, $650 for general operating support
- The House Theatre of Chicago, $10,025 for general operating support
- Hromovytsia Ukrainian Dance Ensemble, $3,025 for general operating support
- Hubbard St Dance Chicago, $22,800 for general operating support
- HumanThread Foundation, $875 for general operating support
- Hyde Park Art Center, $12,100 for general operating support
- Hyde Park Suzuki Institute, $7,025 for general operating support
- The Hypocrites, $5,050 for general operating support
- Illinois Arts Alliance, $12,100 for general operating support
- Illinois Council of Orchestras, $875 for general operating support
- The Illinois Humanities Council Inc, $417,000 for humanities programs operating expense
- Illinois Migrant Council, $650 for Project ARTE project support
- Imagination Theater Inc, $8,050 for general operating support
- Inaside Chicago Dance NFP, $1,515 for general operating support
- InFusion Theatre Company, $2,025 for general operating support
- Inner-City Muslim Action Network, $7,025 for general operating support
- Instituto Cervantes Of Chicago Inc, $10,025 for general operating support
- International Chamber Artists, $2,550 for general operating support
- International College of Surgeons, $5,525 for Anatomy In The Gallery project support
- International Contemp Ensemble Fndn, $11,050 for general operating support
- International Latino Cultural Center, $11,050 for general operating support
- International Music Foundation, $6,015 for general operating support
- Intonation Music Workshop, $6,550 for general operating support
- Intuit: Ctr Intuitive/Outsider Art, $8,050 for general operating support
- Jazz Institute of Chicago, $11,050 for general operating support
- The Joffrey Ballet, $24,900 for general operating support
- Jump Rhythm Jazz Project, $3,025 for general operating support
- Kartemquin Educational Films, $11,050 for general operating support
- Kidworks Touring Theatre Co, $2,025 for general operating support
- Korean Amer Resource/Cultural Ctr, $3,025 for general operating support
- Korean American Comm Services, $1,515 for Root East/Root West project support
- Lake Shore Symphony Orchestra, $1,550 for general operating support
- Lampo Inc, $1,150 for general operating support
- Latinos Progresando, $1,550 for storefront theatre initiative project support
- Lawyers for the Creative Arts, $8,050 for general operating support
- League of Chicago Theatres Fndn, $12,100 for general operating support
- Lifeline Productions Inc, $11,050 for general operating support
- Lincoln Square Arts Center, $1,150 for general operating support
- Links Hall Inc, $8,050 for general operating support
- The Lira Ensemble, $8,050 for general operating support
- Little Black Pearl Workshop, $10,025 for general operating support
- LiveWire Chicago Theatre, $1,150 for general operating support
- Logan Square Chamber of Arts, $650 for general operating support
- Lookingglass Theatre Company, $11,050 for general operating support
- Loyola University of Chicago, $8,015 for Arts Programming operating support
- Loyola University of Chicago, $10,025 for Museum of Art operating support
- The Lutheran Choir of Chicago, $1,550 for general operating support
- Lyric Opera of Chicago, $60,000 for general operating support
- MAKE Literary Productions NFP, $850 for general operating support
- Marwen Foundation, $12,100 for general operating support
- Mary-Arrchie Theatre Company, $1,515 for general operating support
- Merit School of Music, $12,100 for general operating support
- Mexican Folkloric Dance Co of Chicago, $1,550 for general operating support
- Midwest Film Inc, $3,025 for general operating support
- Mordine & Company Dance Theatre, $3,025 for general operating support
- Mostly Music Chicago Inc, $1,015 for general operating support
- Mother McAuley Lib Art High School, $2,150 for Summer Theatre Festival operating support
- Moving Architects Inc NFP, $1,550 for general operating support
- Moving Dock Theatre Co NFP, $1,300 for general operating support
- MPAACT, $11,050 for general operating support
- Muntu Dance Theatre, $11,050 for general operating support
- Museum of Contemporary Art, $34,900 for general operating support
- Music & Dance Theater Chicago Inc, $11,050 for general operating support
- Music of the Baroque Concerts, $12,100 for general operating support
- Najwa Dance Corps, $2,025 for general operating support
- National Hellenic Museum, $8,015 for general operating support
- National Museum of Mexican Art, $34,300 for general operating support
- National Pastime Theater Ensemble, $2,515 for general operating support
- National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum, $5,525 for general operating support
- Natya Dance Theatre, $9,100 for general operating support
- Near Northwest Arts Council, $1,515 for general operating support
- Neighborhood Writing Alliance, $9,100 for general operating support
- The Neo-Futurists, $8,050 for general operating support
- New Millennium Theatre Co, $1,000 for general operating support
- The Newberry Consort, $5,050 for general operating support
- Nomi Dance Company, $2,150 for general operating support
- Northwestern Univ Settlement Assn, $10,025 for Adventure Stage operating support
- Old Town School of Folk Music, $36,400 for general operating support
- The Oriana Singers, $1,515 for general operating support
- Paderewski Symphony Orchestra, $5,850 for general operating support
- Ruth Page Foundation, $11,050 for general operating support
- Palette & Chisel Acad/Fine Art, $7,025 for general operating support
- Pavement Group, $875 for general operating support
- Pegasus Players, $3,025 for general operating support
- People's Music School, $12,100 for general operating support
- Perceptual Motion Inc, $2,150 for general operating support
- PianoForte Foundation NFP, $3,025 for general operating support
- Pint-Size Publications, $875 for general operating support
- Polarity Ensemble Theatre NFP, $1,550 for general operating support
- Porchlight Music Theatre Chicago, $8,050 for general operating support
- Portoluz, $2,025 for general operating support
- Pride Films and Plays, $1,150 for general operating support
- Project Danztheatre Co, $2,550 for general operating support
- Prop Theater Group, $3,025 for general operating support
- Puerto Rican Arts Alliance, $12,100 for general operating support
- Quest Theatre Ensemble NFP, $3,025 for general operating support
- Raven Theatre Company, $8,050 for general operating support
- Reading In Motion, $11,050 for general operating support
- A Red Orchid Theatre, $7,025 for general operating support
- Red Tape Theatre Co NFP, $1,850 for general operating support
- Redmoon Theater, $11,050 for general operating support
- Redtwist Theatre, $3,025 for general operating support
- Remy Bumppo Theatre Co, $11,050 for general operating support
- Renaissance Society at U/Chicago, $12,100 for general operating support
- Rivendell Theatre Ensemble, $5,050 for general operating support
- River North Dance Company, $12,100 for general operating support
- Rock For Kids, $8,050 for general operating support
- Roots & Culture NFP, $1,150 for general operating support
- Rumble Arts Center, $4,515 for general operating support
- Rush Hour Concerts at St James Cathedral, $9,100 for general operating support
- Ryan Opera Center, $12,100 for general operating support
- Same Planet Different World, $1,515 for general operating support
- School of the Art Institute, $10,025 for Video Data Bank operating support
- School of the Art Institute, $11,050 for Exhibition Dept operating support
- School of the Art Institute, $11,050 for Siskel Film Center operating support
- School of the Art Institute, $4,275 for Visiting Artist Program operating support
- Seanachai Theatre Company, $2,025 for general operating support
- Senior Artist Network, $750 for general operating support
- Shakespeare Project of Chicago, $1,000 for general operating support
- Shattered Globe Theatre, $2,515 for general operating support
- ShawChicago Theater Co, $3,515 for general operating support
- Sideshow Theatre Co NFP, $2,025 for general operating support
- Silent Theatre Company, $1,550 for general operating support
- Sing to Live Live to Sing NFP, $2,025 for general operating support
- Snow City Arts Foundation, $11,050 for general operating support
- Sones De Mexico Ensemble, $7,600 for general operating support
- South Chicago Art Center NFP, $8,050 for general operating support
- South Shore Drill Team/Perf Art Ensemble, $11,050 for general operating support
- Southside Community Art Center, $7,025 for general operating support
- The Space Movement Project NFP, $1,850 for general operating support
- Spudnik Press Cooperative, $4,100 for general operating support
- Steep Theatre Company, $4,275 for general operating support
- Steppenwolf Theatre Company, $31,900 for general operating support
- Stir-Friday Night!, $750 for general operating support
- Storycatchers Theatre, $12,100 for Gender-Specific Programs project support
- Strange Tree Group, $1,550 for general operating support
- Strangeloop Theatre NFP, $1,000 for general operating support
- Strawdog Theatre Co, $4,515 for general operating support
- Street-Level Youth Media, $11,050 for general operating support
- Striding Lion InterArts Workshop NFP, $5,050 for general operating support
- Suzuki-Orff School of Music, $11,050 for general operating support
- Swedish Am Museum Assn of Chicago, $12,100 for general operating support
- Rachel Switall Magazine Group NFP, $575 for general operating support
- Tellin' Tales Theatre, $2,150 for general operating support
- Theater Oobleck, $1,000 for general operating support
- Theater Wit NFP, $8,050 for general operating support
- Third Coast Intl Audio Festival, $8,050 for general operating support
- Third Coast Percussion NFP, $3,550 for general operating support
- Thodos Dance Chicago, $11,050 for general operating support
- Blair Thomas & Company, $3,515 for general operating support
- Threewalls NFP, $9,100 for general operating support
- Time of Your Life Players, $850 for general operating support
- TimeLine Theatre Company, $11,050 for general operating support
- TPA Network Inc, $1,150 for Visual Arts Program project support
- Trap Door Productions, $3,025 for general operating support
- Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, $4,275 for general operating support
- United States Veterans Art Program, $1,000 for Artistic Tools project support
- The University of Chicago, $12,100 for Smart Museum operating support
- The University of Chicago, $8,015 for U of Chicago Presents operating support
- The University of Chicago, $6,015 for International House operating support
- The University of Chicago, $1,550 for The Network operating support
- University of Illinois/Chicago, $7,600 for Gallery 400 operating support
- Urban Gateways, $26,300 for general operating support
- Utopian Theatre Asylum, $1,515 for general operating support
- Vicarious Theatre Company, $2,150 for general operating support
- Victory Gardens Theater, $23,100 for general operating support
- Voice of the City, $4,275 for general operating support
- Walkabout Theater Company, $1,000 for general operating support
- Wildwood Elem School, $5,100 for a six-week dance residency with Pranita Jain
- Windows of Opportunity Inc, $18,000 for a seven-week theatre residency
- Woman Made, $5,050 for general operating support
- F L Wright Preservation Trust, $8,015 for general operating support
- WTTW Communications Inc, $22,500 for general operating support
- Young Chicago Authors, $8,050 for general operating support
- Zephyr Dance Ensemble, $2,515 for general operating support
Chicago Heights
- Chicago Heights Drama Group, $5,050 for general operating support
- Union Street Gallery, $3,550 for general operating support
Des Plaines
- Oakton Community College, $6,015 for Performing Arts Center operating support
- Oakton Community College, $3,025 for Koehnline Museum operating support
- South Elem School, $4,185 for a four-week dance residency
Elk Grove Village
- Anila Sinha Fnd Promotn Art Cul India, $2,025 for general operating support
Evanston
- The Actors Gymnasium Inc, $8,015 for general operating support
- Art Encounter, $8,050 for general operating support
- Chicago Philharmonic Society, $7,025 for general operating support
- Evanston Art Center, $12,100 for general operating support
- Evanston Arts Council, $9,150 for Community Arts Access Program
- Evanston Arts Council, $12,100 for general operating support
- Evanston Dance Ensemble, $4,275 for general operating support
- Evanston Symphony Orch Assn, $4,275 for general operating support
- Lakeside Singers Inc, $3,515 for general operating support
- Lincoln Elem School PTA, $9,020 for an eight-week visual arts residency
- Literature for All of Us, $11,050 for general operating support
- Music Institute of Chicago, $11,050 for general operating support
- The Musical Offering, $4,515 for general operating support
- Next Theatre Company, $7,025 for general operating support
- North Shore Choral Society, $3,550 for general operating support
- Northshore Concert Band, $5,050 for general operating support
- Northwestern University, $11,050 for Block Museum operating support
- Oakton Elem School, $7,750 for an eight-week visual arts residency
- Open Studio Project, $5,850 for general operating support
- Piccolo Theatre Inc, $7,025 for general operating support
- Piven Theatre Workshop, $10,025 for general operating support
- The Poetry Forum Inc, $850 for general operating support
- The Savoy-aires, $1,850 for general operating support
- Youth Choral Theater of Chicago, $8,050 for general operating support
Flossmoor
- Sri Annamacharya Project, $1,550 for general operating support
Forest View
- Acappellago NFP, $1,000 for general operating support
Glencoe
- Writers' Theatre Inc, $11,050 for general operating support
Glenview
- Kohl Children's Museum/Greater Chicago, $11,050 for general operating support
- Midwest Palliative & Hospice CareCenter, $5,525 for Art Services operating support
- Northwest Ctr Trad Polish Folk Dancers, $3,550 for general operating support
Homewood
- Tall Grass Writers Guild Inc, $1,000 for anthology publication project support
Lemont
- Lemont Art & Culture Commission, $650 for general operating support
- Metropolitan Youth Symph Orch, $1,300 for general operating support
Maywood
- Maywood Fine Arts Assn, $11,050 for general operating support
Mount Prospect
- Northwest Symphony Orchestra Assn, $1,515 for general operating support
Northbrook
- Northbrook Park District, $10,025 for Northbrook Theatre operating support
- Northbrook Symphony Orchestra, $7,025 for general operating support
- Special Gifts Theatre Inc, $7,025 for general operating support
Oak Lawn
- Southwest Symphony Orchestra, $3,025 for general operating support
Oak Park
- Chicago Folks Operetta NFP, $3,025 for general operating support
- Children's Museum of Oak Park, $7,025 for general operating support
- Handel Week Inc, $2,025 for general operating support
- Winifred Haun & Dancers, $2,150 for general operating support
- Momenta Inc, $4,275 for general operating support
- Oak Park Area Arts Council, $9,150 for Community Arts Access Program
- Oak Park Area Arts Council, $7,600 for general operating support
- Oak Park Art League, $2,515 for general operating support
- Oak Park Concert Chorale, $1,850 for general operating support
- Oak Park Festival Theatre, $4,275 for general operating support
- Pleasant Home Foundation, $3,025 for general operating support
- Pro Musica Youth Chorus, $5,050 for general operating support
- Spectrum Choral Society, $1,550 for general operating support
- Steckman Studio of Music, $3,515 for general operating support
- TRY Center (Today's Relating Youth), $650 for general operating support
- Unity Temple Restoration Fndn, $8,050 for general operating support
Palatine
- Little City Foundation, $10,025 for general operating support
Palos Heights
- Illinois Music Education Assn, $11,050 for general operating support
Palos Hills
- Moraine Valley Comm College, $11,050 for Performance Series operating support
Palos Park
- McCord House NFP, $8,050 for general operating support
Park Forest
- Grande Prairie Choral Arts, $1,850 for general operating support
- Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra, $11,050 for general operating support
- Village of Park Forest, $4,275 for Freedom Hall operating support
- Tall Grass Arts Association, $5,050 for general operating support
Park Ridge
- Brickton Art Center, $5,050 for general operating support
- Park Ridge Civic Orchestra, $4,275 for general operating support
- Park Ridge Cultural Arts Council, $1,500 for Community Arts Access Program
Richton Park
- Tinni Feet Cultural Arts Co, $650 for general operating support
River Forest
- Dominican University, $10,025 for Performing Art Center operating support
- Symphony of Oak Park/Riv Forest, $3,025 for general operating support
Riverside
- Lucky Plush Productions, $4,275 for general operating support
- Riverside Arts Center, $3,550 for general operating support
Schaumburg
- Spring Valley Concert Band Inc, $650 for general operating support
Skokie
- Anatomically Correct, $875 for general operating support
- Chicago Jazz Orchestra Assn, $4,275 for general operating support
- Holocaust Memorial Fndn of Illinois, $11,050 for Arts-Related Programming project support
- Northlight Theatre Inc, $19,900 for general operating support
- Skokie Northshore Sculpture Park, $2,550 for general operating support
- Skokie Park District, $4,100 for Festival of Cultures project support
South Holland
- LeBagatae Dance & Drum NFP, $1,300 for Dance & Drum Conference project support
Streamwood
- ArtReach Educational Theatre, $3,515 for general operating support
Western Springs
- The Tower Chorale, $1,515 for general operating support
Wilmette
- Light Opera Works, $10,025 for general operating support
Winnetka
- North Shore Art League, $7,025 for general operating support
DeKalb County
DeKalb
- Illinois Alliance for Arts Ed, $515 for general operating support
- Northern Illinois University, $6,550 for Art Museum operating support
Sandwich
- Association/Restore City Hall, $3,025 for general operating support
Douglas County
Tuscola
- Villa Grove Comm Theatre Co, $2,150 for general operating support
DuPage County
Addison
- Orion Chamber Ensemble, $2,025 for general operating support
Aurora
- Agape Connection, $515 for general operating support
- Light Of The Heart Comm Art Therapy, $875 for general operating support
Carol Stream
- Agape Ringers, $1,850 for general operating support
Clarendon Hills
- First Folio Shakespeare Festival, $7,025 for general operating support
Downers Grove
- Grove Players, $1,850 for general operating support
- Sinfonietta Bel Canto, $1,000 for general operating support
Elmhurst
- Elmhurst Art Museum, $11,050 for general operating support
- Elmhurst Artists Guild, $1,000 for general operating support
- Elmhurst Choral Union, $1,850 for general operating support
- Elmhurst Symphony Assn, $8,050 for general operating support
- GreenMan Theatre Troupe NFP, $1,275 for general operating support
- Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Arts, $8,050 for general operating support
- Spirito!, $7,600 for general operating support
Glen Ellyn
- College of DuPage, $24,300 for McAninch Center operating support
- Glen Ellyn Children's Chorus, $11,050 for general operating support
- Glen Ellyn/Wheaton Comm Chorale, $1,275 for general operating support
Glendale Heights
- Illinois Theatre Association, $7,025 for general operating support
Hinsdale
- West Suburban Symphony Society, $5,050 for general operating support
Lisle
- The Callipygian Players NFP, $1,150 for general operating support
- Fifth Wednesday Books Inc, $1,150 for general operating support
- The Morton Arboretum, $11,050 for general operating support
Lombard
- Maple St Chapel Preservation Soc, $1,000 for general operating support
Naperville
- Century Walk Corporation, $875 for general operating support
- Dong Fang Chinese Performing Arts Assn, $1,275 for general operating support
- DuPage Children's Museum, $11,050 for general operating support
- DuPage Symphony Orchestra Inc, $4,275 for general operating support
- Fair Lady Productions, $7,025 for general operating support
- Hinsdale Chorale, $1,150 for general operating support
- Naperville Chorus, $1,550 for general operating support
- Naperville Park District, $1,515 for Dance Performance Program operating support
- North Central College, $10,025 for Fine/Perf Arts Season operating support
- North Central College, $3,025 for Self Employment In Arts project support
- The Summer Place Inc, $1,515 for general operating support
- Young Naperville Singers, $8,050 for general operating support
Villa Park
- Chicago Tyagaraja Utsavam, $1,515 for general operating support
Warrenville
- Warrenville Park District, $2,515 for Art Program operating support
Westmont
- Salt Creek Ballet Company, $11,050 for general operating support
Wheaton
- Broadway Bound Dance Co, $1,015 for general operating support
- Choral-Aires Chapter of Sweet Adelines, $2,515 for general operating support
- Wheaton College, $6,015 for Artist Series operating support
Woodridge
- Senior Suburban Orchestra, $1,000 for general operating support
Woodstock
- Woodstock Mozart Festival Inc, $4,515 for general operating support
Edgar County
Paris
- Bicentennial Art Center & Museum, $1,850 for general operating support
Effingham County
Effingham
- Arts Connection of Central Illinois, $8,015 for general operating support
Fulton County
Henderson County
Raritan
- Two Rivers Arts Council, $9,450 for Community Arts Access Program
- Two Rivers Arts Council, $765 for general operating support
Henry County
Bishop Hill
- Bishop Hill Heritage Assn, $9,100 for general operating support
Iroquois County
Cissna Park
- Country Theatre Workshop, $2,550 for general operating support
Watseka
- Sugar Creek Symphony & Song Ltd, $5,050 for general operating support
Jackson County
Carbondale
- Carbondale Community Arts, $5,850 for general operating support
- Carbondale Community Arts, $17,100 for Community Arts Access Program
- Southern Illinois University/C, $8,050 for Southern Illinois Symphony operating support
- Southern Illinois University/C, $5,850 for Crab Orchard Review operating support
Jefferson County
Mount Vernon
- John R & Eleanor R Mitchell Foundation, $26,200 for general operating support
Jo Daviess County
Galena
- Galena Art & Recreation Center, $1,000 for general operating support
- Galena Cultural Arts Alliance, $1,015 for general operating support
Kane County
Aurora
- Aurora University, $3,515 for Arts & Ideas Series operating support
- Fox Valley Acad of Music Perf, $1,850 for general operating support
- Paramount Arts Centre, $10,025 for general operating support
Batavia
- Batavia Artists Assn NFP, $5,850 for general operating support
Elgin
- Children's Theatre of Elgin, $5,525 for general operating support
- The Elgin Children's Chorus, $4,275 for general operating support
- Elgin Choral Union Inc, $5,050 for general operating support
- Elgin Symphony Orchestra Assn, $21,000 for general operating support
- Elgin Theatre Company Inc, $1,000 for general operating support
- Elgin Youth Symphony Orch, $9,100 for general operating support
Geneva
- Illinois Brass Band Assn Inc, $1,300 for general operating support
Saint Charles
- Fine Line Creative Arts Center, $7,025 for general operating support
- St Charles Singers, $6,550 for general operating support
- Steel Beam Theatre Company, $8,050 for general operating support
St. Charles
- Fox Valley Concert Band/St Charles, $1,300 for general operating support
Sugar Grove
- The Naperville Men's Glee Club, $2,025 for general operating support
Kankakee County
Bourbonnais
- Acting Out Theatre Co, $1,550 for general operating support
Kankakee
- Kankakee Valley Symphony Orch, $4,515 for general operating support
- Kankakee Valley Theatre Assn, $6,550 for general operating support
- Presence Life Connections, $1,550 for Charlton Gallery operating support
Knox County
Galesburg
- Galesburg Civic Art League Inc, $5,050 for general operating support
- Galesburg Community Chorus, $2,150 for general operating support
- Galesburg Symphony Society, $5,525 for general operating support
- Nova Singers, $3,550 for general operating support
- Orpheum Theatre of Galesburg, $8,015 for general operating support
- Prairie Players Civic Theatre, $2,025 for general operating support
Lake County
Barrington
- Barrington Youth Dance Ensemble, $7,025 for general operating support
Buffalo Grove
- SunnyU Culture & Ed Center, $2,515 for general operating support
Deer Park
- Chicago Master Singers, $6,550 for general operating support
Deerfield
- Deerfield Park District, $1,515 for Family Theater operating support
- Friends of Ryerson Woods, $5,050 for general operating support
Grayslake
- College of Lake County, $650 for Willow Review operating support
- Red Rose Children's Choir of Lake Co, $3,515 for general operating support
Highland Park
- The Art Center Highland Park, $11,050 for general operating support
- Highland Park Cultural Arts Commn, $4,150 for Community Arts Access Program
- Ravinia Festival Assn, $45,000 for general operating support
Highwood
- Midwest Young Artists, $12,100 for general operating support
Lake Bluff
- Lake Forest Symphony Assn Inc, $11,050 for general operating support
Lake Forest
- Citadel Theatre Company, $5,525 for general operating support
- Ragdale Foundation, $10,025 for general operating support
Libertyville
- David Adler Cultural Center, $10,025 for general operating support
- Ars Viva, $11,050 for general operating support
- Northbrook Chapter SPEBSQSA, $2,025 for general operating support
- St Joseph School, $2,850 for a four-week visual arts residency with Beth Shadur
Lincolnshire
- Stevenson High School Comm Fndn, $6,550 for general operating support
Long Grove
- Long Grove Arts & Music Council, $765 for general operating support
Mundelein
- The Kirk Players, $1,850 for general operating support
Waukegan
- Waukegan Band Fndn, $650 for general operating support
- Waukegan Park District, $8,050 for Cultural Arts Division operating support
Macon County
Decatur
- Decatur Area Arts Council, $11,050 for general operating support
- Decatur Area Arts Council, $8,150 for Community Arts Access Program
- Decatur Park District, $7,025 for Arts Program operating support
- Gallery 510 Arts Guild Ltd, $1,850 for general operating support
- Millikin University, $7,025 for Kirkland Center operating support
- Millikin University, $3,515 for Millikin-Decatur Symphony operating support
Madison County
Alton
- Alton Symphony Orchestra, $2,025 for general operating support
- Jacoby Arts Center, $7,150 for Community Arts Access Program
- Jacoby Arts Center, $7,600 for general operating support
Edwardsville
- Southern Illinois University/E, $4,515 for Arts & Issue Series operating support
- St Louis Vol Lawyer/Accountant for Arts, $3,025 for general operating support
Godfrey
- Alton Youth Symphony Inc, $1,300 for general operating support
- Great Rivers Choral Society, $1,850 for general operating support
Marshall County
Washburn
- Sun Foundation For Advancement, $9,100 for general operating support
- Sun Foundation For Advancement, $9,650 for Community Arts Access Program
McDonough County
Macomb
- Macomb Community Theatre, $1,150 for general operating support
- West Central Illinois Art Center, $1,000 for general operating support
- Western Illinois University, $16,000 for Performing Arts Series operating support
McHenry County
Crystal Lake
- American Choral Directors Assn, $875 for Summer ReTreat project support
- Northwest Comm Music Academy, $5,525 for general operating support
- Raue Center for the Arts Inc, $10,025 for general operating support
- Voices in Harmony Inc, $1,275 for general operating support
Woodstock
- TownSquare Players Inc, $1,550 for general operating support
McLean County
Bloomington
- Bloomington Center for Perf Arts, $10,025 for general operating support
- Bloomington Parks & Rec Dept, $3,515 for Arts Program operating support
- Community Players, $3,550 for general operating support
- Illinois Wesleyan University, $3,025 for Summer Music Program project support
- McLean County Art Association, $9,100 for general operating support
- McLean County Art Association, $5,500 for Community Arts Access Program
- Bloomington Chapter 1 of SPEBSQSA, $3,550 for general operating support
Normal
- Heartland Productions Inc, $3,025 for general operating support
- Illinois State University, $3,515 for Normal Editions operating support
- Illinois State University, $9,100 for University Galleries operating support
- Illinois State University, $12,100 for Shakespeare Festival operating support
- Town of Normal, $7,025 for Normal Theater operating support
Menard County
Petersburg
- Menard County Singers, $1,300 for general operating support
Morgan County
Jacksonville
- Imagine Foundation, $2,550 for general operating support
- Jacksonville Symphony Society, $3,025 for general operating support
Moultrie County
Sullivan
- Little Theater-On The Square, $23,200 for general operating support
Peoria County
Edwards
- Seven Circles Heritage Center, $575 for general operating support
Peoria
- ArtsPartners of Central Illinois, $5,050 for general operating support
- Bradley University, $8,015 for Exhibition/Lecture Series operating support
- Bradley University, $10,025 for WCBU-FM operating support
- Contemporary Art Center of Peoria, $5,525 for general operating support
- Heritage Ensemble, $1,850 for general operating support
- Lakeview Museum of Arts & Sciences, $20,600 for general operating support
- Penguin Project Foundation Inc, $1,850 for general operating support
- Peoria Area Civic Chorale, $5,050 for general operating support
- Peoria Art Guild, $6,015 for general operating support
- Peoria Ballet Company, $6,015 for general operating support
- Peoria Park District, $4,275 for Fine Arts Dept operating support
- Peoria Players Theatre, $6,550 for general operating support
- Peoria Symphony Orchestra, $17,300 for general operating support
Richland County
Rock Island County
Moline
- Friends of the Quad Cities, $1,550 for general operating support
- Midwest Writing Center, $3,550 for general operating support
- Playcrafters Inc, $3,025 for general operating support
- Quad City Music Guild, $5,525 for general operating support
- Quad City Symphony Orchestra, $12,100 for general operating support
Rock Island
- Augustana College, $10,025 for WVIK-FM operating support
- Genesius Theatre Fndn, $1,150 for general operating support
- MidCoast Fine Arts, $5,525 for general operating support
- Quad Cities Comm Broadcasting Grp, $6,015 for general operating support
- Quad City Arts, $12,150 for Community Arts Access Program
- Quad City Arts, $26,200 for general operating support
Sangamon County
Chatham
- West Central Illinois Ed Telecomm Corp, $8,015 for general operating support
Springfield
- Illinois Central Blues Club, $2,150 for general operating support
- Illinois Symphony Orchestra, $12,100 for general operating support
- Prairie Art Alliance, $7,600 for general operating support
- Springfield Area Arts Council, $5,050 for general operating support
- Springfield Area Arts Council, $6,650 for Community Arts Access Program
- Springfield Art Assn/Edward Pl, $6,015 for general operating support
- Springfield Ballet Company, $8,050 for general operating support
- Theatre In The Park Inc, $3,515 for general operating support
- University of Illinois/Spfld, $1,850 for Visual Arts Gallery operating support
- University of Illinois/Spfld, $11,050 for Sangamon Auditorium operating support
St. Clair County
Belleville
- Art on the Square Foundation Inc, $8,050 for general operating support
- Masterworks Chorale Inc, $3,025 for general operating support
Lebanon
- Looking Glass Playhouse, $2,025 for general operating support
- McKendree University, $7,025 for McKendree Presents operating support
Stephenson County
Freeport
- Freeport Arts Center, $6,550 for general operating support
- Freeport Arts Center, $4,150 for Community Arts Access Program
Tazewell County
East Peoria
- Eastlight Theatre, $8,050 for general operating support
Morton
- Central Illinois Youth Symphony, $5,850 for general operating support
Vermilion County
Danville
- The Danville Art League, $1,275 for general operating support
- Danville Light Opera Company, $2,150 for general operating support
- Danville Symphony Orchestra Inc, $8,050 for general operating support
Warren County
Monmouth
- Buchanan Center for the Arts, $5,050 for general operating support
- Buchanan Center for the Arts, $5,150 for Community Arts Access Program
Whiteside County
Sterling
- Clinton Symphony Orchestra Assn, $1,515 for general operating support
Will County
Channahon
- Three Rivers Arts Council Inc, $1,000 for general operating support
Joliet
- Friends of Comm Public Art, $3,025 for general operating support
- Joliet Area Historical Museum, $8,015 for general operating support
Naperville
- Illinois Storytelling Inc, $1,000 for general operating support
New Lenox
- Curtain Call Comm Theatre, $4,275 for general operating support
Romeoville
- Lewis University, $3,515 for Arts & Ideas Series operating support
University Park
- Governors State University Fndn, $8,015 for Performing Arts Center operating support
- Governors State University Fndn, $4,275 for Manilow Sculpture Park operating support
Williamson County
Marion
- Little Egypt Arts Assn Inc, $1,550 for general operating support
- Marion Cultural & Civic Center, $6,015 for general operating support
Winnebago County
Rockford
- Artists Ensemble Theater NFP, $6,550 for general operating support
- Discovery Center Museum of Rockford, $10,025 for general operating support
- Marshall School, $7,500 for an eight-week interdisc arts residency with David Stocker
- Mendelssohn Club, $7,025 for general operating support
- Rockford Area Arts Council, $19,100 for Community Arts Access Program
- Rockford Area Arts Council, $24,000 for general operating support
- Rockford Art Museum, $21,600 for general operating support
- Rockford Coronado Concert Assn, $4,515 for general operating support
- Rockford Dance Company, $7,025 for general operating support
- Rockford Park District, $4,275 for general operating support
- Rockford Symphony Orchestras Inc, $20,700 for general operating support
- Singing Boys of Rockford, $5,525 for general operating support