Governor Pat Quinn and Chairman Shirley R. Madigan are pleased to announce the first round of fiscal year 2015 grants awarded by the Illinois Arts Council Agency. At the August meeting of the Illinois Arts Council Agency Board, 690 grants, totaling $4,892,870, 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, $1,625 for general operating support
- Quincy Art Center, $8,300 for general operating support
- Quincy Civic Music Assn, $1,925 for general operating support
- Quincy Community Theatre Inc, $8,300 for general operating support
- Quincy Society of Fine Arts, $6,795 for Community Arts Access Program
- Quincy Society of Fine Arts, $25,650 for general operating support
- Quincy Symphony Orchestra, $5,725 for general operating support
Boone County
Belvidere
- Boone County Arts Council, $1,175 for general operating support
Bureau County
Ottawa
- Illinois Valley Orchestral Assn, $2,125 for general operating support
Princeton
- Prairie Arts Council, $2,245 for general operating support
- Princeton Theater Group, $5,725 for general operating support
Carroll County
Mount Carroll
- Timber Lake Playhouse, $10,325 for general operating support
Champaign County
Champaign
- 40 North/88 West Inc, $6,000 for general operating support
- Celebration Co/Station Theatre, $2,125 for general operating support
- Central Illinois Children's Chorus, $1,925 for general operating support
- Champaign Park District, $8,300 for general operating support
- Champaign Urbana Ballet, $7,275 for general operating support
- Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra, $8,300 for general operating support
- The Conservatory of Central Illinois, $4,700 for general operating support
- Dalkey Archive Press, $17,250 for general operating support
- Developmental Services Ctr-Champaign Co, $2,245 for Prompting Theater operating support
- Prairie Air Inc WEFT-FM, $5,200 for general operating support
- University of Illinois/UC, $31,650 for Krannert Center operating support
- University of Illinois/UC, $11,350 for Spurlock Museum operating support
- University of Illinois/UC, $11,350 for WILL Broadcasting operating support
- University of Illinois/UC, $5,200 for Japan House operating support
- University of Illinois/UC, $13,470 for Krannert Art Museum operating support
- University of Illinois/UC, $5,725 for Sinfonia da Camera operating support
Urbana
- Champaign County Head Start, $4,175 for a four-week dance residency with Kate Kuper
- Champaign-Urbana Folk & Roots Festival, $2,245 for general operating support
- Community Center for the Arts, $4,425 for general operating support
- City of Urbana, $4,250 for Public Arts Program operating support
- Urbana-Champaign Indep Media Ctr, $9,350 for general operating support
Cook County
Arlington Heights
- Main Street Opera, $1,625 for general operating support
- Performing Arts at Metropolis, $10,325 for general operating support
- Township High School Dist #214, $3,700 for World Stage Series operating support
Bartlett
- Arts In Bartlett NFP, $1,925 for general operating support
- The Festival Chorus, $1,600 for general operating support
Berwyn
- The 16th Street Theater NFP, $5,200 for general operating support
Chicago
- 137 Films NFP, $1,925 for general operating support
- 20% Theatre Company, $900 for general operating support
- 6018 North, $1,175 for general operating support
- 826CHI Inc NFP, $6,250 for general operating support
- About Face Theatre Collective, $10,325 for general operating support
- Access Living of Metro Chicago, $5,200 for Arts & Culture Project support
- Acess Contemporary Music, $7,275 for general operating support
- Aerial Dance Chicago, $2,125 for general operating support
- Africa International House USA, $11,350 for general operating support
- African American Arts Alliance/Chicago, $3,700 for general operating support
- Aguijon Theater Co/Chicago, $2,125 for general operating support
- Akvavit Theatre, $1,075 for general operating support
- Albany Park Theater Project, $12,400 for general operating support
- Valerie Alpert Dance Co, $1,025 for general operating support
- American Blues Theater, $8,300 for general operating support
- American Indian Center of Chicago, $11,350 for general operating support
- American Theater Company, $10,325 for general operating support
- Apollo Chorus of Chicago, $8,300 for general operating support
- ARC Educational Foundation, $1,350 for general operating support
- Archi-treasures Association, $5,725 for general operating support
- The Art Institute of Chicago, $60,700 for general operating support
- Artemisia A Chicago Theatre NFP, $1,025 for general operating support
- Artistic Home Acting Ensemble, $3,175 for general operating support
- Artists Coop Residency/Exhibit Project, $3,700 for general operating support
- Arts & Business Council of Chicago, $11,350 for general operating support
- The Arts of Life Inc, $12,400 for general operating support
- Asian Improv Arts Midwest, $5,725 for general operating support
- A-Squared Theatre Workshop, $1,025 for general operating support
- AstonRep, $1,175 for general operating support
- Audience Architects NFP, $6,000 for general operating support
- Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt Univ, $11,350 for general operating support
- Ballet Chicago Company, $10,325 for general operating support
- Balzekas Museum/Lithuanian Culture, $8,300 for general operating support
- Baroque Band, $5,200 for general operating support
- Barrel of Monkeys Productions, $7,275 for general operating support
- Bella Voce, $3,175 for general operating support
- Black Ensemble Theater Corp, $12,400 for general operating support
- Bohemian Theatre Ensemble NFP, $3,175 for general operating support
- Bronzeville Children's Museum, $4,700 for general operating support
- Cambodian Assn of Illinois, $3,700 for general operating support
- Capoeira Chicago, $2,650 for Batizado Workshop/Afro-Brazil Fest project support
- Catholic Charities Archdiocese of Chicago, $2,125 for Visions Of My Life project support
- Cedille Chicago NFP, $11,350 for general operating support
- Center for Intl Performance & Exhibition, $1,600 for general operating support
- Cerqua Rivera Art Experience, $4,425 for general operating support
- Changing Worlds, $11,350 for general operating support
- Chicago a cappella, $8,300 for general operating support
- Chicago Access Corporation, $11,350 for general operating support
- Chicago Acting in Film Meetup NFP, $1,350 for general operating support
- Chicago Architecture Fndn, $10,325 for general operating support
- Chicago Artists' Coalition, $11,350 for general operating support
- Chicago Arts Orchestra, $1,625 for general operating support
- Chicago Arts Partnerships in Ed, $11,350 for general operating support
- The Chicago Ballet, $3,175 for general operating support
- Chicago Brass Band Assn, $1,925 for general operating support
- Chicago Chamber Choir, $1,600 for general operating support
- The Chicago Children's Choir, $12,400 for general operating support
- Chicago Children's Museum, $11,350 for general operating support
- Chicago Children's Theatre, $12,400 for general operating support
- Chicago Choral Artists, $900 for general operating support
- Chicago Chorale, $3,175 for general operating support
- Chicago City Theatre Company, $8,300 for general operating support
- Chicago Community Chorus NFP, $1,600 for general operating support
- Chicago Composers Orchestra, $1,350 for general operating support
- Chicago Cultural Alliance, $8,300 for general operating support
- Chicago Dance Crash NFP, $4,425 for general operating support
- Chicago Dancing Company NFP, $11,350 for general operating support
- Chicago Dept of Cultural Aff/Spec Events, $145,945 for Community Arts Access Program
- Chicago Dept of Cultural Aff/Spec Events, $44,450 for general operating support
- Chicago Dramatists, $10,325 for general operating support
- The Chicago Ensemble, $1,350 for general operating support
- Chicago Film Archives NFP, $3,175 for general operating support
- Chicago Filmmakers, $9,350 for general operating support
- Chicago Gay Men's Chorus, $7,275 for general operating support
- Chicago History Museum, $10,325 for general operating support
- Chicago Human Rhythm Project, $11,350 for general operating support
- Chicago Humanities Festival, $11,350 for general operating support
- Chicago Improv Productions NFP, $3,650 for general operating support
- Chicago Jazz Philharmonic, $11,350 for general operating support
- Chicago Kids Company, $7,275 for general operating support
- Chicago Metro Symphony Orchestra, $900 for general operating support
- The Chicago Mosaic School, $5,725 for general operating support
- Chicago Moving Company, $3,700 for general operating support
- Chicago Opera Theater, $11,350 for general operating support
- Chicago Philharmonic Society, $12,400 for general operating support
- Chicago Photography Center nfp, $8,300 for general operating support
- Chicago Poetry Slam Inc, $1,925 for general operating support
- Chicago Public Art Group, $9,350 for general operating support
- Chicago Public Media Inc, $11,350 for general operating support
- Chicago Repertory Ballet, $1,350 for general operating support
- Chicago Sacred Harp Singers, $775 for general operating support
- Chicago Shakespeare Theater, $28,750 for general operating support
- Chicago Sinfonietta, $12,400 for general operating support
- Chicago Symphony Orchestra, $60,700 for general operating support
- Chicago Symphony Orchestra, $12,400 for Civic Orchestra project support
- Chicago Tap Theatre NFP, $3,175 for general operating support
- Chicago Theatre Group-Goodman, $39,950 for general operating support
- Chicago West Comm Music Center, $5,725 for general operating support
- Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras, $12,400 for general operating support
- Chicspeare Production Co, $675 for general operating support
- Child's Play Touring Theatre, $5,725 for general operating support
- Chinese Fine Arts Society, $7,800 for general operating support
- Cinema/Chicago, $11,350 for general operating support
- CircEsteem, $8,300 for general operating support
- City Colleges of Chicago, $10,325 for WYCC operating support
- Civitas Ensemble, $775 for general operating support
- The Classical Symphony Orchestra, $4,425 for general operating support
- Clinard Dance Theatre, $2,650 for general operating support
- Collaboraction Theatre Company, $7,275 for general operating support
- Columbia College Chicago, $10,325 for Sherwood Music School operating support
- Columbia College Chicago, $6,250 for Belic Institute operating support
- Columbia College Chicago, $12,400 for Center for Book/Paper Art operating support
- Columbia College Chicago, $11,350 for Dance Center operating support
- Columbia College Chicago, $5,200 for A+D Gallery operating support
- Columbia College Chicago, $8,300 for Black Music Research Center operating support
- Columbia College Chicago, $6,000 for Story Week Fest project support
- Columbia College Chicago, $12,400 for Photography Museum operating support
- Columbia College Chicago, $12,400 for Community Arts Partnership operating support
- Columbia College Chicago, $1,625 for Anchor Graphics operating support
- Common Times, $775 for general operating support
- Community Film Workshop/Chicago, $1,625 for general operating support
- Community Renewal Chorus/All God's Child, $1,075 for general operating support
- Community Television Network, $8,300 for general operating support
- Company of Folk, $3,700 for general operating support
- Congo Square Theatre Co, $8,300 for general operating support
- Convent of the Sacred Heart, $9,375 for a four-week theatre residency
- Corn Productions, $1,600 for general operating support
- Court Theatre Fund, $22,150 for general operating support
- Cube, $1,025 for general operating support
- Culture Shock Chicago NFP, $1,075 for general operating support
- Curious Theatre Branch, $1,625 for general operating support
- Dal Niente New Music NFP, $4,425 for general operating support
- Dance COLEctive, $1,600 for general operating support
- DanceWorks Chicago Inc NFP, $8,300 for general operating support
- T Daniel Productions NFP, $895 for general operating support
- Deeply Rooted Productions, $6,750 for general operating support
- DFBRL8R Ltd, $2,650 for general operating support
- Divine Purpose Youth Performing Arts Center, $775 for general operating support
- Eclipse Theatre Company, $2,650 for general operating support
- Eighth Blackbird Perf Art Assn, $11,350 for general operating support
- Elastic Arts Foundation, $8,300 for general operating support
- Elements Contemporary Ballet NFP, $2,125 for general operating support
- Elevarte Community Studio, $11,350 for general operating support
- Emerald City Theatre, $11,350 for general operating support
- Ensemble Espanol, $8,300 for general operating support
- Erasing the Distance, $6,750 for general operating support
- Esoteric Dance Project, $600 for general operating support
- Esperanza Community Services, $2,245 for general operating support
- Experimental Sound Studio, $5,725 for general operating support
- The Factory Theater, $1,625 for general operating support
- William Ferris Chorale, $3,175 for general operating support
- Field Museum of Natural History, $30,650 for general operating support
- Fifth House Ensemble, $8,300 for general operating support
- Filament Theatre Ensemble NFP, $1,350 for Crossing Six Corners project support
- Filter Photo NFP, $3,700 for general operating support
- Flood Editions NFP, $1,625 for general operating support
- Free Spirit Media NFP, $12,400 for general operating support
- Free Street Theater, $4,700 for general operating support
- Fulcrum Point New Music Project, $7,275 for general operating support
- Fund for Innovative TV, $4,425 for general operating support
- Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance, $10,325 for general operating support
- Genesis Theatrical Productions NFP, $525 for general operating support
- Gilloury Institute, $11,350 for general operating support
- Gus Giordano's Jazz Dance Chicago, $11,350 for general operating support
- Global Explorers Kids, $1,350 for general operating support
- Grant Park Orchestral Assn, $13,470 for general operating support
- Griffin Theatre Company, $7,275 for general operating support
- The Guild Complex, $4,250 for general operating support
- Halcyon Theatre, $1,925 for general operating support
- Hawthorne Scholastic Academy, $6,820 for a eight-week theatre residency
- Heaven Gallery, $2,125 for general operating support
- Hedwig Dances Inc, $8,300 for general operating support
- High Concept Laboratories NFP, $3,175 for general operating support
- Holsten Human Capital Development NFP, $18,000 for a seven-week theatre residency
- Holy Trinity Polish Mission, $3,175 for Lajkonik Ensemble operating support
- Homeroom NFP, $775 for general operating support
- The House Theatre of Chicago, $11,350 for general operating support
- Hromovytsia Ukrainian Dance Ensemble, $2,125 for general operating support
- Hubbard St Dance Chicago, $23,450 for general operating support
- Hyde Park Art Center, $13,470 for general operating support
- Hyde Park Suzuki Institute, $6,250 for general operating support
- Hyde Park Youth Symphony, $2,245 for general operating support
- The Hypocrites, $8,300 for general operating support
- Illinois Arts Alliance, $12,400 for general operating support
- Illinois Council of Orchestras, $675 for general operating support
- Imagination Theater Inc, $7,275 for general operating support
- Independent Feature Project Midwest, $1,350 for general operating support
- InFusion Theatre Company, $1,600 for general operating support
- Ingenuity Inc Chicago, $12,400 for general operating support
- Inner-City Muslim Action Network, $7,275 for general operating support
- Instituto Cervantes Of Chicago Inc, $10,325 for general operating support
- International Chamber Artists, $2,125 for general operating support
- International College of Surgeons, $6,750 for Anatomy In The Gallery project support
- International Contemp Ensemble Fndn, $11,350 for general operating support
- International Latino Cultural Center, $11,350 for general operating support
- International Music Foundation, $8,300 for general operating support
- Intonation Music Workshop, $5,725 for general operating support
- Jazz Institute of Chicago, $12,400 for general operating support
- The Joffrey Ballet, $25,550 for general operating support
- Kalapriya Fndn Ctr Indian Perf Arts, $3,175 for general operating support
- Kartemquin Educational Films, $12,400 for general operating support
- Khecari, $900 for general operating support
- Kidworks Touring Theatre Co, $2,125 for general operating support
- Korean Amer Resource/Cultural Ctr, $2,125 for general operating support
- Korean American Comm Services, $1,025 for Root East/Root West project support
- Kuumba Lynx, $6,750 for general operating support
- Lake Shore Symphony Orchestra, $1,925 for general operating support
- Lampo Inc, $1,625 for general operating support
- Latinos Progresando, $1,625 for general operating support
- Lawyers for the Creative Arts, $8,300 for general operating support
- League of Chicago Theatres Fndn, $11,350 for general operating support
- Lifeline Productions Inc, $11,350 for general operating support
- Links Hall Inc, $8,300 for general operating support
- The Lira Ensemble, $8,300 for general operating support
- Live the Spirit Residency, $2,650 for general operating support
- Logan Square Chamber of Arts, $1,625 for general operating support
- Lookingglass Theatre Company, $11,350 for general operating support
- Loyola University of Chicago, $12,400 for Museum of Art operating support
- Loyola University of Chicago, $8,300 for Arts Programming operating support
- Lukaba Productions, $10,325 for general operating support
- Lutheran Choir of Chicago, $1,075 for general operating support
- Lyric Opera of Chicago, $60,650 for general operating support
- MAKE Literary Productions NFP, $1,345 for general operating support
- Marwen Foundation, $12,400 for general operating support
- Mary-Arrchie Theatre Co, $5,725 for general operating support
- Merit School of Music, $12,400 for general operating support
- Mexican Folkloric Dance Co of Chicago, $2,125 for general operating support
- Midsommer Flight NFP, $525 for general operating support
- Midwest Film Inc, $3,700 for general operating support
- Mitchell Elem School #15672, $14,565 for a fourteen-week dance residency
- Mordine & Company Dance Theatre, $1,600 for general operating support
- Mother McAuley Lib Art High School, $1,025 for Summer Theatre Festival operating support
- Moving Dock Theatre Co NFP, $1,025 for general operating support
- MPAACT, $7,275 for general operating support
- Muntu Dance Theatre, $12,400 for general operating support
- Museum of Contemporary Art, $35,550 for general operating support
- Music & Dance Theater Chicago Inc, $11,350 for general operating support
- Music of the Baroque Concerts, $12,400 for general operating support
- Najwa Dance Corps, $2,650 for general operating support
- National Museum of Mexican Art, $34,950 for general operating support
- National Museum Puerto Rican Art/Culture, $11,350 for general operating support
- National Vietnam Vets Art Museum, $9,350 for general operating support
- Natya Dance Theatre, $8,300 for general operating support
- Near Northwest Arts Council, $1,025 for general operating support
- The Neo-Futurists, $8,300 for general operating support
- The New Colony NFP, $2,125 for general operating support
- New Millennium Theatre Co, $775 for general operating support
- The Newberry Consort, $3,175 for general operating support
- Nomi Dance Company, $1,625 for general operating support
- North Branch Arts, $2,125 for general operating support
- Northwestern Univ Settlement Assn, $10,325 for Adventure Stage operating support
- Old Town School of Folk Music, $37,050 for general operating support
- Opera-Matic NFP, $2,650 for general operating support
- Oracle Productions NFP, $1,075 for general operating support
- Osmosis Educ Mentoring Initiative, $3,175 for general operating support
- Paderewski Symphony Orchestra, $2,650 for general operating support
- Ruth Page Foundation, $11,350 for general operating support
- Palette & Chisel Acad/Fine Art, $6,250 for general operating support
- Pavement Group, $775 for general operating support
- Pegasus Players, $3,175 for general operating support
- People's Music School, $11,350 for general operating support
- Perceptual Motion Inc, $2,245 for general operating support
- PianoForte Foundation NFP, $4,425 for general operating support
- Pint-Size Publications, $775 for general operating support
- Polarity Ensemble Theatre NFP, $775 for general operating support
- Porchlight Music Theatre Chicago, $10,325 for general operating support
- Pride Films and Plays, $3,175 for general operating support
- Profiles Performance Ensemble, $7,275 for general operating support
- Project Danztheatre Co, $2,650 for general operating support
- Prop Theater Group, $4,425 for general operating support
- Puerto Rican Arts Alliance, $11,350 for general operating support
- Quest Theatre Ensemble NFP, $1,350 for general operating support
- Raven Theatre Company, $10,325 for general operating support
- Reading In Motion, $8,300 for general operating support
- A Red Orchid Theatre, $6,250 for general operating support
- Red Tape Theatre Co LLC, $1,625 for general operating support
- Redmoon Theater, $12,400 for general operating support
- Redtwist Theatre, $4,425 for general operating support
- Rembrandt Chamber Players, $2,650 for general operating support
- Remy Bumppo Theatre Co, $11,350 for general operating support
- Renaissance Society at U/Chicago, $12,400 for general operating support
- Rivendell Theatre Ensemble, $5,200 for general operating support
- River North Dance Company, $12,400 for general operating support
- Rock For Kids, $6,250 for general operating support
- Roots & Culture NFP, $1,175 for general operating support
- The Ruckus Theater, $1,625 for general operating support
- Rush Hour Concerts at St James Cathedral, $9,350 for general operating support
- Ryan Opera Center, $11,350 for general operating support
- Same Planet Different World, $1,175 for general operating support
- School of the Art Institute, $3,650 for Visiting Artist Program operating support
- School of the Art Institute, $11,350 for Exhibition Dept operating support
- School of the Art Institute, $10,325 for Video Data Bank operating support
- School of the Art Institute, $11,350 for Siskel Film Center operating support
- Seanachai Theatre Company, $1,350 for general operating support
- Shakespeare Project of Chicago, $2,245 for general operating support
- Shattered Globe Theatre, $4,425 for general operating support
- ShawChicago Theater Co, $5,725 for general operating support
- Sideshow Theatre Co NFP, $2,650 for general operating support
- Snow City Arts Foundation, $11,350 for general operating support
- Soham Dance Space NFP, $3,175 for general operating support
- Sones De Mexico Ensemble, $6,750 for general operating support
- South Chicago Art Center NFP, $7,275 for general operating support
- South Shore Drill Team/Perf Art Ensemble, $8,300 for general operating support
- The Space Movement Project NFP, $1,350 for general operating support
- Spudnik Press Cooperative, $6,000 for general operating support
- Stage Left Inc, $2,650 for general operating support
- Steep Theatre Company, $4,425 for general operating support
- Steppenwolf Theatre Company, $32,600 for general operating support
- Stir-Friday Night!, $1,025 for general operating support
- Storycatchers Theatre, $10,325 for Gender-Specific Programs project support
- Strangeloop Theatre NFP, $775 for general operating support
- Strawdog Theatre Co, $4,700 for general operating support
- Street-Level Youth Media, $12,400 for general operating support
- Striding Lion InterArts Workshop NFP, $3,700 for general operating support
- Suzuki-Orff School of Music, $10,325 for general operating support
- Swedish Am Museum Assn of Chicago, $11,350 for general operating support
- Synapse Arts Collective, $1,025 for general operating support
- Tellin' Tales Theatre, $2,125 for general operating support
- Terra Nova Films Inc, $8,300 for general operating support
- Theater Oobleck, $2,125 for general operating support
- Theater Wit NFP, $10,325 for general operating support
- Third Coast Intl Audio Festival, $8,300 for general operating support
- Third Coast Percussion NFP, $4,425 for general operating support
- Thodos Dance Chicago, $11,350 for general operating support
- Blair Thomas & Company, $3,175 for general operating support
- Threewalls NFP, $9,350 for general operating support
- Time of Your Life Players, $775 for general operating support
- TimeLine Theatre Company, $12,400 for general operating support
- TPA Network Inc, $675 for Visual Arts Program project support
- Trap Door Productions, $3,175 for general operating support
- True Star Foundation, $8,300 for Digital Media/Radio Broadcast support
- Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, $5,200 for general operating support
- The University of Chicago, $13,470 for Smart Museum operating support
- The University of Chicago, $7,275 for U of Chicago Presents operating support
- The University of Chicago, $7,275 for International House operating support
- The University of Chicago, $2,650 for The Network operating support
- University of Illinois/Chicago, $8,300 for Gallery 400 operating support
- Urban Gateways, $26,950 for general operating support
- The Utopian Theatre Asyslum, $1,625 for general operating support
- Vicarious Theatre Company, $1,625 for general operating support
- Victory Gardens Theater, $23,750 for general operating support
- The Viola Project, $900 for general operating support
- Voice of the City, $4,425 for general operating support
- West Point Fellowship Inc, $900 for general operating support
- Wildwood Elem School, $5,100 for a six-week dance residency
- Woman Made, $6,000 for general operating support
- F L Wright Preservation Trust, $11,350 for general operating support
- WTTW Communications Inc, $23,150 for general operating support
- Young Chicago Authors, $11,350 for general operating support
- Zephyr Dance Ensemble, $2,650 for general operating support
Chicago Heights
- Chicago Heights Drama Group, $4,425 for general operating support
- Union Street Gallery, $4,250 for general operating support
Des Plaines
- Oakton Community College, $6,250 for Performing Arts Center operating support
- Oakton Community College, $6,000 for Koehnline Musueum operating support
Elk Grove Village
- Anila Sinha Fnd Promotn Art Cul India, $3,650 for general operating support
Evanston
- The Actors Gymnasium Inc, $11,350 for general operating support
- Art Encounter, $8,300 for general operating support
- Bach Week in Evanston, $2,125 for general operating support
- CoCoDaCo Dance Chicago, $525 for general operating support
- Esprit des Concerts, $1,025 for general operating support
- Evanston Art Center, $12,400 for general operating support
- Evanston Arts Council, $8,300 for general operating support
- Evanston Arts Council, $9,595 for Community Arts Access Program
- Evanston Dance Ensemble, $5,200 for general operating support
- Evanston Symphony Orch Assn, $5,200 for general operating support
- Lakeside Singers Inc, $5,725 for general operating support
- Literature for All of Us, $10,325 for general operating Support
- Mudlark Theater Company NFP, $4,425 for general operating support
- Music Institute of Chicago, $11,350 for general operating support
- Next Theatre Company, $6,250 for general operating support
- North Shore Choral Society, $3,175 for general operating support
- Northshore Concert Band, $5,200 for general operating support
- Northwestern University, $12,400 for Block Museum of Art operating support
- Open Studio Project, $4,425 for general operating support
- Piven Theatre Workshop, $8,300 for general operating support
- The Poetry Forum Inc, $1,175 for general operating support
- Renovo String Orchestra, $1,600 for general operating support
- The Savoy-aires, $1,625 for general operating support
- Youth Choral Theater of Chicago, $8,300 for general operating support
Flossmoor
- Sri Annamacharya Project, $1,350 for general operating support
Forest View
- Acappellago NFP, $1,025 for general operating support
Glencoe
- Writers' Theatre Inc, $11,350 for general operating support
Glenview
- Kohl Children's Museum/Greater Chicago, $11,350 for general operating support
- Midwest Palliative & Hospice CareCenter, $5,725 for general operating support
- Northwest Ctr Trad Polish Folk Dancers, $2,125 for general operating support
- Sing to Live Live to Sing NFP, $1,625 for general operating support
Lemont
- Lemont Art & Culture Commission, $675 for general operating support
- Metropolitan Youth Symph Orch, $1,025 for general operating support
Maywood
- Maywood Fine Arts Assn, $10,325 for general operating support
Mount Prospect
- Northwest Symphony Orchestra Assn, $1,350 for general operating support
Northbrook
- Northbrook Symphony Orchestra, $7,275 for general operating support
- Special Gifts Theatre Inc, $7,275 for general operating support
Oak Park
- Chicago Folks Operetta NFP, $3,175 for general operating support
- Children's Museum of Oak Park, $6,250 for general operating support
- Handel Week Inc, $2,125 for Children's Concert project support
- Winifred Haun & Dancers, $2,245 for general operating support
- Momenta Inc, $6,750 for general operating support
- Oak Park Area Arts Council, $9,600 for Community Arts Access Program
- Oak Park Area Arts Council, $7,800 for general operating support
- Oak Park Art League, $3,175 for general operating support
- Oak Park Concert Chorale, $1,625 for general operating support
- Oak Park Festival Theatre, $4,425 for general operating support
- Pleasant Home Foundation, $3,700 for general operating support
- Pro Musica Youth Chorus, $4,700 for general operating support
- Schola Antiqua of Chicago Fndn, $1,625 for Lion's Ear Series project support
- Senior Citizens Center Oak Park/River Forest, $1,625 for general operating support
- Spectrum Choral Society, $1,075 for general operating support
- Steckman Studio of Music, $3,175 for general operating support
- TRY Center (Today's Relating Youth), $525 for Arts Program operating support
Orland Park
- Tall Grass Writers Guild Inc, $1,025 for Mountain Anthology project support
Palatine
- Little City Foundation, $9,350 for general operating support
Palos Heights
- Illinois Music Education Assn, $10,325 for general operating support
- Southwest Symphony Orchestra, $2,650 for general operating support
Palos Hills
- Moraine Valley Comm College, $11,350 for Performance Series operating support
Palos Park
- McCord House NFP, $7,275 for general operating support
Park Forest
- Grande Prairie Choral Arts, $1,625 for general operating support
- Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra, $11,350 for general operating support
- Village of Park Forest, $4,425 for Freedom Hall operating support
- Tall Grass Arts Association, $5,200 for general operating support
Park Ridge
- Brickton Art Center, $6,000 for general operating support
- Park Ridge Civic Orchestra, $4,425 for general operating support
- Park Ridge Cultural Arts Council, $1,945 for Community Arts Access Program
Richton Park
- Tinni Feet Cultural Arts Co, $1,175 for general operating support
River Forest
- Dominican University, $8,300 for Performing Arts Center operating support
- Symphony of Oak Park/Riv Forest, $3,175 for general operating support
Riverside
- Lucky Plush Productions, $8,300 for general operating support
- Riverside Arts Center, $6,000 for general operating support
Schaumburg
- Spring Valley Concert Band Inc, $675 for general operating support
Skokie
- Anatomically Correct, $1,025 for general operating support
- Chicago Jazz Orchestra Assn, $3,175 for general operating support
- Holocaust Memorial Fndn of Illinois, $11,350 for general operating support
- Northlight Theatre Inc, $20,550 for general operating support
- Skokie Northshore Sculpture Park, $1,625 for general operating support
- Skokie Park District, $5,200 for Festival Of Cultures project support
- Skokie Valley Orchestral Assn, $2,650 for general operating support
Western Springs
- The Tower Chorale, $1,600 for general operating support
Wilmette
- Light Opera Works, $11,350 for general operating support
Winnetka
- North Shore Art League, $8,300 for general operating support
DeKalb County
DeKalb
- Northern Illinois University, $7,800 for Art Museum operating support
Sandwich
- Association/Restore City Hall, $3,175 for general operating support
Douglas County
Tuscola
- Villa Grove Comm Theatre Co, $1,600 for general operating support
DuPage County
Addison
- Addison Center for the Arts, $1,625 for general operating support
- Orion Chamber Ensemble, $2,125 for general operating support
Aurora
- Agape Connection, $775 for general operating support
- Light of The Heart Comm Art Therapy, $1,625 for general operating support
- Xtreme Dance Force NFP, $6,250 for general operating support
Carol Stream
- Agape Ringers, $3,175 for general operating support
Clarendon Hills
- First Folio Theatre, $8,300 for general operating support
Downers Grove
- Grove Players, $1,625 for general operating support
- Sinfonietta Bel Canto, $775 for general operating support
Elmhurst
- Elmhurst Art Museum, $12,400 for general operating support
- Elmhurst Artists Guild, $1,175 for general operating support
- Elmhurst Choral Union, $1,350 for general operating support
- Elmhurst Symphony Assn, $8,300 for general operating support
- GreenMan Theatre Troupe NFP, $1,625 for general operating support
- Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Arts, $7,275 for general operating support
Glen Ellyn
- College of DuPage, $24,950 for McAninch Center operating support
- Glen Ellyn Children's Chorus, $12,400 for general operating support
- Glen Ellyn/Wheaton Comm Chorale, $1,350 for general operating support
Glendale Heights
- Bengali Assn of Greater Chicago, $8,300 for general operating support
- Illinois Theatre Association, $8,300 for general operating support
Hinsdale
- Unitarian Church of Hinsdale, $1,025 for Acoustic Concerts operating support
- West Suburban Symphony Society, $4,425 for general operating support
Lisle
- The Callipygian Players NFP, $1,025 for general operating support
- ClaySpace NFP, $5,200 for general operating support
- Fifth Wednesday Books Inc, $1,345 for general operating support
- The Morton Arboretum, $11,350 for Arts Programming operating support
Lombard
- Maple St Chapel Preservation Soc, $1,175 for Concert Series project support
Naperville
- Dong Fang Chinese Performing Arts Assn, $1,600 for general operating support
- DuPage Children's Museum, $10,325 for general operating support
- DuPage Symphony Orchestra Inc, $4,425 for general operating support
- Fair Lady Productions Inc, $7,275 for general operating support
- Hinsdale Chorale, $1,025 for general operating support
- Naperville Chorus, $1,350 for general operating support
- Naperville Park District, $1,350 for Dance Performance Program operating support
- North Central College, $3,175 for Self Employment In Arts project support
- North Central College, $11,350 for Fine Arts Program operating support
- The Summer Place Inc, $1,600 for general operating support
- Young Naperville Singers, $7,275 for general operating support
Oak Brook
- Spirito!, $8,300 for general operating support
Saint Charles
- Chicagoland Theater Company Inc, $8,300 for general operating support
Villa Park
- Chicago Tyagaraja Utsavam, $3,175 for general operating support
Warrenville
- Warrenville Park District, $2,650 for Art Program operating support
Westmont
- Salt Creek Ballet, $11,350 for general operating support
Wheaton
- Choral-Aires Chapter of Sweet Adelines, $3,175 for general operating support
- Wheaton College, $4,700 for Artist Series operating support
Woodridge
- Senior Suburban Orchestra, $895 for general operating support
Woodstock
- Woodstock Mozart Festival Inc, $4,425 for general operating support
Edgar County
Paris
- Bicentennial Art Center & Museum, $4,425 for general operating support
Fulton County
Canton
- Fulton County Comm Arts Council, $600 for general operating support
Grundy County
Morris
- Hammers & Noters Dulcimer Society, $775 for Gebhard Woods Festival project support
Henderson County
Raritan
- Two Rivers Arts Council, $9,895 for Community Arts Access Program
- Two Rivers Arts Council, $775 for general operating support
Henry County
Bishop Hill
- Bishop Hill Heritage Assn, $9,350 for general operating support
Iroquois County
Cissna Park
- Country Theatre Workshop, $2,125 for general operating support
Watseka
- Sugar Creek Symphony & Song Ltd, $3,650 for general operating support
Jackson County
Carbondale
- Carbondale Community Arts, $17,550 for Community Arts Access Program
- Carbondale Community Arts, $6,000 for general operating support
- Southern Illinois University/C, $8,300 for Southern Illinois Symphony operating support
- Southern Illinois University/C, $6,000 for Crab Orchard Review operating support
Jefferson County
Mount Vernon
- John R & Eleanor R Mitchell Foundation, $26,850 for general operating support
Jo Daviess County
Galena
- Galena Cultural Arts Alliance, $1,350 for general operating support
Kane County
Aurora
- Aurora University, $4,425 for Arts & Ideas Series operating support
- Fox Valley Acad of Music Perf, $1,075 for general operating support
- Paramount Arts Centre, $11,350 for general operating support
Batavia
- Batavia Artists Assn NFP, $7,800 for general operating support
Elgin
- Children's Theatre of Elgin, $5,725 for general operating support
- The Elgin Children's Chorus, $5,200 for general operating support
- Elgin Choral Union Inc, $5,725 for general operating support
- Elgin Symphony Orchestra Assn, $21,650 for general operating support
- Elgin Theatre Company Inc, $1,025 for general operating support
- Elgin Youth Symphony Orch, $11,350 for general operating support
Geneva
- Illinois Brass Band Assn Inc, $1,175 for general operating support
Huntley
- Huntley Community Radio Ltd NFP, $1,625 for general operating support
Saint Charles
- Fine Line Creative Arts Center, $8,300 for general operating support
- Fox Valley Concert Band/St Charles, $1,925 for general operating support
- St Charles Singers, $6,750 for general operating support
- Steel Beam Theatre Company, $6,250 for general operating support
Sugar Grove
- The Naperville Men's Glee Club, $1,600 for general operating support
Kankakee County
Bourbonnais
- Acting Out Theatre Co, $2,650 for general operating support
Kankakee
- Kankakee Valley Symphony Orch, $5,725 for general operating support
- Kankakee Valley Theatre Assn, $5,725 for general operating support
- Presence Life Connections, $1,625 for Charlton Gallery operating support
Knox County
Galesburg
- Galesburg Civic Art League Inc, $3,700 for general operating support
- Galesburg Community Chorus, $1,925 for general operating support
- Galesburg Symphony Society, $6,750 for general operating support
- Nova Singers, $2,650 for general operating support
- Orpheum Theatre of Galesburg, $8,300 for general operating support
- Prairie Players Civic Theatre, $1,600 for general operating support
Lake County
Antioch
- Palette Masque & Lyre, $2,650 for general operating support
Barrington
- Barrington Youth Dance Ensemble, $7,275 for general operating support
Deer Park
- Chicago Master Singers, $6,750 for general operating support
Deerfield
- Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods, $4,425 for general operating support
- Deerfield Park District, $1,075 for general operating support
Grayslake
- College of Lake County, $775 for Willow Review operating support
- Red Rose Children's Choir of Lake Co, $3,650 for general operating support
Highland Park
- The Art Center Highland Park, $12,400 for general operating support
- Focus On The Arts Inc, $3,650 for general operating support
- Highland Park Cultural Arts Commission, $4,595 for Community Arts Access Program
- Music Theatre Company NFP, $3,650 for general operating support
- Ravinia Festival Assn, $45,650 for general operating support
Highwood
- Midwest Young Artists, $11,350 for general operating support
Lake Bluff
- Lake Forest Symphony Assn Inc, $11,350 for general operating support
Lake Forest
- Ragdale Foundation, $11,350 for general operating support
Libertyville
- David Adler Cultural Center, $10,325 for general operating support
- Ars Viva, $8,300 for general operating support
Lincolnshire
- Stevenson High School Comm Fndn, $5,725 for general operating support
Mundelein
- The Kirk Players, $1,625 for general operating support
Waukegan
- Waukegan Band Fndn, $525 for general operating support
- Waukegan Park District, $8,300 for Cultural Arts Division operating support
Macon County
Decatur
- Decatur Area Arts Council, $8,595 for Community Arts Access Program
- Decatur Area Arts Council, $13,470 for general operating support
- Gallery 510 Arts Guild Ltd, $2,125 for general operating support
- Millikin University, $4,425 for Millikin-Decatur Symphony operating support
- Millikin University, $7,275 for Kirkland Center operating support
Madison County
Alton
- Alton Symphony Orchestra, $2,245 for general operating support
Edwardsville
- Southern Illinois University/E, $4,700 for Arts & Issues operating support
- St Louis Vol Lawyer/Accountant for Arts, $3,175 for general operating support
Godfrey
- Alton Youth Symphony, $2,245 for general operating support
- Great Rivers Choral Society, $1,075 for general operating support
Marshall County
Washburn
- Sun Foundation for Advancement, $9,350 for general operating support
- Sun Foundation for Advancement, $10,095 for Community Arts Access Program
McDonough County
Macomb
- Macomb Community Theatre, $900 for general operating support
- West Central Illinois Art Center, $1,625 for general operating support
- Western Illinois University, $16,650 for Performing Arts Series operating support
McHenry County
Crystal Lake
- Crystal Lake Community Band, $1,625 for general operating support
- McHenry County Music Center, $6,250 for general operating support
- Northwest Comm Music Academy, $4,700 for general operating support
- Raue Center for the Arts Inc, $11,350 for general operating support
- Voices in Harmony Inc, $1,350 for general operating support
McHenry
- Illinois Storytelling Inc, $775 for general operating support
McLean County
Bloomington
- Bloomington Center for Perf Arts, $10,325 for general operating support
- Bloomington Parks & Rec Dept, $3,650 for general operating support
- Illinois Wesleyan University, $3,175 for Summer Music Program project support
- McLean County Art Assn, $5,950 for Community Arts Access Program
- McLean County Art Assn, $9,350 for general operating support
- Bloomington Chapter 1 of SPEBSQSA, $3,175 for general operating support
Normal
- Heartland Productions Inc, $2,650 for general operating support
- Illinois State University, $10,420 for general operating support
- Illinois State University, $12,400 for Shakespeare Festival operating support
- Illinois State University, $4,425 for Normal Editions operating support
- Town of Normal, $6,750 for Normal Theater operating support
Menard County
Petersburg
- Menard County Singers, $675 for general operating support
Morgan County
Jacksonville
- Imagine Foundation, $1,625 for general operating support
- Jacksonville Symphony Society, $3,175 for general operating support
Moultrie County
Sullivan
- Little Theater-On The Square, $23,850 for general operating support
Peoria County
Peoria
- ArtsPartners of Central Illinois, Inc., $5,200 for general operating support
- Bradley University, $10,325 for Exhibition/Lecture Series operating support
- Bradley University, $11,350 for WCBU-FM operating support
- Central Illinois Youth Symphony, $3,700 for general operating support
- Contemporary Art Center of Peoria, $4,700 for general operating support
- Heartland Festival Orchestra, $7,275 for general operating support
- Heritage Ensemble, $1,345 for general operating support
- Lakeview Museum of Arts & Sciences, $21,250 for general operating support
- Penguin Project Foundation Inc, $2,125 for general operating support
- Peoria Art Guild, $9,350 for general operating support
- Peoria Park District, $3,650 for Fine Arts Dept operating support
- Peoria Players Theatre, $7,275 for general operating support
- Peoria Symphony Orchestra, $17,950 for general operating support
Rock Island County
Moline
- Midwest Writing Center, $3,700 for general operating support
- Playcrafters Inc, $2,650 for general operating support
- Quad City Music Guild, $5,725 for general operating support
- Quad City Symphony Orchestra, $11,350 for general operating support
Rock Island
- Augustana College, $10,325 for WVIK Radio general operating support
- Genesius Theatre Fndn, $1,175 for general operating support
- MidCoast Fine Arts, $6,750 for general operating support
- Quad Cities Comm Broadcasting Grp, $4,425 for general operating support
- Quad City Arts, $26,850 for general operating support
- Quad City Arts, $12,600 for Community Arts Access Program
Sangamon County
Chatham
- West Central Illinois Ed Telecomm Corp, $8,300 for general operating support
Springfield
- Illinois Central Blues Club, $2,245 for general operating support
- Illinois Symphony Orchestra, $11,350 for general operating support
- Vachel Lindsay Assocation, $1,625 for general operating support
- Prairie Art Alliance, $5,725 for general operating support
- Springfield Area Arts Council, $7,100 for Community Arts Access Program
- Springfield Area Arts Council, $6,000 for general operating support
- Springfield Art Assn/Edward Pl, $11,350 for general operating support
- Springfield Ballet Company, $8,300 for general operating support
- University of Illinois/Spfld, $1,625 for Visual Arts Gallery operating support
- University of Illinois/Spfld, $11,350 for Sangamon Auditorium operating support
St Clair County
Belleville
- Art on the Square Foundation Inc, $8,300 for general operating support
- Masterworks Chorale Inc, $3,175 for general operating support
Lebanon
- Looking Glass Playhouse, $2,125 for general operating support
- McKendree University, $8,300 for McKendree Presents operating support
- Philharmonic Soc of Belleville, $2,650 for general operating support
Stephenson County
Freeport
- Freeport Arts Center, $7,800 for general operating support
- Freeport Arts Center, $4,595 for Community Arts Access Program
Tazewell County
East Peoria
- Eastlight Theatre, $6,250 for general operating support
Vermilion County
Danville
- The Danville Art League, $1,925 for general operating support
- Danville Light Opera Co, $2,245 for general operating support
- Danville Symphony Orchestra Inc, $8,300 for general operating support
Warren County
Monmouth
- Buchanan Center for the Arts, $5,600 for Community Arts Access Program
- Buchanan Center for the Arts, $4,250 for general operating support
Will County
Bolingbrook
- Bolingbrook Park District, $3,175 for Danceforce operating support
Channahon
- Three Rivers Arts Council Inc, $1,025 for general operating support
New Lenox
- Curtain Call Comm Theatre, $4,425 for general operating support
Romeoville
- Lewis University, $1,350 for Arts & Ideas operating support
University Park
- Governors State University Fndn, $6,000 for Manilow Sculpture Park operating support
- Governors State University Fndn, $11,350 for Performing Arts Center operating support
Williamson County
Marion
- Little Egypt Arts Assn Inc, $675 for general operating support
- Marion Cultural & Civic Center, $11,350 for general operating support
Winnebago County
Rockford
- Artists Ensemble Theater NFP, $6,250 for general operating support
- Discovery Center Museum of Rockford, $11,350 for general operating support
- Mendelssohn Club, $10,325 for general operating support
- Rockford Area Arts Council, $19,545 for Community Arts Access Program
- Rockford Area Arts Council, $24,650 for general operating support
- Rockford Art Museum, $22,250 for general operating support
- Rockford Coronado Concert Assn, $5,725 for general operating support
- Rockford Park District, $4,425 for Sounds of Summer operating support
- Rockford Symphony Orchestras Inc, $21,350 for general operating support
- Singing Boys of Rockford, $5,200 for general operating support