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Home » Think and Explore Grants: Adapt to Change. Address Challenges. Focus on Equity. (Illinois)

Think and Explore Grants: Adapt to Change. Address Challenges. Focus on Equity. (Illinois)

The Arts Work Fund has announced a Think and Explore grants program to develop and test possible solutions to challenges posed by COVID-19, or challenges that hampered nonprofits before the pandemic (e.g., lack of access to resources for artists of color and artists with disabilities, declining ticket sales, etc.).

Donor Name: The Arts Work Fund

State: Illinois

County: Chicago County (IL), Cook County (IL)

Type of Grant: Grant

Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 03/31/2022

Grant Size: $30,000

Details:

The Arts Work Fund is a funder collaborative created to help strengthen the management and operations of small arts and cultural organizations in Chicago and Cook County.

Arts Work Fund has:

  • actualized commitment to equity
  • streamlined process
  • expanded eligibility
  • instituted a peer review panel process
  • changed to final report process to amplify sharing of lessons learned from these grants.

Funding Information

  • Think Grants – up to $20,000 and Explore Grants – up to $30,000 for arts organizations led by, for, and about BIPOC, people with disabilities, LGBTQ people, and women.
  • Think Grants – up to $15,000 and Explore Grants – up to $25,000 for all other eligible organizations.

Eligibility Criteria

  • The applicant organization must have an arts-based mission.
  • A current IRS 501(c) (3) public charity designation determination letter.
  • Arts organizations led by, for, and about black, indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC), with operating expenses of $2 million.
  • Any arts and culture organization with operating expenses of $800,000.
  • Located in and serving Chicago and Cook County.
  • If a former Arts Work Fund grant recipient, you must have submitted a final report for previous grant activities.

For more information, visit The Arts Work Fund.

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