Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot Awards $6.5m In DCASE Grants to Chicago Nonprofit Arts Organizations
Grants to Chicago Nonprofit Arts Organizations
Cultural Affairs and Special Events DCASE) has announced 280 financial grants were awarded to Chicago nonprofit arts organizations as part of the City of Chicago’s 2022 City- Arts Program. Owing to the City’s significant new investments in arts and culture, funding for this program has increased by 280%, climbing from $1.7 million in 2021 to $6.5 million.
support and project grants to local arts organizations of all sizes and across all artistic disciplines. In 2022, grant amounts have also increased for greater impact — from one-time grants of $2,000 – $25,000 previously to mostly $10,000 – $50,000 grants renewable for one year. The number of grants jumped from 200 in 2021 to 280 this year , including 15 project grants aligned with the #YearofChicagoDance. For the list of grantees and to learn about upcoming grant opportunities,
arts nonprofits and individual artists should please visit ChicagoCultural- Grants.org.
CityArts grant will allow us to continue staging productions in Spanish — and providing the community with arts education and programming rooted in our Latino culture.”
DCASE informational sessions, four deep-dive focus groups and a digital survey. These sessions and surve results alongside recent research conducted by SMU DataArts, supported by Bloomberg Associates, have informed DCASE’s increased investment in general operating support and will inform additional updates and new strategies to be implemented as part of the Cultural Grants Program over the next two years. Changes made to the 2022 program are in direct response to needs raised by the local community
for larger, more flexible grants.
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