Grants Database
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Chicago Dramatists Workshop
CultureCreativity
To support and develop playwrights of African, Latino, Asian, and Native American (ALANA) descent through a two-year residency initiative
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Navy Pier Chicago
CultureAccess
To commission site-specific work and public performances by noted African American artist, Nick Cave.
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Columbia College Chicago
CultureCreativity
To cover Columbia College's Glass Curtain Gallery's curation of an exhibition inspired by the respective archives of Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta, and Victor Alemn.
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Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
DemocracyVoting Rights
To conduct public education, community outreach, and litigation to improve minority representation at the local government level in Illinois.
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Stand for Children Leadership Center
EducationTeacher Quality
To advocate for teacher preparation policies, and to support the effective implementation of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) in Illinois and Indiana by building community support for teacher quality policies and other reforms.
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The Joan Ganz Cooney Center
EducationKindergarten Readiness
To introduce its new national agenda for scaling family engagement innovations that use digital tools, and to spur the adoption of these tools in a handful of cities and states.
The Joyce Foundation is committed to improving public policy through its grant program. Accordingly, the Foundation welcomes grant requests from organizations that engage in public policy advocacy. Federal tax law prohibits private foundations from funding lobbying activities. The Foundation may support organizations engaged in public policy by either providing general operating support or by funding educational advocacy such as nonpartisan research, technical assistance, or examinations of broad social issues.