Grants Database
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Year
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Programs
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Amount
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Location
Chicago Public Media Inc.
To continue and expand its in-depth reporting on education and criminal justice issues in Chicago and Illinois
$250,000
Chicago Theatre Group Inc.
For the New Stages Festival and Future Labs to advance the careers and artistic development of artists of color
$100,000
Chicago Votes
To support its growth plan including Reimagining Democracy work led by growing leaders who are young, people of color, and people with lived criminal justice experiences to help inform and guide voting policy reform
$500,000
Chiefs for Change
To build and advocate for a federal policy agenda focused on COVID-19 school recovery, redesigned systems of assessment and accountability, and robust college and career readiness data systems
$100,000
Children First Fund the Chicago Public Schools Foundation
To help Chicago Public Schools grow Teach Chicago, focused on building an effective, diverse workforce and reimagining teacher career ladder/leadership policies
$200,000
Community College Baccalaureate Association Inc
To continue disseminating research and best practices on community college baccalaureate state policies and practices
$75,000
Congo Square Theatre Company
To provide unrestricted general operating support amidst COVID-19
$40,000
Congo Square Theatre Company
To commission playwright Sydney Chatman’s new community-based healing work devised with, by, and for Black women and girl survivors of state-sanctioned violence
$75,000
Congo Square Theatre Company
For the production of What to Send Up When It Goes Down by playwright Aleshea Harris in Spring 2022
$25,000
Council of Chief State School Officers
To support the newly formed national Coalition to Advance Future Student Success aimed at ensuring effective use of federal Elementary and Secondary Emergency Education Relief (ESSER) Funds
$300,000
Court Theatre Fund
For continued support of Ron OJ Parson's artist residency and to provide additional artistic and professional development opportunities for theater artists of color
$160,000
Crain's Chicago Business
To continue its deep coverage of Chicago and Illinois policy issues and host related event, and to support a similar, nascent effort in Michigan
$275,000
Dion’s Chicago Dream
To provide general operating support as the organization continues to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic
$15,000