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THIS GRANT’S FOCUS: Arts/Culture, Arts Organization Support, Community, Nonprofit Support, Chicago, Illinois
Deadline: Ongoing
“The Arts Work Fund (AWF) is a funding collaborative supporting small and mid-sized arts organizations in Chicago and Cook County. Since 2006, AWF has helped these organizations strengthen their management and operations, enabling them to focus more fully on their artistic missions. AWF’s responsive grants support individual arts organizations—or collaborations among them—as they adopt or improve new organizational practices. Grants aim to:
- Strengthen organizational resilience
- Advance strategy
- Improve community engagement and communication
- Address other key capacity-building needs
Examples of Eligible Projects
Operational Resilience: Improving financial systems (e.g., budgeting, cash flow, forecasting); Developing new revenue strategies (contributed and earned); Enhancing human resources practices and staff well-being; Creating crisis response or continuity plans; Strengthening digital security practices; Organizational risk assessments.
Organizational Strategy: Strategic planning or organizational visioning, Reimagining or planning for sunsetting organizations or programs, Scenario or crisis management planning; Mergers, shared resources models; and strategic partnerships.
Community Engagement & Communications: Strengthening communications strategies; Developing models for audience engagement; Building digital storytelling capacity; Creating community feedback systems.”
Funder: Arts Work Fund
Eligibility: “All applicants must: (1) Have an arts-based mission where artistic work is the primary purpose and budget focus; (2) Be a 501(c)(3) public charity or have a fiscal sponsor with this status. (3) Operate with an annual budget under $2 million, based on the most recently completed audit or I.R.S. Form 990. (4) Be based in and serve Chicago and Cook County.”
Amount: Up to $40,000
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