Support for Small Arts and Cultural Organizations
The Arts Work Fund for Organizational Development is a funder collaborative created to help strengthen the management and operations of small arts and cultural organizations in the six-county Chicago metropolitan region. Our resources are available for arts and cultural organizations with operating expenses between $50,000 and $1 million to strategically address issues that contribute to their sustainability and/or build their capacity to effectively achieve their missions.
In its role of understanding and improving the health of small arts and cultural organization in the Chicago area, the Arts Work Fund presents its newest series of publications, Collective Insights. These publications are generated from informal group meetings with grant recipients and attempt to capture their capacity building experiences. They underscore the importance of grant funds dedicated to stabilizing the area’s small arts and culture organizations and the need to support innovation in business and operational practices. To read these and other publications, click here.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Next Grant Deadline: MAY 15, 2012
Applicant budget information can now be generated through the Illinois Cultural Data Project.
Complete applications can now be fully uploaded via the Grant Application Cover Sheet.
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