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Consultant Client Grant Purpose  Discipline Amount Firebelly Design About Face Theatre Company Audience development Theater $10,000 The Oikos Collective Archeworks Business/strategic planning Design / architecture $10,000 Arts Consulting Group Classical Kids Music Education Business/strategic planning Media arts $15,000 Mightybytes, Inc. Fulcrum Point New Music Project Audience development Music $10,000 Inovat Audience Architects technology enhancements Service $15,000 Sandbox Consulting Oak Park River Forest Childrens Chorus Marketing Music $6,750 Metrist Partners TimeLine Theatre Company Marketing Theater $9,250 The Millenson Collaborative Storycatchers Theatre Marketing Theatre $10,000 Scientists of Media Open Studio Project Marketing Visual arts $10,000 Poetry Center Poetry Center of Chicago Organizational assessment Literature $8,000 Aimee Munsell The Utopian Theatre Ensemble Marketing Theater $9,500 Alene Valkanas Pros Arts Studio Leadership succession planning Multi-disciplinary $2,500 Alice Cottingham Molly Shanahan/Mad Shak Coaching Dance $3,500 Alice Cottingham Unity Temple Restoration Foundation Coaching Design / architecture $4,500 Alice Cottingham ThreeWalls Marketing Visual arts $4,000 Alice George Pros Arts Studio Fundraising/resource development Multi-disciplinary $10,000 Alice George Pros Arts Studio Other type Multi-disciplinary $10,000 Alice George Pros Arts Studio Business/strategic planning Multi-disciplinary $7,000 Alison Zehr Woman Made Gallery leadership succession planning Visual arts $10,000 Alison Zehr Woman Made Gallery Other type Visual arts $5,000 Alison Zehr The Actors Gymnasium Board development Theater $6,000 Alison Zehr Chicago Film Archives business/strategic planning Media $5,000 Alison Zehr Chicago Photography Center Board development Visual arts $10,000 Alison Zehr Chicago Photography Center Organizational assessment Visual arts $10,000 Alison Zehr Mordine Dance Theatre Company Fundraising/resource development Dance $10,000 Alison Zehr Free Street Theater Business/strategic planning Theater $15,000 Alison Zehr A Red Orchid Board development Theater $5,000 Alison Zehr Poetry Center of Chicago Organizational assessment Literature $8,000 AVM Consulting FIFTH HOUSE ENSEMBLE Fundraising/resource development Music $6,645 Lifeline Theatre Lifeline Productions Board development Theater $10,000 Wishnick & Associates Teatro Luna Organizational assessment Theater $10,000 Wishnick & Associates Chicago Artists Coalition Organizational assessment Service $9,000 Wishnick & Associates Same Planet Different World Dance Theatre Board development Dance $10,000 The Chicago Chamber Musicians Chicago Chamber Musicians Audience development Music $10,000 Projects by Amy Village Players Theatre Fundraising/resource development Theater $9,000 Arts & Business Council of Chicago Hedwig Dances Marketing Dance $7,500 Arts & Business Council of Chicago Arts & Business Council of Chicago technology enhancements Service $10,000 PrometHost The Utopian Theatre Ensemble technology enhancements Theater $10,000 Blair Thomas and Company Blair Thomas and Company Marketing Theater $6,000 Durel Consulting Partners Glessner House Museum Business/strategic planning Museum $10,000 Anitha Sharma Natya Dance Theatre Technology enhancements Dance $10,000 Elgin Children's Chorus Elgin Childrens Chorus Technology enhancements Music $10,000 International Music Foundation International Music Foundation Board development Music $6,900 Hyde Park School of Dance Hyde Park School of Dance Facility planning Dance $5,000 Northshore Concert Band Northshore Concert Band Fundraising/resource development Music $2,500 Puerto Rican Arts Alliance Puerto Rican Arts Alliance Fundraising/resource development Multi-disciplinary $10,000 International Music Foundation International Music Foundation board development Music $5,000 International Music Foundation International Music Foundation Board development Music $3,500 Congo Square Theatre Company Congo Square Theater Company Financial management Theater $7,600 ArtsConsulting, LLC Molly Shanahan/Mad Shak Coaching Dance $3,500 CollaborAction Theatre Company CollaborAction Theatre Company business/strategic planning Theater $10,000 Pegasus Players Pegasus Players Audience development Theater $10,000 Arthur Pearson The Seldoms Marketing Dance $7,000 Arthur Pearson Steckman Studio of Music board development Music $3,900 Arthur Pearson Porchlight Music Theatre of Chicago Board development Theater $4,800 Arthur Pearson Chicago Moving Company Marketing Dance $5,000 Arthur Pearson Open Studio Project Marketing Visual arts $10,000 Arthur Pearson Same Planet Different World Dance Theatre Business/strategic planning Dance $10,000 Arthur Pearson Arts & Business Council of Chicago Technology enhancements Service $10,000 Arthur Pearson International Music Foundation Board development Music $6,900 Arthur Pearson Adventure Stage Chicago Fundraising/resource development Theater $7,000 Arthur Pearson Woman Made Gallery leadership succession planning Visual arts $10,000 Arthur Pearson Chicago Dramatists Board development Theater $8,500 Arthur Pearson Northshore Concert Band Fundraising/resource development Music $2,500 Arthur Pearson Beyondmedia Education marketing Media $10,000 Arthur Pearson The Actors Gymnasium Board development Theater $6,000 Arthur Pearson Lifeline Productions Board development Theater $10,000 Arthur Pearson Independent Feature Project/Chicago technology enhancements Media $10,000 Arthur Pearson American Theatre Company Fundraising/resource development Theater $6,700 Arthur Pearson Chicago Jazz Philharmonic business/strategic planning Music $6,200 Arthur Pearson ARC Gallery & Educational Foundation Marketing Visual arts $10,000 Arthur Pearson A Red Orchid Fundraising/resource development Theater $4,000 Arthur Pearson Changing Worlds Fundraising/resource development Multi-disciplinary $10,000 Arthur Pearson Fulcrum Point New Music Project Audience development Music $10,000 Arthur Pearson Lawyers for the Creative Arts fundraising/resource development Service $10,000 Arthur Pearson Chicago Composers Forum marketing Music $10,000 Arthur Pearson Accessible Contemporary Music Board development Music $2,500 Arthur Pearson The Dance COLEctive marketing Dance $10,000 Arthur Pearson Concert Dance Marketing Dance $10,000 Arthur Pearson Ensemble Espanol Center for Spanish Dance & Music fundraising/resource development Dance $10,000 Judy Atalee Chicago Moving Company Marketing Dance $5,000 Talisman Associates, Inc Chicago Dramatists Board development Theater $8,500 Chicago Artists' Coalition Chicago Artists Coalition Audience development Service $10,000 Woman Made Gallery Woman Made Gallery leadership succession planning Visual arts $10,000 Woman Made Gallery Woman Made Gallery technology enhancements Visual arts $4,050 Gus Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago Audience development Dance $10,000 Gus Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago audience development Dance $8,000 The Silverman Group Fulcrum Point New Music Project Marketing Music $10,000 Harmann Interactive Shanti Foundation for Peace Fundraising/resource development Multi-disciplinary $10,000 Workplace Strategy Chicago Chorale Business/strategic planning Music $10,000 Bev Kennedy & Company Music Arts School Marketing Music $10,000 Zun Partners Maywood Fine Arts Association Marketing Multi-disciplinary $10,000 Lawyers for the Creative Arts Lawyers for the Creative Arts fundraising/resource development Service $10,000 Chicago Jazz Philharmonic Chicago Jazz Philharmonic business/strategic planning Music $6,200 Ballet Chicago Ballet Chicago marketing Dance $6,250 Chicago Dramatists Chicago Dramatists Audience development Theater $8,000 Chicago Dramatists Chicago Dramatists Fundraising/resource development Theater $10,000 Luna Negra Luna Negra Dance Theater Business/strategic planning Dance $10,000 Metro Chicago Information Center Chicago Dramatists Audience development Theater $8,000 C22Tech, Inc. Chicago Cultural Alliance Technology enhancements Service $12,000 C22Tech, Inc. Changing Worlds Technology enhancements Multi-disciplinary $10,000 Puerto Rican Arts Alliance Puerto Rican Arts Alliance Fundraising/resource development Multi-disciplinary $5,000 Puerto Rican Arts Alliance Puerto Rican Arts Alliance Fundraising/resource development Multi-disciplinary $10,000 CBWhite Market Research & Strategy Youth Choral Theater of Chicago Marketing Music $8,500 CBWhite Market Research & Strategy Neighborhood Writing Alliance audience development Literature $10,000 Carole Parks & Associates Muntu Dance Theatre of Chicago Business/strategic planning Dance $9,000 Carolelinda Dickey Chicago Dancemakers Forum Business/strategic planning Service $10,000 Changing Worlds Changing Worlds Fundraising/resource development Multi-disciplinary $10,000 Carolyn Van Slyck Childrens Theatre of Elgin & Fox Valley Marketing Theater $10,000 The Seldoms The Seldoms Marketing Dance $7,000 Neighborhood Writing Alliance Neighborhood Writing Alliance audience development Literature $10,000 Teatro Vista...Theater with a View Teatro Vista...Theater with a View Board development Theater $5,500 Arc Gallery & Educational Foundation ARC Gallery & Educational Foundation Marketing Visual arts $10,000 Slover Linett Strategies TimeLine Theatre Company Audience development Theater $10,000 Cheryl Yuen Zephyr Dance Ensemble Marketing Dance $6,500 Cheryl Yuen Shanti Foundation for Peace Fundraising/resource development Multi-disciplinary $10,000 Cheryl Yuen Same Planet Different World Dance Theatre Marketing Dance $6,724 Cheryl Yuen Street-Level Youth Media Board development Media $4,200 Cheryl Yuen Porchlight Music Theatre of Chicago Fundraising/resource development Theater $5,000 Cheryl Yuen Evanston Symphony Orchestra Marketing Music $5,500 Cheryl Yuen GayCo Productions Business/strategic planning Theater $4,000 Cheryl Yuen Hedwig Dances Marketing Dance $7,500 Cheryl Yuen Music Arts School Marketing Music $10,000 Cheryl Yuen Chicago Film Archives business/strategic planning Media $5,000 Chris Handzlik William Ferris Chorale Marketing Music $8,100 The Actors Gymnasium The Actors Gymnasium Marketing Theater $9,000 Christine Ketron Ballet Chicago marketing Dance $6,250 Christine Watkins Consulting International Contemporary Ensemble fundraising/resource development Music $7,500 Claire Stewart Chicago Film Archives Technology enhancements Media $8,900 International Contemporary Ensemble International Contemporary Ensemble fundraising/resource development Music $7,500 Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art audience development Visual arts $9,500 Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art Marketing Visual arts $10,000 Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art fundraising/resource development Visual arts $10,000 Canright & Paule Lawyers for the Creative Arts fundraising/resource development Service $10,000 Chicago Dramatists Chicago Dramatists Board development Theater $8,500 David Schmitz The House Theatre of Chicago Financial management Theater $2,500 David Schmitz ThreeWalls Financial management Visual arts $6,700 Gillingham & Assoc. Remy Bumppo Theatre Company Business/strategic planning Theater $10,000 Theater Oobleck Theater Oobleck Audience development Theater $7,500 David Schmitz Free Street Theater Financial management Theater $6,000 Voice of the City Voice of the City Marketing Multi-disciplinary $10,000 Open Studio Project Open Studio Project Marketing Visual arts $10,000 Shoss & Associates Strategic Marketing Chicago Composers Forum marketing Music $10,000 Deb Hass Arts Alliance Illinois Other type Service $15,000 Deb Hass Chicago Public Art Group Business/strategic planning Visual arts $10,750 Popely & Co., Inc Chicago Artists Coalition Audience development Service $10,000 Porchlight Music Theatre of Chicago Porchlight Music Theatre of Chicago Board development Theater $4,800 Porchlight Music Theatre of Chicago Porchlight Music Theatre of Chicago Fundraising/resource development Theater $5,000 Strategic Focus Remy Bumppo Theatre Company Marketing Theater $10,000 Strategic Focus Arts Alliance Illinois Marketing Service $10,000 Chicago Photography Center Chicago Photography Center Organizational assessment Visual arts $10,000 The Dance Colective The Dance COLEctive marketing Dance $10,000 TimeLine Theatre Company TimeLine Theatre Company Audience development Theater $10,000 Kartemquin Educational Films Kartemquin Educational Films board development Media arts $8,000 Unity Temple Restoration Foundation Unity Temple Restoration Foundation Coaching Design / architecture $4,500 Erin Drury Consulting PianoForte Foundation Fundraising/resource development Music $10,000 Executive Service Corp Chicago City Theatre Company/ Joel Hall Dance Center financial management Dance $2,800 Executive Service Corp Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art Board development Visual arts $6,750 3 to1 Studios Jazz Institute of Chicago Technology enhancements Music $8,500 3 to1 Studios Jazz Institute of Chicago Technology enhancements Music $8,500 Frazser Coffeen Inaside Chicago Dance Technology enhancements Dance $3,000 Gail Kalver Concert Dance Marketing Dance $10,000 Gail Kalver Ensemble Espanol Center for Spanish Dance & Music fundraising/resource development Dance $10,000 Gillian Darlow About Face Theatre Company Audience development Theater $10,000 Gillian Darlow Ragdale Foundation leadership succession planning Multi-disciplinary $6,724 Gillian Darlow Village Players Theatre Fundraising/resource development Theater $9,000 Gillian Darlow CollaborAction Theatre Company business/strategic planning Theater $10,000 Gillian Darlow Woman Made Gallery technology enhancements Visual arts $4,050 Pros Arts Studio Pros Arts Studio Business/strategic planning Multi-disciplinary $7,000 Pros Arts Studio Pros Arts Studio Leadership succession planning Multi-disciplinary $2,500 Pros Arts Studio Pros Arts Studio Other type Multi-disciplinary $10,000 Pros Arts Studio Pros Arts Studio Fundraising/resource development Multi-disciplinary $10,000 Executive Service Corps Chicago Jazz Philharmonic business/strategic planning Music $6,200 Music Arts School Music Arts School Marketing Music $10,000 Steckman Studio of Music Steckman Studio of Music board development Music $3,900 About Face Theatre About Face Theatre Company Audience development Theater $10,000 Spruance Consulting Archi-Treasures Association Business/strategic planning visual arts $10,000 Neo-Futurists The Neo-Futurists Business/strategic planning Theater $7,000 IFF Links Hall Facility planning Multidiscipline $5,500 Shanti Foundation for Peace Shanti Foundation for Peace Fundraising/resource development Multi-disciplinary $10,000 Snow City Arts Snow City Arts Business/strategic planning Visual arts $5,500 African American Arts Alliance African American Arts Alliance Audience development Service $5,600 Get Sums CircEsteem fundraising/resource development Other $10,000 Planeteria ARC Gallery & Educational Foundation Marketing Visual arts $10,000 Hedwig Dances Hedwig Dances board development Dance $4,500 Hedwig Dances Hedwig Dances Marketing Dance $7,500 Jane Dewey Emerald City Theatre Company fundraising/resource development Theater $8,000 Ideation First Puerto Rican Arts Alliance Fundraising/resource development Multi-disciplinary $10,000 Ideation First Puerto Rican Arts Alliance Fundraising/resource development Multi-disciplinary $5,000 Ideation First Puerto Rican Arts Alliance Fundraising/resource development Multi-disciplinary $10,000 Theatre Building Chicago Business/strategic planning Theater $10,000 League of Chicago Theatres Foundation Other type Service $15,000 Executive Service Corp Fulcrum Point New Music Project Leadership succession planning Music $10,000 Jered Pruitt American Theatre Company Fundraising/resource development Theater $6,700 Walkabout Theater Company Walkabout Theater Company Board development Theater $5,400 SHOUT Marketing & Media Relations The Seldoms Marketing Dance $7,000 Chicago Technology Cooperative Arts & Business Council of Chicago technology enhancements Service $10,000 Jim Hirsch Chicago Dramatists Fundraising/resource development Theater $10,000 GayCo Productions GayCo Productions Business/strategic planning Theater $4,000 Jo Moore Rivendell Theatre Ensemble Board development Theater $4,200 Arts & Business Council of Chicago Street-Level Youth Media Board development Media $4,200 Muntu Dance Theatre of Chicago Muntu Dance Theatre of Chicago Business/strategic planning Dance $9,000 The Ricci Group ARC Gallery & Educational Foundation Organizational assessment Visual arts $10,000 The Ricci Group Independent Feature Project/Chicago Business/strategic planning Media $1,000 Same Planet Different World Dance Theatre Same Planet Different World Dance Theatre Business/strategic planning Dance $10,000 Same Planet Different World Dance Theatre Same Planet Different World Dance Theatre Marketing Dance $6,724 William Ferris Chorale William Ferris Chorale Marketing Music $8,100 Chicago Public Art Group Chicago Public Art Group Technology enhancements Visual arts $9,000 Circle Theatre Circle Theatre Technology enhancements Theater $7,000 Archi-Treasures Association Archi-Treasures Association Business/strategic planning visual arts $10,000 Archi-Treasures Association Archi-Treasures Association board development visual arts $9,700 Judith L. Blank & Assoc. Chicago Human Rhythm Project Fundraising/resource development Dance $10,000 Lucky Plush Productions Lucky Plush Productions Marketing Dance $10,000 MBMD Consultants The Dance COLEctive Business/strategic planning Dance $6,800 MBMD Consultants Congo Square Theater Company Business/strategic planning Theater $10,000 Julia Mayer Walkabout Theater Company Board development Theater $5,400 MBMD Consultants African American Arts Alliance Audience development Service $5,600 Lucky Plush Productions Lucky Plush Productions Audience development Dance $9,500 MBMD Consultants The Dance COLEctive Board development Dance $7,000 MBMD Consultants Guild Complex Organizational assessment $10,000 Julia Mayer Chicago Chamber Musicians Audience development Music $10,000 Julia Mayer Fulcrum Point New Music Project Leadership succession planning Music $10,000 Emerald City Theatre Company Emerald City Theatre Company fundraising/resource development Theater $8,000 Tanagram Partners Chicago Chamber Musicians Audience development Music $10,000 Tanagram Partners Chicago Chamber Musicians Audience development Music $10,000 Chicago Composers Forum Chicago Composers Forum marketing Music $10,000 Chicago Composers Forum Chicago Composers Forum Organizational assessment Music $10,000 Chicago Composers Forum Chicago Composers Forum Business/strategic planning Music $1,200 Literature for All of Us Literature for All of Us Fundraising/resource development Literature $5,400 Northwestern University Settlement Association Adventure Stage Chicago Fundraising/resource development Theater $7,000 Katherine Wales Jump Rhythm Jazz Project Marketing Dance $10,000 Maywood Fine Arts Association Maywood Fine Arts Association Marketing Multi-disciplinary $10,000 Kathie deNobriga The Neo-Futurists Business/strategic planning Theater $10,000 Business Development for the Arts The Children's Museum of Oak Park (Wonder Works) Fundraising/resource development Museum $10,000 Business Development for the Arts Maywood Fine Arts Association Marketing Multi-disciplinary $10,000 Chicago Moving Company Chicago Moving Company Marketing Dance $5,000 Uptown Rhythm Productions Lira Ensemble Technology enhancements Multi-disciplinary $9,500 Kelly Kleiman Chicago Composers Forum Business/strategic planning Music $1,200 Kelly Kleiman McCord Gallery & Cultural Center Board development Multi-disciplinary $10,000 Kelly Kleiman Chicago Composers Forum Organizational assessment Music $10,000 Kelly Kleiman Guild Complex Board development Literature $10,000 Kelly Kleiman Chicago Tap Theatre Board development Dance $6,000 Kelly Kleiman 3Arts, Inc. Board development Visual arts $5,000 Lime Green Tangerine UMA Productions Audience development Theater $4,000 Next Theatre Company Next Theatre Company Business/strategic planning Theater $9,000 Kevin Richey Serendipity Theatre Collective Marketing Theater $5,000 artservices&company Luna Negra Dance Theater Business/strategic planning Dance $10,000 Guild Complex Guild Complex Board development Literature $10,000 Executive Service Corp Ragdale Foundation leadership succession planning Multi-disciplinary $6,724 Kristin Patton Deeply Rooted Productions Board development Dance $5,400 Kristin Patton Porchlight Music Theatre of Chicago Board development Theater $4,800 Kristin Patton Albany Park Theatre Project Board development Theater $13,000 Kristin Patton Peoples Music School Board development Music $6,800 Remy Bumppo Theatre Company Remy Bumppo Theatre Company Business/strategic planning Theater $10,000 Kristin Patton International Music Foundation Board development Music $3,500 Kristin Patton International Music Foundation board development Music $5,000 Kristin Patton International Music Foundation Board development Music $6,900 Chicago Human Rhythm Project Chicago Human Rhythm Project Technology enhancements Dance $10,000 McAlpine Consulting for Growth Neighborhood Writing Alliance Business/strategic planning Literature $10,000 Jazz Institute of Chicago Jazz Institute of Chicago Technology enhancements Music $8,500 Jazz Institute of Chicago Jazz Institute of Chicago Technology enhancements Music $8,500 Wolko Design Group Elgin Childrens Chorus Technology enhancements Music $10,000 Solorohm Associates Same Planet Different World Dance Theatre Marketing Dance $6,724 Roeger Design Chicago Public Art Group Technology enhancements Visual arts $9,000 Solorohm Associates Same Planet Different World Dance Theatre Business/strategic planning Dance $10,000 Solorohm Associates Hedwig Dances Marketing Dance $9,000 Lisa Tylke Congo Square Theater Company Financial management Theater $7,600 Lisa Tylke Kartemquin Educational Films board development Media arts $8,000 Artistic Logistics The Neo-Futurists Business/strategic planning Theater $10,000 Lisa Tylke Links Hall fundraising/resource development Multidiscipline $10,000 Lisa Tylke Kindling Group, The Business/strategic planning Media arts $6,000 Lisa Tylke Kalapriya Business/strategic planning Dance $5,500 Lisa Tylke Changing Worlds Business/strategic planning Multi-disciplinary $10,000 Lisa Tylke Theatre Building Chicago Board development Theater $6,400 Lisa Tylke Walkabout Theater Company Board development Theater $5,400 Lisa Tylke Still Point Theatre Collective Fundraising/resource development Theatre $5,900 Lisa Tylke Theatre Building Chicago Business/strategic planning Theater $5,500 Lisa Tylke ClaySpace Business/strategic planning Visual arts $9,500 Lisa Tylke Ensemble Espanol Center for Spanish Dance & Music Board development Dance $8,400 Artistic Logistics The Neo-Futurists Business/strategic planning Theater $7,000 Louise Knight Consulting Open Studio Project Marketing Visual arts $10,000 Independent Feature Project/Chicago Independent Feature Project/Chicago technology enhancements Media $10,000 Deeply Rooted Productions Deeply Rooted Productions Board development Dance $5,400 Silk Road Theatre Project Silk Road Theatre Project Fundraising/resource development Theatre $10,000 Silk Road Theatre Project Silk Road Theatre Project Marketing Theatre $5,000 Silk Road Theatre Project Silk Road Theatre Project Fundraising/resource development Theatre $10,000 Street-Level Youth Media Street-Level Youth Media Board development Media $4,200 Arts Alliance Illinois Marketing Service $10,000 Chicago Composers Forum Organizational assessment Music $10,000 African American Arts Alliance Audience development Service $5,600 Chicago Public Art Group Technology enhancements Visual arts $9,000 Theater Oobleck Audience development Theater $7,500 Chicago Human Rhythm Project Technology enhancements Dance $10,000 Lucky Plush Productions Marketing Dance $10,000 Fulcrum Point New Music Project Marketing Music $10,000 Chicago Dramatists Audience development Theater $8,000 Deeply Rooted Productions Board development Dance $5,400 Chicago Photography Center Organizational assessment Visual arts $10,000 Guild Complex Board development Literature $10,000 Chicago Dancemakers Forum Business/strategic planning Service $10,000 Maywood Fine Arts Association Marketing Multi-disciplinary $10,000 Lucky Plush Productions Audience development Dance $9,500 Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago Audience development Dance $10,000 Pegasus Players Audience development Theater $10,000 South Chicago Art Center fundraising/resource development Multi-disciplinary $10,000 Voice of the City Marketing Multi-disciplinary $10,000 International Music Foundation board development Music $5,000 MPAACT - Maat Production Association of Afrikan Centered Theatre Marketing Theater $9,000 The House Theatre of Chicago Financial management Theater $2,500 Snow City Arts Business/strategic planning Visual arts $5,500 Silk Road Theatre Project Fundraising/resource development Theatre $10,000 Blair Thomas and Company Marketing Theater $6,000 Changing Worlds Business/strategic planning Multi-disciplinary $10,000 Chicago Artists Coalition Audience development Service $10,000 CircEsteem fundraising/resource development Other $10,000 The Dance COLEctive Business/strategic planning Dance $6,800 Neighborhood Writing Alliance audience development Literature $10,000 Literature for All of Us Fundraising/resource development Literature $5,400 Muntu Dance Theatre of Chicago Business/strategic planning Dance $9,000 Kartemquin Educational Films board development Media arts $8,000 Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art fundraising/resource development Visual arts $10,000 UMA Productions Audience development Theater $4,000 Molly Shanahan/Mad Shak Marketing Dance $10,000 Rivendell Theatre Ensemble Board development Theater $4,200 International Contemporary Ensemble fundraising/resource development Music $7,500 TimeLine Theatre Company Audience development Theater $10,000 Archi-Treasures Association board development visual arts $9,700 Storycatchers Theatre Leadership succession planning Theatre $10,000 Ballet Chicago marketing Dance $6,250 Beyondmedia Education technology enhancements Media $10,000 The Neo-Futurists Business/strategic planning Theater $7,000 Next Theatre Company Technology enhancements Theater $6,000 Silk Road Theatre Project Marketing Theatre $5,000 Remy Bumppo Theatre Company Business/strategic planning Theater $10,000 Elgin Childrens Chorus Technology enhancements Music $10,000 The Hypocrites Marketing Theatre $6,500 Theatre Building Chicago Board development Theater $6,400 Pros Arts Studio Fundraising/resource development Multi-disciplinary $10,000 Puerto Rican Arts Alliance Fundraising/resource development Multi-disciplinary $10,000 Pros Arts Studio Leadership succession planning Multi-disciplinary $2,500 Congo Square Theater Company Financial management Theater $7,600 Audience Architects technology enhancements Service $15,000 PianoForte Foundation Fundraising/resource development Music $10,000 The Actors Gymnasium Marketing Theater $9,000 McCord Gallery & Cultural Center Board development Multi-disciplinary $10,000 Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago audience development Dance $8,000 Arts & Business Council of Chicago technology enhancements Service $10,000 Free Street Theater Financial management Theater $6,000 Silk Road Theatre Project Fundraising/resource development Theatre $10,000 Arts Alliance Illinois Marketing Service $10,000 Links Hall fundraising/resource development Multidiscipline $10,000 Poetry Center of Chicago Organizational assessment Literature $8,000 Molly Shanahan/Mad Shak Coaching Dance $3,500 Teatro Vista...Theater with a View Board development Theater $5,500 The Dance Colective The Dance COLEctive Business/strategic planning Dance $6,800 Chicago Public Art Group Chicago Public Art Group Fundraising/resource development Visual arts $7,800 Marianne Philbin Blair Thomas and Company Business/strategic planning Theater $9,000 Marianne Philbin Storycatchers Theatre Technology enhancements Theatre $10,000 Marianne Philbin Emerald City Theatre Company fundraising/resource development Theater $8,000 Marianne Philbin Beyondmedia Education Organizational assessment Media $9,000 Marianne Philbin Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art audience development Visual arts $9,500 Marianne Philbin Puerto Rican Arts Alliance Fundraising/resource development Multi-disciplinary $10,000 CircEsteem CircEsteem fundraising/resource development Other $10,000 Marie E. O'Conner & Associates Changing Worlds Fundraising/resource development Multi-disciplinary $10,000 Marj Halperin Consulting eighth blackbird Performing Arts Association Marketing Music $9,500 Marj Halperin Consulting MPAACT - Maat Production Association of Afrikan Centered Theatre Marketing Theater $12,000 3Arts, Inc. 3Arts, Inc. Board development Visual arts $5,000 Changing Worlds Changing Worlds Business/strategic planning Multi-disciplinary $10,000 Marshelle Williams Lucky Plush Productions Audience development Dance $9,500 Morten Group Teatro Vista...Theater with a View Board development Theater $5,500 Chicago Composers Forum Chicago Composers Forum marketing Music $10,000 Youth Choral Theater of Chicago Youth Choral Theater of Chicago Marketing Music $8,500 Mary Alyce Blum ShawChicago Theater Company Audience development Theater $7,000 MaryBeth Happ GayCo Productions Business/strategic planning Theater $4,000 Masha Alexander International Contemporary Ensemble Marketing Music $10,000 The Hypocrites The Hypocrites Marketing Theatre $6,500 Melissa Bareford Silk Road Theatre Project Fundraising/resource development Theatre $10,000 Free Street Programs Free Street Theater Financial management Theater $6,000 Brunner & Associates Snow City Arts Business/strategic planning Visual arts $5,500 American Theatre Company American Theatre Company Fundraising/resource development Theater $6,700 Michael Godnick & Associates Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art fundraising/resource development Visual arts $10,000 Michael Godnick & Associates Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art audience development Visual arts $9,500 Zephyr Dance Ensemble Zephyr Dance Ensemble Marketing Dance $6,500 Merlin Solutions Archi-Treasures Association board development visual arts $9,700 CollaborAction Theatre Company CollaborAction Theatre Company Board development Theater $6,700 Astek and Beyond Aha Chicago Human Rhythm Project Technology enhancements Dance $10,000 Uma Productions UMA Productions Audience development Theater $4,000 Mad Shak Dance Company Molly Shanahan/Mad Shak Marketing Dance $10,000 Mad Shak Dance Company Molly Shanahan/Mad Shak Coaching Dance $3,500 Chicago Film Archives Chicago Film Archives business/strategic planning Media $5,000 Naomi Gitlin Open Studio Project Marketing Visual arts $10,000 Naomi Gitlin Open Studio Project Business/strategic planning Visual arts $10,000 Neoteric Design MPAACT - Maat Production Association of Afrikan Centered Theatre Marketing Theater $9,000 Nike B. Whitcombe Assoc. Adventure Stage Chicago Fundraising/resource development Theater $7,000 Carol Fox & Associates Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago audience development Dance $8,000 Carol Fox & Associates Molly Shanahan/Mad Shak Marketing Dance $10,000 Carol Fox & Associates Zephyr Dance Ensemble Marketing Dance $6,500 Carol Fox & Associates Lucky Plush Productions Marketing Dance $10,000 SMART - Strategic Marketing for the Arts Mordine Dance Theatre Company Marketing Dance $7,000 SMART - Strategic Marketing for the Arts Fulcrum Point New Music Project Marketing Music $10,000 Paul Davis Red Tape Theatre Company Marketing Theater $800 Village Players Theatre Village Players Theatre Fundraising/resource development Theater $9,000 Evanston Symphony Orchestra Evanston Symphony Orchestra Marketing Music $5,500 Arts & Business Council of Chicago Salt Creek Ballet Board development Dance $7,400 Chicago Dancemakers Forum Chicago Dancemakers Forum Business/strategic planning Service $10,000 Peter Davis The Hypocrites Marketing Theatre $6,500 McDowell Arts Consulting Chinese Fine Arts Society Business/strategic planning Multi-disciplinary $6,000 Arts & Business Council of Chicago Arts & Business Council of Chicago Technology enhancements Service $10,000 Phillip May & Associates PianoForte Foundation Marketing Music $10,000 Illinois Arts Alliance Arts Alliance Illinois Marketing Service $10,000 Illinois Arts Alliance Arts Alliance Illinois Marketing Service $10,000 Storycatchers Theatre Storycatchers Theatre Marketing Theatre $10,000 Storycatchers Theatre Storycatchers Theatre Leadership succession planning Theatre $10,000 Storycatchers Theatre Storycatchers Theatre Technology enhancements Theatre $10,000 Executive Service Corp Muntu Dance Theatre of Chicago Other type Dance $7,000 Executive Service Corp The Actors Gymnasium Marketing Theater $9,000 Executive Service Corp CollaborAction Theatre Company Board development Theater $6,700 Executive Service Corp Swedish American Museum Business/strategic planning Museum $9,000 Executive Service Corp Pegasus Players Audience development Theater $10,000 Randall Stern Accessible Contemporary Music Marketing Music $7,500 The Sive Group Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art Marketing Visual arts $10,000 Chicago Cultural Alliance Chicago Cultural Alliance Technology enhancements Service $12,000 MPAACT - Maat Production Associatin of Afrikan Centered Theatre MPAACT - Maat Production Association of Afrikan Centered Theatre Marketing Theater $9,000 Rhonda Brown Saffold South Chicago Art Center fundraising/resource development Multi-disciplinary $10,000 Richard Misenheimer Fund for Innovative TV Technology enhancements Media arts $10,400 Rickey Gold & Associates ThreeWalls Marketing Visual arts $4,000 Links Hall Links Hall fundraising/resource development Multidiscipline $10,000 Ronitfilms, Inc Beyondmedia Education technology enhancements Media $10,000 Audience Logic Chicago Jazz Philharmonic Marketing Music $10,000 Audience Logic Chicago Gay Mens Chorus Audience development Music $10,000 The House Theatre of Chicago The House Theatre of Chicago Financial management Theater $2,500 Beyondmedia Education Beyondmedia Education marketing Media $10,000 Sandra Wilcoxon Maywood Fine Arts Association Fundraising/resource development Multi-disciplinary $10,000 Sandra Wilcoxon Unity Temple Restoration Foundation Coaching Design / architecture $4,500 Sandy Gerding Lucky Plush Productions Coaching Dance $9,900 McCord Gallery McCord Gallery & Cultural Center Board development Multi-disciplinary $10,000 Audience Architects Audience Architects technology enhancements Service $15,000 South Chicago Art Center South Chicago Art Center fundraising/resource development Multi-disciplinary $10,000 The Theatre Building Chicago Theatre Building Chicago Board development Theater $6,400 Distributed Software Development International Music Foundation Marketing Music $5,000 Accessible Contemporary Music Accessible Contemporary Music Marketing Music $7,500 Accessible Contemporary Music Accessible Contemporary Music Board development Music $2,500 ThreeWalls ThreeWalls Marketing Visual arts $4,000 Sheila Donohue Voice of the City Marketing Multi-disciplinary $10,000 Simon Fischer Beyondmedia Education marketing Media $10,000 Fulcrum Point New Music Project Fulcrum Point New Music Project Marketing Music $10,000 Fulcrum Point New Music Project Fulcrum Point New Music Project Leadership succession planning Music $10,000 Fulcrum Point New Music Project Fulcrum Point New Music Project Audience development Music $10,000 Arts & Business Council of Chicago Lifeline Productions Board development Theater $10,000 Arts & Business Council of Chicago Hedwig Dances board development Dance $4,500 Arts & Business Council of Chicago Porchlight Music Theatre of Chicago Fundraising/resource development Theater $5,000 The Loevy Group Hyde Park Alliance for Arts & Culture Fundraising/resource development Service $13,600 Ragdale Foundation Ragdale Foundation leadership succession planning Multi-disciplinary $6,724 PianoForte Foundation PianoForte Foundation Fundraising/resource development Music $10,000 Children's Theatre of Elgin & Fox Valley Childrens Theatre of Elgin & Fox Valley Marketing Theater $10,000 Suzanne Resnick Pros Arts Studio Business/strategic planning Multi-disciplinary $7,000 Suzanne Resnick Archi-Treasures Association Business/strategic planning visual arts $10,000 Suzy Quern Pratt Kuumba Lynx Organizational assessment Multi-disciplinary $11,000 Tammy Steele Pros Arts Studio Other type Multi-disciplinary $10,000 Tammy Steele Pros Arts Studio Fundraising/resource development Multi-disciplinary $10,000 Rivendell Theatre Ensemble Rivendell Theatre Ensemble Board development Theater $4,200 Think Well Consulting American Theatre Company Marketing Theater $9,000 A Red Orchid A Red Orchid Fundraising/resource development Theater $4,000 Arts & Business Council of Chicago Next Theatre Company Business/strategic planning Theater $9,000 Tom Tresser CollaborAction Theatre Company business/strategic planning Theater $10,000 Arts & Business Council of Chicago Lifeline Productions Board development Theater $10,000 Arts & Business Council of Chicago Accessible Contemporary Music Board development Music $2,500 Hexbreak Independent Feature Project/Chicago technology enhancements Media $10,000 Verso Designs Literature for All of Us Fundraising/resource development Literature $5,400 Concert Dance Concert Dance Marketing Dance $10,000 Ensemble Espansol Center for Spanish Dance and Music Ensemble Espanol Center for Spanish Dance & Music fundraising/resource development Dance $10,000 Vivian Randall Accessible Contemporary Music Marketing Music $7,500 Galganov & Associates Woman Made Gallery technology enhancements Visual arts $4,050 Galganov & Associates Union Street Gallery Technology enhancements Visual arts $10,000

Additional Consultant Resources

Chicago is lucky to have a cadre of high quality consultants available to arts organizations. In addition to searching our database, we encourage you to use these resources, as well as to seek referrals from peers in the field.

Arts & Business Council of Chicago
artsbiz-chicago.org
Offers a wide range of educational programs and services related to arts management, including workshops, forums, one-on-one coaching, board recruitment and web resources.

Association of Consultants to Nonprofits
www.acnconsult.org
An up-to-date resource listing expert, experienced consultants who serve the nonprofit community.

Community Economic Development Law Project
www.cedlp.org
Free legal representation and advice on corporate structure and intellectual property to small nonprofit organizations and individual entrepreneurs.

CPAs for the Public Interest
www.cpaspi.org
CPAs for the Public Interest helps nonprofits improve fiscal management practices. It also has a Directory of Accountants, Auditors and Consultants and list of Resources & Links on its website.

Executive Service Corps of Chicago
www.esc-chicago.org
Provides leadership, management and governance assistance to nonprofit organizations through services provided by middle and senior management volunteers.

Lawyers for the Creative Arts
law-arts.org
Pro bono legal services and educational programs for individuals and organizations in the visual, performing, and literary arts.

League of Chicago Theatres
www.chicagoplays.com
Provides professional development and promotional opportunities to Chicago area theatres, including Hot Tix and ChicagoPlays magazine.

Lumity
www.lumity.org
Provides technological and financial solutions to nonprofits.

Metro Chicago Information Center
www.mcic.org
MCIC works with museums, performing arts organizations, government arts agencies, park districts, libraries, public gardens to inform visitor & audience development; member & subscriber development; exhibit & program development, design, & evaluation; facility evaluation; market profiling & positioning; strategic planning; needs assessment, & funding

Tech Finder
www.techsoup.org/servicedirectoryindex.cfm?cg=header&sg=directory
A searchable, online directory of individuals and organizations that provide technology products and services to nonprofit, a service of TechSoup


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