A Road Together (ART) awarded 25 arts and culture nonprofits across Chicago general operating grants totaling $2.85 million over the next three years. This is the third cohort of grantees in the five-year partnership between MacArthur and the Field Foundation. In a milestone for the program, this year all grants are multi-year support to help strengthen Chicago’s cultural identity, economy, and social fabric.
This year all grants are multi-year support to help strengthen Chicago’s cultural identity, economy, and social fabric.
A panel of Chicago artists and cultural leaders selected this year’s recipients through a participatory grantmaking process, based on criteria including community engagement, relevance, and impact to recommend grants ranging from $25,000 to $100,000 annually over three years. Since it began, ART has distributed general operating support to 156 community-based arts and culture organizations, including arts-centered social service groups and community organizers, with budgets up to $1 million.
Pictured above, children build models during a Mobile Makers Chicago design pop-up in Little Village. Credit: Mobile Makers Chicago
2025 ART Grant Recipients
About Face Theatre Company
Africa International House USA, Inc.
Aguijón Theater Company
Architreasures
Ballet Folklorico de Chicago
Changing Worlds
Chicago Blues Revival
Chicago Mobile Makers
Chicago Multi-Cultural Dance Center
Chicago Torture Justice Memorials Foundation
Creative Chicago Reuse Exchange
Cultural Access Collaborative
Design Museum of Chicago
Folded Map Project
FreshLens Chicago
High Concept Labs
ILA Creative Studio
Intonation Music
Kalapriya Foundation, Center for the Indian Performing Arts
Making a Difference Dancing (M.A.D.D.) Rhythms Organization
Pegasus Theatre Chicago
Territory
The Era Footwork Collective
UrbanTheater Company
Walls Turned Sideways