The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation held a board meeting on April 16, 2009 and approved the following grants (all grants are to Chicago-area organizations unless noted otherwise):

For Arts:
-Arts Work Fund: $30,000 for each of 2 years for general operations;

For the Built Environment:
-City Design Center: $25,000 to support the 2010 Architecture for Change Summit;
-Enterprise Community Partners: $20,000 for each of 3 years for the Rose Fellowship;

(all in the Chicago area)

2nd Year Payment of 2-Year Grants:

1) The Dance COLEctive      = $  8,000
2) Mary-Arrchie Theater Co. = $  8,000
3) Walkabout Theater Co.    = $  6,000
4) Kuumba Lynx                 = $  6,000
5) Attic Playhouse              = $  6,000
Total                               = $34,000

The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation held a board meeting on April 8, 2009 and approved the following grants (all grants are to Chicago-area organizations unless noted otherwise):

For Arts:
-About Face Theatre, $15,000 matching grant for the Face The Future Campaign
-Audience Architects, $10,000 for general operations
-Black Ensemble Theater, $15,000 for general operations

The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation held board meetings on February 4 and 5 2009 and approved the following grants (all grants are to Chicago-area organizations unless noted otherwise):

For Arts:

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (New York, NY): $5,000 to support the company's Chicago performances at the Auditorium Theater, April 1 – April 5, 2009;

Kelly + Yamamoto Productions (Greenbrae, CA): $15,000 for the documentary film on Albany Park Theater Project;

The 2009 deadlines for the Small Theater & Dance Funding Program are 5:00 pm on Monday, April 20 and 5:00 pm on Monday, September 14.  For more information and a link to the guidelines and application, please click the tab "what we support."

On June 26, 2008,The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation honored the winners of the eighth annual Individual Artist Award.  The recipients of the award in the "Established Artist" category are Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle and Anne Wilson.  The winner in the category of "Emerging Artist" is Jason Lazarus.  Each artist received an unrestricted award of $15,000 in recognition of their work.

The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation held a board meeting on November 12, 2008 and approved the following grants (all grants are to Chicago-area organizations unless noted otherwise):

For Arts:

League of Chicago Theatres: $12,500 for the Emerging Theatres Roundtable, a new series of free discussion and trainings focused on the needs of theater companies with budgets under $50,000;

For Built Environment:

Canal Corridor Association:  $50,000 for the Visitor Center.

The 2009 deadlines for the MacArthur Fund for Arts & Culture at The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation will be Monday, March 2, for performing arts groups in theater, dance and music, and Monday, June 1, for all other arts organizations, such as visual and media arts; literary arts; interdisciplinary arts; special projects; museums, and service, policy or advocacy groups.  For more information and a link to the application, please click the tab "what we support."

(all in the Chicago area)

In September 2008, the board of The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation approved the following grants for the MacArthur Fund for Arts & Culture at The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation:

A total of 70 groups will receive $751,335.84 in grant money this year.  Here is the list of 2008 grant recipients:

New grants:

 1.  Griffin Theatre Company-$12,000 (for each year of two-year grant)
 2.  Shattered Globe Theatre-$12,000 (for each year of two-year grant)
 3.  Artistic Home-$12,000 (for each year of two-year grant)