The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation
Through our grants, The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation seeks to improve the built environment, to enhance the city through the arts, to use investigative reporting to strengthen our democracy, and to ameliorate the effects of low wages.
HEADLINES
2007 Driehaus Foundation Award-Winning Artist Featured in Solo Exhibition
Judy Ledgerwood, a Chicago-based painter and educator, was the recipient of The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Individual Artist Award in 2007. Her a solo exhibition at The Graham Foundation, titled Chromatic Patterns for the Graham Foundation, is on view through April 5, 2014.The site specific installation has transformed the ...
continue reading ...
The 2014 Driehaus Foundation Awards for Architectural Excellence in Community Design
On February 20, 2014, over 1,500 people celebrated The Power of Neighborhoods at the 20th Annual Chicago Neighborhood Development Awards. The event honored the achievements of 10 awardees, including the recipients of the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Award for Architectural Excellence in Community Design.
The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation ...
continue reading ...RECENT GRANTS
4 OF 3381 RECENT GRANTSNational Parks Conservation Association $25,000 09/25/13 To establish and protect the Pullman National and State Historic District as Chicago's first national park Chicago, IL Built Environment
Grantmakers in the Arts $2,000 11/26/13 Human Centered Design 101 session at GIA 2013 annual conference. Seattle, WA Arts & Culture
Asian Improv aRts Midwest $36,000 08/21/13 General operating Chicago, IL MacArthur Fund for Arts & Culture
Esoteric Dance Project $3,000 10/18/13 General operating Chicago, IL Small Theater & Dance