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)
 4.  Hypocrites-$12,000 (for each year of two-year grant)
 5.  Links Hall-$12,000 (for each year of two-year grant)
 6.  Silk Road Theatre Project-$12,000
 7.  Teatro Vista-$10,000
 8.  Blair Thomas and Company-$10,000 (for each year of three-year grant)
 9.  DanceWorks Chicago-$10,000
10. Fund for Innovative TV-$8,000 (for each year of two-year grant)
11. ShawChicago-$8,000 (for each year of two-year grant)
12. Global Girls-$8,000
13. Chicago Dancemakers Forum-$7,000
14. Momenta Performing Arts Company-$7,000
15. Skokie Theatre Foundation-$6,000
16. Norton Building Concerts-$5,000 (for each year of two-year grant)
17. Chicago Community Chorus-$5,000
18. South Suburban Archaeology-$2,000 (for each year of two-year grant)

    
Continuing grants:

 1. National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum-$12,000
 2. Jump Rhythm Jazz Project-$6,000
 3. Deeply Rooted Productions-$15,000
 4. Rembrandt Chamber Players-$6,000 (for each year of two-year grant)
 5. Experimental Sound Studio-$7,000 (for each year of two-year grant)
 6. Gwendolyn Brooks Center for Black Literature and Creative Writing-$12,000
 7. Chicago Artists' Coalition-$8,000 (for each year of two-year grant)
 8. Hedwig Dances-$12,000 (for each year of two-year grant)
 9.  Albany Park Theater Project-$15,000
10. Free Street Theater-$12,000
11. The House Theatre-$15,000
12. Stage Left-$6,000
13. The Neo-Futurists-$15,000 (for each year of two-year grant)
14. Salt Creek Ballet-$9,000 (for each year of two-year grant)
15. Asian Improv aRts Midwest-$9,000 (for each year of two-year grant)
16. Fulcrum Point New Music Project-$12,000 (for each year of two-year grant)
17. Lampo-$9,000 (for each year of two-year grant)
18. International Contemporary Ensemble-$10,000 (for each year of two-year grant)
19. Chicago a cappella-$9,000 (for each year of two-year grant)
20. Orion Chamber Ensemble-$6,000 (for each year of two-year grant)
21. Eighth Blackbird-$10,000
22. Chicago Filmmakers-$10,000
23. Barrel of Monkeys-$10,000  (for each year of three-year grant)
24. Wonderworks: Children's Museum of Oak Park
25. The Poetry Center of Chicago-$6,835.84

Second year of two-year grants:

 1. Unity Temple Restoration Foundation-$9,000
 2. Back of the Yards Neighborhood Council-$12,000
 3. Collaboraction-$12,000
 4. Bronzeville Children's Museum-$18,000
 5. The Chicago Jazz Philharmonic-$12,000
 6. Circle Theatre-$12,000
 7. Chicago Film Archives-$6,000
 8. Split Pillow-$12,000
 9. Rush Hour Concerts-$12,000
10. Korean American Resource and Cultural Center-$9,000
11. Three Walls-$9,000
12. The Actors Gymnasium-$9,000
13. Raven Theatre-$9,000
14. Open Studio Project-$6,000
15. Guild Complex-$9,000
16. Chicago Dance and Music Alliance-$6,000
17. Porchlight Music Theatre-$18,000
18. Chicago Moving Company-$12,000
19. Jazz Institute-$18,000
20. Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art-$18,000
21. Neighborhood Writing Alliance-$20,000
22. Natya Dance Theatre-$15,000
23. Young Chicago Authors-$12,000
24. Archeworks-$18,000
25. Chicago Dramatists-$18,000
26. International Music Foundation-$18,000
27. Live Bait Theater-$7,500