The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation held a board meeting on January 26, 2010 and approved the following grants (all grants are to Chicago-area organizations unless noted otherwise):

For Arts:

-Fear No Art: $8,500 matching grant for the production of a 30-minute program for WTTW that will take viewers into the studios of Chicago artists;

-I Am Chicago: $5,000 for a photo project that will document the appearance of typical Chicago residents around the city;

-Kelly & Yamamoto Productions (Greenbrae, CA): $15,000 to support the completion of their documentary on the Albany Park Theater Project;

-League of Chicago Theatres: $15,000 for general operating support;

-Next Theatre Company:  $10,000 for the Dark Night Series, a new audience development initiative to mark Next's 30th anniversary season;

-Redmoon Theater:  $15,000 for general operating support;

-Theatre Communications Group (New York City): $15,000 to support 10 Chicago theater companies to attend TCG's national conference, to be held in Chicago in June 17-19, 2010;

For the Built Environment:

-Association for Preservation Technology International:  $15,000 to help launch the Building Technology Heritage Library;

-Mas Context:  $5,000 for general operating support for a quarterly design on-line journal that address one single issue concerning design and architecture such as living, work and events;

-The University of Chicago Press:  $10,000 to illustrate a new volume of "Hyde Park Homes."

For Economic Opportunity for the Working Poor:

-Women's Business Development Center:  $15,000 to support the Child Care Business Program;

-Woodstock Institute:  $15,000 to protect lower-income borrowers from abuses common among high-cost consumer loan products in Illinois through research and policy development;

From the General funding area:

-Vivian G. Harsh Society:  $15,000 to purchase archival supplies for a research collection of Afro-American History and Literature;

-University of Chicago Press:  $2,500 to cover costs associated with the publication of "Producing Local Color: Art Networks in Ethnic Chicago," by Diane Grams.