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About the Initiative

Cook County Arts aims to build vibrant, sustainable and inclusive communities where people want to live, learn, work and play.

A pilot initiative of the Cook County Bureau of Economic Development, Cook County Arts provides support for artists and nonprofit arts and culture organizations while investing resources to strengthen the suburban arts sector long-term.

Cook County Arts is made possible by $5 million in American Rescue Plan Act funding.

Coming Soon

In early 2025, Cook County Arts will launch a creative placemaking grant program that will invest $2 million in transformative community-led projects that leverage the arts to enhance quality of life for Cook County residents. Please check back later this month for updates!

2024 Nonprofit Relief Grant Awardees

Congratulations to the following grant recipients:

Actors Gymnasium
Evanston 

Actors Training Center, Inc.
Wilmette 

Acts of Kindness Cabaret
Wheeling 

Agape Ringers
La Grange 

Anointed Harvesters
River Forest 

Arlington Heights Historical Society
Arlington Heights 

Art Encounter
Evanston 

ArtReach Educational Theatre
Des Plaines 

Arts in Bartlett
Bartlett 

Berwyn Historical Society
Berwyn 

Big Noise Theatre
Des Plaines 

Bravo Theatre
Northbrook 

Chicago Ballet Arts
Evanston 

Chicago Heights Drama Group
Chicago Heights 

Chicago Jazz Orchestra Association
Skokie 

Chicago Korean Dance Company
Rolling Meadows 

Chicago Summer Opera
Flossmoor 

Children’s Education Center Campanella
Wheeling 

Children’s Museum in Oak Lawn
Oak Lawn 

Children’s Museum of Oak Park, Inc.
Oak Park 

Des Plaines Historical Society
Des Plaines 

Evanston Art Center
Evanston 

Evanston In School Music Association
Evanston 

Evanston Symphony Orchestra Association
Evanston 

Ernest Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park
Oak Park 

Festival Chorus
Palatine 

Firehouse Dream Inc.
Maywood

Folks Operetta
Oak Park 

Frank Lloyd Wright Trust
Oak Park 

Friends of Casavant 3062
La Grange 

Glenview Art League
Glenview 

Grande Prairie Choral Arts
Oak Park 

Hibernian Media
Forest Park 

Historical Society of Oak Park and River Forest
Oak Park 

Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois, Inc.
Skokie 

Illinois Art Education Association
Prospect Heights 

Illinois High School Art Exhibition
Arlington Heights 

Illinois Music Education Association
Palos Heights 

Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra
Park Forest 

Klezmer Music Foundation
Skokie 

Kohl Children’s Museum of Greater Chicago
Glenview 

Korean Cultural Center of Chicago
Wheeling 

Korean Performing Arts Institute of Chicago
Skokie 

La Grange Art League
La Grange 

Lithuanian Choral Ensemble Dainava
Lemont 

Lithuanian Research and Studies Center
Lemont 

Lithuanian World Center, Inc.
Lemont 

Magura Cultural Center
Wheeling 

Maywood Fine Arts Association
Maywood 

McCord House
Palos Park 

Midwest Fine Arts Society, Inc.
Rolling Meadows 

Mitchell Museum of the American Indian
Evanston 

MOMENTA, Inc
Oak Park 

Mudlark Theater Company
Evanston 

Music For Youth
Chicago Heights 

Music Institute of Chicago
Evanston 

Music on Stage Inc.
Palatine 

Music Theater Works
Wilmette 

Musical Offering
Evanston 

Nineteenth Century Charitable Association
Oak Park 

Northlight Theatre
Skokie 

North Shore Performing Arts Center Foundation in Skokie
Skokie 

Northwest Symphony Orchestra Association, Inc.
Mt. Prospect 

Oak Park Area Arts Council
Oak Park 

Oak Park Art League
Oak Park 

Oak Park Concert Chorale Inc.
Oak Park 

Oak Park Festival Theatre, Inc.
Oak Park 

Oak Park River Forest Civic Theatre
Oak Park 

Oil Lamp Theater
Glenview 

Open Studio Project, Inc.
Evanston 

Opernfest Prague
Glencoe 

Opus 327
Evanston 

Oriana Singers
Oak Park 

Performing Arts at Metropolis
Arlington Heights 

PING! Providing Instruments for the Next Generation
Park Forest 

Piven Theatre Workshop
Evanston 

Pro Musica Youth Chorus
Park Forest 

Rembrandt Chamber Players, Inc.
Evanston 

Riverside Arts Center
Riverside 

Riverside Arts Weekend
Riverside 

Schaumburg On Stage
Schaumburg

Schola Antiqua of Chicago Foundation
Park Forest 

Sejong Cultural Society
Glenview 

Shorefront Legacy Center
Evanston 

South Holland Master Chorale
South Holland 

Southwest Symphony Orchestra
Palos Heights 

Special Gifts Theatre
Northbrook 

Spectrum Choral Society (DBA Heritage Chorale)
Oak Park 

Symphony of Oak Park and River Forest
Oak Park 

Tall Grass Arts Association
Park Forest 

Tower Chorale
Western Springs 

Trickster Art Gallery
Schaumberg

Trifecta Dance Collective
Park Ridge 

Union Street Gallery
Chicago Heights 

Wilmette Theatre Education Project
Wilmette 

Winifred Haun + Dancers
Park Forest 

Writers’ Theatre, Inc.
Glencoe 

Xilin North Shore Chinese School
Skokie 

Young Black and Lit
Evanston 

Youth Choral Theater of Chicago
Wilmette 

Help Desk

Cook County Arts is partnering with Arts Alliance Illinois to bring you 1:1 support. If you have any questions about Cook County Arts programming, reach out!