Nonprofit
Relief Grants
For Arts & Culture Organizations
In Suburban Cook County
Nonprofit
Relief Grants
For Arts & Culture Organizations
In Suburban Cook County
Image: Nonprofit Relief Grantee Symphony of Oak Park and River Forest performing at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
Program Overview
In 2024, the Cook County Arts Nonprofit Relief Grant program provided $790,000 in unrestricted relief grants to 100 nonprofit arts organizations located in Suburban Cook County.
The arts and culture sector was among the hardest-hit industries during the COVID-19 pandemic, and organizations face significant ongoing challenges due to changing operational needs and declines in both earned and contributed revenue.
Providing needed relief grants to arts and culture organizations helped ensure these vital community assets thrive in the post-pandemic economy.
Grant award amounts were based on an organization’s annual expenses in 2019: $5,000 for organizations with expenses between $20,000 and $100,000, and $10,000 for organizations with expenses over $100,000. Grantees come from over 30 municipalities throughout suburban Cook County and represent an array of disciplines, from theater to dance, from history to arts education, and more.
This grant opportunity is closed.
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