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Community Grants - 2010

Grant Recipients

GrantGrantee OrganizationAward
A Voice of Their OwnPolish Women's Alliance$2,000
Africans in Chicago: An Oral History of African Immigration to the Chicago Area 1945-2010United African Organization$5,000
Campbell Center General Support GrantCampbell Center for Historic Preservation Studies$5,000
Chain of ChangeBeyondmedia Education$5,000
Chicago ChronicleAmerican Theater Company$4,000
Chicago Cultural Alliance General Support GrantChicago Cultural Alliance$5,000
Chicago Metro History Education Center (2010 - 2012)Chicago Metro History Education Center$75,000
Civil War Sesquicentennial WebsiteSave Illinois History$5,000
Collections Management ConsultationDeWitt County Museum Association$500
Creative Resistance: Art as ActivisimNeighborhood Writing Alliance$5,000
Exploring the History Around UsAlternatives for the Older Adult$1,000
Exploring the Impact of the Middle PassagePerry Mansion Cultural Center$4,000
Henrietta Lacks and Health Care in the United States: Issues of Race, Class and EthicsUniversity of Illinois at Springfield$5,000
Hollywood Images of DisabilityThe Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois$5,000
Journey of the Asian CarpLong Haul Productions$5,000
Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum General Support GrantOctave Chanute Aerospace Museum$2,000
On BeautyKartemquin Films$4,000
One Book, One FreeportFreeport Public Library$3,000
Peoria Reads 2011: The other Wes MooreCommon Place Family Learning Center$3,800
PORGY AND BESS In ContextCourt Theatre at The University of Chicago$3,000
Public Housing General Support GrantNational Public Housing Museum$5,000
Redmoon Neighborhood Arts ProgramRedmoon Theater$4,500
Technical Assistance GrantEmpire Township Historical Museum$2,000
Teens TogetherStorycatchers Theatre$2,500
The 3 G Summit: The Future of Girls, Gaming and GenderColumbia College Chicago$2,000
The African American Mixed Media Poetry ProjectSouthern Illinois University at Edwardsville$3,700
The Humanities for Women in Prison: The Persephone Project at Lake County JailStill Point Theatre Collective / St. Paul Lutheran Church$5,000
Tinker Swiss General Support GrantTinker Swiss Cottage Museum$5,000
Towards and Oral History of the Civil Rights Struggle in Mexican PilsenCasa Aztlan$2,500
Whiteside County Barn Tour & Photography WorkshopWhiteside County Farm Bureau Foundation$2,000