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2010 CultureAmountProject Title
American Theater Company$20,000American Mosaic
Art Institute of Chicago$25,000School Partnership Program Planning Grant
Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University$25,000Summer Workshops and Extension Program
Barrel of Monkeys Productions$25,000In-School Programs
Changing Worlds*$60,000Literacy and Cultural Connections
Chicago Children's Choir$50,000In-School Program
Chicago Jazz Ensemble$25,000Louis Armstrong Legacy Program and Celebration
Chicago Jazz Philharmonic$25,000Jazz Alive Program
Chicago Lights$25,000Near North Magnet Cluster Arts Program
Chicago Opera Theater$30,000Opera for All Program
Columbia College Chicago$70,000Arts Integration Mentorship Project
Court Theatre Fund$50,000CPS Student Education Program
eta Creative Arts Foundation$30,000CPS Arts In Education Programs
Free Spirit Media$30,000Youth Media Development Program
Fulcrum Point New Music Project$10,000Sound Tracks
Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago$25,000Jazz Dance/Science & Health Residency Dance Program
Hyde Park Art Center$40,000Summer Teacher Institute
Jazz Institute of Chicago$30,000Jazz Links
Joffrey Ballet$70,000Middle School Dance Clubs
Kalapriya Foundation$17,500In-School Residency Program
Literature for All of Us$25,000Book Groups at Alternative High Schools
Marwen*$120,000Studio Program
Merit School of Music$50,000Preparatory Program
Muntu Dance Theatre$30,000Arts for Community Empowerment Program
Music of the Baroque*$60,000Educational Outreach Program
Natya Dance Theatre$15,000Reach out and Connect CPS Initiative
Old Town School of Folk Music*$130,000Artist-in-Residence Youth Outreach Program
People's Music School$35,000Youth Music Instruction Program
Ravinia Festival$85,000Reach, Teach, Play
Silk Road Theatre Project$25,000Myths to Drama
Snow City Arts Foundation*$60,000Stroger Hospital Program
South Chicago Art Center$20,000StreetSmARTS Program
Storycatchers Theatre$25,000Teens Together
TimeLine Theatre Company$20,000The Living History Project
Urban Gateways$55,000Cultural Education Program (CEP)
Victory Gardens Theater*$80,000Drama in the Schools
Writers' Theatre$25,000Novel Series