In addition to our many individual donors, Chicago Dramatists enjoys the generous support of foundations and government agencies that recognize the importance of our mission and our ongoing work to nurture and promote new works for the American theatre repertory and the writers who produce them. For 2010-11, we are especially grateful to those listed here.

FOUNDATIONS

New Generations Program

This grant initiative is cooperatively designed by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the Theatre Communications Group (TCG). It is by means of this generous donation that Chicago Dramatists is able to enjoy the services of Associate Artist Director Richard Perez.

Support at $25,000

Chicago Community Trust
Polk Bros. Foundation

Support at $15,000 - $20,000

Lloyd A. Fry Foundation
The MacArthur Fund for Arts and Culture at the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation
The Shubert Foundation

Support at $10,000 - $15,000

The Arts Work Fund
The Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Northern Trust Bank
Seabury Foundation

Support at $2,500 - $10,000

The Dramatists Guild
The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation
National Arts Strategies funded by Boeing Company & The Joyce Foundation

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

Support at $15,000 - $20,000

National Endowment for the Arts

Support at $2,500 - $10,000

City Arts Program 3 Grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs
The Illinois Arts Council, A State Agency

Chicago Dramatists has also received arts jobs preservation support from the Illinois Arts Council made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts through funds allocated from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.