Funding search · EIN 363031980 · Chicago, IL

League of Chicago Theatres Foundation

Name: League of Chicago Theatres Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

60
grants reported: $707,757
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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Free Street Theater2 grants · $27,500
Chicago Sinfonietta1 grant · $25,000
Northlight Theatre1 grant · $25,000
Lyric Opera of Chicago1 grant · $25,000
Hyde Park Art1 grant · $25,000
Steppenwolf Theatre Co1 grant · $25,000
Albany Park Theater Project1 grant · $25,000
Chicago Childrens Theatre1 grant · $25,000
Goodman Theatre1 grant · $25,000
Center for the Perf Arts Gsu1 grant · $25,000

Giving over time

$299,897

2021

$7,500

2022

$201,000

2023

$199,360

2024

Grant history

All 60 reported grants, largest first.

$25,000
Chicago Sinfonietta · Chicago, IL · 2024
Powering the Arts Program
$25,000
Goodman Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2024
Powering the Arts Program
$25,000
Steppenwolf Theatre Co · Chicago, IL · 2024
Powering the Arts Program
$25,000
Center for the Perf Arts Gsu · University Park, IL · 2023
Powering the arts program
$25,000
Chicago Childrens Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2023
Powering the arts program
$25,000
Lyric Opera of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Powering the arts program
$25,000
Albany Park Theater Project · Chicago, IL · 2021
Powering the Arts Program
$25,000
Hyde Park Art · Chicago, IL · 2021
Powering the Arts Program
$25,000
Northlight Theatre · Skokie, IL · 2021
Powering the Arts Program
$17,500
Free Street Theater · Chicago, IL · 2021
Powering the Arts Program
$10,000
Chicago Dance Crash · Chicago, IL · 2024
Powering the Arts Program
$10,000
Crossing Borders Music · Chicago, IL · 2024
Powering the Arts Program
$10,000
Elastic Arts Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Powering the Arts Program
$10,000
Free Street Theater · Chicago, IL · 2024
Powering the Arts Program
$10,000
Full Spectrum Features · Chicago, IL · 2024
Powering the Arts Program
$10,000
Oil Lamp Theater · Glenview, IL · 2024
Powering the Arts Program
$10,000
The Firehouse Dream · Maywood, IL · 2024
Powering the Arts Program
$10,000
Theatre Y · Chicago, IL · 2024
Powering the Arts Program
$10,000
Chicago Blues Museum · Chicago, IL · 2023
Powering the arts program
$10,000
Elmhurst Art Museum · Elmhurst, IL · 2023
Powering the arts program
$10,000
Grant Park Orchestral Assoc · Chicago, IL · 2023
Powering the arts program
$10,000
Illinois Philharmonica Orches · Park Forest, IL · 2023
Powering the arts program
$10,000
Joel Hall Dancers & Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
Powering the arts program
$10,000
Maywood Fine Arts Association · Maywood, IL · 2023
Powering the arts program
$10,000
Muntu Dance Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2023
Powering the arts program
$10,000
Nonop Arts and Humanities · Chicago, IL · 2023
Powering the arts program
$10,000
Old Town School of Folk Music · Chicago, IL · 2023
Powering the arts program
$10,000
Salt Creek Ballet · Westmont, IL · 2023
Powering the arts program
$10,000
Aguijn Theater Company · Chicago, IL · 2021
Powering the Arts Program
$10,000
Architreasures · Chicago, IL · 2021
Powering the Arts Program
$10,000
Arts of Life · Chicago, IL · 2021
Powering the Arts Program
$10,000
Auditorium Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2021
Powering the Arts Program
$10,000
Congo Square · Chicago, IL · 2021
Powering the Arts Program
$10,000
Court Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2021
Powering the Arts Program
$10,000
Englewood Arts · Independence, MO · 2021
Powering the Arts Program
$10,000
Homewood Science Center · Homewood, IL · 2021
Powering the Arts Program
$10,000
International Latino Cultural · Chicago, IL · 2021
Powering the Arts Program
$10,000
Kalapriya Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2021
Powering the Arts Program
$10,000
Momenta Dance Company · Oak Park, IL · 2021
Powering the Arts Program
$10,000
Playmakers Laboratory · Chicago, IL · 2021
Powering the Arts Program
$10,000
Skyart · Chicago, IL · 2021
Powering the Arts Program
$10,000
Snow City Arts · Chicago, IL · 2021
Powering the Arts Program
$10,000
Special Gifts Theatre · Northbrook, IL · 2021
Powering the Arts Program
$10,000
Water People Theater · Chicago, IL · 2021
Powering the Arts Program
$10,000
West Side Show · Rockford, IL · 2021
Powering the Arts Program
$9,712
The Crystal Lake Strikers · Crystal Lake, IL · 2021
Powering the Arts Program
$9,500
Art Encounter · Evanston, IL · 2023
Powering the arts program
$9,000
Batavia Foundation Education · Batavia, IL · 2024
Powering the Arts Program
$8,500
Subtext Studio Theater · Chicago, IL · 2023
Powering the arts program
$8,250
Freeport Art Museum · Freeport, IL · 2021
Powering the Arts Program
$8,000
Berwyn Public Art Initiative · Berwyn, IL · 2024
Powering the Arts Program
$8,000
Korean Performing Arts Inst · Chicago, IL · 2024
Powering the Arts Program
$8,000
The Wasteshed · Chicago, IL · 2023
Powering the arts program
$7,500
Filament Theatre Ensemble · Chicago, IL · 2024
Samuel G. Roberson Grant
$7,500
Rivendell Theatre Ensemble · Chicago, IL · 2022
Supporting grant
$6,785
Barrington Dance Reach · Barrington, IL · 2021
Powering the Arts Program
$6,500
Performing Arts at Metropolis · Arlingtonheight, IL · 2024
Powering the Arts Program
$6,500
Porchlight Music Theater · Chicago, IL · 2021
Powering the Arts Program
$6,150
Theater Wit · Chicago, IL · 2021
Pav
$5,360
Sharing Notes · Chicago, IL · 2024
Powering the Arts Program

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.