Browse Grants



Organization Amount Project
Village Repertory Company $12,500 general operations
Village Repertory Company $12,500 general operations
Voice of the City $5,000 general operations
Walkabout Theater Company $3,000 general operations
Walkabout Theater Company $4,000 general operations
Wildlife Habitat Council $60,000 general operations of the NW Indiana office
Wildlife Habitat Council $62,000 general operations of the Calumet Region office
William Ferris Chorale $5,000 general operations
William Ferris Chorale $5,000 general operations
Window To The World Communications, Inc. $15,000 WFMT archive preservation, phase one
Woman Made Gallery $6,000 general operations
Woman Made Gallery $6,000 General Operations
Woman Made Gallery $7,000 general operations
Woman Made Gallery $7,000 general operations
Woodstock Mozart Festival Inc $4,000 general operations
Woodstock Mozart Festival Inc $4,000 General Operations
Yemassee Revitalization Corporation $66,000 general operations
Yemassee Revitalization Corporation $97,000 Lowcountry Land Conservation Partnership
Zephyr Dance Ensemble $5,000 general operations
Zephyr Dance Ensemble $6,000 general operations
Zephyr Dance Ensemble $12,000 general operations

From the Blog

Sewee to Santee eyes smart growth through regional branding

For rural communities suffering from poverty, development can seem like a no-brainer: if you build it, they will come, bringing jobs and opportunities with them. But as sprawl across the country has shown, development can come at the expense of a rural community’s own character and sense of place, and can leave areas ravaged when companies that built there leave for cheaper pastures. In the Sewee to Santee region of South Carolina, a vision is forming: a better quality of life for its residents built on the belief that a rich rural landscape is an opportunity, rather than an obstacle to be overcome. Read More »

A new way forward for South Carolina’s rural communities

South Carolina’s beautiful rural landscape belies an unfortunate reality of poverty. How can the state's rural communities take advantage of existing assets to achieve long-term prosperity? Read More »

Celebrate National Park Week at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore

National Park Week is April 21-29, 2012. You don't have to go all the way to Yellowstone or the Everglades to participate: Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore is just an hour outside of Chicago. Learn more about what the National Lakeshore has to offer. Read More »

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16 May
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14 May
Neat to see collaboration among Chicago's dance companies-- in this case Muntu and DanceWorks: http://t.co/ZpRvYhqS

14 May
In case you missed it: on Friday we posted this story about regional branding efforts in #rural SC: http://t.co/1insWBMl #Sewee #Santee

11 May
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