$2,500
2022 • 4 months • Chicago Commitment
The Chicago Children’s Choir (Choir) is a multiracial, multicultural choral music organization for children living in Chicago aged eight to 18. Each year, over 5,000 children representing 57 Chicago zip codes participate in the Choir’s activities, which include more than 100 public concerts. With this award for professional development, the Choir’s Citywide Program Director attends the University of Massachusetts Amherst-University Without Walls (UWW) program.
$2,500
2021 • 6 months • Chicago Commitment
The Chicago Children’s Choir (Choir) is a multiracial, multicultural choral music organization for children living in Chicago aged eight to 18. Each year, over 5,000 children participate in the Choir’s activities, which include more than 100 public concerts. With this award for professional development, the Choir’s Senior Neighborhood Program Director attends two online courses in the Master of Sciences in Human Services program at Purdue Global.
$375,000
2020 • 5 years • Culture, Equity, and the Arts in Chicago
Founded in 1956 in the context of the Civil Rights Movement, the Chicago Children’s Choir (Choir) is a multiracial, multicultural choral music organization for children living in Chicago aged eight to 18. The Choir was established to create bridges of understanding among young people from different backgrounds, and a commitment to diversity remains central to its mission. Each year, over 5,000 children representing 57 Chicago zip codes participate in the Choir’s activities, which include more than 100 public concerts. This award provides general operating support to the Choir as part of the Foundation’s Culture, Equity, and the Arts program.
$60,000
2019 • 1 year • Chicago Commitment
Founded in 1956 in the context of the Civil Rights Movement, the Chicago Children’s Choir (Choir) is a multiracial, multicultural choral music organization for children living in Chicago aged eight to 18. The Choir was purposefully established to bring children of different backgrounds together, and a commitment to diversity remains central to its mission. Each year, over 5,000 children representing 57 Chicago zip codes participate in the Choir’s activities, which include more than 100 public concerts. This grant will support the general operations of the Chicago Children’s Choir, whose goals include serving 6,000 students and 100 schools by the 2020-21 academic year.
$262,500
2014 • 5 years • Chicago Commitment
Chicago Children’s Choir is a multiracial, multicultural choral music organization for children living in Chicago aged 8 to 18. It is the largest children’s choir in the country with more than 3,200 children participating in the Choir’s activities each year. The Choir’s signature program is a 100 voice concert choir. Begun in 1956 during the height of the Civil Rights Movement, the Chicago Children’s Choir was purposefully designed to bring children of different backgrounds together. This grant will support several new artistic and education initiatives, choir expansion plans, and its general operations.
$250,000
2009 • 5 years • Chicago Commitment
In support of general operations (over five years).
$40,000
2008 • 1 year • Chicago Commitment
In support of the Republic of Korea Tour.
$170,000
2004 • 5 years • Chicago Commitment
In support of general operations (over five years).
$100,000
2002 • 1 year
To support special projects for a concert and the purchase of youth choir shirts.
$180,000
2000 • 3 years • Chicago Commitment
To support children's choirs in two neighborhoods (over three years).
$25,000
1999 • 1 year • Chicago Commitment
In support of general operations.
$75,000
1996 • 3 years • Chicago Commitment
In support of general operations (over three years).
$75,000
1993 • 3 years
In support of general operations (over three years).
$40,000
1991 • 1 year
In support of general operations (over two years).
$60,000
1988 • 2 years
In support of general operations (over three years).
$40,000
1986 • 1 year 1 month
In support of general operations (over two years).
$40,000
1984 • 1 year
In support of general operations (over two years).
$15,000
1983 • 1 year
In support of general operations.
$15,000
1982 • 1 year
In support of general operations.