For Immediate Release

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Media Contact:

Carley Allensworth,

Director of Communications

Phone: 309-674-8730

Email address: [email protected]

Community Foundation of Central Illinois Awards

Over $140,000 to Support Local Art Organizations

PEORIA, IL, April 12, 2022The Community Foundation of Central Illinois (CFCI) announced over $140,000 in grants will be awarded to 16 local nonprofits through the 2022 Community Arts Grant, The Arts Mean Business Fund Grant, and the Arts Capacity-Building Grant.

 

The Community Arts Grants are awarded to enhance the missions of organizations that offer programs in arts education, performing arts, musical and cultural activities, riverfront enhancement, and sculpture/visual fine arts for display. The Arts Mean Business Fund was established to support the generation of economic growth in the Peoria region through arts tourism, increased successful arts businesses, greater community participation in the arts, and financial support of the arts from local governments and economic development councils. The Arts Capacity-Building Grant was developed to assist nonprofit arts organizations in rebuilding organization capacity to better serve their constituencies and fulfill their missions. 

 

“We’re proud to help support and strengthen the arts community in central Illinois by providing grants to so many deserving nonprofit organizations. This would not be possible without the generous donors who have created funds through CFCI. We are happy to carry out their wishes and share in their passions and desires to continue building awareness for the arts community,” says Mark Roberts, President and CEO of the Community Foundation of Central Illinois.

2022 Community Arts Grant

Organization

Program Name

Amount Awarded

Artists ReEnvisioning Tomorrow Inc. (ART INC)

Summer Arts Camp 2022

$5,000

EP!C

Printmaking at EP!Casso

$5,000

Big Picture Initiative

Student Art Kits

$5,000

Peoria PlayHouse Children’s Museum

Open Art Studio

$5,000

ArtsPartners of Central Illinois

Ignite Peoria

$5,000

Princeton Theater Group

Elephant and Piggie's "We are in a Play"

$5,000

Corn Stock Theatre

Corn Stock for Kids 2022 Camp and Workshops

$5,000

Neighborhood House

Art Program

$5,000

Children’s Home Association of Illinois

Behavioral Health Services

$4,989

Peoria Art Guild

Community Arts Program

$4,900

Havana Area Chamber of Commerce

Havana Riverfront Summer Concert Series

$4,650

Peoria Ballet Company

The Nutcracker 2022

$4,650

Eureka College

Eureka Sings: Spotlight Workshops for Music Teachers

$4,150

Why Not Now? Inc. d/b/a Camp Big Sky

Accessible Art in Nature

$4,000

Manual High School – Peoria Public Schools

Options Program

$2,049

TOTAL

$69,388

2022 The Arts Mean Business Grant

Organization

Program Name

Amount Awarded

Artists ReEnvisioning Tomorrow Inc. (ART INC)

Artrepreneurs

$21,850

Big Picture Initiative

Augmented Reality Portraits of Peoria Murals

$16,850

ArtsPartners of Central Illinois

The Business of Art

$4,000

TOTAL


$42,700

2022 Arts Capacity-Building Grant

Organization

Program Name

Amount Awarded

Peoria PlayHouse Children’s Museum

Building Back: Developing New Audiences for Arts-Based Play

$10,000

Artists ReEnvisioning Tomorrow Inc. (ART INC)

Strategic Planning

$9,200

Peoria Symphony Orchestra

Increasing Earned Revenue for Sustainability

$9,000

TOTAL


$28,200

For more information, please call 309-674-8730, email [email protected] or visit communityfoundationci.org

About the Community Foundation of Central Illinois

Established in 1985, the Community Foundation of Central Illinois is a philanthropic resource committed to connecting people who care with causes that matter. For more information, please call 309-674-8730, email [email protected] or visit www.communityfoundationci.org.  

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