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Grants for Visual Artists in Illinois Highlights

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Grant Insights : Grant Funding Trends in Illinois

Average Grant Size

What's the typical amount funded for Illinois?

Grants are most commonly $104,222.

$104,222

Total Number of Grants

What's the total number of grants in Grants for Visual Artists in Illinois year over year?

In 2024, funders in Illinois awarded a total of 104,158 grants.

2022 97,582

2023 97,805

2024 104,158

Top Grant Focus Areas

Among all the Grants for Visual Artists in Illinois given out in Illinois, the most popular focus areas that receive funding are Education, Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations, and Human Services.

1. Education

2. Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations

3. Human Services

Funding Over Time

How is funding for Grants for Visual Artists in Illinois changing over time?

Funding has increased by 16.08%.

2022 $8,503,243,276

2023 $9,316,300,812
9.56%

2024 $10,813,952,832
16.08%

Illinois Counties That Receive the Most Funding

How does grant funding vary by county?

Cook County, Lake County, and Macon County receive the most funding.

County	Total Grant Funding in 2024
Cook County	$6,893,460,213
Lake County	$720,580,526
Macon County	$544,478,272
Champaign County	$541,704,331
Dupage County	$496,099,366

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Windgate Charitable Trust Grant

Arts Midwest GIG Fund

GIG Fund

GIG Fund: Arts and Wellness

Corrine and Henry Bower Memorial Foundation Grant

Artistic Production Grant Program

Cynthia and Alan Baran Fine Arts and Music Scholarship Fund

Anonymous Was A Woman Environmental Art Grants

CFCI Community Arts Grants

Hillman Barnett Adkins Endowed Fund Scholarship

Shawnee Fine Arts Club Scholarship

Ralph J. Torraco Fine Arts Scholarship

Elizabeth Furber Scholarship

Thoma Foundation Special Project Funding Grant

Walter Blackburn Scholarship

Arts Fund: Specialty Field Scholarships - AFNGA AusArt Scholarship

Mathilda & Carolyn Gallmeyer Scholarship

Catherine Pierce Scholarship

Puffin Foundation: Environmental Artistic Activism Grant Program

CFCC: Solomon Valley Community Foundation: Fine Arts Future Development Scholarship