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Data Snapshot: Arts Partnerships - Before and After the Pandemic

Data Snapshot: Arts Partnerships - Before and After the Pandemic explores the challenges that were faced by arts partners during the COVID-19 pandemic school years. It details what the common characteristics were among arts organizations that had school partners in 2018-19 but no longer in 2020-21, while also exploring such data as whether partners served fewer or more schools, what artistic disciplines they provided, and how we can use this data to build back partnership numbers.

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2019-20 State of the Arts report shows access to the arts continues to grow in CPS

We are pleased to share the 2019-20 State of the Arts Report (SOTA). This eighth annual edition presents data that tracks student access to arts education in Chicago Public Schools (CPS) while also identifying areas for improvement and opportunities for growth. Read the report now.

Get your questions answered with the Arts Partner FAQ

We know many partners have questions about the return to in-school programs. We've worked with the CPS Department of Arts Ed to create this living document that responds to partner-submitted questions!

Fund Overview

The role of the Creative Schools Fund is to support increased access to a high quality arts education for every student in every grade through teacher-led arts programs in Chicago Public Schools.

The Fund is the largest philanthropic investment for the arts directly into schools each year. It’s supported through public and private funding sources from Ingenuity, CPS, and the Mayor’s Office. We’ve invested over $20M since 2013 across a variety of granting strategies. Each year, we have a goal of issuing at least $1.5M in grants.

Grants prioritize those schools with the least systemic arts access. Projects bring immediate arts programs to students – and fuel sustainable, long term increases to arts education access for every student, in every grade.

Each year’s grants represent every CPS network, every Chicago neighborhood, and schools of every type within the public education landscape. Yet – investments are concentrated in the neighborhoods and student populations where access is currently most limited.

IMPACT MODEL:

How Granting Works

CSF Grantee Portal

200K+
Students Served
450+
Schools Supported
1000+
Grants Awarded

Kalena Chevalier

Director of the Creative Schools Fund

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