2006 Annual Grants Report

Arts Grants

Art Saint Louis$15,600
To support an expansion plan. This is the first year of a two year grant totaling $28,080.
Clayton Art Commission$1,200
St. Louis Public Art Curriculum Kit.
cine 16$12,200
Film archives.
Cinema St. Louis$10,000
2005 film festival support.
Cinema St. Louis$20,000
2006 film festival support.
Circus Arts Foundation aka Circus Flora$25,000
First payment of a grant totaling $75,000, of which $25,000 is a challenge grant for seating costs.
Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis$70,000
This is the second payment in a three year grant to support exhibitions. The total grant is for $210,000.
Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis$8,000
Flat files display organizer.
Craft Alliance$10,000
2006 exhibition series.
Dance St. Louis$30,000
Transition funds.
KDN Films$5,000
Saarinen Documentary made in conjunction with Detroit Educational Television Foundation.
Double Helix/KDHX$10,000
River City Acoustic Series. First payment of a two year grant totaling $20,000.
HotCity Theatre$20,000
Staging of “Caroline, or Change” with St. Louis Black Repertory Company.
Jazz at the Bistro$82,500
Whitaker Jazz Education Initiative. First payment of a three year grant totaling $259,000.
Jacoby Arts Center aka Madison County Arts Council$19,500
Update educational wing of building.
Magic House$76,666
First payment of a three year grant totaling $230,000, for exhibit Music Play-Play Music.
The Muny$150,000
Capital improvements.
Opera Theatre of St. Louis$100,000
Second payment of a five year grant totaling $500,000. New warehouse and annual opera production.
Prison Performing Arts$30,000
First payment of a three year grant totaling $60,000. Programming support.
Repertory Theatre of St. Louis$40,000
First season of Off Ramp Season in Grand Center.
St. Louis Black Repertory Company$33,333
To support of the hire of a marketing director and executive director. This is the second payment of a total grant for $200,000 to be paid over three years.
Saint Louis Chamber Chorus$3,790
Concert VI, Requiem for St. Louis.
St. Louis Classical Guitar Society$10,000
Special events, two year grant total $20,000.
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra$200,000
This is final payment in a multi-year $1 million pledge to the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra’s endowment fund.
Sheldon Arts Foundation$75,000
To provide general operating and program support for the organization’s music programs. This is the second payment of a multi-year grant of $225,000.
South City Open Studio and Gallery$7,500
Program support.
Stages St. Louis$24,000
Theater lighting system.
Union Avenue Opera$10,000
2006 Opera season.
Upstream Theater$4,870
Soul on Sale production.
St. Louis Volunteer Lawyers & Accountants Arts$3,500
Arts Law Memo.
Young Audiences of St. Louis$35,000
Arts education.
St. Louis Black Repertory Company$33,667
To support of the hire of a marketing director and executive director. This is the third payment of a total grant for $200,000 to be paid over three years.
St. Louis Black Repertory Company$22,000
To support of the hire of a marketing director and executive director. This is the fourth payment of a total grant for $200,000 to be paid over three years.

Parks Grants

Benton Park Neighborhood Association$5,000
Professional grant writing help.
Forest Park Forever$65,000
Forest Park Leadership Academy.
Frank Lloyd Wright House Ebsworth Park$25,000
Road and parking lot. Second and final payment of a grant totaling $50,000.
Gateway Greening$41,000
Promotion of neighborhood greening. This is the third and final payment of a grant totaling $113,000.
Grace Hill Settlement House$5,000
Mary Meachum Freedom Crossing Celebration.
Ivory Perry Park$6,000
To support the 2006 summer concert series.
Missouri Botanical Garden$82,000
2006 Whitaker Music Festival.
Missouri Humanities Council$10,000
Kirkwood Library Chautauqua.
Show Me Sound$15,000
AFRO-Percussion International Park Series.
Shakespeare Festival of St. Louis$60,000
2006 festival. First payment of three totaling $180,000.
Tower Grove Park$50,000
Urban forest restoration. First payment of a four year grant totaling $350,000, of which $150,000 is a matching gift.