2007 Annual Grants Report

Arts Grants

Circus Arts Foundation aka Circus Flora$25,000
Second 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 third and final payment in a three year grant to support exhibitions. The total grant is for $210,000.
Craft Alliance$25,000
2007 Exhibition Catalogs
Dance St. Louis$50,000
To support a mainstage production. First year of a three year grant totaling $150,000.
Jazz at the Bistro$100,600
Whitaker Jazz Education Initiative. Second payment of a three year grant totaling $259,000.
Double Helix/KDHX$10,000
River City Acoustic Series. Second and final payment of a two year grant totaling $20,000.
Jacoby Arts Center aka Madison County Arts Council$20,000
heating system
Magic House$76,666
Second payment of a three year grant totaling $230,000. For exhibit Music Play-Play Music.
Metro Theater Company$15,000
Production of Hana’s Suitcase.
Modern American Dance Company$7,500
Choreographers for dance performance. In 2005 company name changed to Modern American Dance Company.
Prison Performing Arts$20,000
Second payment of a three year grant totaling $60,000. Programming support.
University of Missouri-St. Louis$10,000
Photography Project & Exhibition Series in the Public Policy Research Center Gallery.
St. Louis Black Repertory Company$11,333
To support of the hire of a marketing director and executive director. This is the seventh of a total grant for $200,000 to be paid over three years.
St. Louis Classical Guitar Society$10,000
Special events, second and final year of a grant totaling $20,000.
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra$100,000
This is the first payment in a multi-year $1 million pledge to the guest artist fund.
Sheldon Arts Foundation$75,000
To provide general operating and program support for the organization’s music programs. This is the third and final payment of a multi-year grant of $225,000.
Springboard to Learning$35,000
Program and merger costs. Two year grant totaling $70,000. Springboard to Learning and Young Audiences of St. Louis are going to merge.
That Uppity Theatre Company$5,000
American as Apple Pie production.
Union Avenue Opera$25,000
2007 Season & Capital Campaign.
Upstream Theater$6,181
2007 season.
St. Louis Black Repertory Company$22,000
To support of the hire of a marketing director and executive director. This is the sixth 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 fifth payment of a total grant for $200,000 to be paid over three years.

Parks Grants

Gateway Greening$60,000
Neighborhood Community Gardening & Greening Program. This is the first payment of a three year grant totaling $180,000.
Grace Hill Settlement House$45,000
2007 Whitaker Urban Evenings Series.
Double Helix/KDHX$15,000
Tower Grove Farmers’ Market Music Series.
Missouri Botanical Garden$100,000
2007 Whitaker Music Festival.
Missouri Historical Society$73,000
Festival of commUNITY Days in Fairground Park.
Operation Brightside$30,000
Urban Roots: Downtown St. Louis Plantings.
Shakespeare Festival of St. Louis$60,000
2007 festival. Second payment of three totaling $180,000.
Tower Grove Park$50,000
Urban forest restoration. Second payment of a four year grant totaling $350,000, of which $150,000 is a matching gift.
Tower Grove Park$150,000
Urban forest restoration. This is the payment of a $150,000 matching gift. This matching money was raised earlier than expected by the park.
Urban Strategies, Inc.$25,000
Chambers Park.