2009 Annual Grants Report

Arts Grants

Cinema St. Louis$30,000
Named sponsorship of 2009 St. Louis International Film Festival.
Circus Arts Foundation aka Circus Flora$20,000
To support the 2008 show set in Sherwood Forest.
Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis$70,000
To support the general exhibition fund. This is the second payment of a three year pledge totaling $210,000.
Craft Alliance$30,000
To support the second year of occupancy in Grand Center.
Dance St. Louis$50,000
To support productions, third payment of a three year grant totaling $150,000.
Dance St. Louis$50,000
To support 2009 programming and Spring to Dance.
HotCity Theatre$5,000
To support the development of the selected work in the coming years GreenHouse Series.
Jazz St. Louis$50,680
To support long range planning and the Whitaker Education Initiative. This is the first of a two year grant totaling $76,360.
Landmarks Association$5,000
To support the reintroduction of Architecture Sundays.
Metro Theater Company$35,000
To support production of “To Kill a Mockingbird.”
Opera Theatre of St. Louis$100,000
To support the annual production of a new opera. This is the fourth payment of a five year grant totaling $500,000.
Saint Louis Classical Guitar Society$18,500
To support marketing. This is the second of a two year grant totaling $35,350.
Saint Louis Classical Guitar Society$9,000
To support the 2009-10 season.
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra$200,000
To support the Whitaker Guest Artist Series. This is the third of five payments totaling $1,000,000.
STAGES$5,000
To support the purchase of digital microphones.
University of Missouri–St. Louis$4,000
Support anniversary of photography project.
Sheldon Arts Foundation$50,000
Season support with an emphasis on increasing season ticket sales. This is the second payment in a three year pledge totaling $150,000.

Parks Grants

Gateway Greening$60,000
To support neighborhood park collaboration, this is the third payment of a three year grant totaling $180,000.
Grace Hill Settlement House$80,000
To support the 2009 Whitaker Urban Evenings Concert Series in St. Louis Place Park.
Ivory Perry Park Concerts$9,000
To support the summer 2009 concert series in Ivory Perry Park.
KDHX Community Media$15,000
To support the 2009 Harvest Sessions in Tower Grove Park and the 14th St. Mall in Old North St. Louis.
Laumeier Sculpture Park$50,000
This is the first year of a five year grant totaling $250,000 for park expansion.
Missouri Botanical Garden$122,000
To support the 2009 Whitaker Music Festival. This is the second payment in a two year grant totaling $232,000.
Shakespeare Festival of St. Louis$60,000
To support the annual production in Forest Park. This is the first of a three year grant totaling $180,000.