2010 Annual Grants Report

Arts Grants

Dance St. Louis$40,000
Support for 2010 production of Spring to Dance.
Metro Theater Company$15,000
To support production of Delilah’s Wish.
Regional Arts Commission$2,500
To support local scholarships for a national arts conference.
Springboard to Learning$20,000
To support programming and general operations.
Jazz St. Louis$60,000
To provide general support.
Upstream Theater$5,000
To provide support for 2010-11 season.
Saint Louis Classical Guitar Society$9,000
To support the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet concert.
Craft Alliance$30,000
To support third year in Grand Center.
Cinema St. Louis$20,000
To support the 2010 St. Louis International Film Festival.
Circus Arts Foundation aka Circus Flora$10,000
To support the 2010 production, Ingenious.
Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis$70,000
This is the third payment of a three year grant totaling $210,000.
Opera Theatre of St. Louis$100,000
This is the fifth and final payment of a five year grant totaling $500,000.
Prison Performing Arts$18,000
This is the first year of a two year grant totaling $36,000.
Union Avenue Opera$5,000
To support summer 2010 season.
Jazz St. Louis$25,680
This is the second year of a two year grant totaling $76,360. To support education and strategic planning.
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra$250,000
To support the Whitaker Guest Artist Series. This is the fourth of five payments totaling $1,000,000.
Sheldon Arts Foundation$25,000
Season support with an emphasis on increasing season ticket sales. This is the third and final payment in a three year pledge totaling $150,000.

Parks Grants

Missouri Botanical Garden$100,000
This is the first year of a two year grant, totaling $200,000, in support of the Whitaker Music Festival.
Grace Hill Settlement House$75,000
To support the 2010 Whitaker Urban Evenings Concert Series.
Ivory Perry Park Concerts$9,000
To support 2010 Ivory Perry Park Concert Series.
KDHX Community Media$16,500
To support the 2010 Harvest Sessions in Tower Grove Park Farmer’s Market.
Laumeier Sculpture Park$50,000
This is the second payment of a five year grant totaling $250,000 for park expansion.
Shakespeare Festival of St. Louis$60,000
To support the annual production in Forest Park. This is the second of a three year grant totaling $180,000.
Tower Grove Park$10,000
Challenge grant for renovation of ruins and fountain.