2015 Annual Grants Report
Arts Grants
| Washington University | $15,000 |
| To support Art on Campus through the Sam Fox School of Design. | |
| Association of Midwest Museums | $4,000 |
| To support speakers for the 2014 conference held in St. Louis. | |
| Cinema St. Louis | $40,000 |
| SLIFF 2014. | |
| Opera Theatre of St. Louis | $60,000 |
| This is the final payment of a grant totaling $500,000. | |
| St. Louis Public Library Foundation | $50,000 |
| This is the fifth and final payment of a grant totaling $250,000. | |
| St. Louis Symphony | $100,000 |
| This is the first of a two year grant totaling $200,000. | |
| That Uppity Theatre Company | $10,000 |
| To support the 2015 Briefs play. | |
| Cinema St. Louis | $10,000 |
| For 2014 SLIFF sidebar, Race in America. | |
| Dance St. Louis | $50,000 |
| This is the first of a three year grant totaling $150,000 for Spring to Dance. | |
| Cinema St. Louis | $50,000 |
| Whitaker Foundation St. Louis International Film Festival 2015. | |
| Circus Arts Foundation aka Circus Flora | $6,000 |
| Pre-show audience engagement. | |
| COCA-Center of Creative Arts | $25,000 |
| Funds for production of wUNDERland. | |
| Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis | $50,000 |
| This is the second and final of two payments of a grant totaling $100,000 for exhibitions and education. | |
| December Magazine | $4,500 |
| To help with stipends, release events and other associated administrative costs. | |
| Jazz St. Louis | $16,000 |
| The Whitaker Foundation Jazz Speaks Series. |
Parks Grants
| Grace Hill Settlement House | $75,000 |
| To support the 2014 concert series. | |
| Missouri Botanical Garden | $131,500 |
| This is the first payment of a two year grant totaling $263,000. | |
| Shakespeare Festival St. Louis | $75,000 |
| This is the last of a three year grant totaling $250,000. | |
| CityArchRiver Foundation | $50,000 |
| This is the first payment of a three year grant totaling $150,000. | |
| Forest ReLeaf of Missouri | $15,390 |
| Priority ReLeaf to plant trees in Marquette, St. Louis Place, and Fairground Parks. | |
| Laumeier Sculpture Park | $30,000 |
| This is the second of five payments of a grant totaling $150,000 for the Sculpting the Future campaign. | |
| Shakespeare Festival St. Louis | $75,000 |
| On behalf of the Trustees of the Whitaker Foundation, I am pleased to inform you that $225,000 is granted in support of the company’s 2015, 2016 and 2017 festival productions in Forest Park. The grant will generally be paid May 1 of each year to place the summer production in sync with the Whitaker Foundation’s fiscal year. But per our recent discussions we are able this year to disperse an early payment in order to better the agency’s cash flow. | |
| The Nine Network of Public Media | $25,000 |
| St. Louis Symphony: Live at Nine. | |
| Union Communion Ministries/Ivory Perry Park | $10,500 |
| Ivory Perry Park Concert Series 2015. |