The Arts Work Fund (AWF) is a funding collaborative designed to help strengthen the management and operations of small arts organizations in Chicago and Cook County. Since 2006, these funders have collaborated toward a common goal – enabling arts organizations to focus on their artistic missions by helping them become more operationally efficient and effective.
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Adapt to Change. Address Challenges. Focus on Equity.
THINK • EXPLORE grants enable arts organizations - or collaborative groups of arts organizations - to adapt operational practices and build the infrastructure needed to meet a changing arts environment. These adaptation grants are intended to allow organizations time to (THINK) and test and enact (EXPLORE) shifts in organizational structure, operations, or financial practices.
The grants are not intended for ongoing, regular operational, or programming costs. Rather, grants focus on helping organizations build organizational capacity, such as redefining key partnerships, addressing longstanding challenges, navigating critical organizational changes, and building a foundation of resilience to ensure they can effectively meet their missions. Priority is given to efforts that can make a meaningful impact on the organization, are evident in their organizational capacity-building goals, and have the potential to create more sustainable operating structures or processes.