Eighty-six local cultural organizations have received a total of more than $5.1 million in 1986 grants from the Chicago-based John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
The grants, most of them covering a two-year period, range from $2,500 to $200,000.
Here are the grants, in alphabetical order:
Adler Planetarium, $100,000; Akash & Company (dance), $30,000; American Ritual Theatre Company, $20,000; The Art Institute of Chicago, $150,000; Black Theatre Alliance of Chicago, $13,000; Body Politic Theatre, $40,000; Boitsov Classical Ballet, $25,000.
Business Volunteers for the Arts, $10,000; Center for New Television, $40,000; Chicago Academy for the Arts, $18,000; Chicago Academy of Sciences, $80,000; Chicago Architecture Foundation, $60,000; Chicago Chamber Choir, $20,000; Chicago Chamber Orchestra, $20,000; Chicago Children`s Choir, $40,000; Chicago City Ballet, $80,000.
Chicago City Theatre/Joel Hall Dancers, $20,000; Chicago Council on Foreign Relations, $80,000; Chicago Filmmakers, $20,000; Chicago Historical Society, $100,000; Chicago Horticultural Society, $100,000; Chicago International Theatre Festival, $40,000; Chicago Metro History Fair, $30,000; Chicago Office of Fine Arts, $200,000; Chicago Opera Theatre, $60,000.
Chicago Repertory Dance Ensemble, $60,000; Chicago String Ensemble, $10,000; Chicago Symphony Orchestra, $150,000; Chicago Theatre Company, $10,000; Chicago Theatre Foundation (League of Chicago Theatres), $20,000;
Chicago Wild Flower Works, $20,000; Chicago Zoological Society (Brookfield Zoo), $120,000; City Lit Theatre Company, $10,000; Cinema/Chicago, $40,000.
Court Theatre, $60,000; Dance Center of Columbia College, $100,000;
DuSable Museum of African American History, $60,000; Ensemble Espanol, $10,000; ETA Creative Arts Foundation, $40,000; Express-Ways Children`s Museum, $60,000; Facets Multimedia, $60,000; Field Museum of Natural History, $150,000; Goodman Theatre, $150,000.
Grant Park Concerts Society, $50,000; Joseph Holmes Dance Theatre, $50,000; Hubbard Street Dance Company, $60,000; Illinois Arts Alliance, $20,000; Imagination Theatre, $20,000; International Music Foundation, $10,000; Latino Chicago Theatre-in-Residence Wright Junior College, $10,000;
Light Opera Works, $30,000; Lincoln Park Zoological Society, $100,000.
Lynda Martha Dance Company, $30,000; Lyric Opera of Chicago, $150,000;
Merit Program, $40,000; Mexican Fine Arts Center, $10,000; MoMing Dance and Arts Center, $42,500; Morton Arboretum, $100,000; Muntu Dance Theatre, $30,000; Museum of Broadcast Communications, $200,000.
Museum of Contemporary Art, $100,000; Museum of Science and Industry, $120,000; Music Center of the North Shore, $20,000; Music of the Baroque, $60,000; Newberry Library, $120,000; Next Theatre, $20,000; Northlight Theatre, $70,000; Old Town School of Folk Music, $40,000.
Orchestra of Illinois, $100,000; Organic Theater Company, $40,000; Osgood Dances, $5,000; Peace Museum, $20,000; Pegasus Players, $20,000; Performance Community, $60,000; David Puszh Dance Company, $5,000; Ragdale Foundation, $30,000; Ravinia Festival, $120,000.
Remains Theatre, $40,000; Renaissance Society, $40,000; John G. Shedd Aquarium, $100,000; Steppenwolf Theatre, $60,000; Urban Gateways, $100,000;
Victory Gardens Theater, $60,000; WBEZ/Chicagoland Public Radio, $100,000;
Wisdom Bridge Theatre, $60,000; WTTW Chicago, $150,000.
