We partnered with state arts agencies to invest in Midwestern arts and cultural organizations during COVID-19
Arts Midwest partnered with the National Endowment for the Arts and our nine member state arts agencies to distribute more than $700,000 in funding from the CARES Act to support 181 Midwestern arts and cultural organizations and their employees during the COVID-19 pandemic.
This partnership allowed Arts Midwest to expedite the distribution of federal relief funds and reduce application and reporting burdens by enabling organizations to access all funding available to them through a single application and award process administered by their state. CARES Act funds are restricted to cover general operating expenses such as salaries and facilities costs.
CARES Act Recipients
Organization | City | State |
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Ames Town and Gown Chamber Music Association | Ames | IA |
Ankeny Community Chorus | Ankeny | IA |
James & Meryl Hearst Center for the Arts | Cedar Falls | IA |
Charles City Arts Council | Charles City | IA |
Clinton Symphony Orchestra Association | Clinton | IA |
Corning Opera House Cultural Center | Corning | IA |
Azubuike African American Council for the Arts | Davenport | IA |
New Ground Theatre | Davenport | IA |
Oneota Film Festival | Decorah | IA |
Des Moines Choral Society | Des Moines | IA |
Des Moines Vocal Arts Ensemble | Des Moines | IA |
Gateway Dance Theatre | Des Moines | IA |
Iowa Youth Chorus | Des Moines | IA |
Isiserettes Drill & Drum Corps. | Des Moines | IA |
Dubuque Arts Council | Dubuque | IA |
Dubuque Chorale | Dubuque | IA |
Emmetsburg Main Street Theatre | Emmetsburg | IA |
Chamber Singers of Iowa City | Iowa City | IA |
Iowa City Community Theatre | Iowa City | IA |
Riverside Theatre | Iowa City | IA |
Adventures in Social Drama | Johnston | IA |
Great River Players | Keokuk | IA |
SCIT Theatre | Leon | IA |
Maquoketa Fine Arts Center | Maquoketa | IA |
Artisan’s Sanctuary | Marion | IA |
Marshalltown Community Theatre | Marshalltown | IA |
North Iowa Band Festival Foundation | Mason City | IA |
Living Proof Exhibit | Moline | IA |
Fine Arts & Cultural Events [FACE] of Mahaska County | Oskaloosa | IA |
Greater Ottumwa Vocal Arts Project | Ottumwa | IA |
Northwest Iowa Symphony Orchestra | Sioux Center | IA |
Spencer Area Arts Council | Spencer | IA |
Storm Lake Public Library Gallery Guild | Storm Lake | IA |
Heartland Marimba | Waterloo | IA |
Legacy Learning Boone River Valley | Webster City | IA |
The Winterset Stage | Winterset | IA |
Orion Chamber Ensemble | Addison | IL |
The 16th Street Theater, NFP | Berwyn | IL |
Carbondale Community Arts | Carbondale | IL |
40 North/88 West, Inc. | Champaign | IL |
African American Arts Alliance | Chicago | IL |
Classical Kids Music Education | Chicago | IL |
Mexican Folkloric Dance Company of Chicago Inc | Chicago | IL |
NAJWA Dance Corps | Chicago | IL |
Project Danztheatre Company | Chicago | IL |
Rivendell Theatre Ensemble | Chicago | IL |
Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center | Chicago | IL |
The Dance COLEctive | Chicago | IL |
Woman Made | Chicago | IL |
Danville Light Opera Co, Inc. | Danville | IL |
Children’s Theatre of Elgin | Elgin | IL |
Freeport Arts Center | Freeport | IL |
Prairie Players Civic Theatre | Galesburg | IL |
Northwest Center of Traditional Polish Dancers | Glenview | IL |
Kankakee Valley Theatre Association | Kankakee | IL |
Little Egypt Arts Association., Inc. | Marion | IL |
Gateway to Music and Arts | Maywood | IL |
Playcrafters Inc | Moline | IL |
ArtsPartners of Central Illinois | Peoria | IL |
Peoria Area Civic Chorale | Peoria | IL |
Princeton Theatre Group | Princeton | IL |
Artists’ Ensemble Theater | Rockford | IL |
Chicago Korean Dance Company | Rolling Meadows | IL |
Springfield Ballet Company | Springfield | IL |
Fox Valley Concert Band of St Charles | St Charles | IL |
Sugar Creek Opera Ltd (formerly Sugar Creek Symphony & Song) | Watseka | IL |
Bloomington Playwrights Project | Bloomington | IN |
Lotus Education and Arts Foundation, Inc. | Bloomington | IN |
Community Theatre of Clay County, Inc. | Brazil | IN |
Carmel Performing Arts Foundation | Carmel | IN |
Columbus Pro Musica | Columbus | IN |
Elkhart County Symphony Association | Elkhart | IN |
Children’s Center for Dance Education | Evansville | IN |
Evansville Philharmonic Orchestral Corporation | Evansville | IN |
Books, Brushes, & Bands for Education | Hammond | IN |
Butler University | Indianapolis | IN |
Indianapolis Men’s Chorus | Indianapolis | IN |
City of Jasper | Jasper | IN |
Civic Theatre of Greater Lafayette, Inc. | Lafayette | IN |
Lafayette Citizens Band, Inc. | Lafayette | IN |
Civic Players of Logansport | Logansport | IN |
Logansport Art Association | Logansport | IN |
Muncie Civic Theatre Association | Muncie | IN |
South Shore Arts, Inc. | Munster | IN |
Brown County Playhouse Management | Nashville | IN |
Carnegie Center for Art and History, Inc. | New Albany | IN |
Fischoff National Chamber Music Association, Inc. | Notre Dame | IN |
Southern Indiana Center for the Arts | Seymour | IN |
Community Theatre Guild Inc. | Valparaiso | IN |
County of Porter | Valparaiso | IN |
Wagon Wheel Theatre, Inc. | Warsaw | IN |
Wabash Valley Youth Symphony | West Lafayette | IN |
Ann Arbor Summer Festival | Ann Arbor | MI |
University Musical Society | Ann Arbor | MI |
Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services | Dearborn | MI |
Carrie Morris Arts Production | Detroit | MI |
Detroit Institute of Arts | Detroit | MI |
Living Arts | Detroit | MI |
Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit | Detroit | MI |
El Ballet Folklorico Estudiantil | Flint | MI |
Grand Rapids Art Museum | Grand Rapids | MI |
Grand Rapids Symphony | Grand Rapids | MI |
West Michigan Center for Arts and Technology | Grand Rapids | MI |
Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen | MI |
Jackson Symphony Orchestra Association | Jackson | MI |
Irving S. Gilmore International Keyboard Festival | Kalamazoo | MI |
Michigan Festival of Sacred Music | Kalamazoo | MI |
Arts Council of Greater Lansing | Lansing | MI |
Center for the Arts of Greater Lapeer, Inc | Lapeer | MI |
Riverfolk Music and Arts Organization | Manchester | MI |
Ramsdell Regional Center for the Arts | Manistee | MI |
Hiawatha Music Non Profit Organization | Marquette | MI |
Midland Center for the Arts, Inc. | Midland | MI |
Akropolis Quintet Inc | Northville | MI |
Blissfest Music Organization | Petoskey | MI |
Crooked Tree Arts Council, Inc. | Petoskey | MI |
Wheatland Music Org | Remus | MI |
Saugatuck Center for the Arts | Saugatuck | MI |
Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings | Southfield | MI |
Detroit Educational Television Foundation | Wixom | MI |
Dawson-Boyd Arts Association | Dawson | MN |
DLCCC, Inc. | Detroit Lakes | MN |
Duluth Art Institute Association | Duluth | MN |
North House Folk School | Grand Marais | MN |
Great River Arts Association | Little Falls | MN |
University of Minnesota, Mankato | Mankato | MN |
Iraq-MN Art Project | Minneapolis | MN |
Shapeshift Theatrical, Inc. | Minneapolis | MN |
The Cedar Cultural Center, Inc. | Minneapolis | MN |
Paramount Center for the Arts | St. Cloud | MN |
Hot Summer Jazz Festival | St. Paul | MN |
Minnesota Marine Art Museum | Winona | MN |
Capitol Shakespeare | Bismarck | ND |
Dakota Legacy | Bismarck | ND |
TruNorth Theatre | Bismarck | ND |
International Peace Garden | Dunseith | ND |
O.P.E.R.A. Inc. | Ellendale | ND |
Red River Valley Woodcarvers | Fargo | ND |
African Arts Arena | Grand Forks | ND |
Grand Cities Children’s Choir | Grand Forks | ND |
Red River Valley Community Action | Grand Forks | ND |
Maddock Opera House Association | Maddock | ND |
Minot State University Summer Theatre | Minot | ND |
Mouse River Players | Minot | ND |
Enchanted Highway | Regent | ND |
Pembina Gorge Foundation | Walhalla | ND |
Long X Arts Foundation | Watford City | ND |
Passion Works | Athens | OH |
Art Opportunities Inc | Cincinnati | OH |
Contemporary Arts Center | Cincinnati | OH |
Cleveland Modern Dance Association | Cleveland | OH |
Wagnalls Memorial Foundation | Lithopolis | OH |
FireFish Arts Inc. | Lorain | OH |
Tuscarawas Philharmonic | New Philadelphia | OH |
Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park | Peninsula | OH |
People’s Justice League | Rutland | OH |
Buckeye Authors Book Fair Committee, Inc. | Wooster | OH |
Yellow Springs Arts Council | Yellow Springs | OH |
Aberdeen Arts Council | Aberdeen | SD |
Northern Fort Playhouse Foundation | Britton | SD |
Black Hills Playhouse, Inc. | Custer | SD |
Allied Arts Fund | Rapid City | SD |
Black Hills Works dba Flutter Productions | Rapid City | SD |
Magpie Creative | Rapid City | SD |
Rapid City Arts Council | Rapid City | SD |
Friends of Levitt Shell Sioux Falls, Inc. | Sioux Falls | SD |
SculptureWalk Sioux Falls | Sioux Falls | SD |
Washington Pavilion Management | Sioux Falls | SD |
Vermillion Cultural Assocation | Vermillion | SD |
Fox Cities Performing Arts Center | Appleton | WI |
Thelma Sadoff Center for the Arts | Fond du Lac | WI |
Viterbo University | La Crosse | WI |
Arts Wisconsin, Inc. | Madison | WI |
Overture Center Foundation | Madison | WI |
TAPIT/new works, Inc. | Madison | WI |
Milwaukee Repertory Theater | Milwaukee | WI |
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Inc. | Milwaukee | WI |
Wild Space, Inc. | Milwaukee | WI |
The Grand Oshkosh | Oshkosh | WI |
John Michael Kohler Arts Center | Sheboygan | WI |
Weill Center for the Performing Arts | Sheboygan | WI |