Round 1
120 arts and culture organizations across the Midwest received a total of $300,000 through GIG Fund grants in Round 1. Funded projects will take place before December 31, 2022. Read more about these projects here.
| Organization | City | State | Grant Award |
| 16th Street Theater | Berwyn | IL | $2,500 |
| Columbia College Chicago | Chicago | IL | $2,500 |
| Elastic Arts Foundation | Chicago | IL | $2,500 |
| Federacion de Clubes Michoacanos en Illinois | Chicago | IL | $2,500 |
| High Concept Laboratories | Chicago | IL | $2,500 |
| Muntu Dance Theatre | Chicago | IL | $2,500 |
| National Museum of Mexican Art | Chicago | IL | $2,500 |
| Side Street Studio Arts | Elgin | IL | $2,500 |
| Mississippi Valley Blues Society | Moline | IL | $2,500 |
| John R. and Eleanor R. Mitchell Foundation | Mt. Vernon | IL | $2,500 |
| DuPage Children’s Museum | Naperville | IL | $2,500 |
| Princeton Theatre Group | Princeton | IL | $2,500 |
| Southland College Prep HS | Richton Park | IL | $2,500 |
| Quad City Arts | Rock Island | IL | $2,500 |
| The Hub – Arts & Cultural Center | Rushville | IL | $2,500 |
| Sandwich Opera House | Sandwich | IL | $2,500 |
| Korean Performing Arts Institute of Chicago | Skokie | IL | $2,500 |
| University of IL – Springfield | Springfield | IL | $2,500 |
| Champaign-Urbana Folk and Roots Festival | Urbana | IL | $2,500 |
| Lotus Education and Arts Foundation | Bloomington | IN | $2,500 |
| USA International Harp Competition | Bloomington | IN | $2,500 |
| The Starbase Inc | Fishers | IN | $2,500 |
| Bridging Worlds, Inc | Fort Wayne | IN | $2,500 |
| Fort Wayne Cinema Center, Inc | Fort Wayne | IN | $2,500 |
| DePauw University | Greencastle | IN | $2,500 |
| Arthentic Arts, Inc | Indianapolis | IN | $2,500 |
| Indianapolis Museum of Art | Indianapolis | IN | $2,500 |
| Judah Ministries | Indianapolis | IN | $2,500 |
| City of Jasper | Jasper | IN | $2,500 |
| Fischoff National Chamber Music Association | Notre Dame | IN | $2,500 |
| Merrimans Playhouse | South Bend | IN | $2,500 |
| Art Barn School of Art | Valparaiso | IN | $2,500 |
| Quad Cities Chamber Foundation | Davenport | IA | $2,500 |
| City Music Assoc. of Des Moines | Des Moines | IA | $2,500 |
| Community Support Advocates | Des Moines | IA | $2,500 |
| Gateway Dance Theatre | Des Moines | IA | $2,500 |
| Earlham Chicks with Checks | Earlham | IA | $2,500 |
| Public Space One | Iowa City | IA | $2,500 |
| Iowa City Poetry | Iowa City | IA | $2,500 |
| Art Center Assoc. of Sioux City | Sioux City | IA | $2,500 |
| Kerrytown Concert House | Ann Arbor | MI | $2,500 |
| The Mendel Center at Lake Michigan College | Benton Harbor | MI | $2,500 |
| Tuba Back Chamber Music Festival | Big Rapids | MI | $2,500 |
| Real People Media | Calumet | MI | $2,500 |
| Beaver Island Cultural Arts Association | Charlevoix | MI | $2,500 |
| Cheboygan Area Arts Council | Cheboygan | MI | $2,500 |
| TeMaTe Institute for Black Dance and Culture | Detroit | MI | $2,500 |
| Wharton Center for Performing Arts at Michigan State University | East Lansing | MI | $2,500 |
| Grand Rapids Womens Chorus | Grand Rapids | MI | $2,500 |
| Good Hart Artist Residency | Harbor Springs | MI | $2,500 |
| Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen | MI | $2,500 |
| Theatre North | Ironwood | MI | $2,500 |
| Kalamazoo Nature Center | Kalamazoo | MI | $2,500 |
| Kalkaska Downtown Development Authority | Kalkaska | MI | $2,500 |
| Michigan Jazz Festival | Livonia | MI | $2,500 |
| Beaumier Upper Peninsula Heritage Center | Marquette | MI | $2,500 |
| Oscoda County Library | Mio | MI | $2,500 |
| Polynesian Arts Advocacy Council of Michigan | Novi | MI | $2,500 |
| Accent Pontiac | Pontiac | MI | $2,500 |
| TempleArts | Saginaw | MI | $2,500 |
| Saugatuck Center for the Arts | Saugatuck | MI | $2,500 |
| South Haven Arts Association | South Haven | MI | $2,500 |
| Eisenhower Dance Ensemble | Southfield | MI | $2,500 |
| Great Lakes Children’s Museum | Traverse City | MI | $2,500 |
| Minnesota Landscape Arboretum | Chaska | MN | $2,500 |
| An Opera Theatre | Minneapolis | MN | $2,500 |
| Open Eye Figure Theatre | Minneapolis | MN | $2,500 |
| Ragamala Music and Dance Theatre | Minneapolis | MN | $2,500 |
| New York Mills Arts Retreat | New York Mills | MN | $2,500 |
| Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies | Red Wing | MN | $2,500 |
| Grassroots Culture | St. Paul | MN | $2,500 |
| Interact Center for Visual and Performing Arts | St. Paul | MN | $2,500 |
| Mizna | St. Paul | MN | $2,500 |
| Frozen River Film Festival | Winona | MN | $2,500 |
| Minnesota Marine Art Museum | Winona | MN | $2,500 |
| Plains Art Museum | Fargo | ND | $2,500 |
| The Human Family | Fargo | ND | $2,500 |
| North Dakota Museum of Art | Grand Forks | ND | $2,500 |
| New Rockford Area Betterment Corp | New Rockford | ND | $2,500 |
| Ashtabula Arts Center | Ashtabula | OH | $2,500 |
| Community Food Initiatives | Athens | OH | $2,500 |
| A Mindful Moment | Cincinnati | OH | $2,500 |
| Cincinnati Museum Center | Cincinnati | OH | $2,500 |
| Wave Pool Corp. | Cincinnati | OH | $2,500 |
| Cleveland Modern Dance Assoc. | Cleveland | OH | $2,500 |
| Cuyahoga Community College Foundation | Cleveland | OH | $2,500 |
| FRONT Exhibition Company | Cleveland | OH | $2,500 |
| Julia De Burgos Cultural Arts Center | Cleveland | OH | $2,500 |
| Les Delices | Cleveland | OH | $2,500 |
| Writers in Residence | Cleveland | OH | $2,500 |
| ARTFUL Ohio, Inc. | Cleveland Heights | OH | $2,500 |
| Mojuba! Dance Collective | Cleveland Heights | OH | $2,500 |
| Columbus Center for Human Services | Columbus | OH | $2,500 |
| Dick and Jane Project | Columbus | OH | $2,500 |
| Jazz Arts Group of Columbus | Columbus | OH | $2,500 |
| Maroon Arts Group | Columbus | OH | $2,500 |
| Hancock County Performing Arts Center | Findlay | OH | $2,500 |
| Darke County Center for the Arts | Greenville | OH | $2,500 |
| ORMACO | Homerville | OH | $2,500 |
| Kent State University | Kent | OH | $2,500 |
| FireFish Arts Inc. | Lorain | OH | $2,500 |
| Majestic Galleries | Nelsonville | OH | $2,500 |
| Abrepaso Flamenco | Rocky River | OH | $2,500 |
| Brookings Arts Council | Brookings | SD | $2,500 |
| Lemmon Public Library | Lemmon | SD | $2,500 |
| Rushmore Music Festival | Rapid City | SD | $2,500 |
| Friends of Levitt Shell Sioux Falls | Sioux Falls | SD | $2,500 |
| Meade County Senior Citizens Center Assoc. | Sturgis | SD | $2,500 |
| Lake Superior Big Top Chautauqua | Bayfield | WI | $2,500 |
| Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts | Brookfield | WI | $2,500 |
| Thrasher Opera House Corp | Green Lake | WI | $2,500 |
| Arts & Literature Laboratory | Madison | WI | $2,500 |
| Overture Center Foundation | Madison | WI | $2,500 |
| Arts At Large | Milwaukee | WI | $2,500 |
| Black Arts MKE | Milwaukee | WI | $2,500 |
| Signature Dance Company | Milwaukee | WI | $2,500 |
| Woodland Pattern Book Center | Milwaukee | WI | $2,500 |
| Create Portage County | Stevens Point | WI | $2,500 |
| Performing Arts Foundation | Wausau | WI | $2,500 |
| Museum of Wisconsin Art | West Bend | WI | $2,500 |
Past Grantees
Explore all 160 of our 2021 GIG Fund grantees here.