Ingenuity State of the Arts Progress Report 2015-2016 | Page 62

funding
Chicago-based foundations and corporations
reported supporting arts education by
donating $8,484,365 in 2015-16 through
grants directly to schools and the district, to
community arts partners to support partner
programs in schools, and by providing other
funding. The addition of $2,402,404 from
Ingenuity’s Creative Schools Fund brought
the 2015-16 community investment in arts
education up to at least $10,886,769.
This is a decrease from $12,594,990 in 201415.21 In part, this may be a result of a decrease
in the number of funders that responded to
the survey this year.
As has been the case in previous years,
these institutional grants have largely
supported out-of-school time programs,
arts integration, residencies, and planning/
curriculum development.

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PROGRAM TYPE

PERCENTAGE (%)
OF FUNDERS

OUT-OF-SCHOOL
TIME PROGRAMS

60%

ARTS INTEGRATION

55%

RESIDENCIES/CURRICULUM &
LESSON PLANNING ASSISTANCE

50%

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

45%

FIELD TRIPS/IN-SCHOOL
PERFORMANCES

40%

MATERIALS & SUPPLIES/
INNOVATION

25%

RESEARCH & EVALUATION/
STRATEGIC PLANNING

20%

ADVOCACY

15%

Percentage of funders supporting
various arts program types

The number reported here for last year’s funding has been updated based on additional data that became available after the publication of the 2014-15 report.