Funders › IL › Elizabeth F Cheney Foundation › 2021
Grants paid by Elizabeth F Cheney Foundation, tax year 2021
EIN 36-3375377 · IL · Form 990-PF, Part XV
In tax year 2021, Elizabeth F Cheney Foundation (EIN 36-3375377) reported 87 grants paid totaling $547,100. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.
Every grant, 2021
| Tax year | Recipient | Match | Amount | Type | Purpose | Source filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Field Museum Chicago, IL | U | $25,000 | paid | RE CURATION OF HALL OF NATIVE N. AMERICA | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Joffrey Ballet Chicago, IL | B | $25,000 | paid | OF MICE AND MEN PREMIERE | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Chicago Opera Theatre Chicago, IL | U | $20,000 | paid | QUAMINO'S MAY APRIL 2022 | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Harris Theatre Chicago, IL | U | $20,000 | paid | BEYOND THE ARIA 2020-21 | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Goodman Theatre Chicago, IL | U | $20,000 | paid | NOTEBOOKS OF LEONARDO 1ST HALF OF GRANT | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL | B | $20,000 | paid | MATCHING GRANT | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Nu School of Music Evanston, IL | U | $20,000 | paid | DISCRETIONARY GRANT | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Steppenwolf Theatre Chicago, IL | C | $20,000 | paid | 2020-21 SEASON SUPPORT | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chicago, IL | B | $15,300 | paid | CIVIC MUSICIAN SCHOLAR AND CIVIC MUSICIAN | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Writers' Theatre Glencoe, IL | B | $12,500 | paid | AUDIO SERIES. 1ST 1/2 PAYMENT | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Court Theatre Chicago, IL | C | $12,500 | paid | TITANIC BY MCCAFFERTY 1ST HALF OF GRANT | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Wxxi Go Public Rochester, NY | U | $10,000 | paid | DISCRETIONARY GRANT | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Cso Chicago, IL | U | $10,000 | paid | CIVIC MUSICIAN | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Lyric Opera of Chicago Chicago, IL | B | $10,000 | paid | ARD DISCRETIONARY RYAN OPERA CENTER | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Lyric Opera of Chicago Chicago, IL | B | $10,000 | paid | ROC DISCRETIONARY | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Wfmt Chicago, IL | U | $10,000 | paid | MATCHING GRANT | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Evanston History Center Evanston, IL | B | $10,000 | paid | DISCRETIONARY GRANT | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Music of the Baroque Chicago, IL | D | $10,000 | paid | MCGILL PLAYS MOZART FEBRUARY 2022 | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Humane Society of Rochester & Monroe City Fairport, NY | C | $8,500 | paid | DISCRETIONARY GRANT | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chicago, IL | B | $5,100 | paid | CIVIC MUSICIAN | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chicago, IL | B | $5,100 | paid | CIVIC MUSICIAN | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Grant Park Music Festival Chicago, IL | U | $5,000 | paid | DISCRETIONARY GRANT | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Northlight Theater Skokie, IL | D | $5,000 | paid | INTIMATE APPAREL BY LYNN NOTTAGE 1ST HALF OF GRANT | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Chicago Opera Theatre Chicago, IL | U | $5,000 | paid | DISCRETIONARY GRANT | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Nu Block Museum Evanston, IL | U | $5,000 | paid | A SITE OF STRUGGLE EXHIBITION 1/2022 | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Lucky Plush Chicago, IL | U | $5,000 | paid | THE BOOK OF NOW | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Spektral Quartet Chicago, IL | U | $5,000 | paid | DIGITAL PROGRAMMING 2021-22 | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Third Coast Percussion Chicago, IL | C | $5,000 | paid | DISCRETIONARY GRANT | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Timeline Theatre Chicago, IL | D | $5,000 | paid | DISCRETIONARY GRANT | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Evanston History Center Evanston, IL | B | $5,000 | paid | DISCRETIONARY GRANT | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival Fernandina Beach, FL | C | $5,000 | paid | SPRING INSTITUTE 2022. MATCHING | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Chicago Chorale Chicago, IL | C | $5,000 | paid | DISCRETIONARY GRANT | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Goodman Theatre Chicago, IL | U | $5,000 | paid | DISCRETIONARY GRANT | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Lyric Opera of Chicago Chicago, IL | B | $5,000 | paid | DISCRETIONARY GRANT | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Cedille Chicago Chicago, IL | D | $5,000 | paid | MATCHING GRANT | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Ns University Hospitals Skokie, IL | U | $5,000 | paid | KELLOGG CENTER DISCRETIONARY GRANT | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Civitas Ensemble Chicago, IL | B | $5,000 | paid | MATCHING GRANT | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Haymarket Opera Chicago, IL | D | $5,000 | paid | HANDEL'S ORLANDO | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Third Coast Baroque New York, NY | U | $5,000 | paid | GENERATIONS CONCERT | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Stanford Medicine Stanford, CA | D | $5,000 | paid | CANCER DISCOVERY FUND | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Writers' Theatre Glencoe, IL | B | $5,000 | paid | DISCRETIONARY GRANT | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Access Contemporary Music Chicago, IL | U | $5,000 | paid | THIRSTY EARS AUGUST 2021 | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Iowa Wesleyan College Mt Pleasant, IA | U | $5,000 | paid | HARLAN LINCOLN HOME | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Eastman House Museum Rochester, NY | U | $5,000 | paid | DISCRETIONARY GRANT | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL | B | $5,000 | paid | DISCRETIONARY GRANT | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Barnabas Rocklin, CA | C | $5,000 | paid | MATCHING GRANT | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, IL | C | $5,000 | paid | 10X10 | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Nu Kellogg School Evanston, IL | U | $5,000 | paid | DISCRETIONARY GRANT | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Memorial Art Gallery Rochester, NY | U | $5,000 | paid | DISCRETIONARY GRANT | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL | B | $5,000 | paid | DISCRETIONARY GRANT | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Wfmt Chicago, IL | U | $5,000 | paid | DISCRETIONARY GRANT | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Third Coast Percussion Chicago, IL | C | $5,000 | paid | CURRENTS PROGRAM | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Genesee Country Museum Umford, NY | B | $5,000 | paid | DISCRETIONARY GRANT | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Chicago Opera Theatre Chicago, IL | U | $4,900 | paid | DISCRETIONARY GRANT | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival Fernandina Beach, FL | C | $4,000 | paid | DOVER QUARTET STREAMING PERFORMANCES | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Chicago Dancemakers Forum Chicago, IL | B | $4,000 | paid | WRITING PILOT | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Haymarket Opera Chicago, IL | D | $4,000 | paid | DISCRETIONARY GRANT | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Merit Music Program Chicago, IL | U | $3,200 | paid | MATCHING GRANT | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Collaborative Arts Institute Chicago Buffalo, NY | U | $3,000 | paid | 2021 FESTIVAL | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Dal Niente New Music Chicago, IL | C | $3,000 | paid | DISCRETIONARY | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Humane Society of Rochester & Monroe City Fairport, NY | C | $3,000 | paid | LOLLYPOP FARM | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Remy Bumpo Theatre Chicago, IL | D | $3,000 | paid | THE CALL OF THE WILD BY JACK LONDON | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Chicago Chorale Chicago, IL | C | $3,000 | paid | HOLIDAY 2021 CONCERT | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Chicago Community Trust Chicago, IL | C | $3,000 | paid | ARTS WORK FUND | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Dal Niente New Music Chicago, IL | C | $3,000 | paid | MITCHELL LEQIS & LIM CONCERTS 9/21 | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Chicago Acappella Chicago, IL | D | $3,000 | paid | HER VOICE DECEMBER 2021 | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Dempster St Pro Musica Evanston, IL | C | $3,000 | paid | GERSHWIN RHAPSODY IN BLUE | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Oak Park River Forest Foundation Oak Park, IL | U | $3,000 | paid | IN MEMORY OF ANN MONACO | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Rembrandt Chamber Musicians Chicago, IL | U | $3,000 | paid | DECEMBER 2021 CONCERT | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Sixteenth Street Theatre Berwyn, IL | U | $3,000 | paid | THE BILLBOARD BY NATALIE MORE | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Bach Week Evanston, IL | D | $3,000 | paid | HEAVEN AND EARTH APRIL 2022 | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Music Theatre Works Wilmette, IL | C | $3,000 | paid | RAGTIME | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Rivendell Theatre Chicago, IL | D | $3,000 | paid | SPAY BY MADISON FIEDLER SPRING 2021 | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Lifeline Theatre Chicago, IL | B | $3,000 | paid | MISS HOLMES RADIO DRAMA | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Cedille Chicago Chicago, IL | D | $3,000 | paid | IN MEMORY OF RBG | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Northwestern University Evanston, IL | B | $2,500 | paid | BLACK DOG FUND | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | People's Music School Chicago, IL | B | $2,000 | paid | MATCHING GRANT | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Interlochen Public Library Interlochen, MI | C | $2,000 | paid | DISCRETIONARY GRANT | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Lyric Opera of Chicago Chicago, IL | B | $2,000 | paid | LAUNCH PAD MATCHING GRANT | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Island Heritage Trust Deer Isle, ME | B | $1,500 | paid | DISCRETIONARY GRANT | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Evanston Community Foundation Evanston, IL | B | $1,000 | paid | DISCRETIONARY GRANT | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Goodman Theatre Chicago, IL | U | $1,000 | paid | DISCRETIONARY GRANT | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Nu Athletics Evanston, IL | U | $1,000 | paid | DISCRETIONARY GRANT | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI | U | $1,000 | paid | PATON CENTER | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Chicago Philharmonic Evanston, IL | U | $1,000 | paid | DISCRETIONARY GRANT | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Glimmerglass Festival Chicago, IL | U | $1,000 | paid | IN MEMORY OF RBG | 202230839349100713 |
| 2021 | Haymarket Opera Chicago, IL | D | $1,000 | paid | DISCRETIONARY GRANT | 202230839349100713 |
Match tier: A Reported EIN · B Exact name and place · C Strong name match · D Probable name match · U Unresolved. Tiers C and D are inferred, not reported; see how matching works.
Recipient matching for this dataset version has not yet completed its independent precision check. Tier A rows carry the EIN the filer reported; tiers B–D are the matcher's inference and should be read as leads until the check is published on the methodology page.
Derived from IRS Form 990-PF e-file XML. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03. All years for this funder.
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