MacArthur Foundation to aid licensing of arts groups | Chicago Tribune

MacArthur Foundation to aid licensing of arts groups | Chicago Tribune: "MacArthur Foundation to aid licensing of arts groups

By Charles Storch
Tribune staff reporter
Published January 12, 2007

Storefront theaters and other small, non-profit performing arts venues that haven't had the means to bring their spaces up to City of Chicago building and fire codes may be eligible for help from the city's largest philanthropy.

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is to announce Friday its establishment of a $660,000 fund to help small arts organizations obtain a city Performing Arts Venue license."