support our work

For over 20 years, through the effective use of funding and partnerships, AWP has produced dozens of high-impact projects addressing a range of human rights and social justice issues. This happens with meaningful collaboration with stakeholders who believe in our ability to center the voices, lived experiences, and expertise of survivors, advocates, and key actors in our work.

There are myriad ways to support ART WORKS Projects as an event attendee, organizer, or host, and by raising awareness of the issues and stories our projects amplify. And AW cannot do what we do without the financial support of our many donors, grant funders, and, of course, you, our community.

ways to give

  • You can make a gift through our online giving platform.

    Please note, that making a gift through our online platform will incur a 3.5% processing fee. We know this can be a barrier to giving, and we offer a number of different ways you can make a gift below.

  • Please contact AWP’s interim programming and development director, Leslie Thomas at leslie@artworksprojects.org, if you’d like to make a direct ACH or Wire Transfer.

  • You can make a gift securely via PayPal.

  • We understand that some of our donors have the ability to grant gifts through a special fund dedicated to several charitable organizations of your choice. We ask that you consider ART WORKS Projects under your DAF designation.

    Official Name of Organization: ART WORKS Projects

    Official Address: c/o Simmons Center for Global Chicago, 303 E. Wacker Drive, Suite 2108, Chicago, IL 60601

    Federal Tax ID: 71-1049669

    Make your donor-advised fund transfer directly via a DAF Direct Payment Flow.

    If you have any questions, please get in touch with Leslie Thomas, interim director of programming and development, at leslie@artworksprojects.org

  • We welcome opportunities to explore longer structured gift plans such as multi-year grants, pledges, and estate planning to support the long-term financial viability of ART WORKS Projects.

    Please contact head of development, Leslie Thomas at leslie@artworksprojects.org

  • Make an anonymous gift through Silent Donor. Silent donor allows for generous individuals and companies to send fully anonymous, tax-deductible donations to the organizations they want to support without the additional burden of traditional gift acknowledgments and for continuous solicitations.

    Donate Now – Art Works Projects – Silent Donor

Donor Acknowledgments

ART WORKS Projects has received funding through a CityArts grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, The Chicago Community Trust, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

We are grateful for the continued support of major funders, including Anne and Howard Conant, Jr., Lisa Snow and Franco Turrinelli, AWP’s Board of Directors, and donors like you.

AWP appreciates in-kind and pro bono services offered by: