Several Columbia College departments and centers have received significant corporate and foundation grant awards in recent months. Some of the largest grants, and the projects they support, are outlined below.

CCAP (Center for Community Arts Partnerships): $1.1 million (over four years) from the United States Department of Education, Office of Innovation and Improvement, under the Arts in Education Model Development and Dissemination Grant Program. This initiative—Translations: Multi-Directional Learning in the Arts, Literacy and Math—will expand CCAP’s Arts Integration Mentorship program by adding a new focus on math literacy.

CCAP: $25,490 from After School Matters to support Resounding Stories 3.0, an after-school program at ACT Charter School through CCAP’s Community Schools initiative, which explores arts and learning through project-based or arts-integrated experiences. Resounding Stories 3.0 helps prepare students for careers in the arts and media.

CCAP: $10,240 from the Illinois Arts Council, in support of Urban Missions, CCAP’s flagship program. The process of building reciprocal partnerships developed by Urban Missions brings together Columbia faculty and community-based arts organizations to develop sustainable arts programming for Columbia College students and Chicago youth.

Journalism: $250,000 (over two years) from the McCormick Foundation in support of the Columbia LINKS program. This program provides high-quality journalism training to Chicago teachers and teenagers, making LINKS a hub for teen journalism in the city, including connection with professional media.

Early Childhood Education: $600,000 (over two years) from the McCormick Foundation to conduct a collaborative project with the City of Chicago Department of Youth Services to provide a professional development program for staff in 15 early childhood education agencies in Chicago.

The Chicago Jazz Ensemble: $50,000 from the MacArthur Fund for Arts and Culture at Prince Charitable Trust for general operating expenses.

The Sherwood Conservatory: $50,000 from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation for general operating expenses.

The Dance Center: $30,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts to support artist fees, production expenses, marketing, and direct administrative costs for a series of three 2009–10 science, technology, and dance projects.