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Harper Court Arts Council

Get To Know Us

Background    In 2008, with assets from the sale of the Harper Court shopping center, the Harper Court Arts Council was
founded as a grant making 501(c)(3) foundation with the dual purposes of supporting the arts and
economic development within the geographic boundaries of Chicago's Hyde Park-Kenwood neighborhoods,  defined as 47th Street to 59th Street and Cottage Grove Avenue to the Lakefront.

 

As of 2022, HCAC has made grants totaling more than $1.28 million to 36 organizations with a particular focus on projects that enhance cultural programming and services for children and youth or stimulate economic development and community diversity.
 

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Board of Directors
President                 Addison Braendel, Partner, Baker McKenzie  
Treasurer                  Mary Anton,  Board Member of Hyde Park School of Dance and Court Theater
Secretary                  Barbara Koenen Founder + Director, Creative Chicago Reuse Exchange

                                  Marlies Carruth,  Senior Program Officer, MacArthur Foundation
                                  Nathan Decety, Accenture

   Kenneth Grant, President, Grant Construction, Inc

   Paula Jones, Director of Operations, St. Thomas the Apostle Parish; Board Member, Hyde Park Jazz Fest

                                  Nika Levando, University of Chicago Office of Civic Engagement

                                  Jacob Rosenbacher, Fastly
 

as of October 2023

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