New Chance Fund (Arts & Literature)
Funding Amount
$500,000
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Annual
- Tracked since
- April 2026
Source: the cycle recorded on this listing. Confirm dates with the funder.
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Eligible organizations
- Chicago Public Schools
- CPS students (K-12, with secondary focus on high school students)
- School communities serving high percentages of low-income and Black/Brown students
Overview
The New Chance Fund provides grants to Chicago Public Schools to support arts and literature enrichment programming. The fund was created following Chance the Rapper's $1 million donation to CPS in 2017.
Geographic Scope: Chicago Public Schools (CPS) and Chicago-area communities
Focus Areas:
- Arts enrichment and programming
- Literary arts
- Music education
- Visual arts (including 3D sculpture, mosaics, painting)
- Student engagement and academic success
- Building community partnerships within schools
- Social-emotional learning environments
Award Details:
- Fourth Cohort announced August 29, 2025: $500,000 in grants for Career Connected Learning at five CPS high schools
- Schools receive resources including art supplies, musical instruments (guitars, violins), and partnerships with local artists
- Supports school programs and community enrichment
Eligible Recipients:
- Chicago Public Schools
- CPS students (K-12, with secondary focus on high school students)
- School communities serving high percentages of low-income and Black/Brown students
Impact to Date:
- Has impacted 51+ schools
- Served more than 6,800+ students
- Supported schools like Beethoven Elementary and Burke Elementary in providing arts programming
What Socialworks actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2023 — the most recent filing with itemized grants
Socialworks reported $40K in grants for 2024 as a total without an itemized list; the grant details below are from 2023, its most recent itemized filing.
- Grants in 2023
- 2
- Total given
- $341K
- Median grant
- $171K
- Range
- $86K–$255K
- By dollars: Illinois 100%. Top recipient cities: Chicago, IL.
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Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Arts
- Music education
- Education
- K-12 schools
- Youth programs
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