OUR MISSION: The Union League Civic & Arts Foundation develops and promotes programs that support education, civic responsibility and the arts for children and young adults in the Chicago Metropolitan Area.

Our emphasis is on programs the Civic & Arts Foundation initiates, develops and funds. The Civic & Arts Foundation's programs target financial need and merit. The Foundation is rooted in a 55-year old history and it continues to forge its path into the future by providing resources to cultivate the talents, opportunities and dreams of its gifted beneficiaries.

At the Union League Civic & Arts Foundation, we wholeheartedly believe in the value of the work that we do. We have witnessed the ways in which cultural enrichment builds character and promotes academic achievement and civic responsibility. We believe in our mission and in the long-lasting effects that our programs have not only in the individual lives of our beneficiaries, but also in the Chicago community as a whole.

View/download Classical Music Scholarship Competition application & guidelines
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View/download Jazz Composition Competition application & guidelines
View/download Jazz Improvization Competition application & guidelines
View/download Martin Research Grant application & guidelines
View/download Visual Arts Competition application & guidelines

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Union League Club Civic & Arts Foundation
65 West Jackson Boulevard
Chicago, Il 60604
T. 312/435-5961
F. 312/427-9177
E.civicandarts@aol.com