Causes: Arts & Culture, Arts & Humanities Councils & Agencies, Arts Education, Arts Services

Mission: Near NorthWest Arts Council, founded in 1986, is comprised of artists, social activists and cultural workers committed to sharing the power of creativity to build healthy communities. Programs address equitable access to resources for art space, arts education and creative work. NNWAC''s goal is to counter gentrification and displacement with democratic control, grass roots investment and ownership for populations that are historically marginalized.

Geographic areas served: norhwest side and all of metro Chicago,

Programs: NNWAC manages St Paul's Cultural Center for performing, media and visual arts. We join locally, nationally and globally to exchange stories, strategies and creative work; to inspire the possibility of creativity, to value the integrity of art, to create a bank of creative services; to network resources more effectively, to influence policy that affects artists, to reflect the insights of local experience, and to build teams to achieve all of the above.