Corporate Giving
Corporations provide vital support to the MCA through their investment in our education programs, events, exhibitions, and performances. In return for their investment, corporations receive recognition, invitations to exclusive events, discounts, complimentary admission tickets, and more. Gifts to education programs, exhibitions, and performances are 100% tax deductible.
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The MCA's annual Corporate Art Award honors corporations for their philanthropic support of arts education in Chicago. The event provides opportunities for corporate sponsorship and raises funds for MCA education programs each year. Corporate Art Award recipient, BMO Harris Bank, May 9, 2016
Photo: Kristen Norman for Jeremy Lawson Photography © MCA Chicago
Special events provide exclusive opportunities for corporate sponsors, individual donors, and members to talk with artists whose work is on view, such as Kerry James Marshall, pictured above. Kerry James Marshall: Mastry Members' Preview, Apr 21, 2016
Photo: Jeremy Lawson Photography © MCA Chicago
Corporate sponsors and individual donors enjoy cocktails and hors d'oeuvres before previewing Kerry James Marshall: Mastry, April 21, 2016. The MCA hosts exclusive previews for each major exhibition for sponsors and individual donors
Photo: Jeremy Lawson Photography © MCA Chicago
MCA Talks inspire sold-out audiences, like this one that features musician and Portlandia star Carrie Brownstein on November 30, 2015
Photo: Nathan Keay © MCA Chicago
Wildly popular after-hours events like Prime Time, shown above, feature leading DJs, artists, and performers in front of sold-out crowds. The past three Prime Time events sold out to a maximum capacity of 1,500 people. Prime Time: Vibes, Oct 2, 2015
Photo: Nathan Keay © MCA Chicago
Family Days provide specially designed activities that foster interaction and creative collaboration for children and families. Family Day, May 10, 2014
Photo: Joshua Longbrake © MCA Chicago
Corporations provide critical support to exhibitions, which enables the MCA to host major shows, like David Bowie Is
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Thank you for your generous support
The MCA is honored to recognize its corporate partners who advance the MCA’s mission and social impact through their generous philanthropy to our annual fund.
- Alera Group
- Alliant/Mesirow Insurance Services
- Aloft Mag Mile
- Amsted Industries
- Arete Wealth
- Bank of America
- Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP
- Bloomberg Philanthropies
- BMO Harris Bank
- Chanel
- Christie’s
- Citi Bank
- Culinaire
- Cushman & Wakefield Inc.
- Discover Financial Services
- DLA Piper
- The Edgewater Funds
- Forest Capital Management
- GRAFF
- Hoerr Schaudt Landscape Architects
- Illinois Tool Works
- Jamerson & Bauwens Electrical Contractors
- Kering Americas, Inc
- Kirkland & Ellis LLP
- Lowitz and Sons, Inc.
- Masterpiece International, Ltd.
- Northern Trust
- Park Hyatt Chicago
- Peoples Gas Community Fund
- Phillips
- Reyes Holdings, LLC
- Sahara Enterprises, Inc.
- Securitas
- Sotheby’s
- Terry Dowd, Inc.
- William Blair & Company
- Anonymous
As of February 2024
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