AcknowledgmentsWe thank the Joyce Foundation for its f<strong>in</strong>ancial support of this research and <strong>in</strong>dividualstaff members for shar<strong>in</strong>g their expertise throughout the research process. Specifically,we thank Ellen Alberd<strong>in</strong>g, foundation president; Michelle Boone, culture program officer;and Reg<strong>in</strong>ald Jones, former program officer at Joyce, now executive director of the SteansFamily Foundation.We thank Julia Perk<strong>in</strong>s, pr<strong>in</strong>cipal of MBMD Consultants and a core member of the team.She worked as the <strong>Center</strong>’s community fellow, and her tireless efforts drove this projectthrough to its completion.We thank the University of <strong>Chicago</strong>, the Irv<strong>in</strong>g B. Harris Graduate School of Public<strong>Policy</strong> Studies, and the National Op<strong>in</strong>ion Research <strong>Center</strong> (NORC). We want to giveparticular thanks to Robert LaLonde, faculty member at the Harris School, and ColmO’Muircheartaigh, vice president at NORC and a faculty member at the Harris School. Weare <strong>in</strong>debted to the hard work and patience of Ned English, survey methodologist atNORC, who not only produced the maps <strong>in</strong>cluded <strong>in</strong> this report, but also generated scoresof others. Their expertise led the analysis and conclusions we identify here. This studywould not have been possible without access to resources available through the universityenvironment.The current and former staff at the <strong>Cultural</strong> <strong>Policy</strong> <strong>Center</strong> played important rolesthroughout the two-year project. We thank D. Carroll Joynes, executive director, andLawrence Rothfield, faculty director, for their project oversight and support; researchassociate Diane Grams, whose project management kept the large volume of data secureand <strong>in</strong>tact; and Wendy Norris, who began as a graduate research assistant and ended uplead<strong>in</strong>g the f<strong>in</strong>al edit<strong>in</strong>g and communications efforts. We also thank Katie Claussen,public events coord<strong>in</strong>ator; Michael Washburn and Kimberly McCullough, former assistantdirectors for communications; and Stefanie White, former assistant director for public<strong>in</strong>formation.We would also like to thank the follow<strong>in</strong>g University of <strong>Chicago</strong> graduate andundergraduate research assistants for their dedication and hard work: Isabel Anadon,Erica Coslor, Evan Druce, Jessica Feldman, Stephanie Hughes, Ofurhe Igb<strong>in</strong>edion, Ala<strong>in</strong>aJas<strong>in</strong>evicius, Sarah Lawrence, Christ<strong>in</strong>a Le, Emily Lehrer, Helen Li, Jeremy Mallory, EmilyO’Neill, and Rosemary Polanco. Their support, time, and analytical m<strong>in</strong>ds were importantcontributions to this project.We also thank our edit<strong>in</strong>g consultant John Whitman, whose skills transformed the ideasand labor of many <strong>in</strong>to a uniform text.F<strong>in</strong>ally, we thank the sixty-one organizations whose staff provided us with theirorganizational data. Without their <strong>in</strong>volvement and trust, this project would not havebeen possible.—The <strong>Cultural</strong> <strong>Policy</strong> <strong>Center</strong> at the University of <strong>Chicago</strong>7
<strong>Mapp<strong>in</strong>g</strong> <strong>Cultural</strong> <strong>Participation</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Chicago</strong>8
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