Chicago native and Grammy winner Chance the Rapper announced on Friday that his non-profit organization SocialWorks has raised $2.2 million that will be given to 20 CPS schools for arts education programs.
"These schools will receive $100,000 over the next three years with budgeting and staffing and guidance provided by CPS and Ingenuity," said Chance.The principals of the 20 schools only recently found out they'd been selected based on their schools' needs and their budgetary restrictions.
One of the reasons these particular schools were selected is because of the innovation of the individual principals.
They've come up with ways to use this newly-found cash to go a step beyond the basics and provide exciting experiences for their students.
"As a parent and proud product of CPS, I'm committed to helping Chicago's children have quality learning experiences that include the arts," Chance said in a statement.
"Principals from the 20 schools that were selected committed to funding fully-staffed arts programs at their school for the length of the grant.
At that time he also agreed to donate $10,000 for every $100,000 donated by other groups to support Chicago schools. »