DONATE: SUPPORT OUR MISSION

Help us continue our success in serving Chicagoland Youth and Adults by donating directly to our scholarship or capital equipment funds!

Giving everyone access to creative industrial arts education…this is equity! Giving everyone access to the tools that allow for safe and effective work to make nearly anything…this is empowering! Add both together…this is CIADC!

To read about our 2024 successes, please click here.

DONATE TO OUR SCHOLARSHIP FUND

We offer need-based tuition scholarships though our Steve Feingold Memorial Scholarship program and free Youth classes through our Free for CPS program.

Help us provide equitable access to the benefits of hands-on industrial arts!

Donate to Scholarship Fund

DONATE TO OUR CAPITAL EQUIPMENT FUND

We are constantly looking to increase capabilities and allow for safer and more effective ways to create nearly anything.

On our radar for 2025:

  • Metal Casting: Digitally controlled kiln, $3,500

  • Metalworking & Forging: 2” x 72” Knife Maker Belt Sander, $3,000

  • CNC Fabrication: Engraver Head for CNC Plasma, $2,000

  • Woodworking: Downdraft Sanding Tables, $4,000

    Help us bring in the equipment that empowers!

Donate to Capital Equipment Fund

DONATE TO OUR GENERAL OPERATING FUND

We serve over 1,600 people annually, giving each access to the knowledge and the workspace to make most anything.

Help us reach more Chicagoland youth and adults and give them the benefits that creative industrial arts offers!

Donate to General Operating Fund

DONATE BY MAIL

Support CIADC by sending a donation check to the following address. Please let us know if you would like the gift earmarked for either Scholarships, Equipment, or General Operations.

CIADC
6433 N. Ravenswood Ave.
Chicago, IL 60626

Chicago Industrial Arts and Design Center (CIADC) is a 501(c)(3), not-for-profit, charitable organization with a mission to provide continuing education, working access, and community for 3D object makers working with materials and processes requiring industrial workspace, specialized skill-sets, and shop equipment.

All donations are tax deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law.