Barrel of Monkeys is supported by:
- The Alphawood Foundation
- Anonymous
- Arts Work Fund for Organizational Development
- The Chicago Community Trust
- The Chicago Public Schools
- a CityArts Program 2 grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency
- Dr. Scholl Foundation
- The Illinois Arts Council, a state agency
- The MacArthur Fund for Arts and Culture at the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation
- The Mardi Gras Fund
- The Maurice R. and Meta G. Gross Foundation, John D. Marshall and Bank of America, N.A., Co-Trustees
- The National Endowment for the Arts
- The Northern Trust Centennial Fund
- Peoples Gas
- The Polk Bros Foundation
- Thing 1 2 3
- and hundreds of individuals just like you.


