DuPage Foundation Awards More Than $400,000 in Grants to 28 Health and Human Service Organizations
The grants, which range from $2,000 to $20,000, are being awarded as part of the Foundation's annual Spring Community Needs Grant Cycle. The following is a listing of the organizations that will receive funding and their respective grant amounts:
• Bridge Communities, Inc.-$20,000
• CASA of DuPage County, Inc.-$20,000 (partially funded by a grant from the Sullivan-Taylor Fund)
• Catholic Charities, Diocese of Joliet-$20,000
• DuPage Homeownership Center, Inc. -$15,000 (partially funded by the Sue Wallace Fund)
• DuPage Senior Citizens Council-$15,000
• ESSE Adult Day Services-$2,000
• Family Shelter Service-$20,000 (fully funded by the Betty M. Bock Fund)
• Friends for Therapeutic Equine Activities-$4,000 (partially funded by the Edward and Minnie Ceragioli Fund)
• Giant Steps-$20,000
• Glen Ellyn Food Pantry-$15,700
• Loaves & Fishes Community Services-$15,000 (fully funded by the Betty M. Bock Fund)
• LOVE Christian Clearinghouse-$10,000
• Metropolitan Family Services DuPage-$11,694
• NAMI DuPage-$20,000 (fully funded by the DuPage Medical Group Charitable Fund)
• Naperville CARES-$8,000
• Neighborhood Food Pantries-$20,000
• Northern Illinois Food Bank-$20,000
• Outreach Community Ministries-$20,000
• Parents Alliance Employment Project-$9,000
• People's Resource Center-$10,000 (partially funded by the Betty M. Bock Fund)
• Prairie State Legal Services-$20,000
• Samaritan Interfaith Counseling Center-$15,000 (partially funded by the Sullivan-Taylor Fund)
• SEASPAR-$14,607 (fully funded by the DuPage Medical Group Charitable Fund)
• Serenity House Counseling Services, Inc.-$7,500
• Teen Parent Connection-$20,000 (fully funded by the Betty M. Bock Fund)
• Wayne/Winfield Area Youth/Family Services (WAYS) -$2,500
• Western DuPage Special Recreation Association Foundation-$15,000
• Youth Outlook-$10,000
TOTAL FUNDING: $400,001
(For a detailed listing of the grants and the projects they will support, please refer to
www.dupagefoundation.org/communityimpact/healthhumanservicesgrants.)
Community Needs grants are primarily awarded based on earnings from our unrestricted and field-of-interest funds. Additionally, during the selection process, the Foundation offers representatives of its donor-advised funds the opportunity to review the grant applications that it receives through its Community Needs Grant Program. It does this to inform local donors about the needs in the community, introduce them to the many organizations that apply to the Foundation, and to engage them in helping the Foundation increase the level of grant support that it provides through the grant process. In response to this year's Community Needs grant applications, donor-advisors have recommended grants as indicated above, totaling $108,107.
The Foundation also makes grants to DuPage County not-for-profits working in the areas of Arts and Culture, Education and the Environment during its annual Fall Community Needs Grant Cycle. That most recent Cycle awarded more than $207,000 to 29 agencies this past December. In addition, the Foundation makes grants throughout the year to a range of not-for-profits throughout DuPage County and beyond from its various donor-advised and other restricted funds.
"We are thrilled to have reached a major milestone this grant cycle by awarding more than $400,000
to support DuPage health and human services programs," said Barb Szczepaniak, Foundation director of programs. "Local not-for-profit organizations work extremely hard to serve those in need in our community and we are pleased that our financial support can help them expand their efforts."
About the DuPage Foundation
The DuPage Foundation seeks to raise the quality of life throughout DuPage County by
fostering philanthropy, connecting donors to area needs and building community partnerships. Based on the American virtues of volunteerism and philanthropy, the Foundation fosters a legacy of support for the people of DuPage County by making grants to not-for-profit organizations working in the areas of arts and culture, education, environment, health, and human services. Since its inception, the Foundation has built its endowment to more than $63 million and awarded more than $22 million in grants to not-for-profit agencies serving the residents of DuPage County and beyond.
Established in 1986, the DuPage Foundation is a publicly-supported 501(c)(3) organization to
which contributions are tax deductible. It was created to benefit the people of DuPage County and receives contributions and bequests into a permanent endowment from individuals, corporations, organizations and foundations wishing to make lasting contributions to the people of DuPage. The earnings on these funds are then used, in accordance with donor wishes, for the Foundation's grantmaking and community leadership activities.
For more information about the Foundation, or to arrange future media opportunities, please contact Joelyn Kundrot, marketing & communications officer, at (630) 665-5556, extension 19, or joelyn@dupagefoundation.org.