DuPage Foundation grants $500,000 to nonprofits
The DuPage Foundation recently completed a record-breaking Spring Community Needs Grant season in which, for the first time in one distribution cycle, more than $500,000 was awarded to organizations working in the area of health and human services.
"It is because of donors who have given unrestricted gifts or established field-of-interest funds here at the foundation that our Community Needs Grant Program exists," Vice President for Programs Barb Szczepaniak said.
"And it is because of donors with individual donor-advised funds that we can supplement our Community Needs Grant budget and fund a greater share of requests. This wonderful teamwork results in support for so many worthy causes."
Grants were distributed to 36 not-for-profit organizations working to enhance the quality of life throughout DuPage County:
• 360 Youth Services - $15,000, funded by the Betty M. Bock Fund
• Action for Healthy Kids - $20,000
• Bridge Communities Inc. - $20,000, funded by the Snodgrass Family Fund
• Care For Cars - $10,000, funded by pass-through gifts from The McWethy Foundation and Betty W. Smykal
• CareNet Pregnancy Services of DuPage - $7,000, funded by the Betty M. Bock Fund
• CASA of DuPage County Inc. - $20,000
• Catholic Charities, Diocese of Joliet - $20,000
• Community Career Center - $2,500
• DuPage Federation on Human Services Reform - $20,000
• DuPage Health Coalition - $20,000, funded by the DuPage Medical Group Charitable Fund
• DuPage Senior Citizens Council - $10,000
• DuPage PADS - $20,000
• Easter Seals DuPage and Fox Valley - $14,778
• Equine Dreams Inc. - $20,000
• Family Focus - $10,000 funded by the Betty M. Bock Fund
• Family Shelter Service - $20,000
• Freedom Golf Association - $2,500, funded by the Linda and Clark G. Carpenter Fund
• H.O.M.E. DuPage - $20,000, funded by a pass-through gift from Betty W. Smykal
• HCS Family Services - $2,430
• Hope's Front Door - $2,500, funded by the Louise Ingalls MacArthur Fund and Edward and Minnie Ceragioli Fund
• Loaves and Fishes Community Services - $27,500
• Mayslake Village - $5,000, funded by the Edward and Minnie Ceragioli Fund
• NAMI DuPage - $20,000
• Naperville Elderly Homes - $7,500
• Neighborhood Food Pantries - $20,000
• Outreach Community Ministries - $20,000
• The Outreach House - $2,500, funded by a pass-through gift from Jim and Jan Dondlinger
• People's Resource Center - $12,650
• SamaraCare - $15,000
• Sharing Connections - $10,000, funded by the Snodgrass Family Fund
• Special Kids Day - $6,000, funded by the Andi Stelzner Fund
• Teen Parent Connection - $20,000, funded by the Betty M. Bock Fund
• Western DuPage Special Recreation Association - $14,000
• World Relief DuPage - $10,000, partially funded by the Betty M. Bock Fund
• Youth Outlook - $20,000
• YWCA Metropolitan Chicago - $20,000
To learn more about the spring Community Needs grant recipients and their purposes, visit dupagefoundation.org/grants/spring-grant-recipients.html.
Through the Community Needs Grant Program, the DuPage Foundation supports programs that raise the quality of life for DuPage County residents. Applications are accepted twice a year. The fall Community Needs grant cycle application deadline - for animal welfare, arts and culture, education and environment organizations - is Friday, Sept. 7. For information and to apply, visit dupagefoundation.org/grants/community-needs.html.
The DuPage Foundation was established in 1986 to raise the quality of life throughout DuPage County by helping residents and organizations realize their unique charitable goals, providing impactful support to the community's not-for-profits, and fostering key partnerships to address critical issues affecting DuPage County.