Foundation Awards $204,000 in Grants to 30 Organizations
Foundation Director of Programs Barb Szczepaniak shared her pleasure with the Foundation's support of local organizations: “DuPage is home to many not-for-profit organizations that are doing wonderful work to make our community a better place in which to live. We're proud to support the efforts of these organizations and wish them well as they expand their efforts in DuPage County.”
The following is a list of the not-for-profit organizations that received funding. For more information about these grants, including their amounts and the purposes for which they will be used, please refer to The DuPage Community Foundation website, www.dcfdn.org.
Arts and Culture
• Acappellago
• Downers Grove Choral Society
• DuPage Symphony Orchestra
• Elmhurst Art Museum
• Glen Ellyn-Wheaton Chorale
• Salt Creek Ballet
• Senior Suburban Orchestra
• Spirito! Singers
• Wheaton Band Festival
• Wheaton College
• Young Naperville Singers
Education
• Dare to Dream: Get Educated!
• Glen Ellyn Children's Resource Center
• Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art
• North Central College
• Ray Graham Association for People With Disabilities
• Robert Crown Center for Health Education
• The Community House
• The Salvation Army Family and Community Services
Environment
• Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital
• The Morton Arboretum
• The Wetlands Initiative
Special Initiative
• The Conservation Foundation
Donor-Advised Grants
• Addison Center for the Arts
• Anima—Young Singers of Greater Chicago
• Chicago Sinfonietta
• Cosley Zoo/Cosley Foundation
• DuPage County Historical Museum Association
• DuPage Workforce Board
• National Louis University
The Foundation also makes grants to DuPage County not-for-profits working in the areas of health and human services as part of its Spring Community Grant Needs Cycle. That most recent cycle awarded $298,000 to 25 organizations this past June. (The list of these grant awards may also be found at www.dcfdn.org.)
In addition, the Foundation makes grants throughout the year from its various donor-advised and other restricted funds. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, the Foundation granted more
than $2.3 million, representing a 25% increase over the previous fiscal year.
About The DuPage Community Foundation:
The DuPage Community 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 $50 million and awarded more than $17 million in grants to not-for-profit agencies serving the residents of DuPage County and beyond.
Established in 1986, The DuPage Community 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 Kott, marketing & communications officer, at (630) 665-5556, extension 19, or jkott@dcfdn.org.