DuPage Foundation Awards More Than $190,000 in Grants to 27 Area Not-For-Profits
The following is a listing of the organizations that will receive funding and their respective grant amounts:
Arts & Culture
• Addison Center for the Arts-$3,500 (funded by the JCS Fund)
• American Wind Band-$2,700
• Anima-Glen Ellyn Children's Chorus-$8,500
• ClaySpace NFP-$2,500 (funded by the JCS Fund)
• Downers Grove Choral Society-$2,500
• DuPage Symphony Orchestra-$10,000
• Elmhurst Art Museum-$20,000 (funded by the JCS Fund)
• Elmhurst Symphony Association-$2,500 (funded by the JCS Fund)
• Fair Lady Productions-$1,654
• Friends of the Band, Inc. (Wheaton Municipal Band)-$2,450 (funded by the JCS Fund)
• One Voice Outreach Choir-$2,050
• Opera for the Young-$2,500
• Salt Creek Ballet-$5,000
• Senior Suburban Orchestra-$2,500 (funded by the JCS Fund)
• Spirito!-$2,500
Education
• Bartlett Learning Center-$2,500 (funded by the Andi Stelzner Fund)
• Dare to Dream: Get Educated! -$8,500
• DuPage Children's Museum-$18,000
• DuPage County Historical Museum Foundation-$2,500
• Glen Ellyn Children's Resource Center-$18,000
• I Support Community-$2,000
• KidsMatter-$9,000
• Literacy DuPage-$12,500
• WorldView Resources-$6,500
Environment
• The Conservation Foundation-$15,000
• The Morton Arboretum-$10,000
• SCARCE-$15,000
TOTAL FUNDING: $190,354
(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 the Foundation's 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 $35,950.
The Foundation also makes grants to DuPage County not-for-profits working in the areas Health and Human Services during its annual Spring Community Needs Grant Cycle. That most recent Cycle awarded more than $400,000 to 28 agencies this past June. 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 so lucky to have extremely dedicated grant committee members to facilitate the grant process," said Barb Szczepaniak, Foundation director of programs. "I'm so pleased that the grants they've selected this cycle will benefit such a wide range of residents, from our youngest preschoolers to our senior citizens, and will reach people throughout all areas of the County."
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 $23 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.