Historical Museum receives DuPage Foundation grant

WHEATON - The DuPage County Historical Museum Foundation received a $2,500 grant from the DuPage Foundation's 2015 Fall Community Needs Grant Cycle.

The grant awarded from the Cleve E. Carney Fund of the DuPage Foundation will support Fun Unplugged, a series of three exhibits - Childhood Memories, Little Adults, and Outdoor Adventures - running February 2016 through February 2018.

The series focuses on children's pastimes throughout DuPage County history.

Thanks to this $2,500 grant, the Museum can "showcase three free exhibits in the Fun Unplugged exhibit series while providing lectures and workshops at minimal or no cost to individuals," said Museum Curator Ashley Downing. "Without the grant, we wouldn't be able to target the large segment of the community we are hoping this exhibit and [these] activities will be able to attract."

In addition to the Museum Foundation, 26 other not-for-profit organizations across the county received funds during the cycle, including the Addison Center for the Arts, the Morton Arboretum, and SCARCE. The DuPage Foundation awarded $190,354 in Arts & Culture, Education, and Environmental grants. In response to this year's Community Needs grant applications, donor-advisors recommended disbursing an additional $36,000 in grant funding.