Congratulations to our first round of Healthy Lifestyles grant recipients: Bridge Communities, The GardenWorks Project, Northern Illinois Food Bank, and UCP Sequin of Greater Chicago. Funding for the selected evidence-based programs that encourage healthy eating and physical activity was provided by the JCS Fund.

Kathleen Lamonica Krochock opened a donor-advised fund with The DuPage Foundation to honor her parents, Joseph and Margery Lamonica and their family's life in DuPage County.

We're pleased to announce the awarding of nearly $270,000 in grants to 30 DuPage not-for-profits working in the areas of Animal Welfare, Arts and Culture, Education, and the Environment. Grants were distributed at our Holiday Open House on December 12.

FirstMidwest Bank and guests, playing under the team name Alternative Facts, won the trophy during our NGI Charity Trivia Night on February 6 at Empire in Naperville. The team, as part of their victory, selected Little Friends as the recipient of a $2,000 grant.

We're seeking a Staff Accountant to analyze and reconcile accounts and prepare financial reports. An outstanding commitment to accuracy and detail is necessary, with a proactive, flexible, team-oriented, and collaborative work style.

Learn more about the Foundation's mission and how we help donors, not-for-profits, area professional advisors, and other partners as we work together to benefit our community.

We are excited to share our fiscal year 2018 annual report with you! Thank you for your continued support of our work to address our community’s most pressing needs.

The JCS Arts, Health and Education Fund of the DuPage Foundation is offering Picture This Visual Arts Mini-Grants for painting- and drawing-related not-for-profit arts organizations and governmental agencies. Entities may request up to $2,500 for projects. Apply by March 31.

January 2019 marked the 11th year for the Dare to Dream: Get Educated! conference, which received an $8,500 Community Needs grant, partially funded by the Donor-Advised Fund for Needy Children.