As part of its Community Needs Grant Program (Community Needs), DuPage Foundation granted $473,150 to 37 not-for-profit organizations in the areas of animal welfare, arts & culture, education and environment.
The following organizations received a Community Needs grant:
Animal Welfare - $32,700
- Fetching Tails Foundation - $9,700
- Hinsdale Humane Society - $23,000
Arts & Culture - $114,500
- b.unity - $7,500
- Buffalo Theatre Ensemble - $20,000
- Chicago Sinfonietta - $5,000
- College of DuPage Foundation - $25,000
- Covenant Living at Windsor Park - $5,000
- DuPage County Historical Museum Foundation - $2,500
- Elmhurst Art Museum - $20,000
- ESSE Adult Day Services - $5,000
- Glen Ellyn-Wheaton Chorale - $2,000
- Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art - $2,500
- Naperville Heritage Society/Naper Settlement - $5,000
- Opera for the Young - $2,500
- Salt Creek Ballet - $5,000
- Spirito! - $5,000
- Young Naperville Singers - $2,500
Education – $256,750
- Alive Center - $20,000
- B.R. Ryall YMCA - $25,000
- Best Buddies - $10,000
- Career & Networking Center - $23,000
- Child’s Voice - $2,500
- Compudopt - $5,000
- Doodlebug Workshop Vocational Training Center, Inc. - $5,000
- DuPage Children’s Museum - $18,000
- Exodus World Service - $19,000
- Glen Ellyn Children’s Resource Center - $25,000
- H.O.M.E. DuPage, Inc. - $25,000
- Innovation DuPage - $15,000
- Inside Out Club DuPage - $12,500
- KidsMatter - $14,250
- Literacy DuPage - $22,000
- Your Children’s Bookshelf - $15,500
Environment - $69,200
- The Conservation Foundation - $25,000
- Partnership for Education Progress - $9,200
- SCARCE - $25,000
- Village of Glen Ellyn - $10,000
See project descriptions for each of the grantees here.
Thirty-seven health & human services grants totaling $678K were also awarded in the spring bringing the total Community Needs grants distributed in 2022 to more than $1.1 million.
“Our Community Needs Grant Program supports local not-for-profit organizations that are dedicated to enriching DuPage County,” said Roger McDougal, chair of the Foundation’s Grant Committee. “We are thankful for the myriad services and programs they provide that contribute to a strong, vibrant, and culturally- and environmentally-rich community. In addition, we are thankful for the donors who have invested in the Foundation. It is their generosity that makes our support possible.”
Applications for DuPage Foundation’s Community Needs Grant Program are accepted twice per year and are reviewed by the Foundation’s volunteer Grant Committee.
“We have a very dedicated group of Grant Committee members who devote hours to the review process,” said Barb Szczepaniak, Foundation vice president for programs. “They bring diverse perspectives that contribute to a robust review of the applications and ensure that the Foundation continues to be good stewards with the funds entrusted to us.”
For the 2023 grant guidelines, please visit dupagefoundation.org/CNGP.
