Over $430K In Grants Given To Nonprofits By DuPage Foundation

WHEATON, IL — More than 30 DuPage-area nonprofits benefitted from a total of more than $430,000 in grants from DuPage Foundation's Community Needs Grant Program for fall 2021.

The Community Needs Grant Program accepts applications twice yearly. This round's grant amount was able to exceed the foundation's usual budget by nearly $180,000, due to additional donations, a news release said.

Grant recipients were chosen from organizations that focus on animal welfare, arts and culture, education and environment. Below is a roundup of the grant recipients and amounts for each category.

Education

• Alive Center: $15,000
• Career and Networking Center: $12,500
• Child's Voice: $2,500
• CREO DuPage: $10,000
• DuPage Children's Museum: $18,000
• DuPage Federation on Human Services Reform: $20,000
• Exodus World Service: $15,000
• Giant Steps: $15,000
• Glen Ellyn Children's Resource Center: $25,000
• H.O.M.E. DuPage, Inc.: $25,000
• KidsMatter: $25,000
• Literacy DuPage: $20,000
• Resilient, NFP: $15,000
• The Community House: $15,000
• Turning Pointe Autism Foundation: $7,693
• Your Children's Bookshelf: $8,000

Arts and Culture

• b.unity: $12,500
• BrightSide Theatre: $20,000
• Buffalo Theatre Ensemble: $20,000
• DuPage County Historical Museum Foundation: $2,500
• DuPage Symphony Orchestra: $15,000
• Elmhurst Art Museum: $20,000
• Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra: $2,500
• Glen Ellyn-Wheaton Chorale: $3,000
• Immigrant Solidarity DuPage: $14,000

Environmental

• Morton Arboretum: $15,000
• SCARCE: $25,000
• Three Fires Council, Boy Scouts of America: $5,000

Animal Welfare

• Feral Fixers: $7,000
• Fetching Tails Foundation: $12,000
• West Suburban Humane Society: $10,000

“We are proud to deploy these much-needed grants to the not-for-profit organizations that work tirelessly to serve our community, especially as the lingering effects of the pandemic have forced many to reimagine and rebuild their operations and programs,” Barb Szczepaniak, vice president of programs at DuPage Foundation said in a news release.

Szczepaniak continued, “We are grateful to our donors for their generosity and desire to expand funding to support these organizations.”

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