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

Wheaton IL

22 November, 2021

4:38 PM

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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: $15,000Career 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: $20,000Exodus World Service: $15,000Giant Steps: $15,000Glen Ellyn Children's Resource Center: $25,000H.O.M.E. DuPage, Inc.: $25,000KidsMatter: $25,000Literacy DuPage: $20,000Resilient, NFP: $15,000The Community House: $15,000Turning Pointe Autism Foundation: $7,693Your Children's Bookshelf: $8,000Arts and Culture b.unity: $12,500BrightSide Theatre: $20,000Buffalo Theatre Ensemble: $20,000DuPage County Historical Museum Foundation: $2,500DuPage Symphony Orchestra: $15,000Elmhurst Art Museum: $20,000Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra: $2,500Glen Ellyn-Wheaton Chorale: $3,000Immigrant Solidarity DuPage: $14,000Environmental Morton Arboretum: $15,000SCARCE: $25,000Three Fires Council, Boy Scouts of America: $5,000Animal Welfare Feral Fixers: $7,000Fetching Tails Foundation: $12,000West 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." Also on Patch: Library's Scarf Drive To Benefit Homeless Veterans Holiday Lights Contest Returns To Wheaton With New Categories DuPage Democratic Staffer's Waukesha Tweet Sparks Furor