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The following organizations received grants from the Foundation’s Fall 2023 Community Needs cycle:
Education:
- Best Buddies: $10,000
- Candor Health Education: $15,000
- Child's Voice: $2,500
- Compudopt: $25,000
- CREO DuPage: $15,000
- DuPage Children's Museum: $20,000
- Elmhurst Student Philanthropy Council: $5,000
- Embrace Living Communities: $10,000
- Glen Ellyn Children's Resource Center: $25,000
- Goodwill Industries of Metropolitan Chicago: $9,750
- Green Halo Scholars: $25,000
- H.O.M.E. DuPage, Inc.: $25,000
- Innovation DuPage: $20,000
- Inside Out Club DuPage: $14,175
- Literacy DuPage: $25,000
- Resilient, NFP: $25,000
- Turning Pointe Autism Foundation: $2,500
- United States Adaptive Golf Alliance: $5,000
Arts & Culture
- Anima - Glen Ellyn Children's Chorus: $10,000
- BrightSide Theatre: $25,000
- Buffalo Theatre Ensemble: $25,000
- College of DuPage Foundation: $25,000
- Darien Arts Council: $2,500
- Downers Grove Choral Society: $2,500
- DuPage County Historical Museum Foundation: $2,500
- DuPage Symphony Orchestra: $22,200
- Elmhurst Art Museum: $25,000
- Elmhurst Centre for Performing Arts: $2,500
- Elmhurst Choral Union: $5,000
- Elmhurst Pride Collective: $10,375
- Glen Ellyn-Wheaton Chorale: $5,000
- Lisle Community Band: $2,500
- Naperville Art League: $11,500
- Opera for the Young: $2,500
- Paramount Theatre: $2,500
- Salt Creek Ballet: $10,000
- Spirito!: $5,000
- Wheaton Drama, Inc.: $16,100
- Young Naperville Singers: $2,500
Environment
- Morton Arboretum: $20,000
- SCARCE: $25,000
- The Conservation Foundation: $25,000
- Three Fires Council, Boy Scouts of America: $7,500
Animal Welfare
- A.D.O.P.T. Pet Shelter: $10,000
- Hinsdale Humane Society: $14,000
- West Suburban Humane Society: $10,000
See project descriptions for each of the grantees here. High-resolution photos of all grantees are available upon request at samantha@dupagefoundation.org.
Applications for the Foundation’s Community Needs Grant Program are accepted twice per year and are reviewed by its Grant Committee, consisting of Foundation Trustees and volunteers from throughout DuPage County.
“Our Committee’s shared commitment to helping the Foundation deliver impactful, positive change is palpable,” said Roger McDougal, a DuPage Foundation trustee and chair of its Grant Committee. “The diligent work our DuPage County not-for-profits undertake every day is inspiring, and we are grateful to play a role in supporting them.”
Additional contributions from local donors and DuPage Foundation donor-advised funds helped increase the Foundation’s Fall 2023 Community Needs grant budget by 64 percent.
“We are always energized by the potential for each funded project to make a meaningful difference for our residents and community,” said Barb Szczepaniak, Foundation vice president for programs. “These grants represent commitments to fuel innovation, foster collaboration, and drive sustainable progress. We are so grateful to our donors and donor advisors for their additional support. With their help, we were able to fund approximately 76 percent of eligible requests vs. 47 percent. This is the power of coordinated impact at work.”
In 2024, DuPage Foundation’s Community Needs Grant Program will be renamed to “Community Impact,” underscoring the Foundation’s commitment to delivering robust, coordinated impact focused on improving and enriching the quality of life for our community and its residents. Additionally, beginning next fall, grants from the Program’s arts & culture grant category will be awarded under the banner of DuPage Foundation’s Arts DuPage initiative. As our community’s champion for the arts, Arts DuPage supports, promotes, and advocates for the arts throughout DuPage County by stimulating engagement and investment in our vast cultural landscape. To learn more about Arts DuPage, visit artsdupage.org.
The Foundation’s upcoming spring Community Impact grant cycle will support programs that improve and enrich the quality of life for DuPage County residents in the areas of health and human services. Grant guidelines will be posted on the Foundation’s website on January 5, 2024. To view them or for more information, please visit dupagefoundation.org/CNGP.
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