RECIPIENT ORGANIZATION/DESCRIPTION | GRANT AMOUNT |
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ARTS AND CULTURE | |
Downers Grove Choral Society
For general operating expenses and to help fund a reduced admission fee program for youth and senior citizens.
| $ 3,500
|
DuPage Symphony Orchestra
To assist with rehearsal and performance space costs, music rental and marketing for community outreach programs.
| 5,500
|
Elmhurst Art Museum
To help fund the Solo: Outstanding Artists at Elmhurst Art Museum exhibition series dedicated to contemporary artists.
| 5,000
|
Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra Association
To support outreach programs, including School Outreach and the Stranger Concerto Competition.
| 7,500
|
First Folio Shakespeare Festival
To fund a Director of Educational Outreach position.
| 10,000
|
Glen Ellyn Historical Society
To purchase a digital film viewer and scanner/printer to enable access to and expand research capabilities of a recently-acquired microfiche collection.
| 6,000
|
Hinsdale Center for the Arts
For the Artistic Excursions and Discovery initiative to provide hands on instruction to older adults in painting, collage and ceramics, a Guided Imagery and Visualization class, and an Audio Description of Visual Art program.
| 5,000
|
Lombard Historical Society
To reprint the original souvenir booklet from the first Lilac Time in 1930 to commemorate its 80th anniversary.
| 2,000
|
Wheaton Drama, Inc.
For mortgage payment assistance.
| 5,000
|
Young Naperville Singers
To support Boys Power Sing, an event designed to introduce boys in grades three to eight to male vocal performance. | 1,500
|
10 Grants | $ 51,000 |
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EDUCATION | |
Child's Voice School
To support the Early Intervention Program for deaf or hard of hearing infants and toddlers.
| $5,000
|
Citizen Advocacy Center
To facilitate a community education project for the 2010 census.
| 3,500
|
The Community House
To subsidize fees for the Willowbrook Corner After School and Summer Camp program.
| 5,000
|
Donka, Inc.
To support staff expenses related to assistive technology training for high school students with special needs.
| 5,000
|
DuPage Children's Museum
To support School Learning Labs in math and science for elementary students.
| 5,000
|
Glen Ellyn Children's Resource Center
For after school and summer literacy programs for low-income youth.
| 5,000
|
Naperville Area Humane Society
To fund a multi-tiered program designed to teach children important values of empathy, compassion and respect for all living things.
| 8,000
|
Three Fires Council Boy Scouts of America
To develop Scouting programs for special needs participants.
| 5,000
|
Tri-Town YMCA
To establish the Afterschool Fun & Fit Program to educate children to make the right choices for healthy lifestyles.
| 3,000
|
9 Grants | $ 44,500 |
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ENVIRONMENTAL | |
Chruchville Middle School/Elmhurst District 205
To restore existing prairie land at Churchville Middle School and create a living classroom environment.
| $ 3,000
|
The Conservation Foundation
To support the Sustainable Development program by promoting conservation design and environmentally-friendly development practices in a suburban setting.
| 5,000 |
Cosley Zoo/Cosley Foundation
For purchase of a composting unit and development of two environmental education classes.
| 1,500 |
DuPage Environmental Summit
For the 2010 Environmental Summit.
| 1,000 |
Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
For support to expand the natural area stewardship education programs conducted in partnership with DuPage County schools and area natural resource agencies.
| 7,000 |
Green Earth Institute
To construct a well and cistern-reservoir and purchase irrigation equipment to support the vegetable farm.
| 7,000 |
Maple Street Chapel Presevation Society, Inc.
To continue renovating the Reade Room for Maple Street Chapel's 140th anniversary in 2010.
| 5,650
|
Morton Arboretum
To support the Woodland Conservation School Program to introduce high school students to ecosystem management through a service learning program.
| 15,000
|
Naperville Heritage Society
For staffing costs associated with a roadway construction project addressing stormwater management and run-off.
|
5,000
|
9 Grants | $ 50,150 |
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Total Grants Awarded from Fall 2009 Discretionary Cycle: 28 |
$145,650 |
