YEAR
Arts Learning
Grantee | Location | Amount | Purpose |
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Chicago Opera Theater | Chicago | $30,000 | For Opera for All, an educational outreach program in Chicago Public Schools |
Court Theatre | Chicago | $30,000 | For support of the Artists-in-the-Schools residency program |
The Joffrey Ballet | Chicago | $35,000 | For support of the Joffrey's Community Engagement programs |
Lookingglass Theatre Company | Chicago | $35,000 | For support of the Art-Infused Residency Program in Chicago Public Schools and for development of assessment tools (over two years) |
Marwen Foundation | Chicago | $50,000 | For support of The Marwen Institiute (over two years) |
Museum of Contemporary Art | Chicago | $40,000 | For the Teacher Institute (over two years) |
Pegasus Theatre Chicago | Chicago | $30,000 | For support of the Young Playwrights Residency Program |
Chicago Center for Music Education | Chicago | $40,000 | For support of music programs in CPS elementary schools |
Lyric Opera of Chicago | Chicago | $35,000 | To support the Opera Residencies for Schools |
The People's Music School | Chicago | $30,000 | To support program improvements and growth at the Uptown Academy and for the YOURS Project, an El Sistema orchestra program |
Urban Gateways | Chicago | $40,000 | For support of multi-disciplinary arts education residencies |
Albany Park Theater Project | Chicago | $30,000 | For support of theater education activites |
Changing Worlds | Chicago | $35,000 | For in-school arts learning programs |
Music of the Baroque | Chicago | $22,500 | For the Strong Voices arts education program |
Puerto Rican Arts Alliance | Chicago | $25,000 | For support of the Latin Music Project (formerly the Cuatro and Guitar Program) |
Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education | Chicago | $30,000 | For the Collaboration Laboratory Project |
Chicago Sinfonietta | Chicago | $40,000 | For support of Audience Matters and SEED: Students Ensemble with Excellence and Diversity and for development of assessment tools |
Chicago Symphony Orchestra | Chicago | $50,000 | For support of CSO-Ignite and CSO-Connect |
Hyde Park Art Center | Chicago | $35,000 | For the Pathways Program, a multi-year arts education program |
Merit School of Music | Chicago | $35,000 | For support of the Bridges: Partners in Music Program |
Muntu Dance Theatre of Chicago | Chicago | $25,000 | For the Arts for Community Empowerment program and ASHE program |
Raven Theatre | Chicago | $20,000 | For Take Flight, in-school and community-based youth residencies |
Ravinia Festival Association | Highland Park | $50,000 | For the Music Discovery Program and Sistema Ravinia |
Victory Gardens Theater | Chicago | $25,000 | For Drama in the Schools |
Young Chicago Authors | Chicago | $25,000 | For the Education Partnerships program |
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras | Chicago | $20,000 | For the redesigned Music Pathways Program |
Center for Community Arts Partnerships | Chicago | $30,000 | For Project AIM (Arts Integrated Mentorship) |
Chicago Shakespeare Theater | Chicago | $35,000 | For Team Shakespeare Bard Core Curriculum program |
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago | Chicago | $50,000 | For the Movement as Partnership (MAP) program |
Intonation Music Workshop | Chicago | $25,000 | To support Intonation's after-school Rock Band Program |
Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College Chicago | $25,000 | For support of the Picture Me program | |
American Theater Company | Chicago | $25,000 | For the American Mosaic program |
Congo Square Theatre Company | Chicago | $20,000 | To support Curriculum Objectives Residency Enrichment (CORE) program |
Northeastern Illinois University | Chicago | $40,000 | For the Studio Thinking Project |
Silk Road Rising | Chicago | $20,000 | For the Empathic Playwriting Intensive Course (EPIC) Arts Education program |
Steppenwolf Theatre Company | Chicago | $20,000 | For the Steppenwolf for Young Adults School residency program |
Timeline Theatre Company | Chicago | $25,000 | For The Living History Program in Chicago public schools |
Education
Grantee | Location | Amount | Purpose |
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Chicago Horticultural Society | Glencoe | $30,000 | For support of the Science First and College First programs (over two years) |
Advance Illinois | Chicago | $75,000 | For policy research and advocacy in school funding, principal effectiveness, and school budgeting (over two years) |
Citizen Schools | Chicago | $50,000 | For Expanded Learning Times partnerships in Chicago schools |
National Louis University | Chicago | $100,000 | For support of Chicago Principal Cohort of the Education Leadership Program (over two years) |
New Leaders | Chicago | $120,000 | For support of the Aspiring Principals and Emerging Leaders Program (over two years) |
Academy for Urban School Leadership | Chicago | $100,000 | For support of principal training and development |
Link Unlimited | Chicago | $30,000 | For the academic enrichment and College Readiness program |
Chicago Public Media, Inc. | Chicago | $40,000 | For support of the Education Desk |
Chicago Youth Programs | Chicago | $40,000 | For the Teen Career Program and Middle School Programming Development Initiative |
Community Renewal Society | Chicago | $40,000 | For support of Catalyst Chicago |
Chicago Public Education Fund | Chicago | $75,000 | For Fund 4 to maintain CPS Principal Database and to provide principal professional development |
Communities in Schools of Chicago | Chicago | $25,000 | For the Agency Impact Initiative |
Loyola University of Chicago | Chicago | $100,000 | To support evaluation of the Principal Preparation Program |
Golden Apple Foundation | Chicago | $50,000 | For Inquiry STEM Institute |
High Jump | Chicago | $40,000 | For general operating support |
Strategic Learning Initiatives | Chicago | $75,000 | For the implementation of the FIP with Harper High School's leadership team and teachers |
University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration | Chicago | $100,000 | For the Network for College Success principal coaching and network activities |
Big Shoulders Fund | Chicago | $100,000 | For the Math Initiative |
The Posse Foundation, Inc. | Chicago | $40,000 | For the Pre-Collegiate Training Program |
SAGA Innovations | Newton | $75,000 | For math tutoring in Chicago public schools |
Target Hope, Inc. | Matteson | $40,000 | For the Academic Achievement and College Readiness Program |
Target Hope, Inc. | Matteson | $40,500 | For operational capacity building |
UIC College of Education Center for Urban Education Leadership | Chicago | $100,000 | For the Center for Urban Education Leadership's principal preparation program |
Employment
Grantee | Location | Amount | Purpose |
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Bethel New Life | Chicago | $40,000 | For support of the Advanced Manufacturing Training (AMT) program |
Breaking Ground | Chicago | $30,000 | For the Manufacturing Training Center |
Cara Program | Chicago | $75,000 | For support of the Transformations Program |
Chicago Citywide Literacy Coalition | Chicago | $75,000 | For general operating support to strengthen Chicago's adult literacy / adult basic education infrastructure |
Chicago Commons | Chicago | $30,000 | For support of the Vocational Adult Basic Education (VABE) program Aug FY16 - Fifth Year |
Chicago House and Social Service Agency | Chicago | $35,000 | For support of the Employment Program |
Chicago Jobs Council | Chicago | $60,000 | For City-Wide Workforce Development Advocacy |
Chicago Jobs Council | Chicago | $35,000 | For the 741 Collaborative for Business Services and Economic Development Engagement Project |
Chicago Urban League | Chicago | $35,000 | For support of the Workforce Development program |
Chicagoland Workforce Funder Alliance | Chicago | $125,000 | For support of the Chicagoland Workforce Funders Alliance |
Chinese American Service League | Chicago | $40,000 | For support of the Chef Training Program |
Christopher House | Chicago | $30,000 | For support of the Chicago Benchmarking Collaborative |
Erie Neighborhood House | Chicago | $90,000 | For the Allied Health Care Career Network |
Erie Neighborhood House | Chicago | $50,000 | For the Pathways to Success Program |
Ethiopian Community Association of Chicago, Inc. | Chicago | $30,000 | For support of Community Employment Program and for its expansion plan Aug FY16 - Fifth Year |
Greater Chicago Food Depository | Chicago | $30,000 | For Chicago's Community Kitchens workforce development program |
Greater West Town Community Development Project | Chicago | $60,000 | For Occupational Skills Training Programs |
Heartland Human Care Services Inc. | Chicago | $60,000 | For Vocational English Language Training (VELT) services |
i.c.stars | Chicago | $60,000 | For Technology, Business, and Leadership Workforce Training Program |
Inspiration Corporation | Chicago | $75,000 | For support of Foodservice Training & Employment Services and for a new client management system |
Instituto del Progreso Latino | Chicago | $60,000 | For Carreras en Salud: A Chicago Bilingual Healthcare Bridge Program |
National Able Network | Chicago | $35,000 | For the IT Career Lab |
National Latino Education Institute | Chicago | $50,000 | For the Workforce Education and Employment Programs |
New Moms, Inc. | Chicago | $30,000 | For the Workforce Development Program |
Poder Learning Center | Chicago | $40,000 | For the Oprima-1 and ESL/Civics Programs |
Polish American Association | Chicago | $30,000 | For support of the Adult Education and Workforce Development Program |
Pui Tak Center | Chicago | $30,000 | For Adult Education and Training Programs |
Restaurant Opportunities Centers United | New York | $30,000 | For the COLORS Hospitality Opportunities for Workers (CHOW) Institute |
St. Leonard's Ministries | Chicago | $30,000 | For support of employment services at the Michael Barlow Center |
The Chicago Lighthouse for People Who are Blind or Visually Impaired | Chicago | $30,000 | For support of the Job Training Program |
Upwardly Global | Chicago | $40,000 | For support of the Chicago Job Seeker Services program |
Women Employed | Chicago | $60,000 | For support of the Career Pathways and Student Support Initiative |
Health
Grantee | Location | Amount | Purpose |
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Access Community Health Network | Chicago | $100,000 | To establish a Shared Decision Making (SDM) initiative |
AIDS Foundation of Chicago | Chicago | $40,000 | For training of Ryan White case managers on how to work with medical providers and managed care organizations |
Asian Human Services Family Health Center, Inc. | Chicago | $40,000 | For oral health services |
Beloved Community Family Wellness Center | Chicago | $60,000 | For support of the Chronic Disease Program |
Center on Halsted | Chicago | $25,000 | For support of the Behavioral Health Services program |
Chicago Children's Advocacy Center | Chicago | $100,000 | For the Providing Access Toward Hope and Healing (PATHH) collaboration |
Chicago Children's Advocacy Center | Chicago | $35,000 | For support of Family Hope Center |
Children's Home & Aid | Chicago | $50,000 | For support of the Community-Based Behavioral Health Program |
Christian Community Health Center | Chicago | $55,000 | For support the Oral Health and Primary Care Integration program |
CommunityHealth | Chicago | $35,000 | For the Coordinated Care Model |
Enlace Chicago | Chicago | $40,000 | For the Community Health Workers Initiative |
Erie Family Health Center | Chicago | $60,000 | For the Patient-Centered Medical Home Initiative |
Esperanza Health Centers | Chicago | $50,000 | For support of Medical Home Care Coordination Program |
Esperanza Health Centers | Chicago | $100,000 | For support of the Chicago Safety Net Learning Collaborative |
Hamdard Center for Health & Human Services | Addison | $40,000 | For support to Integrate Medical and Mental Health Services and intense follow-up care to retain patients in continuous care |
Healthy Schools Campaign | Chicago | $18,000 | For the Change for Good program |
Heartland Health Center | Chicago | $75,000 | For support of oral healthcare services |
Howard Brown Health Center | Chicago | $40,000 | For support of the patient centered medical home (PCMH) model of primary care |
Illinois College of Optometry | Chicago | $150,000 | For the Chicago Vision Outreach and a Diabetes Eye Clinic Initiative |
Infant Welfare Society of Chicago | Chicago | $50,000 | For support of Chicago's Integrated Care Initiative |
Juvenile Protective Association | Chicago | $55,000 | For the Treatment and Counseling Program |
Lawndale Christian Health Center | Chicago | $60,000 | For Patient Centerd Medical Home - High Risk Care Management |
Lutheran Social Services of Illinois | Des Plaines | $80,000 | For support of the Tri-agency Mental Health Learning Collaborative |
Lutheran Social Services of Illinois | Des Plaines | $40,000 | For Children and Adolescents Counseling Services |
Mobile C.A.R.E. Foundation | Chicago | $45,000 | For support of Comprehensive Asthma Management Program |
Near North Health Service Corporation | Chicago | $40,000 | For support of Chronic Care Coordination Program |
Primo Center for Women and Children | Chicago | $35,000 | For support of the Integrated Coordination Program (ICCP) |
Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law | Chicago | $140,000 | For the Health Care Justice Program |
Teen Living Programs | Chicago | $30,000 | For support of the Whole Health Program |
Test Positive Aware Network | Chicago | $30,000 | For support of the Total Care Portal (TCP) care coordination process |
The Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago | Chicago | $100,000 | For support of a collaboration to better coordinate services, improve health outcomes, reduce costs, and prevent unnecessary hospital readmissions |
The Night Ministry | Chicago | $40,000 | For support of the Outreach and Health Ministry Program |
Thresholds | Chicago | $60,000 | For support of an agency-wide effort to become a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic |
University of Chicago | Chicago | $50,000 | For support of the ECHO-Chicago telehealth program |
White Crane Wellness Center | Chicago | $35,000 | For the Holistic Health Outreach Initiative to establish a need-based client management model |
YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago | Chicago | $50,000 | For support of the RISE Children's Counseling Center |
Other
Grantee | Location | Amount | Purpose |
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Arts Alliance Illinois | Chicago | $5,000 | For support to engage a search consultant to fill the position of Executive Director |
Asian Americans / Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy | Oakland | $2,000 | In celebration of AAPIP's Leader Honorees in Chicago |
Asian Americans / Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy | Oakland | $2,500 | Membership Grant |
CARE, Inc. | Chicago | $50,000 | For support of the Humanitarian Fund |
Chicago Council on Global Affairs | Chicago | $500 | For the President's Circle membership |
Chicago Foundation for Women | Chicago | $10,000 | To analyze merger activity in the last 10 years (2004-2014) and to identify lessons learned from both successful and failed mergers among the Chicago metropolitan non-profits |
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras | Chicago | $7,500 | To develop a neighborhood ensemble program |
Community Counseling Centers of Chicago | Chicago | $10,000 | To support the planning and development of a Behavioral Learning Collaborative for Federally Qualified Health Centers |
Community Renewal Society | Chicago | $40,000 | For support of Chicago Reporter |
Council on Foundations, Inc. | Arlington | $19,600 | Membership Grant |
Crossroads Fund | Chicago | $10,000 | For the Giving Project to support and expand donor giving towards greater social justice |
Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres | New York | $50,000 | For support of the Emergency Relief Fund |
Donors Forum | Chicago | $15,000 | For support of the Transformation Fund: Engaging for Impact |
Donors Forum | Chicago | $2,000 | For Chicago African Americans in Philanthropy annual program and awards ceremony: Connecting Philanthropy and Community. |
Donors Forum | Chicago | $17,233 | Membership Grant |
Grantmakers for Education | Portland | $1,750 | Membership Grant |
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations | Washington | $3,190 | Membership Grant |
Grantmakers in the Arts | Seattle | $1,000 | Membership Grant |
Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights | $70,000 | For Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals and for Unaccompanied Immigrant Children | |
Independent Sector | Washington | $8,000 | Membership Grant |
Korean American Resource and Cultural Center | Chicago | $60,000 | For the Asian and Arab American Community DACA Collaborative |
Literacy Funders Network | Oklahoma City | $250 | Membership Grant |
National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy | Washington | $3,000 | For support of National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy |
New Leaders | Chicago | $5,000 | For support of New Leaders Chicago to organize Chicago Leadership Collaborative principal graduation celebration. |
Oxfam America | Boston | $50,000 | For support of the Global Humanitarian Program |
Puerto Rican Arts Alliance | Chicago | $10,000 | To develop curriculum on Puerto Rican history and culture in Chicago |
Robert R. McCormick Foundation | Chicago | $2,600 | For support of the Veterans in Philanthropy VISTA program |
Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law | Chicago | $8,900 | For the Responsible Budget Coalition |
Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law | Chicago | $10,000 | For support of the Illinois Public Benefits Training Center creation |
Taproot Foundation | San Francisco | $45,000 | For the Service Grants Program |
The People's Music School | Chicago | $8,000 | For support of a database upgrade aligned with new metrics and assessement tools to better track student data, compare student progress over time and more timely access to data |
The Resurrection Project | Chicago | $1,000 | For the Breakin' It Down conference |
Voices for Illinois Children, Inc. | Chicago | $8,000 | For the Fiscal Policy Center |
World Food Program USA | Washington | $50,000 | For support of the WFP Emergency Response program |
WTTW11 | Chicago | $50,000 | For Chicago Tonight |