The Siragusa Foundation
  • Home
  • About Us
    • Mission/Vision
    • Foundation History
    • About Our Founder
    • Program Areas
    • Annual Reports
    • Financials
    • Board & Staff
  • Grantees
    • Recent Grants
    • 2010 Year-End Grant Report
    • Staff Update Form
    • FAQs
  • Grantseekers
    • Guidelines
    • Grant Application
    • FAQs
  • Newsroom
    • Chicago Volunteer Legal Services Foundation
    • Healthy Schools Campaign
    • Ladder Up
    • Siragusa Wins Wilmer Awards
    • Foundation Notice
    • 2007 Annual Report
  • Useful Links
  • Board & Family
  • Contact Us
  • Mission/Vision
  • Foundation History
  • About Our Founder
  • Program Areas
  • Annual Reports
  • Financials
  • Board & Staff

2008 Grants

Arts & Culture


Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum $51,000
The Art Institute of Chicago $10,000
Art Resources in Teaching $7,500
Arts & Business Council of Chicago $7,500
Association of Small Foundations $6,500
Chicago Children's Museum $5,000
The Chicago Community Trust $10,000
Chicago Opera Theater $7,500
Chicago Shakespeare Theater $5,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra $7,500
Chicago Women in Philanthropy $750
Council on Foundations $3,440
Donors Forum $10,064
The Field Museum $30,000
The Foundation Center $1,500
The Goodman Theater $7,500
GuideStar, Inc. $1,500
Harris Theater for Music and Dance $5,000
Hubbard Street Dance Company $7,500
The Joffrey Ballet $15,000
John G. Shedd Aquarium $10,000
Lookingglass Theatre $5,000
Lyric Opera of Chicago $15,000
Millennium Park, Inc. $5,000
Museum of Broadcast Communications $16,667
Museum of Contemporary Art $15,000
Museum of Science and Industry $20,000
Music Institute of Chicago $7,500
National Center for Family Philanthropy $750
Neighborhood Writing Alliance $5,000
The Newberry Library $10,000
The Philanthropy Roundtable $2,500
Renaissance Society $5,000
Sacred Heart $750
Silk Road Theater Project $7,500
The Society of Midland Authors $1,250
Steppenwolf Theatre Company $7,500
Total Arts & Culture $334,171


Education


American Indian College Fund $15,000
The Associated Colleges of Illinois $12,000
The Big Shoulders Fund $5,000
Catholic Theological Union $26,000
The Cove School $10,000
Cristo Rey Jesuit High School $10,000
Elmhurst College $20,000
The Hadley School for the Blind $7,500
Hispanic Scholarship Fund $5,750
Illinois Wesleyan University $20,000
Lake Forest Country Day School $5,000
Loyola Academy $10,000
Loyola University Chicago $15,000
Merit School of Music $10,000
Morehouse School of Medicine $20,000
Northwestern University $20,000
Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management $5,000
Roosevelt University $20,000
Rush University College of Nursing $10,000
The School of the Art Institute $20,000
St. Ignatius College Prep $10,000
The United Negro College Fund $20,000
The University of Chicago $20,000
Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart $10,000
Total Education $326,250


Environment


Alliance for the Great Lakes $7,500
Chicago Botanic Garden $30,000
Environmental Law & Policy Center $3,000
Friends of the Chicago River $7,500
International Game Fish Association $6,000
Lincoln Park Zoo $10,000
Openlands Project $17,500
The Trust for Public Land $7,500
The Wetlands Initiative $22,500
Total Environment $111,500


Health Services & Medical Research


American Brain Tumor Association $7,500
Arthritis Foundation, Greater Chicago Chapter $5,000
Children's Memorial Foundation $215,000
Foundation for Hearing and Speech Rehabilitation $7,500
Howard Brown Health Center $10,000
Les Turner ALS Foundation, Ltd. $4,000
Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research $25,000
Northwestern Memorial Foundation $32,000
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine $10,000
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago $16,666
Respiratory Health Association of Metropolitan Chicago $100
Total Health Services & Medical Research $332,766


Human Services


Access Living $15,000
AIDS Foundation of Chicago $7,500
Alzheimer's Association, Inc. $7,500
The Anti-Cruelty Society $5,000
Boys and Girls Clubs of Chicago $6,000
Boys Hope Girls Hope $7,500
Breast Cancer Network of Strength $12,500
BUILD $7,500
Cabrini Connections $5,000
Career Resource Center $7,500
Chicago Christian Industrial League $7,500
The Chicago Lighthouse $7,500
Chicago Volunteer Legal Services $5,000
Children's Home and Aid Society of Illinois $12,500
Connections for Abused Women and their Children $7,500
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Cook County (CASA) $7,500
The Cradle $10,000
The Emergency Fund $5,000
Executive Service Corps $7,500
Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana $5,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository $27,500
HarborQuest, Inc. $12,000
Healthy Schools Campaign $15,000
Holy Name Cathedral $10,000
Hospice of Northeastern Illinois $10,000
Housing Opportunities and Maintenance for the Elderly $10,000
Infant Welfare Society of Chicago $7,500
Jane Addams Hull House $7,500
Junior Achievement of Chicago $7,500
Juvenile Protective Association $7,500
Keshet $7,500
Ladder Up $7,500
Leap Learning Systems $7,500
Les Turner ALS Foundation, Ltd. $5,000
Literature for All of Us $2,500
Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly $5,000
Little Sisters of the Poor $5,000
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Illinois $2,300
Marillac Social Center $10,000
McCormick Foundation $10,000
Meet the Wilderness $6,500
Mercy Home for Boys and Girls $7,500
Mercy Housing Lakefront $22,500
Midtown Educational Foundation $7,500
The Neumann Association $7,500
The Night Ministry $7,500
The Pro Bono Center for Disability and Elder Law $5,000
Project Exploration $7,500
Resurrection Development Foundation $10,000
The Salvation Army $7,500
SHORE $10,000
Sit Stay Read! $2,000
Sunlight African Community Center $5,000
Taproot Foundation $10,000
Teach for America Chicago $15,000
Tuesday's Child $10,000
Umoja $10,000
United Services Organization of Illinois $7,000
Vital Bridges $7,500
Windy City Harvest $10,000
YMCA of Metro Chicago $7,500
Total Human Services $515,800

Board Directed Grants


Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith $3,000
Breakthrough Sacramento $11,000
Chatham Hall $5,000
Exceptional Children's Foundation $7,500
Los Angeles Hillel Council $7,500
Miss Hall's School $5,000
National Fatherhood Initiative $7,500
National Jewish Medical and Research Center $7,500
Sacramento Country Day School $5,000
Tulane University Newcomb College Institute $5,000
Yale University $20,000
Total Board Directed Grants $84,000
.
Total Matching Gifts $17,357
.
2008 Total $1,704,488
Phone: 312-755-0064  | Fax: 312-755-0069  | Terms of Use | Privacy/Legal | Sitemap | Credits | Contact | Copyright 2010 Siragusa Foundation