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2009 Grants

Arts & Culture


Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum $30,000
The Art Institute of Chicago $10,000
Art Resources in Teaching $7,500
Arts & Business Council of Chicago $7,500
Association of Small Foundations $2,500
Chicago African Americans in Philanthropy $500
Chicago Opera Theater $7,500
Chicago Shakespeare Theater $5,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra $7,500
Chicago Women in Philanthropy $750
Council on Foundations $3,510
Donors Forum $7,918
The Field Museum $30,000
The Foundation Center $1,500
The Goodman Theater $7,500
Harris Theater for Music and Dance $5,000
Hubbard Street Dance Company $7,500
The Joffrey Ballet $10,000
John G. Shedd Aquarium $10,000
Lookingglass Theatre $5,000
Lyric Opera of Chicago $10,000
Museum of Contemporary Art $7,500
Museum of Science and Industry $20,000
Music Institute of Chicago $5,000
National Center for Family Philanthropy $750
Neighborhood Writing Alliance $5,000
The Newberry Library $15,000
Renaissance Society $5,000
Sacred Heart $750
Silk Road Theater Project $5,000
Steppenwolf Theatre Company $7,500
Total Arts & Culture $248,178


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
Christ the King Jesuit High School $5,000
Cristo Rey Jesuit High School $5,000
Elmhurst College $20,000
The Hadley School for the Blind $7,500
Hispanic Scholarship Fund $5,750
Illinois Wesleyan University $20,000
John T. Rettaliata Engineering Scholarship Fund $500
Lake Forest Country Day School $5,000
Loyola Academy $10,000
Loyola University Chicago $15,000
Merit School of Music $10,500
Morehouse School of Medicine $20,000
Northwestern University $20,000
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 $322,250


Environment


Alliance for the Great Lakes $7,500
Chicago Botanic Garden $20,000
Friends of the Chicago River $7,500
Lincoln Park Zoo $30,000
Openlands Project $7,500
The Trust for Public Land $7,500
The Wetlands Initiative $22,500
Total Environment $102,500


Health Services & Medical Research


American Brain Tumor Association $7,500
Arthritis Foundation, Greater Chicago Chapter $3,500
Children's Memorial Foundation $210,000
Foundation for Hearing and Speech Rehabilitation $7,500
Howard Brown Health Center $10,000
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 $16,667
Respiratory Health Association of Metropolitan Chicago $250
Total Health Services & Medical Research $322,417


Human Services


AIDS Foundation of Chicago $7,500
Alzheimer's Association, Inc. $5,000
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 $10,000
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 $10,000
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 $7,500
Executive Service Corps $7,500
Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana $5,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository $10,000
The Happiness Club $3,000
HarborQuest, Inc. $10,000
Healthy Schools Campaign $15,000
Holy Name Cathedral $10,000
Hospice of Northeastern Illinois $5,000
Housing Opportunities and Maintenance for the Elderly $10,000
Infant Welfare Society of Chicago $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
Marillac Social Center $7,500
Mercy Home for Boys and Girls $7,500
Mercy Housing Lakefront $22,500
Midtown Educational Foundation $7,500
Midwest Palliative and Hospice Care Center $1,000
The Neumann Association $7,500
The Night Ministry $7,500
PADS Crisis Services $5,000
The Pro Bono Center for Disability and Elder Law $5,000
Project Exploration $7,500
Resurrection Development Foundation $10,000
The Salvation Army $8,500
SHORE $10,000
Sit Stay Read! $2,000
SOS Outreach $6,500
Sunlight African Community Center $5,000
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 $448,000

Board Directed Grants


Breakthrough Sacramento $10,000
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
Sacramento Country Day School $5,000
Tulane University Newcomb College Institute $5,000
Yale University $20,000
Total Board Directed Grants $72,500
.
Total Matching Gifts $23,348
.
141 Organizations
152 Grants
.
2009 Total $1,516,845
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