2021 Grants
The following grants will be disbursed in calendar year 2021.
Arts Learning
| Albany Park Theater Project | General operating support | $10,000 |
| Chicago Children’s Choir | In-School Programs & Neighborhood Choir in Pilsen and Little Village | $10,000 |
| Chicago Opera Theater | Opera for All Program | $10,000 |
| Chicago Sinfonietta | Engaging Communities Program | $10,000 |
| The Goodman Theatre | Teacher Training Initiatives | $10,000 |
| Harris Theater for Music and Dance | Arts Education Program | $10,000 |
| Hubbard Street Dance Chicago | Education and Adaptive Dance Programs | $10,000 |
| Ingenuity, Inc. | General operating support | $10,000 |
| The Joffrey Ballet of Chicago | Community Engagement Programs | $10,000 |
| Lookingglass Theatre Company | Department of Curiosity In-school Residencies | $10,000 |
| Lyric Opera of Chicago | Lyric Unlimited – Learning & Creative Engagement Programs | $10,000 |
| Marwen | College and Career programs | $10,000 |
| Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago | School Partnership for Art and Civic Engagement (SPACE) Program | $10,000 |
| The People’s Music School | General operating support | $10,000 |
| PlayMakers Laboratory Theatre | General operating support | $10,000 |
| Silk Road Rising | Empathic Playwriting Intensive Course (EPIC) Program | $10,000 |
| SkyART | General operating support | $10,000 |
| Steppenwolf Theatre Company | Steppenwolf Young Adult Program | $10,000 |
| Urban Gateways | General operating support | $10,000 |
| West Point School of Music | General operating support | $10,000 |
Education
| A Safe Haven Foundation | Center for Workforce Development | $15,000 |
| Associated Colleges of Illinois | Peer Mentoring Program | $10,000 |
| Bottom Line, Inc. | General operating support for Bottom Line Chicago | $10,000 |
| Braven | General operating support for expansion at National Louis University in Chicago | $10,000 |
| Center for Changing Lives | General operating support | $10,000 |
| Chicago Botanic Garden | Windy City Harvest | $10,000 |
| The Chicago Lighthouse | Transitional Jobs Program | $10,000 |
| College Possible Chicago | General operating support | $10,000 |
| Growing Home | General operating support | $10,000 |
| Hadley Institute for the Blind and Visually Impaired | Forsythe Center for Employment and Entrepreneurship | $10,000 |
| Inspiration Corporation | Foodservice Training Program | $10,000 |
| Midtown Educational Foundation | General operating support for student programs | $10,000 |
| OneGoal Chicago | General operating support | $10,000 |
| One Million Degrees | General operating support | $10,000 |
| Project Exploration | General operating support | $10,000 |
| Public Allies Chicago | Ally Apprenticeship Pathways Program | $10,000 |
| SGA Youth & Family Services | Higher Sights Youth Leadership Program | $10,000 |
Health
| Alternatives, Inc. | Girl World Program | $10,000 |
| Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago Foundation | Center for Childhood Resilience | $15,000 |
| BUILD | Intervention Program | $10,000 |
| Children’s Home & Aid Society of Illinois | Mitzi Freidheim Englewood Child & Family Center | $10,000 |
| Connections for Abused Women and their Children | General operating support | $10,000 |
| Erie Family Health Foundation | The West Town Pediatric Wellness Project | $10,000 |
| Family Focus | Englewood Family Support Services | $10,000 |
| Howard Brown Health Center | Broadway Youth Center (BYC) | $10,000 |
| Infant Welfare Society of Chicago | Child-Centered Health and Advanced Therapy (CHAT) Program | $10,000 |
| Juvenile Protective Association | Connect to Kids (C2K) Program | $10,000 |
| K9s For Warriors | General operating support | $10,000 |
| Marillac St. Vincent Family Services | General operating support | $10,000 |
| Metropolitan Family Services | Communities Partnering 4 Peace (CP4P) | $10,000 |
| Mikva Challenge | Neighborhood Leadership Initiative | $10,000 |
| NewRoot Learning Institute (formerly known as Umoja Student Development Corporation) | Restorative Justice programs | $10,000 |
| The Night Ministry | Outreach & Health Ministry Program | $10,000 |
| Northwestern Memorial Foundation | Transitional Care Clinic | $15,000 |
| Thresholds | General operating support | $10,000 |
| Tuesday’s Child | Behavioral Intervention Program | $10,000 |
| YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago | Youth Safety Violence Prevention Initiative (YSVP) | $10,000 |
Civic Chicago
| Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum | Adler Teen Leaders Advancing STEM (ATLAS) Program | $10,000 |
| The Art Institute of Chicago | Thinking Experiences in the Art Museum (TEAM) program | $10,000 |
| The Cradle | Special Needs Infant Adoption Program | $10,000 |
| The Field Museum | Learning Center Programs | $10,000 |
| Lincoln Park Zoo | Learning Department Programs | $10,000 |
| The Newberry Library | K-12 Teacher training programs | $10,000 |
| Shedd Aquarium | General education programs | $10,000 |
Siragusa Scholars
| American Indian College Fund | Tribal College scholarship program | $20,000 |
| Big Shoulders Fund | The Chairman’s Emergency Scholarship Fund | $5,000 |
| ChiArts Foundation | Student scholarships | $10,000 |
| The Cove School | Student scholarships | $10,000 |
| Elmhurst University | Scholarships for middle-income students | $20,000 |
| Illinois Wesleyan University | Scholarships for middle-income students | $20,000 |
| Loyola Academy | Student scholarships | $10,000 |
| Loyola University Chicago | Students Together Are Reaching Success (S.T.A.R.S.) Mentoring Program | $20,000 |
| Merit School of Music | Student scholarships | $10,000 |
| Northwestern University | Scholarships for academically strong, low-income Chicago students | $20,000 |
| Roosevelt University | Scholarships for Chicago High School for the Arts graduates | $20,000 |
| Rush University Medical Center | The Siragusa Family Foundation scholarship for Rush University College of Nursing students | $20,000 |
| Saint Ignatius College Prep | Scholarships for low-income students | $10,000 |
| The School of the Art Institute of Chicago | Siragusa First-Generation Fellows Scholarship | $20,000 |
| The United Negro College Fund | $10,000 for merit-based scholarships for up to two Chicago Public School students, $5,000 for the Campaign for Emergency Student Aid and $5,000 unrestricted support | $20,000 |
| The University of Chicago | Student scholarships | $20,000 |
Board-Directed
| 3Arts | 2021 Make A Wave Awards Program | $10,000 |
| Alliance for the Great Lakes | Education programs | $7,500 |
| American Brain Tumor Association | Mel Schneider memorial gift for patient support | $10,000 |
| Boys Hope Girls Hope of Illinois | Educational & Social-Emotional Support Program | $2,500 |
| Breakthrough Sacramento | General operating support | $10,000 |
| Catholic Theological Union | Oscar Romero Scholars program | $2,500 |
| Chicago Cares | General operating support | $5,000 |
| Chicago Symphony Orchestra | High school programs | $7,500 |
| Chicago Women in Philanthropy | Women’s Leadership Mentoring Program (WLMP) | $1,000 |
| Chicagoland Workforce Funder Alliance | Progressive Pathways Support Fund | $10,000 |
| Exponent Philanthropy | General operating support | $2,500 |
| Forefront | General operating support | $3,500 |
| Friends of the Chicago River | Chicago River Eco Warriors (CREW) Volunteer and Restoration Program | $7,500 |
| Healthy Schools Campaign | Change for Good program | $2,500 |
| International Game Fish Association | Education programs | $2,500 |
| Josephinum Academy | Student scholarships | $5,000 |
| Keshet | General operating support | $10,000 |
| Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly | General operating support | $5,000 |
| Mayo Clinic | The Siragusa Family Foundation Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Scholar Fund | $20,000 |
| National Center for Family Philanthropy | General operating support | $1,000 |
| North Chicago Community Partners | General operating support | $10,000 |
| Northwestern Settlement | General operating support | $7,500 |
| Openlands | General operating support | $10,000 |
| Partnership for College Completion | General operating support | $20,000 |
| Salvation Army | Wonderland Camp | $5,000 |
| Shore Community Services, Inc. | General operating support | $10,000 |
| SitStayRead | General operating support for the School Literacy Initiative | $10,000 |
| Soil Born Farms Urban Agriculture Project | General operating support | $10,000 |
| United Service Organizations (USO) – Midwest Region | General operating support | $10,000 |
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Through its giving, the Siragusa Family Foundation seeks to fulfill its mission of supporting efforts that help people help themselves and experience a better quality of life.