McCORMICK FOUNDATION GRANTS NEARLY $1 MILLION FOR CITYWIDE HUNGER PROGRAMS THROUGH
CHICAGO TRIBUNE CHARITIES
CHICAGO, April 7, 2010
The McCormick Foundation has announced $800,000 in funding through Chicago Tribune Charities, a McCormick Foundation fund, that will help 20 local agencies alleviate and prevent hunger. Through partnerships with media outlets, such as the Chicago Tribune, the McCormick Foundation continues Robert R. McCormick’s legacy of service by encouraging local giving, inspiring civic involvement and addressing human needs.
“The economic downturn has created an unprecedented increase in the need for food assistance,” said David D. Hiller, president and CEO of the McCormick Foundation. “Our partnership with the Chicago Tribune and the generosity of our donors enable us to help our neighbors obtain adequate food and nutrition in their time of great need.”
The 2010 hunger grants will be awarded to agencies providing high-quality
services in the following program areas (please note one agency was awarded more
than one grant):
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Food Banks: $420,000 to two locally-based hunger-relief organizations with the capacity and infrastructure to salvage, store and distribute large quantities of nutritious canned, packaged and/or perishable food to member agencies.
•
Community Networks/ Special Needs Providers: $310,000 to 16 community-based programs that coordinate strategic hunger-relief and other ancillary social services for clients residing in high-need areas where access to nutritious food is very limited.
•
Advocacy & Training: $55,000 to two agencies creating systematic change in the field through public policy advocacy and broad education initiatives.
•
Capacity Building: $15,000 to one agency for enhancements to its operations, including fiscal management and technology.
Since 1987, Chicago Tribune Charities has committed more than $17.8 million to nonprofit organizations alleviating hunger in Chicago and the suburbs. To donate today to Chicago Tribune Charities, go to
www.mccormickfoundation.org/NetCommunity/CTC/donate. For more information about Chicago Tribune Charities, go to
www.mccormickfoundation.org/NetCommunity/CTC.
Below is the complete list of the 2010 Chicago Tribune Charities
hunger grants. All the organizations are in
Chicago area unless otherwise noted:
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Food Banks
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Greater Chicago Food Depository
For general support
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$215,000
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Northern Illinois Food Bank
For general support
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$205,000
|
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Total
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$420,000
|
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Community Networks/ Special Needs
Providers
|
|
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American Indian Center, Inc.
For Community Hunger Initiative
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$20,000
|
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Boys Town Chicago, Inc.
For Back of the Yards Hunger Network
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$10,000
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Breakthrough Urban Ministries
Inc.
For West Side Food Delivery program
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$5,000
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Chicago Anti-Hunger Federation
For Healthy Food program
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$25,000
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Chicago Lights
For Near North Nutritional Unification
Project
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$15,000
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Council for Jewish Elderly
For Home-Delivered Meals program
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$15,000
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Greater Roseland/West Pullman
Food Network
For Pantry on Wheels and MENU programs
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$10,000
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Inspiration Corporation
For Meals program
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$40,000
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Lakeview Pantry of Chicago
For general support
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$25,000
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Loaves and Fishes Community
Pantry
For general support
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$10,000
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Lutheran Child & Family Services
Of Illinois
For Little Village Food Network
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$30,000
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Northwestern University
Settlement
For West Town Food Distribution Network
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$25,000
|
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Residents For Effective Shelter
Transitions
For Uptown Neighborhood Feeding program
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$15,000
|
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St. Pius V Parish, Inc.
For Pilsen Hunger Coalition program
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$10,000
|
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The Salvation Army, Metropolitan
Division
For Mobile Feeding and Outreach
programs
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$15,000
|
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Vital Bridges, NFP, Inc.
For Food and Nutrition Services program
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$40,000
|
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Total
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$310,000
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Advocacy & Training
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Feeding America (formerly
America's Second Harvest)
For Produce program
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$40,000
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Illinois Hunger Coalition
For Building Blocks Child Nutrition
program
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$15,000
|
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Total
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55,000
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Capacity Building
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Northern Illinois Food Bank
For the CERES Inventory & Accounting
Software program
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$15,000
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Total
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$15,000
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2010 HUNGER GRANTS GRAND
TOTAL
$800,000
About the McCormick
Foundation
and Chicago
Tribune Charities
The McCormick Foundation is a nonprofit organization committed to strengthening our free, democratic society by investing in our children, communities and country. It was established as a charitable trust in 1955, upon the death of Col. Robert R. McCormick, the longtime editor and publisher of the Chicago Tribune, who believed that philanthropy and service to others strengthens the civic health of our communities. The Foundation is one of the nation’s largest charities, with more than $1 billion in
assets.
The McCormick Foundation continues McCormick’s legacy by partnering with media outlets, such as the Chicago Tribune, and sports teams across the country, to encourage local giving, inspire civic involvement and address human needs.
Through this unique partnership, Chicago Tribune and the McCormick Foundation raise and distribute funds across Chicagoland through Chicago Tribune Charities. All donations are matched by the McCormick Foundation at 50 cents on the dollar, increasing the impact of the gift. The Foundation and Chicago Tribune pay all campaign and administrative costs, ensuring that 100 percent of all donations, plus the match, is granted to local nonprofit agencies with programs that support disadvantaged people in the community.
To learn more about the McCormick Foundation
visit www.McCormickFoundation.org.