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Active Grants
The Foundation's Special Initiatives Program supports nonprofit organizations conducting programs and campaigns that contribute to the Foundation's areas of interest. Generally, this is the only program at the Foundation to award capital and endowment grants, which make up approximately 75 percent of our Special Initiatives Program investments over the last ten years. With an annual budget of approximately $8 million, the program makes grants ranging in size from $50,000 to $10,000,000, with 95 percent of the dollars directed to institutions in the Chicago region. Please note, grants that are made for endowment are in perpetuity and do not have an end date.
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Total Current Grants:
$36,829,875
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Number of nonprofits currently receiving grants:
36
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Total Chicago:
$32,832,875
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Total Non Chicago:
$3,997,000
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Civic Institutions |
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Chicago Community Trust,
Chicago,
IL
www.cct.org
$250,000
For program support of the Burnham Plan Centennial which focuses on youth civic engagement.
Effective:
5/15/2008
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12/1/2009
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Chicago Metropolis 2020,
Chicago,
IL
www.chicagometropolis2020.org
$250,000
For 2008 general support
Effective:
1/1/2008
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12/31/2008
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Chicago Public Education Fund,
Chicago,
IL
www.cpef.org
$1,000,000
For Leadership Fund III to improve school leadership and student achievement
Effective:
1/1/2008
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12/31/2012
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Corporate Leadership Center NFP,
Burr Ridge,
IL
www.corporateleadership.org/
$50,000
For a scholarship for a nonprofit leader to participate in the CEO Perspective program at Northwestern's Kellogg School in 2008
Effective:
12/13/2007
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12/13/2008
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Friends of the Chicago River,
Chicago,
IL
www.chicagoriver.org
$100,000
For capacity building for the McCormick Tribune Bridgehouse and Chicago River Museum
Effective:
5/23/2007
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12/31/2008
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Metropolitan Planning Council,
Chicago,
IL
www.metroplanning.org
$200,000
For two years of general operating support
Effective:
3/1/2007
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2/28/2009
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The Chicago Community Foundation,
Chicago,
IL
www.cct.org
$1,000,000
For support of the 2016 Olympics Fund for Chicago Neighborhoods, which benefits nonprofits and communities impacted by the City's Olympic bid
Effective:
1/1/2008
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12/31/2009
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The Chicago Community Foundation,
Chicago,
IL
www.thepartnershipfornewcommunities.org
$300,000
For the Partnership for New Communities' workforce development initiative, Opportunity Chicago
Effective:
1/1/2008
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12/31/2009
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The Renaissance Schools Fund,
Chicago,
IL
www.rsfchicago.org
$1,000,000
For two new Renaissance 2010 schools (reallocated for evaluation and support of one school as of 7/06)
Effective:
9/14/2004
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12/31/2010
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University of Illinois Foundation,
Chicago,
IL
www.ceasefirechicago.org
$500,000
For renewed general support of the Chicago Project for Violence Prevention
Effective:
1/10/2008
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12/31/2009
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Cultural Institutions |
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Chicago Horticultural Society/Chicago Botanic Garden,
Glencoe,
IL
www.chicagobotanic.org
$400,000
For a Children's Learning Center and Growing Garden
Effective:
1/1/2007
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12/31/2008
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Chicago Humanities Festival,
Chicago,
IL
www.chfestival.org
$200,000
For renewed festival support in 2008 and 2009
Effective:
12/13/2007
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12/13/2009
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Chicago Shakespeare Theater,
Chicago,
IL
www.chicagoshakes.com
$500,000
For a ten-year fund to create a Chicago Shakespeare Trust for artistic productions
Effective:
12/7/2004
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12/31/2014
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Lincoln Park Zoological Society,
Chicago,
IL
www.lpzoo.com
$500,000
For restoration of the south pond and environmental education programs
Effective:
1/1/2008
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12/31/2010
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Museum of Science and Industry,
Chicago,
IL
www.msichicago.org
$4,000,000
For the new U-505 exhibit
Effective:
1/1/2005
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12/31/2009
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Ravinia Festival Association,
Highland Park,
IL
www.ravinia.org
$500,000
For a ten-year Fund for Artistic Initiatives as part of the Centennial Campaign
Effective:
12/7/2004
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12/31/2014
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Health Institutions |
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Children's Memorial Hospital,
Chicago,
IL
www.childrensmemorial.org
$5,000,000
For the campaign to support the new hospital in Streeterville
Effective:
6/1/2007
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6/30/2012
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Loyola University Chicago,
Chicago,
IL
www.meddean.luc.edu/
$2,000,000
For the Program for the Study of Cardiac Remodeling at the Stritch School of Medicine
Effective:
1/1/2007
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12/31/2009
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Northwestern Memorial Foundation,
Chicago,
IL
www.nmh.org/nmh/donate/main.htm
$5,000,000
For the capital campaign for the new Prentice Women's Hospital
Effective:
12/7/2004
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12/31/2008
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Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago,
Chicago,
IL
www.ric.org
$580,000
For the Healing Military Heroes Fund
Effective:
3/1/2007
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12/31/2009
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Rush University Medical Center,
Chicago,
IL
www.rush.edu
$7,500,000
For support of the Center for Advanced Emergency Response as part of the capital campaign
Effective:
12/7/2004
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12/31/2012
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Rush University Medical Center,
Chicago,
IL
www.rush.edu
$472,875
For a preschool social emotional learning initiative at Rush Neurobehavioral Center
Effective:
1/1/2008
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12/31/2010
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Swedish Covenant Hospital,
Chicago,
IL
www.swedishcovenant.org
$750,000
For a campaign to expand its emergency department
Effective:
1/1/2007
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12/31/2008
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Social Service Institutions |
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Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired,
Chicago,
IL
www.thechicagolighthouse.org
$480,000
For support of the Birth to Three program and adaptive technology services for youth over three years
Effective:
1/1/2008
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12/31/2010
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Chicago Youth Centers,
Chicago,
IL
www.chicagoyouthcenters.org
$150,000
For The Language Arts and Media Center at Centro Nuestro in Humboldt Park, as part of CYC's 50th Anniversary campaign
Effective:
3/1/2007
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2/28/2009
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Communities in Schools of Chicago,
Chicago,
IL
www.chicagocis.org
$200,000
For support of the Agency Impact Initiative
Effective:
1/1/2007
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12/31/2008
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Have Dreams,
Park Ridge,
IL
www.havedreams.org
$500,000
For expansion of its Communication and Independent Life Skills program for children with autism
Effective:
1/1/2008
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12/31/2011
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Juvenile Protective Association,
Chicago,
IL
www.juvenile.org
$100,000
For the "Building Bridges to North Lawndale" program
Effective:
12/13/2007
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12/31/2008
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Lawrence Hall Youth Services,
Chicago,
IL
www.lawrencehall.org
$500,000
For support of a capital campaign to redevelop the campus for improved residential treatment of children
Effective:
1/1/2006
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12/31/2008
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Metropolitan Family Services,
Chicago,
IL
www.metrofamily.org
$300,000
For the General Counseling Program, in honor of the agency's 150th anniversary in 2007
Effective:
1/1/2007
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12/31/2008
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Non-Chicago Institutions |
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Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission,
Washington,
DC
www.lincolnbicentennial.gov
$500,000
For the rededication of the Lincoln Memorial and accompanying naturalization ceremony in April 2009
Effective:
1/1/2008
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12/31/2009
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Henry E. Huntington Library & Art Gallery,
San Marino,
CA
www.huntington.org
$250,000
For processing, conserving and rehousing the Los Angeles Times Archive to make it available for scholarly use
Effective:
1/1/2006
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12/31/2008
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Michigan State University College of Communication Arts & Sciences,
East Lansing,
MI
www.cas.msu.edu
$397,000
For preservation and digitization of a collection of Chicago Tribune newspapers
Effective:
1/1/2008
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6/30/2010
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Pentagon Memorial Fund, Inc.,
Washington,
DC
www.pentagonmemorial.net
$500,000
For construction of the Pentagon Memorial park
Effective:
9/14/2004
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12/31/2008
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Smithsonian Institution,
Washington,
DC
www.si.edu
$750,000
For construction of the new Star-Spangled Banner Gallery
Effective:
1/1/2007
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12/31/2010
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The Advertising Council, Inc.,
New York,
NY
www.adcouncil.org
$150,000
For an emergency preparedness campaign and general support over three years
Effective:
5/23/2007
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5/23/2010
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