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2009 GRANTS

Endorsement Grants

Endorsement Grants are made to a limited number of leading institutions selected by the Foundation’s Directors. These grants often involve ongoing core support of the institution rather than specific programmatic support pursuant to the Foundation’s Grantmaking Priorities. The Foundation does not accept inquiries or applications relating to the Endorsement grant category, as decisions to make these grants are made on a discretionary basis by the Foundation’s Board of Directors.

Adler Planetarium &
Astronomy Museum

Chicago, IL

www.adlerplanetarium.org

Cosmology and Astrophysics Research

$80,000

America's Foundation for Chess

Kirkland, WA

www.af4c.org

General Support

$20,000

Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, IL

www.artic.edu

Education Programs

$70,000

Chicago Academy of Sciences
Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum

Chicago, IL

www.naturemuseum.org

Education Programs

$35,000

 

Chicago History Museum

Chicago, IL

www.chicagohs.org

General Support

$55,000

 

Chicago Horticultural Society

Chicago Botanic Garden

Glencoe, IL

www.chicagobotanic.org

Community Education Programs

$40,000

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Chicago, IL

www.cso.org

Education Programs

$55,000

The Field Museum

Chicago, IL

www.fieldmuseum.org

Play Lab - Children's Education

$70,000

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago

Chicago, IL

www.hubbardstreetdance.com

General Support

$35,000

Joffrey Ballet

Chicago, IL

www.joffrey.com

General Support

$35,000

John G. Shedd Aquarium

Chicago, IL

www.sheddaquarium.org

Conservation, Education

and Animal Programs

$80,000

La Rabida Children's Hospital

Chicago, IL

www.larabida.org

General Support

$70,000

Lincoln Park Zoo

Chicago, IL

www.lpzoo.org

General Support

$55,000

Lyric Opera of Chicago

Chicago, IL

www.lyricopera.org

NEXT - Discount Student Tickets

for the Next Generation

$55,000

Museum of Science and Industry

Chicago, IL

www.msichicago.org

Science Minors Education Program

and the 21st Century Initiative

$70,000

Northwestern Memorial Foundation

Chicago, IL

www.nmh.org

Neonatal Nurse Practitioner and

Stroke Nursing Programs

$70,000

Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago

Chicago, IL

www.ric.org

Brinson Stroke Fellowship

$60,000

Special Olympics Illinois

Normal, IL

www.soill.org

General Support

$40,000

 

University of Chicago

Medical Center

Chicago, IL

www.uchicago.edu

Medical Research

$70,000

Programmatic Grants | Education

We believe education provides people with the opportunity to expand their talents and capabilities. Through our grantmaking, we hope to inspire them to reach their full potential both as individuals, and as contributing citizens of a greater community. We are especially interested in programs that make quality education accessible to those who are personally committed.

See Who We Are – Our Priorities for more information regarding our interests in this area.

ACCION International

Boston, MA

www.accion.org

Microfinance Program - Ghana

$20,000

Acumen Funds

New York, NY

www.acumenfund.org

Acumen Fund Fellows Program

$40,000

After School Matters

Chicago, IL

www.afterschoolmatters.org

Science and Math Programming

$25,000

American Cancer Society

Chicago, IL

www.cancer.org

Summer High School Student Research Program

$22,500

America's Foundation for Chess

Kirkland, WA

www.af4c.org

Chess Curriculum Impact Study

$15,000

The Archimedia Workshop NFP

Chicago, IL

www.thearchimediaworkshop.org

Promotion of "Daniel Burnham and the American City" Documentary Film Project

$10,000

Associated Colleges of Illinois

Chicago, IL

www.acifund.org

College Readiness Program

$20,000

Ayn Rand Institute

Irvine, CA

www.aynrand.org

Free Books to Teachers Project

$30,000

Big Shoulders Fund

Chicago, IL

www.bigshouldersfund.org

Brinson Scholarship Program

$30,000

The CARA Program

Chicago, IL

www.thecaraprogram.org

Job Training and Placement

$20,000

Carole Robertson Center for Learning

Chicago, IL

www.crcl.net

General Support

$22,500

CERGI – EI Foundation USA

Teaneck, NJ

www.cerge-ei.cz/foundation/cerge-ei_us

Brinson Fellows Ph.D. Scholarship Program

$20,000

Chicago Architecture Foundation

Chicago, IL

www.architecture.org

Newhouse Program, Architecture

Competition and The Architecture

Handbook Project

$40,000

Chicago Commons Association

Chicago, IL

www.chicagocommons.org

Raising Individual Success through Empowerment (R.I.S.E.) Program

$22,500

Chicago Community Foundation

Chicago, IL

www.cct.org

Illinois Race to the Top - Collaborative Fund

$5,000

The Chicago Public Education Fund

Chicago, IL

www.thefundchicago.org

Leadership Fund III

$67,000

Chicago Public Library Foundation

Chicago, IL

www.chicagopubliclibraryfounda-tion.org

Early Literacy Training for

Children’s Librarians

$12,500

Chicago Shakespeare Theater

Chicago, IL

www.chicagoshakes.org

Implementation and Evaluation of the Bard Core Curriculum

$20,000

ChildFund International

Richmond, VA

www.childfund.org

Creation and Implementation of Evaluation Tool

$20,000

Constitutional Rights Foundation Chicago

Chicago, IL

www.crfc.org

Lawyers in the Classroom Program - Law, Government and Citizenship Education for K-8 Students

$20,000

Council for the Advancement
in Science Writing

Hedgesville, WV

www.casw.org

Graduate School Science Writing

Fellowship Stipends

$14,000

Daniel Murphy Scholarship Foundation

Chicago, IL

www.dmsf.org

High School Scholarship Program

$40,000

Dominican University

River Forest, IL

www.dom.edu

ESL Endorsement Program for Chicago Public School Teachers

$20,000

DuPage Children’s Museum

Naperville, IL

www.dupagechildrensmuseum.org

General Support

$22,500

Fabretto Children's Foundation

Arlington, VA

www.fabretto.org

Nicaraguan Job Training

Scholarship Program

$15,000

Family Focus

Chicago, IL

www.family-focus.org

Early Childhood Literacy Program

$22,500

 

Frances Xavier Warde School

Chicago, IL

www.fxw.org

Grade School Scholarship

Program

$25,000

High Jump

Chicago, IL

www.highjumpchicago.org

General Support

$30,000

HighSight

Chicago, IL

www.highsight.org

General Support

$25,000

The Horatio Alger Association

Alexandria, VA

www.horatioalger.org

Illinois College Scholarship Program

$50,000

The Independent Institute

Oakland, CA

www.independent.org

Support for "The Independent Review"

$12,500

Inner-City Computer Stars Foundation

Chicago, IL

www.icstars.org

Technology Training for Young Adults

$12,500

Institute for Humane Studies

Arlington, VA

www.theihs.org

Summer Seminars for College Students

$20,000

Lake Forest Academy

Lake Forest, IL

www.lfanet.org

“Class of '93 Scholarship” Fund

for High School Students

$17,500

Literacy Works

Chicago, IL

www.litworks.org

General Support

$22,500

Make A Difference Youth Foundation

Chicago, IL

www.makeadifferenceyf.org

General Support

$11,500

Merit School of Music

Chicago, IL

www.meritmusic.org

General Support

$30,000

METROsquash

Chicago, IL

www.metrosquash.org

General Support and Technical Assistance

$15,000

The Morton Arboretum

Lisle, IL

www.mortonarb.org

Science Education Outreach Program for K-5 Students

$25,000

National Museum of Wildlife Art
Wildlife of the American West

Jackson, WY

www.wildlifeart.org

Grades K-12 Education Programs

$20,000

North Park University
Axelson Center

Chicago, IL

www.northpark.edu/axelson

Scholarships for Casa Central

Nonprofit Management Program and

Boot Camp for New Nonprofit Leaders

$20,000

The Posse Foundation

Chicago, IL

www.possefoundation.org

General Support

$45,000

Project Exploration

Chicago, IL

www.projectexploration.org

General Support and Technical Assistance

$38,000

Room to Read

San Francisco, CA

www.roomtoread.org

Establishing Children’s Libraries

in Cambodia

$22,500

San Miguel Febres Cordero School

Chicago, IL

www.sanmiguelchicago.org

Middle School Scholarship Program

$7,500

Teach for America

Chicago, IL

www.teachforamerica.org/chicago

General Support

$30,000

University of California, Los Angeles
Urban Simulation Team

Los Angeles, CA www.ust.ucla.edu/ustweb/projects/

columbian_expo.htm

Visual Simulation of World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893

$25,000

University of Chicago
Urban Education Institute

Chicago, IL

uei.uchicago.edu

Professional Development Programs for Chicago Public School Teachers

$20,000

Wilderness Classroom

Western Springs, IL

www.wildernessclassroom.com

North American Odyssey Elementary and Middle School Education Program

$10,000

WTTW Channel 11

Chicago, IL

www.wttw.com

Chicago Area Broadcast of Nova and Nova Science Now

$60,000

YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago

Chicago, IL

www.ymcachgo.org

City Youth and Government Program

$12,500

Youth News Service
LA Youth

Los Angeles, CA

www.layouth.com

General Support

$20,000

Programmatic Grants | Public Health

Our interest in public health is closely aligned with our Education priority. We believe that by investing in programs that maintain, restore and improve people’s physical condition, we boost our society’s overall productivity and allow individuals the opportunity to improve their lives, and those of their fellow citizens.

See Who We Are – Our Priorities for more information regarding our interests in this area.

Access Community Health Network

Chicago, IL

www.accesscommunityhealth.net

High School Based Health Clinic

$30,000

Advocate Charitable Foundation

Park Ridge, IL

www.advocatehealth.com

Healthy Steps Program

$12,500

Communities in Schools of Chicago

Chicago, IL

www.chicagocis.org

Vision Project in Chicago Public Schools

$30,000

Eisenhower Medical Center

Palm Desert, CA

www.emc.org

Nursing Retention and Development Programs

$35,000

Harvard School of Public Health

Boston, MA

www.hsph.harvard.edu

Project Antares - Development of

Commercially Sustainable Health

Interventions in Developing Countries

$35,000

Healthy Schools Campaign

Chicago, IL

www.healthyschoolscampaign.org

Healthy Food Cooperatives in CPS Charter Schools

$22,500

Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health

Chicago, IL

www.icah.org

Adolescent Reproductive Health Programs

$20,000

Loyola University Medical Center

Maywood, IL

www.luhs.org

Pediatric Mobile Health Unit

$25,000

Rush University Medical Center

Chicago, IL

www.rush.edu

High School Reproductive Health

Education Program

$30,000

St. John's Medical Center

Jackson, WY

www.tetonhospital.org

Nurse Training and Prenatal Education

$40,000

Programmatic Grants | Scientific Research

We are interested in programs on the cutting edge of research in specific areas of interest to our Directors that are under-funded or not yet eligible for funding by governmental programs. These programs are typically sponsored by top research institutions, which provide quality assurance oversight and accountability that may not be possible in a less structured environment. Further, the programs often involve pre-doctoral and post-doctoral scientists who are beginning their research careers. In addition to promoting the work of young researchers, we are particularly interested in programs that encourage them to remain engaged in research in their field of interest.

See Who We Are – Our Priorities for more information regarding our interests in this area.

The Foundation does not accept granseeker inquiries in medical research.

Alzheimer's Association

Chicago, IL

www.alz.org

National Research Program

$40,000

American Heart Association

Chicago, IL

www.americanheart.org

Midwest Stroke Research Program

$40,000

California Institute of Technology

Pasadena, CA

www.caltech.edu

Theoretical Gravitational Wave Research

$60,000

Carnegie Institution of Washington

Washington, D.C.

www.carnegieinstitution.org

Hekla Volcano Eruption Triggering Process Research

$50,000

Children's Memorial Hospital

Chicago, IL

www.childrensmemorial.org

Pediatric Disease Research Center

$55,000

Children’s Research Foundation

Clarendon Hills, IL

www.childrensresearchfounda-tion.org

Pediatric Disease Research

$10,000

Columbia University
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

Palisades, NY

www.ldeo.columbia.edu

Earth Microbiology Initiative and Seismology Research Program

$55,000

Cornell University
ExtraGalactic Group

Ithaca, NY

www.cornell.edu

Arecibo Legacy Fast Alpha

Cosmology Research Program

$30,000

National Geographic Society

Washington, DC

www.nationalgeographic.com

Young Explorers Grants Program

$40,000

Northwestern Memorial Foundation

Chicago, IL

www.nmh.org

Stem Cell Research

$35,000

Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago

Chicago, IL

www.ric.org

Brain Machine Interface Project

$30,000

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

Cambridge, MA

cfa-www.harvard.edu/saohome

Photometric Redshift Observational

Program for “Dark Energy” Research

$20,000

University of Arizona Foundation
Spacewatch

Tucson, AZ

spacewatch.lpl.arizona.edu

Near Earth Object Discovery Project

$20,000

University of Chicago

Department of Astronomy

and Astrophysics

Chicago, IL

www.uchicago.edu

Brinson Fellowship Program

$70,000

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

www.mines.utah.edu/geo

Yellowstone Seismology

and Tectonophysics Research

$40,000

Yale University

New Haven, CT

www.yale.edu

Solar Variability Research Project

$25,000

Board Special Interest

These grants represent special family interests that fall outside of the Foundation’s grantmaking priorities. The Foundation does not accept inquiries related to this category.

EastWest Institute

New York, NY

www.ewi.info

General Support

$12,500

Jackson Community Recycling

Jackson, WY

www.tetonwyo.org/recycling/

Recycling Education, Outreach and

General Support

$30,000

Jackson Hole Land Trust

Jackson, WY

www.jhlandtrust.org

Land Conservation and Stewardship

$35,000

The Living Desert

Indian Wells, CA

www.livingdesert.org

General Support

$17,500

Other Grants

Council on Foundations

Washington, DC
www.cof.org
General Support
$12,500

 

Donors Forum of Chicago
Chicago, IL
www.donorsforum.org
General Support
$16,000

 

Donors Forum of Chicago
Chicago, IL
www.donorsforum.org
Growth Initiative
$10,000

 

Executive Service Corps of Chicago
Chicago, IL
www.esc-chicago.org
Technical Assistance Service Grants for Foundation Grantees
$5,500

 

Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/

academic/international
Honoriarium - International and Business Markets Program
$2,000

 

Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
www.bioethics.northwestern.edu
Honoriarium - Medical Ethics and Bioethics Program
$2,000

 

Tapfound, Inc.

Taproot Foundation,
Chicago, IL
www.taprootfoundation.org
Technical Assistance Service Grant for Foundation Grantee
$6,000

 

 

 

The Foundation also funded $3,700 of organizational assessment related services provided by TCC Group for the benefit of 17 grantees of the Foundation.