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2010 Topfer Family Foundation Grants
Alternatives Incorporated
To support a youth leadership development program and youth enrichment activities
Cook Co, IL
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$50,000 |
Austin Child Guidance Center
To support children’s mental health services
Travis Co, TX
|
$43,750 |
Austin Lyric Opera
To support scholarships for music enrichment programs for low-income children
Travis Co, TX
|
$6,750 |
Austin Theatre Alliance
To support arts education and outreach programs for under served youth
Travis Co, TX
|
$9,000 |
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago
To support school-based mentoring and tutoring for at-risk students
Cook Co, IL
|
$40,000 |
Boys and Girls Clubs of the Austin Area
To provide programs and services for under served youth at Burnet Middle School
Travis County, TX
|
$8,750 |
Breaking Free
To support parenting skills and family nurturing programs
DuPage County, IL
|
$10,000 |
Breakthrough
To support a six-week, full-day academic enrichment college preparation program for high potential, low income seventh and eighth graders
Travis Co, TX
|
$26,250 |
Brighton Park Neighborhood Council
To support youth leadership development program and youth enrichment activities
Cook Co, IL
|
$8,750 |
Camp Fire USA Balcones Council
To support expansion of an after school literacy program for under served youth
Travis Co, TX
|
$5,000 |
Capital Area Food Bank
To support Kids Café for low-income students and HOPE program for low- income seniors
Travis Co, TX
 |
$40,000 |
CASA of Central Texas
To support advocates for abused and neglected children in Hays County
Hays Co, TX
|
$11,000 |
Center for Child Protection
To support the salary of a forensic interviewer
Travis Co, TX
|
$40,000 |
The Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired
To support in-home therapy and parent counseling, education and support for families with children who are blind or visually impaired
Cook Co, IL
|
$15,000 |
Communities in Schools of Chicago
To support CCIS programs in five schools, linking community resources to at-risk children and families
Cook Co, IL
|
$40,000 |
Con Mi MADRE (Mothers and Daughters Raising Expectations)
To support a program for Hispanic girls from grades 6-12 to help prepare them for college
Travis Co, TX
|
$4,400 |
Easter Seals of Central Texas
To support medical rehabilitative services for low-income children
Travis Co, TX
|
$8,750 |
Erikson Institute
To provide parenting support and education for families with infants who cry excessively and are difficult to console
Cook Co, IL
|
$10,000 |
Gads Hill Center
To support academic enrichment activities and college preparation for low-income teens
Cook Co, IL
|
$7,500 |
Gilda's Club Chicago
To support psychological counseling for children living with cancer
Cook Co, IL
|
$20,000 |
Girlstart
To support an after-school math, science and technology program for girls in low-income communities
Travis Co, TX
|
$7,750 |
Health Alliance for Austin Musicians
To provide musicians access to caring, high quality, affordable healthcare
Travis Co, TX
|
$15,000 |
Hinsdale Community Service
To support a program that assists low-income adults who's lives are in transition
Cook Co, IL
|
$15,000 |
Howard Area Community Center
To support comprehensive child care for at-risk children
Cook Co, IL
|
$10,000 |
Jewish Child and Family Services
To provide ongoing recreation activities to at-risk youth in residential group homes and specialized aggregate foster homes
Cook Co, IL
|
$20,000 |
Junior League of Austin
To support a program providing weekend meals to low-income children at Baty Elementary in DelValle ISD
Hays Co, TX
|
$5,000 |
K.I.D.S. (Kids Individual Dedication to Success)
To support a community-based educational summer program for underprivileged youth
Travis Co, TX
|
$5,000 |
Lawrence Hall Youth Services
To support residential treatment for youth who have been abused or neglected
Cook Co, IL
|
$10,000 |
Leadership Austin
To support programs providing promising young professionals the opportunity to develop leadership skills
Travis Co, TX
|
$5,000 |
Literacy Coalition of Central Texas
To support capacity-building for the organization to begin Literacy AmeriCorps program which will expand literacy training for central Texas adults
Travis Co, TX
|
$10,000 |
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Central and South Texas
To support software which supports the Make-A-Wish business model
Travis Co, TX
|
$5,000 |
Naperville Elderly Homes
To support affordable housing for low-income seniors
DuPage Co, IL
|
$10,000 |
Omni Youth Services
To support in-home counseling and supportive services for families referred for incidents of abuse or neglect
Cook Co, IL
|
$5,000 |
Open Door Preschool
To support a summer enrichment program for elementary school children
Travis Co, TX
|
$3,750 |
People's Resource Center
To support an art enrichment program for low-income youth
DuPage Co, IL
|
$10,000 |
Pillars
To support the Adult Wrap Program for low-income, high need elderly
Cook Co, IL
|
$35,000 |
Positive Parenting DuPage
To increase effective parenting by improving knowledge of child development and strengthening support services for families
DuPage Co, IL
|
$165,000 |
Senior Home Sharing
To support affordable housing for low-income seniors
DuPage Co, IL
|
$30,000 |
The Settlement Home
To support Educational Supervisor at the on-site charter school
Travis Co, TX
|
$40,000 |
Sharing Connections Furniture Bank
To support a full-time, bi-lingual social worker position
Cook Co, IL
|
$42,000 |
Wonders & Worries
To support a program that helps children cope with life-threatening illnesses of a parent or loved-one
Travis Co, TX
|
$8,750 |
Young Men's Business League Austin Sunshine Camps
To support Sunshine Camps for economically underprivileged children ages 7-15
Travis Co, TX
|
$6,750 |
YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago
To support mental health counseling for sexually abused children
Cook Co, IL
|
$7,500 |
Zachary Scott Theatre Center
To support the construction of the Topfer Theatre performing arts venue
Travis Co, TX |
$250,000 |
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2010 Total (Q1&Q2): |
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2009 Topfer
Family Foundation Grants
Advocate Charitable Foundation
To support mental health counseling and related services for sexually abused children
Cook Co, IL
|
$20,000 |
| Almost
Home Kids
To support respite
care services for medically fragile children and their families
Cook Co, IL
|
$50,000 |
| Alternatives
Incorporated
To support a
youth leadership development program and youth enrichment
activities
Cook Co, IL
|
$50,000 |
Any Baby Can
To support prenatal and parenting education programs
Travis Co, TX
|
$60,000 |
The Arc of the Capital Area
To support the Arc for the Arts which provides youth and adults with developmental disabilities, education and training to increase their self-sufficiency
Travis Co, TX
|
$17,500 |
Austin Area Interreligious Ministries
To support home repairs for low-income elderly or disabled homeowners
Travis Co, TX
|
$16,000 |
Assistance League of Austin
To support Operation School Bell which provides school clothing for children
Travis Co, TX
|
$20,000 |
| Austin
Child Guidance Center
To support children's
mental health services
Travis Co, TX
|
$50,000 |
Austin Children's Shelter
To support therapeutic care for abused and neglected children
Travis Co, TX
|
$55,000 |
| Austin
Children's Museum
To support a
Robotics after-school outreach program
Travis Co, TX
|
$7,500 |
| Austin
Community Foundation
To support Season
for Caring for various Austin based non-profits
Travis Co, TX
|
$71,000 |
Austin Groups for the Elderly
To support Elderhaven Adult Day Care for seniors
Travis Co, TX
|
$30,000 |
| Austin
Lyric Opera
To support scholarships
for music enrichment programs for low-income children
Travis Co, TX
|
$7,500 |
Badgerdog Literary Publishing, Inc.
To support a creative writing and literary arts program for middle and high school students
Travis Co, TX
|
$5,000 |
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Texas
To support mentoring for at-risk youth
Travis Co, TX
|
$15,000 |
| Big
Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago
To support school-based
mentoring and tutoring for at-risk students
Cook Co, IL
|
$40,000 |
| Blue
Sky Inn
To support a
transitional jobs program for homeless and at-risk youth
Cook Co, IL
|
$10,000 |
Bookspring
To support the RIF Program at Becker Elementary and the health-based Reach Out and Read program in area clinics
Travis Co, TX
|
$10,000 |
| Boys
& Girls Clubs of the Austin Area
To provide programs
and services for under served youth at Burnet Middle School
Travis Co, TX
|
$10,000 |
| Breaking
Free
To support parenting
skills and family nurturing programs
DuPage Co, IL
|
$10,000 |
| Breakthrough
To support a
six-week, full-day academic enrichment college preparation
program for high potential, low income seventh and eighth
graders
Travis Co, TX
|
$30,000 |
| Brighton
Park Neighborhood Council
To support a
youth leadership development program and youth enrichment
activities
Cook Co, IL
|
$10,000 |
|
Camp Fire USA Balcones Council
To support expansion
of an after school literacy program for under served youth
Travis Co, TX
|
$7,500 |
Candlelight Ranch Foundation
To help support a program providing outdoor therapeutic and educational experiences to children with special needs
Travis Co, TX
|
$3,750 |
|
Capital Area Food Bank
To support Kids
Cafe for low-income students and HOPE program for low-income
seniors
Travis Co, TX
|
$40,000 |
Caritas of Austin
To support employment services program for working poor
Travis Co, TX
|
$55,000 |
CASA of DuPage County
To support advocacy for abused and neglected children who are in the court system
DuPage Co, IL
|
$35,000 |
Capital IDEA
To support educational services to low-income adult learners
Travis County, TX
|
$60,000 |
|
CASA of Travis County
support Kids
Cafe for low-income students and HOPE program for low-income
seniors
Travis Co, TX
|
$40,000 |
|
Catholic Charities, Diocese of Joliet
To support counseling
for abused and neglected children
Cook Co, IL
|
$20,000 |
| Center
for Child Protection
To support clinical
therapy for children who are victims of abuse
Travis Co, TX
|
$42,350 |
| The
Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually
Impaired
To support in-home
therapy and parent counseling, education and support for
families with children who are blind or visually impaired
Cook Co, IL
|
$30,000 |
Chicago Women's Health Center
To support outreach and health education programming for at-risk girls
Cook Co, IL
|
$35,000 |
| Children's
Advocacy Center
To support counseling,
assessments, support groups, and case management services
for children who've been abused
Cook Co, IL
|
$10,000 |
| Chinese
American Service League
To provide for
the physical, psychological and cultural needs of seniors
Cook Co, IL
|
$7,500 |
| Circesteem
To support after-school
tutoring and homework support for low-income students
Cook Co, IL
|
$15,000 |
Citizen Schools
To support Citizen School's after-school program at Bedicheck and Kealing Middle Schools
Hays Co, TX
|
$5,000 |
| Communities
in Schools-Central Texas
To support individualized
student supports on seven CIS campuses in Hays County and
the XY-Zone male involvement project
Hays Co, TX
|
$65,000 |
| Communities
in Schools of Chicago
To support CCIS
programs, linking community resources to at-risk children
and families
Cook Co, IL
|
$40,000 |
The
Community House
To support after-school
and summer programs for the Willowbrook Corner Neighborhood
DuPage Co, IL
|
$75,000 |
The Community House
Holiday giving program
DuPage Co, IL
|
$5,000 |
| Con
Mi MADRE
To support a
program for Hispanic girls from grades 6-12 to help prepare
them for college
Travis Co, TX
|
$25,000 |
DuPage Community Foundation
To provide general operating support, enabling the foundation to make community grants and strengthen services to and recruitment of donors
DuPage Co, IL
|
$5,000 |
DuPage Senior Citizens Council
To support a home maintenance and minor repair program for seniors
DuPage Co, IL
|
$25,000 |
| Easter
Seals-Central Texas
To support medical
rehabilitative services for low-income children
Travis Co, TX
|
$10,000 |
| Erikson
Institute
To provide parenting
support and education for families with infants who cry
excessively and are difficult to console
Cook Co, IL
|
$10,000 |
| Faith
in Action Caregivers
To support technology
upgrades which will help with recruitment and retention
of volunteers and clients for the FIAC coalition which provides
transportation for the elderly
Travis Co, TX
|
$5,000 |
Faith in Place
To support after-school and summer tutoring, leadership development, and environmental activities for at-risk youth
Cook Co, IL
|
$7,500 |
Family Eldercare
To support the facilitation of a merger evaluation between Family Eldercare and Meals On Wheels and More
Travis Co, TX
|
$2,250 |
Family Shelter Service
To support children's counseling and parenting skills development for families that are victims of domestic violence
DuPage Co, IL
|
$25,000 |
Family Shelter Service
Holiday giving program
DuPage Co, IL
|
$5,000 |
Foundation Communities
To support the acquisition and rehab of an apartment complex to provide a safe, affordable community offering opportunities for low-income families working towards stability and self-sufficiency
Travis Co, TX
|
$150,000 |
| Gads
Hill Center
To support academic
enrichment activities and college preparation for low-income
teens
Cook Co, IL
|
$7,500 |
GENaustin (Girls Empowerment Network)
To support a weekly after-school curriculum for middle school girls taught by employed high school girls with support from school-based adult sponsors and
Travis Co, TX
|
$16,000 |
Girl Scouts of Central Texas
To support outreach programs for at-risk girls
Travis Co, TX
|
$25,000 |
| Girlstart
To support an
after-school math, science and technology program for girls
in low-income communities
Travis Co, TX
|
$8,750 |
Greater Chicago Food Depository
To provide senior-friendly produce and shelf-stable items to low-income older adults
Cook Co, IL
|
$75,000 |
| Health
Alliance for Austin Musicians
To provide musicians
access to caring, high quality, affordable healthcare
Travis Co, TX |
$25,000 |
Heart House Austin
To support summer programs for low-income youth
Travis Co, TX
|
$8,500 |
| Hospice
Austin
To support in
home crisis care
Travis Co, TX
|
$35,000 |
| Howard
Area Community Center
To support comprehensive
child care for at-risk children
Cook Co, IL
|
$10,000 |
Infant Welfare Society of Chicago
To support early intervention services to prevent child abuse and strengthen parenting skills, including home visiting, parent education, and support groups
Cook Co, IL
|
$25,000 |
| Inspiration
Corporation
To support a
meals program for low-income families and individuals
Cook Co, IL |
$25,000 |
Jewish Community Association of Austin
To provide support for the PJ Library, providing Jewish books to children in Central Texas
Travis Co, TX
|
$2,500 |
Jewish Family Service
To support Jewish Family Services, which provides social services to low income seniors
Travis Co, TX
|
$22,500 |
| Kids
Individual Dedication to Success
To support residential
treatment for youth who have been abused or neglected
Travis Co, TX
|
$7,500 |
Kipp Austin College Prepatory Schools
To support after school tutoring for students
Travis Co, TX
|
$20,000 |
| Lawrence
Hall Youth Services
To support a
community-based educational summer program for underprivileged
youth
Cook Co, IL
|
$7,500 |
| Lifelink
To support The
Healthy Families program which provides early intervention,
positive parenting skills to first-time, non-English speaking
teenage parents
DuPage Co, IL
|
$40,000 |
Literature For All Of Us
To support parenting education and adult literacy skill building for teen mothers
Cook Co, IL
|
$7,500 |
| Marwen
Foundation
To support college
preparatory activities for youth participating in arts programming
Cook Co, IL
|
$15,000 |
Marywood Children & Family Services
To support case management and basic needs for at risk pregnant women
Travis Co, TX
|
$20,000 |
Meals on Wheels and More
To support Parents As Teachers, an early childhood parent education and family support program
Travis Co, TX
|
$62,250 |
Metropolitan Family Services of DuPage
To support Parents As Teachers, an early childhood parent education and family support program
DuPage Co, IL
|
$25,000 |
Music
Theatre Workshop
To support arts
programming and youth development activities for low-income
youth
Cook Co, IL
|
$15,000 |
NCO
Youth & Family Services
To support counseling
and life skills development for male youth in group home
and transitional living settings
DuPage Co, IL
|
$60,000 |
New Moms
To support parenting skills development for teen mothers and enriched child care
Cook Co, IL
|
$30,000 |
Northern Illinois Food Bank
Support a program which makes nutritious food more accessible for low-income seniors
DuPage Co, IL
|
$50,000 |
Omni
Youth Services
To support in-home
counseling and supportive services for families referred
for incidents of abuse or neglect
Cook Co, IL
|
$5,000 |
Open
Door Preschool
To support a
summer enrichment program for elementary school children
Travis Co, TX
|
$3,750 |
Outreach
Community Ministries
To support Teen
REACH after school and summer programs, tutoring, mentoring,
and a college access program
DuPage Co, IL
|
$25,000 |
People's Community Clinic
To support the prenatal program and early and periodic screening, diagnostic, and treatment for infants
Travis Co, TX
|
$60,000 |
People's
Resource Center
To support an
art enrichment program for low-income youth
DuPage Co, IL
|
$10,000 |
Pillars
To support the
Adult Wrap Program for low-income, high need elderly
Cook Co, IL
|
$35,000 |
Positive
Parenting DuPage
To increase effective
parenting by improving knowledge of child development and
strengthening support services for families
DuPage Co, IL
|
$185,000 |
Robert
Crown Center for Health Education
To support a
health education program for low-income students
DuPage Co, IL
|
$25,000 |
Ronald McDonald House
To provide lodging and meals to families with critically ill or injured children who are staying at local hospitals
Travis Co, TX
|
$15,000 |
SafePlace
To support the Counseling Services Program which addresses the needs of sexual and domestic violence survivors
Travis Co, TX
|
$35,000 |
St. Vincent de Paul Center
To support early childhood education and social services programs
Cook Co, IL
|
$25,000 |
Senior
Home Sharing
To support affordable
housing for low-income seniors
DuPage Co, IL
|
$25,000 |
The Settlement Home
To support the salary for an Educational Supervisor
Travis Co, TX
|
$45,000 |
SGA Youth & Family Services
To support Healthy Families and Parents Too Soon programs, providing child abuse prevention and family strengthening services to teen parents
Cook Co, IL
|
$15,000 |
Shelter, Inc.
To support Healthy Families child abuse prevention program
Cook Co, IL
|
$25,000 |
Special Olympics Illinois
To support facilitation of sports physicals required for Special Olympic athletes
Cook Co, IL
|
$10,000 |
Sharing
Connections Furniture Bank
To support a
full-time, bi-lingual social worker position
Cook Co, IL
|
$45,000 |
Southwest
Key Programs
To support programs
providing vocational counseling to low-income individuals
and college prepatory classes for underprivileged youth
Travis Co, TX
|
$35,000 |
Street-Level Youth Media
To support media arts activities and leadership development for low-income youth
Travis Co, TX
|
$7,500 |
Taproot Foundation
To sponsor service grants providing capacity-building services to non-profit organizations
Cook Co, IL |
$30,000 |
Teen Parent Connection
To support parent education and support services for adolescent parents and peer education pregnancy prevention programs
DuPage Co, IL
|
$65,000 |
Teen Parent Connection
Holiday giving program
DuPage Co, IL
|
$5,000 |
Texas Heart Institute
Harris Co, TX
|
$1,000,000 |
Theatre Action Project
To support the training and employing of up to 30 high school students a year whose lives have been affected by intimate violence to transform their experiences into compelling, interactive, educational theatre
Travis Co, TX
|
$3,750 |
Umoja Student Development Corporation
To support an academic achievement, community building, and leadership development program for at-risk high school students
Cook Co, IL
|
$15,000 |
University of Texas Charles A. Dana Center
To support the ACEE program which provides high quality, research-based early literacy tutoring and educational support for bilingual students
Travis Co, TX
|
$9,000 |
University
of Texas School of Nursing
To support the
Children's Wellness Center Pharmacy Voucher Program which
provides pharmacy vouchers for uninsured children in Del
Valle
Travis Co, TX
|
$15,000 |
VinCare Services
To support life skills and supportive services at St. Louise House for homeless women with children
Travis Co, TX
|
$28,000 |
Volunteer
Healthcare Clinic
To support non-emergency,
walk-in, free, medical clinic services to children who are
uninsured and/or lack access to healthcare
Travis Co, TX
|
$7,500 |
Western DuPage Special Recreation Association Foundation
To support a recreational program for students who are enrolled in alternative schools.
DuPage Co, IL
|
$5,000 |
The Women's Treatment Center
To support early childhood education and social services for children and parenting education for their mothers who're undergoing substance abuse treatment
Cook Co, IL
|
$10,000 |
Wonders
& Worries
To support a
program that helps children cope with life-threatening illnesses
of a parent or loved-one
Travis Co, TX
|
$7,500 |
Woodridge
Community Pantry
To support job
and life skills programming for low-income adults
DuPage Co, IL
|
$15,000 |
Young
Men's Business League Austin Sunshine Camps
To support Sunshine
Camps for economically underprivileged children ages 7-15
Travis Co, TX
|
$7,500 |
YWCA
of Metropolitan Chicago
To support mental
health counseling for sexually abused children
Travis Co, TX
|
$7,500 |
2009 Total: |
$3,967,850 |
2008 Topfer
Family Foundation Grants
| Advocate
Charitable Foundation
To support
mental health counseling and related services for sexually
abused children
Cook Co, IL
|
$25,000 |
| Alternatives
Incorporated
To support
youth leadership development program and youth enrichment
activities
Cook Co, IL
|
$50,000 |
| Any
Baby Can
To support
Candlelighters, CARE, and prenatal Education programs
Travis Co, TX
|
$75,000 |
| Arc
of the Capital Area
To support
the Arc for the Arts which provides youth and adults with
developmental disabilities, education and training to increase
their self-sufficiency
Travis Co, TX
|
$20,000 |
| Assistance
League of Austin
To support
Operation School Bell, which provides school clothing for
children
Travis Co, TX
|
$20,000 |
| Austin
Area Interreligious Ministries
To support
home repairs for low-income elderly or disabled homeowners
Travis Co, TX
|
$20,000 |
| Austin
Child Guidance Center
To support
children's mental health services
Travis Co, TX
|
$60,000 |
| Austin
Children's Museum
To support
a Robotics after-school outreach program
Travis Co, TX
|
$10,000 |
| Austin
Children's Shelter
To support
therapeutic care for abused and neglected children
Travis Co, TX
|
$70,000 |
| Austin
Community Foundation
To support
A Season for Caring
Travis Co, TX |
$71,000 |
| Austin
Groups for the Elderly
To support
Elderhaven Adult Day Care for seniors
Travis Co, TX
|
$35,000 |
| Badgerdog
Literacy Publishing
To support
a creative writing and literary arts program for middle
and high school students
Travis Co, TX
|
$7,500 |
| Big
Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago
To support
school-based mentoring and tutoring for at-risk students
Cook & DuPage
Co, IL
|
$40,000 |
| Boys
& Girls Club of the Capital Area
To provide
programs and services for under served youth at Burnet Middle
School
Travis Co, TX
|
$15,000 |
| Breaking
Free
To support
parenting skills and family nurturing programs
DuPage Co, IL
|
$20,000 |
| Breakthrough
To support
a six-week, full-day academic enrichment college preparation
program for high potential, low income seventh and eighth
graders
Travis Co, TX
|
$40,000 |
| Brighton
Park Neighborhood Council
To support
youth leadership development program and youth enrichment
activities
Travis Co, TX
|
$12,500 |
| Capital
Area Food Bank
To support
Kids Cafe for low-income students and HOPE program for low-income
seniors
Travis Co, TX
|
$45,000 |
| Capital
IDEA
To support
educational services to low-income adult learners
Travis Co, TX
|
$75,000 |
| Caritas
of Austin
To support
employment services program for working poor
Travis Co, TX
|
$65,000 |
| CASA
of Central Texas
To support
advocates for abused and neglected children in Hays County
Hays Co, TX
|
$12,500 |
| CASA
of Cook County
To support
recruitment, training & supervision for volunteer court
advocates
Cook Co, IL
|
$40,000 |
| CASA
of DuPage County
To support
advocacy for abused and neglected children who are in the
court system
DuPage Co, IL
|
$50,000 |
| CASA
of Travis County
To support
recruitment, training & supervision for volunteer court
advocates
Travis Co, TX
|
$50,000 |
| Catholic
Charities, Diocese of Joliet
To support
counseling for abused and neglected children
DuPage Co, IL
|
$30,000 |
| The
Center for Coordinating Action for Children's Health (CoACH)
To support transitional
and respite care services for medically fragile children
and their families
DuPage Co, IL
|
$25,000 |
| The
Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually
Impaired
To support
in-home therapy and parent counseling, education and support
for families with children who are blind or visually impaired
Cook, Lake &
DuPage Co, IL
|
$30,000 |
| Chicago
Women's Health Center
To support
outreach and health education programming for at-risk girls
Cook Co, IL
|
$35,000 |
| Children's
Advocacy Center
To support
counseling, assessments, support groups, and case management
services for children who have been abused
DuPage & Cook
Co, IL
|
$12,500 |
| Children's
Medical Center Foundation of Central Texas
To support
an emergency room study to evaluate optimum techniques for
addressing pain and anxiety in pediatric patients
Travis County,
TX
|
$7,500 |
| Children's
Medical Center Foundation of Central Texas
To support
the endowment of the Texas Child Study Center for mental
health care and research at Dell Children's Medical Center
Travis County,
TX
|
$300,000 |
| Chinese
American Service League
To provide
for the physical, psychological and cultural needs of seniors
Cook & DuPage
Co, IL
|
$10,000 |
| Circesteem
To support
after-school activities and reading enrichment programs
for low-income youth
Cook Co, IL
|
$25,000 |
| Citizen
Schools
To support
after school programs at Bedicheck and Keating Middle Schools
Travis Co, TX
|
$10,000 |
| Communities
in Schools - Central Texas
To support
salary increases for professional staff and programs in
five schools which link community resources to at-risk children
and families
Travis and Hays
Co, TX
|
$70,000 |
| Communities
in Schools of Chicago
To support
CCIS programs linking community resources to at-risk children
Cook Co, IL
|
$50,000 |
| The
Community House
To support
after-school and summer programs for the Willowbrook Corner
Neighborhood
DuPage Co, IL
|
$75,000 |
| The
Cradle Foundation
To provide
financial assistance and support to families who have adopted
children with special needs
Cook Co, IL
|
$50,000 |
| DuPage
Community Foundation
To provide
general operating support, enabling the foundation to make
community grants and strengthen services to and recruitment
of donors
DuPage Co, IL |
$20,000 |
| DuPage
Senior Citizens Council
To support
a home maintenance and minor repair program for seniors
DuPage Co, IL
|
$25,000 |
| Easter
Seals of Central Texas Inc.
To support
medical rehabilitative services for low-income children
Travis & Williamson
Co, TX
|
$15,000 |
| El
Buen Samaritano
To support
a health and fitness program targeting childhood obesity
Travis & Williamson
Co, TX
|
$50,000 |
| Erikson
Institute
To provide
parenting support and education for families with infants
who cry excessively and are difficult to console
Cook Co, IL
|
$20,000 |
| Extend-A-Care
for Kids
To support
after-school care for low-income children
Travis Co, TX
|
$10,000 |
| Faith
in Place
To support
after-school and summer tutoring, leadership development,
and environmental activities for at-risk youth
Travis Co, TX
|
$10,000 |
| Family
Connections
To help provide
parents of newborns with information they need in an effort
to promote infant health and safety
Travis Co, TX
|
$40,000 |
| Family
Eldercare
To support
an in-home and respite care program for low-income seniors
Travis Co, TX
|
$40,000 |
| Family
Shelter Service
To support
children's counseling and parenting skills development for
families that are victims of domestic violence
DuPage Co, IL
|
$50,000 |
| Foundation
Communities
To support
an after-school and summer youth program for disadvantaged
youth targeting success in reading achievement and physical
fitness
Travis Co, TX
|
$25,000 |
| Gads
Hill Center
To support
academic enrichment activities and college preparation for
low-income teens
Cook Co, IL
|
$10,000 |
| GenAustin
To support
a weekly after-school curriculum for middle school girls
taught by employed high school girls with support from school-based
adult sponsors and volunteers
Travis, Williamson
& Hays Co, TX
|
$20,000 |
| Girl
Scouts of Central Texas
To support
outreach programs for at-risk girls
Travis, Williamson
& Hays Co, TX
|
$35,000 |
| Girl
Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana
To support
a sports, health and fitness program for low-income girls
Cook Co, IL
|
$10,000 |
| Girlstart
To support
a math, science and technology summer camp for girls
Travis, Williamson
& Hays Co, TX
|
$12,500 |
| Greater
Chicago Food Depository
To provide
senior-friendly produce and shelf-stable items to low-income
older adults
Cook Co, IL
|
$50,000 |
| Heart
House
To support
Heart House's after school and summer programs for low income
youth
Travis Co, TX
|
$10,000 |
| Helping
Hand Home for Children
To support
a charter school for abused children
Travis Co, TX
|
$50,000 |
| Howard
Area Community Center
To support
comprehensive child care for at-risk children
Cook Co, IL
|
$50,000 |
| Housing
Opportunities and Maintenance for the Elderly
To support
a home repair program for low-income seniors
Cook Co, IL
|
$10,000 |
| Infant
Welfare Society of Chicago
To support
Healthy Steps & Next Steps programs, integrating pediatric
care and parenting skills development
Cook Co, IL
|
$50,000 |
| Infant
Welfare Society of Evanston
To support
early intervention services to prevent child abuse and strengthen
parenting skills, including home visiting, parent education,
and support groups
Cook Co, IL
|
$10,000 |
| Jane
Addams Juvenile Court Foundation
To support
child welfare and juvenile court reform through strengthening
relationships and collaborations with community partners
and by improving court systems and procedures
Cook Co, IL
|
$95,000 |
| Jewish
Community Association of Austin
To support
Jewish Family Services, which provides social services to
low income seniors
Travis Co, TX
|
$25,000 |
| Juan
Diego Work Study Program Inc.
To support
a job training program for minority and economically-disadvantaged
youth
Travis Co, TX
|
$11,000 |
| Juvenile
Protective Association
To support
prevention and intervention services aimed at alleviating
child abuse
Cook Co, IL
|
$50,000 |
| Kids
Individual Dedication to Success
To support
a community-based educational summer program for underprivileged
youth
Travis Co, TX
|
$10,000 |
| Lawrence
Hall Youth Services
To support
residential treatment for youth who have been abused or
neglected
Cook & DuPage
Co, IL
|
$12,500 |
| Lifelink
To support
the Healthy Families program, which provided early intervention,
positive parenting skills to first-time, non-English speaking
teenage parents
DuPage Co, IL
|
$60,000 |
| LifeWorks
To help support
a capital campaign to build a new Youth and Family Resource
Center in East Austin
Travis Co, TX
|
$500,000 |
| Literature
for All of Us
To support
parenting education and adult literacy skill building for
teen mothers
Cook Co, IL
|
$10,000 |
| Lone
Star Circle of Care
To support
pediatric care for uninsured children
Williamson Co,
TX
|
$75,000 |
| Maine-Niles
Association of Special Recreation
To support
summer camp activities for youth with disabilities
Cook Co, IL
|
$5,000 |
| Marathon
Kids
To support
a free six-month fitness and nutrition program for K-5th
grade students
Travis Co, TX
|
$10,000 |
| Marwen
Foundation
To support
college preparatory activities for youth participating in
arts programming
Cook Co, IL
|
$25,000 |
| Maryville
Academy
To support
the Crisis Nursery, free voluntary care for families in
disruptive crisis
Cook Co, IL
|
$50,000 |
| Marywood
Children and Family Services
To support
case management and basic needs for at risk pregnant women
Travis Co, TX
|
$30,000 |
| Meals
on Wheels & More
To provide
nutritious meals for homebound elderly who are unable to
prepare for themselves
Travis Co, TX
|
$75,000 |
| Metropolitan
Family Services of DuPage
To support
Parents as Teachers, an early childhood parent education
and family support program
DuPage Co, IL
|
$50,000 |
| Morton
Arboretum
To provide
a hands-on science education program for students at low-income
schools
DuPage & Cook
Co, IL
|
$10,000 |
| Music
Theatre Workshop
To support
arts programming and youth development activities for low-income
youth
DuPage & Cook
Co, IL
|
$10,000 |
| NCO
Youth & Family Services
To support
counseling and life skills development for male youth in
group home and transitional living settings
DuPage & Cook
Co, IL
|
$60,000 |
| New
Mom's, Inc.
To support a
capital campaign to build a shelter and community center
and to support parenting skills development for teen mothers
Cook Co, IL
|
$80,000 |
| Open
Door Preschool
To support
summer enrichment program for elementary school children
Travis & Williamson
Co, TX
|
$5,000 |
| Outreach
Community Ministries
To support
Teen REACH after school and summer programs, tutoring, mentoring,
and a college access program
DuPage Co, IL
|
$50,000 |
| Peaceable
Kingdom Retreat for Children, Inc.
To support
chronically ill and special needs children's programs
Travis & Williamson
Co, TX
|
$15,000 |
| People's
Community Clinic
To support
the prenatal program and early and periodic screening, diagnostic,
and treatment for infants
Travis Co, TX
|
$75,000 |
| People's
Resource Center
To support
an art enrichment program for low-income youth
DuPage Co, IL
|
$15,000 |
| Pillars
To support
the Adult Wrap Program for low-income, high need elderly
Cook Co, IL
|
$35,000 |
| Planned
Parenthood of the Texas Capital Region
To support
the expansion of a health and sexuality education program
Travis Co, TX
|
$25,000 |
| Positive
Parenting DuPage
To increase
effective parenting by improving knowledge of child development
and strengthening support services for families
DuPage Co, IL
|
$220,000 |
| Reading
is FUNdamental/Capital Area Reach Out and Read
To support
the RIF Program at Becker Elementary and the health-based
Reach Out and Read program in area clinics
Travis & Williamson
Co, TX
|
$12,500 |
| R.O.C.K.,
Ride On Center for Kids
To support
the Therapeutic Riding program
Williamson &
Travis Co, TX
|
$5,000 |
| Robert
Crown Center for Health Education
To support
a health education program for students and teachers
Cook, DuPage &
Lake Co, IL
|
$25,000 |
| Round
Rock Area Serving Center
To support
basic needs and services to the elderly including food,
clothing, and financial assistance for rent, utilities and
prescriptions
Williamson Co,
TX
|
$5,000 |
| SafePlace
To support
the Counseling Services Program which addresses the needs
of sexual and domestic violence survivors
Travis Co, TX
|
$45,000 |
| Senior
Home Sharing
To support
affordable housing for low-income seniors
DuPage Co, IL
|
$30,000 |
| SGA
Youth and Family Services
To support
Healthy Families and Parents Too Soon programs, providing
child abuse prevention and family strengthening services
to teen parents
Cook Co, IL
|
$20,000 |
| Sharing
Connections
To support
a full-time, bilingual social worker position
DuPage & Cook
Co, IL
|
$45,000 |
| Shelter,
Inc.
To support
Healthy Families child abuse prevention program
Cook Co, IL
|
$50,000 |
| Skillpoint
Alliance
To support
the Construction Gateway job training program
Travis, Hays &
Williamson Co, TX
|
$15,000 |
| Special
Olympics Illinois
Chicago MedFest:
To support facilitation of sports physicals required for
current and prospective Special Olympic athletes
Cook Co, IL
|
$15,000 |
| St.
Vincent de Paul Center
To support
early childhood education and social services programs
Cook Co, IL
|
$50,000 |
| Street-Level
Youth Media
To support
media arts activities and leadership development for low-income
youth
Cook Co, IL
|
$10,000 |
| Sustainable
Food Center
To support
Sprouting Healthy Kids, a farm-to-school project, targeting
primarily Latino and African American population which addresses
food insecurity, childhood obesity, and food systems to
build self confidence and promote positive development
Travis Co, TX
|
$5,000 |
| Tax
Assistance Program
To assist
youth in securing federal financial student aid to help
pay for postsecondary education
Cook Co, IL
|
$5,000 |
| Teen
Parent Connection
To support
parent education and support services for adolescent parents
and peer education pregnancy prevention programs
DuPage Co, IL
|
$75,000 |
| Theatre
Action Project
To support
the training and employing of up to 30 high school students
a year whose lives have been affected by intimate violence
to transform their experiences into compelling, interactive,
educational theatre
Travis Co, TX
|
$5,000 |
| Umoja
Student Development Corporation
To support
an academic achievement, community building, and leadership
development program for at-risk high school students
Travis Co, TX
|
$15,000 |
| The
University of Texas Charles A. Dana Center
To support
the ACEE program which provides high quality, research-based
early literacy tutoring and educational support for bilingual
students
Travis Co, TX
|
$10,000 |
| VinCare
Services
To support
life skills and supportive services at St. Louise House
for homeless women with children
Travis Co, TX
|
$35,000 |
| Volunteer
Healthcare Clinic
To support
non-emergency, walk-in, free, medical clinic services to
children who are uninsured and/or lack access to healthcare
Travis Co, TX
|
$10,000 |
| VSA
Arts of Texas
To support
professional development training in arts-based teaching
methods for children with disabilities
Travis Co, TX
|
$5,000 |
| Westcave
Preserve
To support
a nature immersion camp designed to benefit the physical,
emotional and cognitive health of inner-city children by
engaging them in the out-of-doors
Travis Co, TX
|
$5,000 |
| Western
DuPage Special Recreation Association Foundation
To support
a recreational program for students who are enrolled in
alternative schools
DuPage Co, IL
|
$10,000 |
| Wings
Program
To support
children's counseling and parenting skills development for
families that are victims of domestic violence or are homeless
Cook Co, IL
|
$15,000 |
| The
Women's Treatment Center
To support
early childhood education and social services for children
and parenting education for their mothers who are undergoing
substance abuse treatment
DuPage Co, IL
|
$15,000 |
| Woodridge
Community Pantry
To support
job and life skills programming for low-income adults
DuPage Co, IL
|
$25,000 |
| Young
Men's Business League Austin Sunshine Camps
To support
Sunshine Camps for economically underprivileged children
ages 7-15
Travis Co, TX
|
$10,000 |
| Young
Women's Christian Association of Metropolitan Chicago
To support
mental health counseling for sexually abused children
Cook & DuPage
Co, IL
|
$10,000 |
2008 Total: |
$4,575,500 |
2007 Topfer
Family Foundation Grants
| Advocate
Charitable Foundation
To support
mental health counseling and related services for sexually
abused children
DuPage Co, IL
|
$35,000 |
Alternatives
Incorporated
To support
youth leadership development program and youth enrichment
activities.
Cook Co, IL
|
$50,000 |
American
YouthWorks
To support
the CasaVerde homebuilding program which provides affordable
housing to low income families
Travis Co,TX
|
$50,000 |
AmeriCorps
for Community Engagement and Education
To support
the ACEE program, which provides high quality, research-based
early literacy tutoring and educational support for bilingual
students
Travis Co,TX
|
$7,500 |
| Any
Baby Can
To support
Candlelighters, CARE, Tandem and Prenatal Education programs
Travis Co, TX
|
$100,000 |
| The
Arc of the Capital Area
To support
partial salary of Volunteer Coordinator which will enable
the Arc to increase its volunteer base which will then allow
the agency to serve more clients
Travis Co,TX
|
$17,500 |
| Assistance
League of Austin Texas, Inc.
To support
Operation School Bell which provides school clothing for
children
Travis Co,TX
|
$20,000 |
Austin
Area Urban League
To support
an After-School/Youth Enrichment Program and Music &
Arts Institute for disadvantaged youth
Travis Co,TX
|
$50,000 |
Austin
Children's Shelter
To support
the Austin Children's Shelter Capital Campaign
Travis and Williamson
Co,TX
|
$500,000
|
| Austin
Children's Shelter
Funding to
continue and retain professional staff for Connections Program
Travis and Williamson
Co,TX
|
$65,000
|
Austin
Community Foundation
To support
A Season for Caring Thanksgiving donations
Travis Co, TX |
$15,000 |
Austin
Community Foundation
To support
A Season for Caring holiday donations
Travis Co, TX |
$56,000 |
Austin
Child Guidance Center
To support
children's mental health services
Travis Co, TX
|
$60,000 |
| Austin
Groups for the Elderly
To support
Elderhaven Adult Day Care for seniors
Travis Co, TX
|
$30,000 |
| Austin
Lyric Opera
To support
a music enrichment program for low-income children
Travis Co, TX
|
$15,000 |
Austin
Recovery Inc.
To support
the capital campaign specifically for Family House which
supports women and children
Travis Co, TX
|
$100,000 |
| Austin
Symphony Orchestra Society
To support
educational programs for low-income students
Travis Co, TX
|
$50,000 |
Badgerdog
Literary Publishing Inc
To support
creative writing and literary arts program for middle and
high school students
Travis Co, TX
|
$10,000 |
Big
Brother Big Sister of Metropolitan Chicago
To support
school-based mentoring and tutoring for at-risk students
Cook Co, IL
|
$40,000 |
Boys
and Girls Clubs of the Capital Area
To provide
programs and services for under served youth residing in
the Govalle/Johnston neighborhoods
Travis Co, TX
|
$15,000 |
| Breaking
Free
To support
parenting skills and family nurturing programs
DuPage Co, IL
|
$20,000 |
Breakthrough
To support
a six-week, full-day academic enrichment college preparation
program for high potential, low income seventh and eighth
graders
Travis Co, TX
|
$40,000 |
| Bridge
Communities
To support
after school tutoring and educational enrichment for at-risk
children
DuPage Co, IL
|
$25,000 |
Brighton
Park Neighborhood Council
To support
youth leadership development program and youth enrichment
activities
Cook Co, IL
|
$12,500 |
| Camp
Fire USA Balcones Council
To support
an after-school program which instills life skills through
character education, academic support and outdoor adventure
Travis and Williamson
Co, TX
|
$7,500 |
| Capital
Area Food Bank
To support
Kids Café for low-income students and HOPE program
for low- income seniors
Travis Co, TX
|
$45,000 |
| Capital
Area Reach Out and Read Inc.
To support
ROR in clinics as well as improve the reading areas in the
clinics
Travis, Williamson,
Caldwell Co, TX
|
$5,000 |
Capital
IDEA
To support
a job training program which enables participants to earn
a liveable wage
Travis Co, TX
|
$75,000 |
Caritas
To support
a job training program
Travis Co, TX
|
$60,000 |
CASA
of Central Texas
To
support recruitment, training and support for volunteer
advocates
Hays Co, TX
|
$10,000 |
CASA
of Cook County
To
support recruitment, training and support for volunteer
advocates
Cook Co, IL
|
$40,000 |
CASA
of DuPage County
To
support recruitment, training and support for volunteer
advocates
DuPage Co, IL
|
$50,000 |
CASA
of Travis County
To
support recruitment, training and support for volunteer
advocates
Travis Co, TX
|
$50,000 |
Catholic
Charities
To
support counseling for abused and neglected children
DuPage Co, IL
|
$30,000 |
The
Center for Child Protection
To
support forensic interviews and services for abused children
Travis Co, TX
|
$40,000 |
Chicago
Children's Advocacy Center
To support
advocacy, case management, investigatory and mental health
services to children who have been abused
Cook Co, IL
|
$25,000 |
Chicago
Communities in Schools
To support
CCIS programs in five schools, linking community resources
to at-risk children and families
Cook Co, IL
|
$50,000 |
Chicago
Women's Health Center
To support
outreach and health education programming for at-risk girls
Cook Co, IL
|
$35,000 |
Children's
Advocacy Center
To support
counseling, assessments, support groups, and case management
services for children who've been abused
DuPage Co, IL
|
$11,000 |
Children's
Medical Center Foundation of Central Texas
To
purchase the Date Video Display System, one portion of the
pediatric iMRI for the new neurology center at the Dell
Children's Medical Center
Travis, Williamson,
Hays, Caldwell, Burnet Co, TX
|
$100,000 |
Chinese
American Services League Inc.
To provide
for the physical, psychological and cultural needs of seniors
Cook Co, IL
|
$10,000 |
| The
Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually
Impaired
To
support in-home therapy and parent counseling, education
and support for families with children who are blind or
visually impaired
Cook Co, IL
|
$20,000 |
| Citizen
Schools
To
support Citizen School's after-school program at Bedicheck
and Kea ling Middle School
Travis Co, TX
|
$10,000 |
The
Community House
To
support after-school and summer programs for the Willowbrook
Corner Neighborhood
DuPage Co, IL
|
$100,000 |
| The
Cradle Foundation
To
provide financial assistance to families who have adopted
children with special needs
Cook Co, IL
|
$50,000 |
DuPage
Children's Museum
To
refine and focus parent/caregiver support resources to make
them more effectively available and to increase effective
parenting
DuPage, Will,
Kane Co, IL
|
$150,000 |
| DuPage
Community Foundation
To
provide general operating support, enabling the foundation
to make community grants and strengthen services to and
recruitment of donors
DuPage Co, IL |
$20,000 |
| DuPage
Senior Citizens Council
To
provide nutritionally balanced meals to low-income seniors
DuPage Co, IL
|
$25,500 |
| Edward
Foundation
To
support diagnosis and treatment for sexually abused children
DuPage County,
IL
|
$35,000 |
| Erikson
Institute
To
provide parenting support and education for families with
infants who cry excessively and are difficult to console
Cook, Lake, DuPage
Counties, IL
|
$25,000 |
| Faith
in Action Caregivers Round Rock
To
support coordination of volunteers who provide transportation,
minor home repairs, friendly visits and phone calls for
seniors who would otherwise be homebound
Travis, Williamson
Co, TX
|
$15,000 |
| Faith
in Place
To
support after-school and summer tutoring, leadership development,
and environmental activities for at-risk youth
Cook Co, IL
|
$7,500 |
| Family
Eldercare
To
provide volunteer-assisted bill payer and representative
payee services to aging adults
Travis Co, TX
|
$35,000 |
| Family
Shelter Service
Capital
Campaign to build new facility
DuPage Co, IL
|
$50,000 |
| Family
Shelter Service
To
provide domestic violence services to child witnesses of
family violence
DuPage Co, IL
|
$50,000 |
| Five
Candle Foundation
To
help support a universally accessible “Ropes”
course for medically fragile children
Travis and Williamson
Co, TX
|
$5,000 |
| Front
Steps
To
support life skills training for formerly homeless and at
risk persons living at Garden Terrace
Travis Co, TX
|
$5,000 |
| Gads
Hill Center
To
support academic enrichment activities and college preparation
for low-income teens
Cook Co, IL
|
$10,000 |
GENaustin(Girls
Empowerment Network)
To
support clubGEN a weekly after-school curriculum for AISD
middle school girls taught by employed high school girls
with support from school-based adult
Travis Co, TX
|
$22,000 |
| Girl
Scouts IL - Crossroads Council
To
help support a sports, health and fitness program for low
income girls
Cook Co, IL
|
$10,000 |
| Girl
Scouts - Prairie Winds
Girl Scout
Extension Programs for at-risk, low-income and disadvantaged
girls in local neighborhoods and detention
DuPage Co, IL
|
$10,000 |
| Greater
Chicago Food Depository
To
support the purchase of produce for an emergency and supplemental
food program
Cook Co, IL |
$75,000 |
| Health
Alliance For Austin Musicians
To
provide musicians access to caring, high quality, affordable
healthcare
Travis Co, TX |
$25,000 |
Heart
House Austin
To
support Heart House's second location in South Austin to
provide after school and summer programs for low income
youth
Travis Co, TX
|
$15,000 |
| Helping
Hand Home for Children
To
support staff retention and expanding the Homes' volunteer
program
Travis Co, TX
|
$50,000 |
| Hospice
Austin
To
support in home crisis care
Travis & Williamson
Co, TX
|
$50,000 |
Housing
Opportunities and Maintenance for the Elderly
To
support a home repair program for low-income seniors
Cook Co, IL
|
$10,000 |
| Howard
Area Community Center
To
support comprehensive child care for at-risk children
Cook Co, IL
|
$50,000 |
| Infant
Welfare Society of Chicago
To
support the Healthy Steps & Next Steps programs, integrating
pediatric care and parenting skills development
Cook Co, IL
|
$50,000 |
Infant
Welfare Society of Evanston
To
support early intervention services to prevent child abuse
and strengthen parenting skills, including home visiting,
parent education, and support groups
Cook Co, IL
|
$10,000 |
Jane
Addams Juvenile Court Foundation
To
support child welfare and juvenile court reform through
strengthening relationships and collaborations with community
partners and by improving court systems and procedures.
Cook Co, IL
|
$145,000 |
Jewish
Child and Family Services
To
provide ongoing recreation activities to at-risk youth in
residential group homes and specialized aggregate foster
homes
Cook Co, IL
|
$50,000 |
Jewish
Community Association of Austin
To
support the No Place for Hate program which provides community
groups tools to develop the necessary skills to combat racism
Travis, Williamson
& Hays Co, TX
|
$30,000 |
| KIPP
Austin College Prepatory School
To
support after school tutoring for students at KIPP Austin
College Preparatory School
Travis Co, TX
|
$25,000 |
KLRU
To
support the Ready to Learn Family Literacy program
Travis Co, TX
|
$10,000 |
Lawrence
Hall Youth Services
To
support residential treatment for youth who have been abused
or neglected
Cook Co, IL
|
$12,500 |
Lifelink
To
support The Healthy Families program which provides early
intervention, positive parenting skills to first-time, non-English
speaking teenage parents
DuPage Co, IL
|
$60,000 |
| LifeWorks
Project:
To support the Youth and Adult Counseling Program, which
helps families develop skills to sustain healthy family
functioning
Travis & Williamson
Co, TX
|
$75,000 |
Literacy
Austin
To
support volunteer training program for adult literacy
Travis Co, TX
|
$10,000 |
Literature
for All of Us
To
support parenting education and adult literacy skill building
for teen mother
Cook Co, IL
|
$10,000 |
Lone
Star Circle of Care
To
support pediatric services
Travis and Williamson
Co, TX
|
$75,000 |
| Maine-Niles
Association of Special Recreation
To
support summer camp activities for youth with disabilities
Cook Co, IL
|
$5,000 |
Marwen
To
support college preparatory activities for youth participating
in arts programming
Cook Co, IL
|
$25,000 |
Maryville
Academy
To
support the Crisis Nursery, free voluntary care for families
in disruption crisis
Cook Co, IL
|
$50,000 |
| Meals
on Wheels and More
To
provide nutritious meals to homebound elderly who are unable
to prepare for themselves
Travis
Co, TX
|
$70,000 |
| Metropolitan
Family Services
To
support Parents As Teachers, an early childhood parent education
and family support program
DuPage
Co, IL
|
$50,000 |
Morton
Arboretum
To
provide a hands-on science education program for students
at low-income schools
DuPage
Co, IL
|
$10,000 |
| Music
Theatre Workshop
To
support arts programming and youth development activities
for low-income youth
Cook Co, IL
|
$25,000 |
NCO
Youth & Family Services
To
support counseling and life skills development for homeless/runaway
boys living in a group home setting
DuPage Co, IL
|
$60,000 |
| New
Moms, Inc.
To
support the New Kids Enrichment Project for children ages
birth through five who's mothers are attending New Moms
Programs
Cook
Co, IL
|
$30,000 |
| Omni
Youth Services
To
support in-home counseling and supportive services for families
referred for incidents of abuse or neglect
Cook Co, IL
|
$10,000 |
Open
Door Preschool
To
support summer enrichment program for elementary school
children
Travis Co, TX
|
$5,000 |
Outreach
Community Ministries
To
support Teen REACH after school and summer programs, tutoring,
mentoring, and a college access program
DuPage Co, IL
|
$50,000 |
| People's
Community Clinic
To
support the prenatal program and early and periodic screening,
diagnostic, and treatment for infants and the pediatric
program
Travis Co, TX
|
$100,000 |
| People's
Resource Center
To
support an art enrichment program for low-income youth
DuPage Co, IL
|
$15,000 |
Pillars
To
support the Adult Wrap Program for low-income, high need
elderly
Cook Co, IL
|
$50,000 |
Positive
Parenting DuPage
To
increase effective parenting by improving knowledge of child
development and strengthening support services for families.
DuPage Co, IL
|
$211,764 |
| Reading
is FUNdamental
To
support the RIF program at Becker Elementary school providing
three books a year to every student
Travis Co, TX
|
$3,750 |
| The
Rise School
To
support music therapy for children with Downs Syndrome
Travis Co, TX
|
$20,000 |
SGA
Youth & Family Services
To support
Healthy Families and Parents Too Soon programs, providing
child abuse prevention and family strengthening services
to teen parents
Cook Co, IL
|
$20,000 |
SafePlace
To support life
skills program and child development center
DuPage Co, IL
|
$45,000 |
| St.
Vincent de Paul Center
To support
early childhood education and social services programs
Cook Co, IL
|
$75,000 |
Senior
Home Sharing, Inc.
To support
affordable housing for low-income seniors
DuPage Co, IL
|
$30,000 |
Senior
Home Sharing, Inc.
To help fund
acquisition of an additional home for affordable senior
housing
DuPage Co, IL
|
$50,000 |
The
Settlement Home
To support
employee retention, sensory room upgrades and a behavioral
specialist for the charter school.
Travis Co, TX
|
$50,000 |
Sharing
Connections Inc.
To hire a
full-time, bi-lingual social worker position
DuPage and Cook
Co, IL
|
$40,700 |
Shelter,
Inc.
To support
Healthy Families child abuse prevention program
Cook Co, IL
|
$75,000 |
Special
Olympics - Illinois
To support
a medical and vision screening event for low-income children
with mental retardation or cognitive learning disabilities
Cook Co, IL
|
$15,000 |
| Street-Level
Youth Media
To support
the Neutral Ground Multi-media Center, an open access community
technology center for youth
Cook Co, IL
|
$10,000 |
Sustainable
Food Center
To support
Sprouting Healthy Kids farm-to-school project which addresses
food insecurity, childhood obesity, and food systems education
to build self confidence and promote positive development
Travis Co, TX
|
$5,000 |
| Taproot
Foundation
To sponsor
service grants providing capacity-building services to non-profits
organizations
Cook Co, IL |
$25,000 |
Tax
Assistance Program
Support TAP's
Higher Education Access Initiative which focuses on increasing
low income clients' access to postsecondary education
Cook Co, IL
|
$5,000 |
Teen
Parent Connection
To support
parent education and support services for adolescent parents
and peer education pregnancy prevention programs
DuPage Co, IL
|
$100,000 |
Theatre
Action Project
To support
the training and employment of up to 30 high school students
a year whose lives have been affected by intimate violence
to transform their experiences into compelling, interactive,
educational theatre
Travis Co, TX
|
$5,000 |
| Umoja
Student Development Corporation
To support
an academic achievement, community building, and leadership
development program for at-risk high school students
Cook Co, IL
|
$15,000 |
| University
of Texas School of Nursing
To support
the Children's Wellness Center Pharmacy Voucher Program
which provides pharmacy vouchers for uninsured children
Travis Co, TX
|
$25,000 |
VinCare
Services
To
support life skills and supportive services at St. Louise
House for homeless women with children
Travis and Williamson
Co, TX
|
$30,000 |
Volunteer
Healthcare Clinic
To
support non-emergency, walk-in, free, medical clinic services
to children who are uninsured and/or lack access to healthcare
Travis and Williamson
Co, TX
|
$10,000 |
Westcave
Preserve Corporation
To support a nature immersion camp designed
to benefit the physical, emotional and cognitive health
of inner-city children by engaging them in the out-of-doors
Travis Co, TX
|
$5,000 |
Western
DuPage Special Recreation Association
To support a recreational program for
students who are enrolled in alternative schools
DuPage Co, IL
|
$10,000 |
WINGS
Program, Inc.
To support children's counseling and
parenting skills development for families that are victims
of domestic violence or homeless
Cook Co, IL
|
$15,000 |
| The
Women's Treatment Center
To support early childhood education and social services
for children and parenting education for their mothers who
are undergoing substance abuse treatment
Cook Co, IL
|
$15,000 |
| Wonders
& Worries
To support a program that helps children
cope with life-threatening illnesses of a parent or loved-one
Travis Co, TX
|
$10,000 |
Woodridge
Community Pantry
To support
job and life skills programming for low-income adults
DuPage and Cook
Co, IL
|
$31,620 |
Young
Men's Business League Austin Sunshine Camps
To
support Sunshine Camps for economically underprivileged
children ages 7-15
Travis Co, TX
|
$10,000 |
| YWCA
of Metropolitan Chicago
To
support mental health counseling for sexually abused children
DuPage and Cook
Co, IL
|
$10,000 |
2007 Total: |
$5,047,334 |
2006 Topfer
Family Foundation Grants
Advocate
Charitable Foundation
To support
mental health counseling and related services for sexually
abused children
Cook Co, IL
|
$35,000 |
Alternatives
Incorporated
To support
youth leadership development program and youth enrichment
activities.
Cook Co, IL
|
$10,000 |
Any
Baby Can
To support
the Health and Fair Start Program, the CARE programs and
development capacity.
Travis Co, TX
|
$100,000 |
The
Arc of the Capital Area
To support
partial salary of Volunteer Coordinator which will enable
the Arc to increase its volunteer base which will then allow
the agency to serve more clients.
Travis Co, TX
|
$17,500 |
Assistance
League of Austin, Texas, Inc.
To support
Operation School Bell which provides school clothing for
children
Travis Co, TX
|
$15,000
|
Austin
Children's Museum
To support
an after-school hands-on science and mathematics program
at ten title one schools in AISD
Travis Co, TX
|
$10,000 |
| Austin
Children's Shelter
To support
one full time and one part time clinical specialist and
retention of program staff
Travis Co, TX
|
$75,000 |
| Austin
Community Foundation
To support
Thanksgiving donations
Travis County,
TX
|
$10,000 |
Austin
Community Foundation
To support
season of caring holiday donations
Travis County,
TX
|
$62,000 |
| Austin
Groups for the Elderly
To support
Elderhaven Adult Day Care for seniors
Travis County,
TX
|
$30,000 |
Austin
Area Interreligious Ministries
To support
home repairs for low-income elderly or disabled homeowners
Travis County,
TX
|
$20,000 |
Austin
Lyric Opera
To support
a music enrichment program for low-income children
Travis Co, TX
|
$15,000
|
Austin
Miracle League
To support
a capital campaign to build a specialized baseball field
for mentally and physically challenged children
Travis Co, TX
|
$50,000 |
Big
Brothers Big Sisters of Central Texas, Inc.
To support
collaboration between Neighborhood Longhorns and Big Brothers
Big Sisters to provide school based mentoring and tutoring
for at risk students
Travis Co, TX
|
$75,000 |
| Big
Brother Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago
To support
school-based mentoring and tutoring for at-risk students
Cook Co, IL
|
$20,000 |
Boys
and Girls Club of Capital Area
To support
Street Smart and Smart Moves prevention programming for
at-risk youth at Bedicheck, Dobie, Keating, Mendez and Porter
Middle Schools and Lanier High School
Travis Co, TX
|
$20,000 |
Breakthrough
To support
a six-week, full-day academic enrichment college preparation
program for high potential, low income seventh and eighth
graders
Travis Co, TX
|
$50,000 |
| Brighton
Park Neighborhood Council
To support
youth leadership development program and youth enrichment
activities
Cook Co, IL
|
$10,000 |
Camp
Fire USA Balcones Council
To support
an after-school program which instills life skills through
character education, academic support and outdoor adventure
Travis County,
TX
|
$5,000 |
Capital
Area Food Bank
To support
Kids Café for low-income students and HOPE program
for low- income seniors
Travis County,
TX
|
$50,000 |
Caritas
To support
employment services program for working poor
Travis County,
TX
|
$60,750 |
| Capital
IDEA
To support
expansion of job training program
Travis Co, TX
|
$75,000 |
CASA
of Central Texas, Inc.
To support
court appointed special advocates for abused and neglected
children and youth in Hayes Co.
Hayes Co, TX
|
$10,000 |
| CASA
of Cook County
To support
recruitment, training and supervision for volunteer court
advocates
Cook, IL
|
$35,000 |
CASA
of DuPage County
To enhance
advocacy services to older foster youth
DuPage, IL
|
$40,000 |
CASA
of Travis County, Inc.
To support
court appointed special advocates for abused and neglected
children and youth and fundraising capacity expansion
Travis Co, TX
|
$100,000 |
Catholic
Charities, Diocese of Joilet
To support
counseling for abused and neglected children
DuPage Co, IL
|
$20,000 |
Chicago
Communities in Schools
To support
CCIS programs, linking community resources to at-risk children
and families
Cook Co, IL
|
$50,000 |
The
Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually
Impaired
To support
in-home therapy and parent counseling, education and support
for families with children who are blind or visually impaired
Cook, Will, McHenry
Co, IL
|
$15,000 |
| Chicago
Women's Health Center, Inc.
To support
outreach and health educational programming for at-risk
girls
Cook Co, IL
|
$17,500 |
Children's
Advocacy Center
To support
counseling, assessments, support groups, and case management
services for children who've been abused
Cook Co, IL
|
$10,000 |
| Community
Care Options
To support
case management services for seniors
Cook Co, IL
|
$50,000 |
The
Cradle Foundation
To provide
financial assistance to families who have adopted children
with special needs
Cook, DuPage,
and Lake Co, IL
|
$25,000 |
| DuPage
Children's Museum
To develop
portable learning exhibits incorporating child development
information for use at direct service agencies working with
low-income families
DuPage Co, IL
|
$76,000 |
DuPage
Community Foundation
To provide
general operating support, enabling the foundation to make
community grants and strengthen services to and recruitment
of donors
DuPage Co, IL
|
$20,000 |
Eanes
Education Foundation
To support
the purchase of an electronic communication and fundraising
technology offered by Convio
Travis Co, TX
|
$5,000 |
| Easter
Seals-Central Texas, Inc.
To support
medical rehabilitative services for low-income children
Travis Co, TX
|
$25,000 |
Easter
Seals-DuPage
To provide
parent support groups and education for families of children
with disabilities
DuPage Co, IL
|
$39,125 |
Edward
Foundation
To support
diagnosis and treatment for sexually abused children
DuPage, Will,
Lake, Counties, IL
|
$35,000 |
El
Buen Samaritano
To support
bilingual Child Learning Center
Travis County,
TX
|
$60,000 |
Erikson
Institute
To provide
parenting support and education for families with infants
who cry excessively and are difficult to console
Cook, DuPage,
and Lake Co, IL
|
$25,000 |
Extend
a Care for Kids
To support
after-school care for low-income children in Southeast Austin
in AISD, Del Valle ISD and Hays ISD
Travis County,
TX
|
$10,000 |
Faith
in Place
To support
after-school and summer tutoring, leadership development,
and environmental activities for at-risk youth
Cook Co, IL
|
$7,500 |
Family
Connections
To support
parents of newborns project
Travis County,
TX
|
$50,000 |
Family
Crisis Center
To provide
prevention and education program for K-12 graders in Bastrop
ISD
Travis County,
TX
|
$10,000 |
Family
Eldercare
To support
a part-time bilingual Service Coordinator position to ensure
seamless coordination of support services to Lyons Gardens'
residents
Travis County,
TX
|
$25,000 |
Family
Shelter Service, Inc.
To support
counseling, job readiness and parent education services
to victims of domestic violence and their children
DuPage Co, IL
|
$50,000 |
For
the Love of Christi
To support
Kids Who Kare grief program for children and teens, ages
5 through 17
Travis Co, TX
|
$10,000 |
Foundation
Communities
To support
the renovation of a single room occupancy housing community
for low income and homeless single adults
Travis Co, TX |
$75,000 |
Girl
Scouts-Crossroads Council
To support
a sports, health and fitness program for low-income girls
Cook Co, IL
|
$10,000 |
Girl
Scouts-Lone Star Council
To support
uniquely targeted programs for at-risk girls
Travis County,
TX
|
$40,000 |
Girl
Scouts-Prairie Winds, Inc.
To support
programming for at-risk, low-income girls offered in local
neighborhoods and at the youth detention center.
DuPage Co., IL
|
$10,000 |
Girlstart
To support
Club Girlstart a math, science and technology program for
girls at Wooten Elementary, Baty Elementary, Mendez Middle
School and Westview Middle School
Travis County,
TX
|
$25,000 |
| Greater
Chicago Food Depository
To provide
senior-friendly produce and shelf-stable items to low-income
older adults
Cook Co., IL
|
$50,000 |
| Health
Alliance For Austin Musicians
To provide
musicians access to caring, high quality, affordable healthcare
Travis Co, TX |
$25,000 |
| Healthy
Families Chicago
To provide
musicians access to caring, high quality, affordable healthcare
Cook Co, IL
|
$20,000 |
Heart
House Austin
To support
Heart House's after school and summer programs for low income
youth
Travis Co, TX
|
$15,000 |
Helping
Hand Home for Children
To support
direct care staff retention and volunteer program
Travis Co, TX
|
$63,500 |
Hospice
Austin
To support
in home crisis care
Travis Co, TX
|
$50,000 |
Housing
Opportunities and Maintenance for the Elderly (HOME)
To support
a home repair program for low-income seniors
Cook Co, IL
|
$10,000 |
Howard
Area Community Center
To support
comprehensive child care for at-risk children
Cook Co, IL
|
$50,000 |
Infant
Welfare Society of Chicago
To support
the Healthy Steps Program, integrating pediatric care and
parenting skills development
Cook Co, IL
|
$30,000 |
Jane
Addams Juvenile Court Foundation
To support
child welfare and juvenile court reform through strengthening
relationships and collaborations with community partners
and by improving court systems and procedures
|
$145,000 |
Jewish
Child and Family Service
To provide
ongoing recreation activities to at-risk youth in residential
group homes and specialized aggregate foster homes
|
$40,000 |
KIPP
Austin College Preparatory School, Inc.
To support
after school tutoring for students at KIPP Austin College
Preparatory School
Travis County,
TX
|
$25,000 |
KLRU
To support
workshops that encourage parents and caregivers to be active
participants in their children's educational development
Travis Co, TX
|
$10,000 |
| Lawrence
Hall Youth Services
To support
residential treatment for youth who have been abused or
neglected
Cook, DuPage,
Will Counties, IL
|
$10,000 |
Lifelink
To support
Healthy Families, providing child abuse prevention services
for non-English speaking teen parents
DuPage Co, IL
|
$60,000 |
LifeWorks
To support
the GED and Literacy Program and the Youth and Adult Counseling
Program
Travis Co, TX
|
$50,000 |
Literature
for All of Us
To support
a workshop combining parenting education and adult literacy
skill building for teen mothers
Cook County, IL
|
$10,000 |
Maine-Niles
Association of Special Recreation
To support
summer camp activities for youth with disabilities
Cook Co, IL
|
$5,000 |
Manos
de Cristo
To support
the ESL and Back-to-School programs
Travis Co, TX
|
$15,000 |
Marathon
Kids
To
support a free five-month fitness and nutrition program
for 3,200 AISD students
Travis
County, TX
|
$20,000 |
Maria
High School
To
support guidance counseling services for every student
Cook
County, IL
|
$25,000 |
Marwen
Foundation
To
support college preparatory activities for youth participating
in arts programming
Cook
County, IL
|
$10,000 |
Marywood
Children and Family Services
To
support case management and basic needs for at risk pregnant
women
Travis
County, TX
|
$40,000 |
Meals
on Wheels
To provide
nutritious meals homebound elderly who are unable to prepare
for themselves
Travis
Co, TX
|
$60,000 |
Metropolitan
Family Services DuPage
To support
Parents As Teachers, an early childhood parent education
and family support program
DuPage
County, IL
|
$50,000 |
The
Morton Arboretum
To provide
a hands-on science education program for students at low-income
schools.
DuPage Co, IL
|
$5,000 |
Music
Theatre Workshop
To support
arts programming and youth development activities for low-income
youth
DuPage Co, IL
|
$20,000 |
NCO
Youth & Family Services
To support
counseling and life skills development for male youth in
group home and transitional living settings
DuPage County,
IL
|
$50,000 |
| New
Moms, Inc.
To support
parenting skills development for teen mothers and enriched
child care
DuPage County,
IL
|
$15,000 |
Omni
Youth Services Inc.
To support
in-home counseling and supportive services for 90 families
where abuse or neglect has been indicated
DuPage County,
IL
|
$10,000 |
| Open
Door Preschool
To support
summer enrichment program for elementary school children
Travis Co, TX
|
$5,000 |
Outreach
Community Ministries, Inc.
To support
Teen REACH after school and summer programs, tutoring, mentoring,
and a college access program
DuPage Co, IL
|
$50,000 |
Peaceable
Kingdom Retreat for Children, Inc.
To support
Chronically Ill and Special Needs Children's Programs
Travis Co, TX
|
$25,000 |
People's
Community Clinic
To support
the Prenatal program and Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic,
and Treatment for infants
Travis Co, TX
|
$100,000 |
People's
Resource Center
To support
an art enrichment program for low-income youth
DuPage Co, IL
|
$12,000 |
Positive
Parenting DuPage
To increase
effective parenting by improving knowledge of child development
and strengthening support services for families
DuPage Co, IL
|
$368,896
|
Reading
is FUNdamental
To support
Becker Elementary Program and the RIF program at a second
elementary school which provides 3 books a year to every
student
Travis Co, TX
|
$8,800 |
| R.O.C.K-Ride
on Center for Kids
To support
the Therapeutic Riding program
Travis Co, TX
|
$10,000 |
Ronald
McDonald House
To provide
lodging and meals to families with critically ill or injured
children who are staying at local hospitals
Travis Co, TX
|
$350,000 |
Round
Rock Area Serving Center Inc
To support
basic needs and services to the elderly including food,
clothing, and financial assistance for rent, utilities,
and prescriptions
Williamson Co,
TX
|
$10,000 |
| SafePlace
To support
life skills program and child development center
Travis Co, TX
|
$50,000 |
Senior
Home Sharing, Inc.
To support
affordable housing for low-income seniors and a consultant
to improve the nutrition program
Cook Co, IL
|
$30,920 |
The
Settlement Home
To support
summer enrichment program, salary for Educational Specialist,
Employee Retention Program, and After School Tutorial Program
Travis Co, TX
|
$75,000 |
SGA
Youth and Family Services
To support
Healthy Families and Parents Too Soon programs, providing
child abuse prevention and family strengthening services
to teen parents
Cook, IL
|
$20,000 |
Sharing
Connections, Inc.
To provide
furniture and household items to low-income families
DuPage Co, IL
|
$25,000 |
| Shelter,
Inc.
To support
Healthy Families child abuse prevention program
Cook, Lake Co,
IL
|
$70,000 |
Special
Olympics of IL
To support
a medical and vision screening event for low-income children
with mental disabilities
Cook, IL
|
$15,000 |
St.
Vincent de Paul Center
To support
early childhood education and social services programs
Cook, IL
|
$50,000 |
Street
Level Youth Media
To support
media arts activities and leadership development for low-income
youth.
DuPage County,
IL
|
$10,000 |
| Target
Hope
To support
tutoring and college preparation for at-risk high school
students
Cook Co, IL
|
$55,000 |
Tax
Assistance Program
To assist
youth in securing federal financial student aid to help
pay for postsecondary education
Cook Co, IL
|
$5,000 |
Teen
Connection
To support
parent education and support services for adolescent parents
and peer education pregnancy prevention programs
DuPage Co, IL
|
$100,000 |
| Theatre
Action Project
To support
the training and employing of up to 20 high school students
a year whose lives have been affected by intimate violence
to transform their experiences into compelling, interactive,
educational theatre
Travis Co, TX
|
$5,000 |
Umoja
Student Development Corporation
To support
an academic achievement, community building, and leadership
development program for at-risk high school students
DuPage Co, IL
|
$10,000 |
The
University of Texas School of Nursing Children's Wellness
Center
To support
the Children's Wellness Center Pharmacy Voucher Program
which provides pharmacy vouchers for uninsured children
Travis Co, TX
|
$25,000 |
VSA
Arts of Texas
To train special
education teachers to use the multisensory learning approaches
of the expressive arts to increase their student's capacity
to succeed by building social and communication skills and
strengthening emotional intelligence
Travis Co, TX
|
$5,000 |
Western
DuPage Special Recreation Association Foundation
To support
a recreational program for students who are enrolled in
alternative schools
DuPage County,
IL
|
$10,000 |
WINGS
Program, Inc.
To support
children's counseling and parenting skills development for
families that are victims of domestic violence or homeless.
DuPage County,
IL
|
$15,000 |
| Women's
Treatment Center
To support
early childhood education and social services for children
and parenting education for their mothers who're undergoing
substance abuse treatment
DuPage County,
IL
|
$15,000 |
Young
Men's Business League Austin Sunshine Camps
To support
Sunshine Camps for economically underprivileged children
ages 7-15
Travis Co, TX
|
$10,000 |
Young
Women's Christian Association(YWCA) of Metropolitan Chicago
To support
mental health counseling for sexually abused children
Cook Co, IL
|
$10,000 |
2006 Total To Date: |
$4,334,491.00 |
| |
|
2005 Topfer
Family Foundation Grants
Advocate
Charitable Foundation
To support
mental health counseling and related services for sexually
abused children
DuPage/Cook County,
IL
|
$35,000
|
Alternatives
Incorporated
To support
youth leadership development programs and youth enrichment
activities
Cook County, IL
|
$10,000 |
Any
Baby Can
To support
the Candlelighters Childhood Cancer, and CARE programs
Travis Co, TX
|
$100,000 |
Arc
of the Capital Area
To support
partial salary of Volunteer Coordinator which will enable
the Arc to increase its volunteer base which will then allow
the agency to serve more clients
Travis County,
TX
|
$17,500 |
Assistance
League of Austin
To support
Operation School Bell which provides school clothing for
children
Travis County,
TX
|
$15,000
|
Austin
Area Interreligious Ministries
To support
home repairs for low-income elderly or disabled homeowners
Travis County,
TX
|
$15,000 |
Austin
Area Urban League
To support
summer and school year educational programs for disadvantaged
youth
Travis County,
TX
|
$50,000 |
| Austin
Child Guidance Center
To provide mental
health services for low-income children
Travis County,
TX
|
$60,000 |
Austin
Children's Shelter
To support
a full time clinical specialist and a part time case manager
and retention of program staff
Travis County,
TX
|
$75,000 |
| Austin
Community Foundation
To support
season of caring holiday donations
Travis County,
TX
|
$50,000 |
| Austin
Groups for the Elderly
To support
Elderhaven Adult Day Care for seniors
Travis County,
TX
|
$25,000 |
Austin
Recovery
To support
Child Therapist for children 3-12 living at the Family House
chemical dependency treatment center for women
Travis County,
TX
|
$10,000
|
Big
Brothers Big Sisters Of Central Texas
To support
school-based mentoring and tutoring for at-risk students
at Becker Elementary
Travis County,
TX
|
$50,000 |
Big
Brothers Big Sisters Of Metropolitan Chicago
To support
school-based mentoring and tutoring for at-risk students
Cook County, IL
|
$20,000 |
| Breaking
Free
To support
parenting skills and family nurturing programs
DuPage County,
IL
|
$25,000 |
Breakthrough
To support
a six-week, full-day academic enrichment college preparation
program for high potential, low income seventh and eighth
graders
Travis County,
TX
|
$50,000 |
Brighton
Park Neighborhood Council
To support
youth leadership development programs and youth enrichment
activities
Cook County, IL
|
$10,000 |
Bridge
Communities
To support
after school tutoring and educational enrichment for at-risk
children
DuPage County,
IL
|
$20,000 |
Capital
Area Food Bank
To
support Kids Cafe for low-Income ASID students
Travis County,
TX
|
$50,000 |
Capital
IDEA
To support
the expansion for job training programs
Travis County,
TX
|
$50,000 |
Caritas
To support
the Caritas Employment Program
Travis County,
TX
|
$45,000 |
| CASA
of Cook County
To support
specialized training for volunteer court advocates
Cook, IL
|
$25,000 |
CASA
of DuPage County
To enhance
advocacy services to older foster youth
DuPage County,
IL
|
$30,000 |
CASA
of Travis County
To support
court appointed special advocates for abused and neglected
children and youth and staff retention
Travis County,
TX
|
$100,000 |
Catholic
Charities, Diocese of Joliet
To support
counseling for abused and neglected children
DuPage and Will
Counties, IL
|
$20,000 |
Center
for Child Protection
To support
capital campaign
Travis County,
TX
|
$100,000 |
Center
for Child Protection
To strengthen
the Center's capacity to provide services to child victims
and their protective families and caregivers
Travis County,
TX
|
$60,000 |
Chicago
Communities in School
To support
CCIS programs, linking community resources to at-risk children
and families, at five existing and two new schools
Cook County, IL
|
$50,000 |
| Chicago
Women's Health Center
To support
the Outreach and Education Programs
Cook County, IL
|
$15,000 |
Children's
Advocacy Center of North and Northwest Cook County
To support
counseling, assessments, support groups, and case management
services for children who've been abused
Cook County, IL
|
$10,000 |
Children's
Hearing Aid of Texas
To support
the purchase of hearing aids and auditory services for low-lncome
infants and children
Travis County,
IL
|
$10,000 |
Children's
Hospital Foundation Austin
To support
the Skippy Express Mobile Health program which provides
primary and preventative healthcare services to low income
children
Travis County,
TX
|
$25,000 |
The
Chicago Lighthouse for People who are Blind or Visually
Impaired
To support
in-home therapy and parent counseling, education, and support
for the families with children who are blind or visually
impaired
Cook, DuPage,
and Will Counties, IL
|
$15,000 |
Civitas
To
distribute new parents kits to high-risk, teen parents in
Chicago
DuPage and Cook
County, IL
|
$10,000 |
Community
Care Options
To
support case management services for seniors
DuPage County,
IL
|
$50,000 |
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