PAST GRANTEES

Arts/Culture

• Children’s Community Theatre
  • Special program
  • Seed money for start-up of the Penguin Project
  • Continued support of Penguin Project
• DeKalb Area Agricultural Heritage Association
  • Archiving support
  • Digitization project
• DeKalb County Historical Genealogical Society
  • Acres of Change History Book
• Ellwood House Association
  • Archive Project
• Egyptian Theatre
  • Renew theatre campaign
• Glidden Homestead
  • Enhance and expand educational exhibits
  • Computer and software upgrade
  • Landscaping/video camera equipment
  • Barn Tour
• Hinckley Historical Society
  • Educational Materials
• Joiner History Room, DeKalb County Archive
  • Facility planning grant
  • Syc True Republican Newspaper digitization project
  • Sycamore Film Festival
• Kishwaukee Symphony Orchestra
  • Program support
• Midwest Museum of Natural History
  • New program support
  • Discovery Den project
• Mister Pumpkin Carvers Club
  • Wally Thurow book
• Shabbona-Lee-Rollo Historical Museum
  • Copier
• Stage Coach Theatre
  • Musical equipment
• Sycamore History Museum
  • Restoration project
  • Web site development
  • Dutton display
  • CNW Depot Exhibit

Education

• Altrusa of DeKalb/Sycamore
  • Background checks for mentoring/tutoring program
• DeKalb Education Foundation
  • Innovative school programs/endowment support
• DeKalb School District 428
• Indian Creek School District #425
  • Sound system upgrade
• Indian Valley Theatre
  • Workshop support
• Opportunity House
  • Development of Life School in collaboration with Sycamore School District 427
  • Special Olympics support
  • Graphic design and public relations consultation
• Somonauk Christian School
  • Computer purchase
• Sycamore Education Foundation
  • Innovative school programs/endowment support
  • Matching gift campaign to support district educational program
  • Match
• Sycamore High School Art Department
  • Computer purchase
• Sycamore Public Library
  • Strategic Planning
  • Microfilm repairs
• Sycamore High School
  • Spartan TV Broadcast Trailer
• Sycamore School District 427

Human Services

• Adventure Works
  • Camping Gear
• American Red Cross – DeKalb Chapter
  • Emergency relief services support
• Barb Food Mart
  • School based food pantry
• Ben Gordon – KEYS Initiative
  • Survey
• DeKalb County Community Gardens
  • Establishment of community gardens
  • Walk-in cooler
  • Walnut Grove Farm project
• DeKalb County Nonprofit Partnership
  • Start-up
• DeKalb County Youth Services Bureau
  • VolunTeen Program
  • Youth and Family Program
• Family Service Agency
  • Funding of strategic plan development
  • Senior Citizen Center programming
• Hope Haven
  • Support for community homeless programs
  • Computer upgrade
  • Support for construction expansion
  • Rapid Re-Housing program
• Kishwaukee College Foundation
  • Funding for Kish-OH classes
• Kishwaukee Family YMCA
  • Strategic development grant
  • Summer Literacy program
• Kishwaukee Special Recreation Association
  • Scholarships for Camp Maple Leaf
  • Programming
• Kishwaukee United Way
  • Non-profit agency support
• Northern Illinois Food Bank
  • Barb Food Mart
• Pay-It-Forward House
  • Non-profit agency support
  • Laptop
• RAMP
  • Assists them with office relocation and upgrades to reduce operating costs
• Safe Passage
  • Special program support
  • Waiting Room Project
• Salvation Army
  • To provide support for local community needs
• Sycamore Child Care
  • Wild About Summer program
• TAILS
  • Animal Assisted Activities
• Three Fires Council, BSA
  • Scouting program at Opportunity House