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Grants :: 2004 Grants

The grants listed below are those obtained by Catalyst from the foundations and from Board of Education board reports. The dates refer to the issues of Catalyst in which they were published, beginning with the most recent.

BP Foundation
Chicago Chinatown Chamber of Commerce and the Chinatown Parking Corporation
The Chicago Community Trust
The Chicago Foundation for Education
The Chicago Public Education Fund
Children First Fund
Citizens' Scholarship Foundation of America
Civic Life Fund
CNA Insurance Companies
Coleman Foundation
The Comer Foundation
Field Foundation
Lloyd A. Fry Foundation
GATX Corporation
Girl's Best Friend Foundation
Gust Foundation
Illinois Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance
Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs
Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
Illinois Humanities Council
Illinois State Board of Education
Japanese Chamber of Commerce & Industry of Chicago
The Joyce Foundation
Kellman Family Foundation
Lowe's Charitable and Educational Foundation
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Mayor's Office of Workforce Development
National Science Foundation
NEA Foundation
Nike Foundation
The Oppenheimer Foundation
Peoples Energy
Polk Bros. Foundation
The Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust
Sierra Club
Conrad Sulzer Family Foundation
U.S. Department of Education
University of Illinois at Chicago
Washington Mutual
Woods Fund of Chicago

BP Foundation

April-May

$35,000 to CPS for operating costs of the student science fair.

January-March

$65,000 to Hedges Elementary School to buy supplies and to strengthen math instruction through teacher training and curriculum expansion.
$50,000 to Loyola University to improve science education in grades 6-8 by training and mentoring teachers and developing a new curriculum.

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Chicago Chinatown Chamber of Commerce and the Chinatown Parking Corporation

January-March

$1000 each to Healy and Ward elementary schools to purchase new library books.
$5000 to Haines Elementary School to establish a small library in each classroom.

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The Chicago Community Trust

October-December

$200,000 to Strategic Learning Initiatives for the Pilsen Education Network, a professional development program, and the Little Village Network.
$100,000 to The History Makers to support salaries for an educational outreach and curriculum specialist.
$100,000 to Designs for Change for principal selection and evaluation training.
$100,000 to CPS for the summer fellows program, which places college seniors in public school classrooms.
$50,000 to the Posse Foundation for its pre-collegiate training program.
$49,260 to The Great Books Foundation for a reading program in three CPS high schools and for high school reading engagement workshops.
$25,000 to CPS Children First Fund for general operating support.
$25,000 to the Comer Science and Education Foundation to participate in a University of Illinois at Chicago reading partnership program.
$15,000 to Literacy Chicago for general operating support.
$10,000 to Chicago Communities in Schools for fundraising.
$10,000 to The East Village Youth Program for program evaluation.
$8,000 to Youth Communication for its outcome evaluation plan.
$5,000 to Reading is Fundamental in Chicago for fundraising.
$5,000 to North Lawndale College Preparatory Charter High School for general operating support.

June-September

$378,314 to the University of Illinois to evaluate the Advanced Reading Development Demonstration Project in select Chicago public schools.
$150,000 to North Lawndale College Preparatory Charter High School for professional development and instructional improvement.
$115,000 to Asian Human Services for the reading/language arts curriculum project at Passages Charter Elementary School.
$100,000 to Perspectives Charter High School for operating support.
$85,000 to Leap Learning Systems for expansion of early childhood teacher training.

April-May

$500,000 to the Teachers Academy for Mathematics and Science for the readiness program of the Chicago Mathematics and Science Initiative.
$180,000 to Scholarship America for the William J. Cook Scholarship Program for 2004.
$300,000 to the Rochelle Lee Fund for general operating costs.
$90,000 to Associated Colleges of Illinois for general operating costs of its teacher development program.
$75,000 to Umoja Student Development Corp. for program expansion at Gage Park High.
$75,000 to Kaleidoscope Chicago for salary support for an education specialist.
$50,000 to Parents United for Responsible Education, for general operating costs.
$40,000 to the Community Renewal Society to support the publication Catalyst Chicago.
$25,000 to CPS for new high school science laboratories.
$25,000 to the Chicago Foundation for Education for teacher-led professional development.
$25,000 to One-to-One Learning Center for professional development for reading programs in five CPS schools.

January-March

$860,000 to the Chicago Teachers Union Quest Center to launch the National Board Enhancement program, which will prepare teachers for national board certification.

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The Chicago Foundation for Education

April-May

$37,105 to CPS elementary school teachers to adapt past mentor teachers’ classroom projects.
$800 to 11 CPS elementary teachers who will organize groups of four to six teachers to study successful teaching strategies; and $300 to 58 CPS elementary teachers who are interested in joining the study groups.

January-March

425 small grants of up to $500 each to CPS teachers for classroom projects.

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The Chicago Public Education Fund

October-December

$120,000 to The Chicago Academy for Urban School Leadership to support post-residency professional development for 56 first-year teachers.
$55,000 to Teach For America Chicago for general program support.

June-September

$48,000 to CPS for a graduate school summer intern program.

April-May

$240,000 to 80 CPS teachers and $55,000 to 6 CPS schools for National Board certification efforts. Schools with six or more teachers working on certification can receive up to $30,000 for on-site professional development. Individual teachers who earn certification can get a one-time $3,000 salary bonus.

January-March

$175,000 to LAUNCH, the Leadership Academy and Urban Network for Chicago which prepares qualified CPS administrators to be principals.
$75,000 to Teach for America for operating expenses
$50,000 to CPS to support the Rising Star Initiative, which recognizes CPS schools with the highest improvements in test scores and other areas.
$45,905 to the National Teachers Academy to support a project in which National Board certified teachers design professional development initiatives.

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Children First Fund

June-September

$881,612 over three years to the CPS Office of High School Programs to develop a comprehensive system for tracking the post-secondary experiences of CPS students in partnership with the Consortium for Chicago School Research. (The funding originated with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.)

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Citizens' Scholarship Foundation of America

January-March

$2,500 to Hirsch High School for materials and field trips.

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Civic Life Fund

June-September

$15,000 to the Grand Boulevard Federation to support efforts to improve neighborhood schools.

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CNA Insurance Companies

October-December

$20,000 to After School Matters for general program support.

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Coleman Foundation

January-March

$425,000 to the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship for its Chicago Regional Program, which teaches students about self-employment.

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The Comer Foundation

January-March

$2,163 to Revere Elementary School for general needs.

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Field Foundation

October-December

$25,000 to the Chicago Campaign to Expand Community Schools for general program support.
$15,000 to Archeworks for the Mobile Interactive Learning Environment, a classroom program on disabilities at Octavio Paz Charter.
$10,000 to the Chicago Foundation for Education for the Schoolwide Technology Initiative, which trains public school teachers how to integrate technology into the curriculum.
$6,000 to Art Resources in Teaching for arts workshops for teachers at Rachel Carson Elementary.

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Lloyd A. Fry Foundation

October-December

$65,000 to The Campaign to Expand Community Schools in Chicago for salary support for resource coordinators.
$65,000 to the University of Chicago Center for Urban School Improvement for the New Teachers Network, a professional development program for first- and second-year elementary school teachers.
$60,000 to the Academy for Urban School Leadership for teaching residents’ salaries.
$50,000 to High Jump for general operating support.
$30,000 to Chicago Communities in Schools for general operating support.
$30,000 to Family Matters for a community tutoring program for students at Gale Elementary and other schools in the North of Howard area.
$25,000 to the Academy of Communications and Technology Charter High School for the development office.
$25,000 to Literacy Chicago for tutoring programs.
$25,000 to Teach for America Chicago for general operating support.
$20,000 to the Chicago Association for Retarded Citizens for a literacy program.
$20,000 to Chicago Metro History Education Center for a program to train students in history methods.
$20,000 to Chicago Scores for an after-school creative writing program.
$20,000 to Designs for Change to provide assistance to local school councils.
$20,000 to the East Village Youth Program for the College Readiness and Support Program, part of college-oriented after-school programs.
$20,000 to The Great Books Foundation for a reading program in CPS schools.
$20,000 to Midtown Educational Foundation for college preparation programs for Chicago youth.
$20,000 to Union League Boys and Girls Clubs for their education and career programs.
$20,000 to Young Women’s Leadership Charter School of Chicago for general operating support.
$20,000 to Target Area Development Corporation for their campaign to improve school attendance and achievement program.
$15,000 to the Mikva Challenge for a program to train CPS teachers in civic education.
$15,000 to Facing History and Ourselves to develop a race and membership Curriculum for CPS.
$15,000 to Near Northwest Neighborhood Network for Project TEAM, a group of 10 high school principals in Humboldt Park and West Town that secures resources and investigates best practices.
$15,000 to Parents United for Responsible Education (PURE) for early childhood education.
$15,000 to the Albany Park Neighborhood Council to train parents to serve as classroom assistants in CPS schools and to help principals secure extra resources for students and families.
$15,000 to the Big Brothers-Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago for the school-based mentoring program at Gale and Hayt elementaries.
$15,000 to the Chicago Foundation for Education for its Teachers Study Groups grant program.
$15,000 to College Summit Chicago for the Senior Class Model Initiative, a program that trains teachers and counselors to work with students on college applications.
$10,000 to Leap Learning Systems for a preschool language and literacy curriculum.

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GATX Corporation

June-September

$72,300 to the Waterford Institute to expand Early Reading Program literacy software at two Chicago schools.
$15,000 to the Scholarship & Guidance Association for a partnership to provide educational home visits, mental health services and group support for teen mothers.
$12,500 to Whirlwind for a program to train teachers to implement arts-based curricula.
$11,500 to Civitas Initiative to distribute tool kits about early childhood education.

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Girl's Best Friend Foundation

June-September

$16,500 to the Advocate Charitable Foundation to support the Latina Girls Club at Lakeview High School.
$16,500 (renewable each year for three years) to the Coalition for Education on Sexual Orientation to support the safety and well-being of gay, bisexual and transgender students in Illinois schools.
$16,500 to the Mikva Challenge for the Young Women’s Leadership Project to connect girls with public officials and community leaders.
$16,500 to UMOJA Development Corp. for Women of Destiny and Just US Girls I & II, leadership programs at Manley Career Academy.
$16,500 (renewable each year for three years) to Young Chicago Authors to expand GirlSpeak and integrate gender and feminist consciousness into the writing and performance program.
$16,500 to the Young Women’s Empowerment Project, which connects girls and young women affected by the sex trade and street economy with support services.
$3,850 to Chicago State University for the PREP program to fuel girls’ interest in math and science with experiments, trips to museums, and other group activities.

April-May

$49,500 over three years to Project Exploration for Sisters 4 Science, an after-school program that promotes leadership development and natural science explorations for girls in 6th through 8th grades on Chicago’s Southwest Side.
$49,500 over three years to Family Matters for Sisters of Struggle and Sisters of Unity, two community building and entrepreneurial skills programs for middle and high school girls living in the neighborhood north of Howard Street.
$49,500 over three years to Chicago Women in Trades for a leadership development and peer network program for high school girls in vocational classes.
$49,500 over three years to the Redmoon Theater to develop a four-year curriculum for Dramagirls, a performance group of middle school girls in Logan Square.
$13,200 to Street-Level Youth Media for a media arts program for high school girls to explore gender issues.
$16,500 to El Centro Comunitario Juan Diego for art and health programs for Latina girls.
$11,000 to Chicago Health Connection and CPS for a teen peer leader program designed to support pregnant teens and parents.

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Gust Foundation

June-September

$252,968 over two years to Audubon School to set up, staff, and provide supplies for a demonstration classroom for students with autism spectrum disorder.

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Illinois Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance

June-September

$1,650 to Wentworth School for equipment and supplies.

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Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs

January-March

$30,000 to Taft High School to install rubber turf on its athletic field.
$64,800 to May Academy to purchase equipment for an economically beneficial energy program.

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Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity

June-September

$30.6 million to the CPS Department of Capital Planning as reimbursement for the improvements and addition made to Goudy Elementary and for construction of the new Simmye Anderson Middle School.
$3,942 to Gale Community Academy for equipment and educational supplies.

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Illinois Humanities Council

October-December

$10,000 to About Face Theatre for a project to train Chicago youth in oral history methodology so they may record stories in the lesbian and gay community and write a play.
$10,000 to Free Street Programs for Facing Extremism, a series of workshops for Chicago youth to explore religious fundamentalism and democracy that will culminate in a play.
$10,000 to Young Chicago Authors for Poetry of Witness, a year-long program for Chicago youth in creative writing and world literature.

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Illinois State Board of Education

June-September

$100,000 to the CPS Office of Language and Cultural Education to inform administrators and teachers about the new English-language proficiency standards and the ACCESS exam.

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Japanese Chamber of Commerce & Industry of Chicago

October-December

$5,000 to We The People Media for the Urban Youth International Journalism Project for training youth in Chicago public housing developments in print media.
$5,000 to Barrel of Monkeys for writing and theater workshops in CPS schools.
$5,000 to Chicago Commons for Common Ground for Youth, an academic, mentoring and life-skills program for youth on the city’s West and South sides.
$5,000 to Burr Elementary for Project BUNKA, an after-school program that teaches Japanese arts.
$5,000 to Leap Learning Systems to increase access to the Leap Lending Library for CPS schools, and to train parents and teachers on using literacy.

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The Joyce Foundation

June-September

$780,000 over two years to the University of Chicago Consortium on Chicago School Research to support research on school reform.
$700,000 over two years to Action for Children to develop models for a comprehensive system of early childhood care and education for low-income and working families.
$600,000 over two years to the Center on Education Policy to continue its national study of the No Child Left Behind Act.
$514,666 over two years to the Council of Chief State School Officers to help states plan and implement strategies to improve teacher quality and create a more equitable distribution of teachers.
$400,000 over two years to the Community Renewal Society to document school improvement efforts and incorporate new features in Catalyst.
$250,000 over two years to the Ounce of Prevention Fund to expand the availability of high-quality early childhood education.
$200,000 over two years to the City Colleges of Chicago for the Child Development Studies Initiative to improve degree programs in early childhood education.
$200,000 over two years to the Illinois Network of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies to support implementation of the Early Childhood Career Lattice.
$200,000 over two years to National Louis University to educate policy-makers and stakeholders about the importance of having highly-qualified preschool program directors.
$200,000 over two years to Voices for Illinois Children to build support for early childhood education.
$150,000 to Neighborhood Capital Budget Group to work toward increasing community involvement with CPS in facility planning and design, and to coordinate education reform and urban revitalization.
$139,560 to Learning Point Associates for a survey (in conjunction with the Progressive Policy Institute) of teachers in Illinois, Wisconsin, and Ohio that will help policymakers recruit and retain high-quality teachers in poorly-performing schools.
$110,000 to PURE (Parents United for Responsible Education) to assist local school councils, parents and community members with advocacy for school reform.
$100,000 to the CPS Routes to Teaching program to support the Summer Fellows Program, which provides education majors with teaching internships under experienced teacher mentors.
$85,000 to the Illinois Facilities Fund to support a study on the economic impact of early childhood education.
$64,000 to the National Association for the Education of Young Children to develop a system for accrediting early childhood associate degree programs, including the program at City Colleges of Chicago.
$50,000 to the Wisconsin-based publication Rethinking Schools for a series of articles on teacher quality in high-need schools.
$35,000 to Young Chicago Authors to support a partnership with the Neighborhood Writing Alliance.
$20,000 to the Facing History and Ourselves Foundation to develop outreach materials for discussing race and discrimination in conjunction with the documentary “The Murder of Emmett Till,” which will be made available for teachers to use in the classroom.
$10,000 to the Erikson Institute to support a project to improve curriculum-based assessment.
$10,000 to the Mikva Challenge Grant Foundation for the expansion of the Active Citizens project.

April-May

$15 million over three years for research and policy initiatives aimed at recruiting and retaining teachers in low-performing schools in Chicago, Cleveland and Milwaukee. (The foundation has not determined what portion of the money will be directed to Chicago schools.)

January-March

$125,000 to the Cross City Campaign for Urban School Reform to research how central office policies and practices affect schools' efforts to improve instruction and achievement.
$335,000 to the University of Chicago Center for School Improvement for teacher preparation and for planning of new school initiatives in the mid-south neighborhoods of Chicago.

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Kellman Family Foundation

June-September

$584,000 over three years to Kellman School to purchase computer equipment, software, and professional development for a school-wide student/staff laptop program.

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Lowe's Charitable and Educational Foundation

June-September

$200,000 to four schools to renovate and stock school libraries.

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The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

October-December

$120,000 to the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Education to develop a technology program for Mid-South area CPS schools.

January-March

$600,000 over three years to the Community Renewal Society to support publication of Catalyst.
$125,000 over two years to the Children First Fund to support the "Rising Star Initiative," which rewards schools for improvement on standardized tests; and
$205,000 to help support CPS development of a plan to improve schools in the mid-south communities of Chicago.
$239,000 to Technical Education Research Centers to explore digital technologies in support of district-wide instructional improvement.

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Mayor's Office of Workforce Development

January-March

$549,826 to the Office of Education-to-Careers to fund Jobs for Illinois Graduates, which prepares high school youth for employment.

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National Science Foundation

October-December

$1 million over three years to the University of Illinois at Chicago to study how urban elementary school students learn science from integrated approaches.

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NEA Foundation

October-December

$4,600to CPS teacher Roberta Oliver of Edwards Elementary to develop a science curriculum and $5,000 to CPS teacher Brian Schultz of Byrd Elementary for a 5 th grade mentoring program.

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Nike Foundation

April-May

$2,500 each to 23 CPS teachers to support innovative teaching, creative instruction and high expectations of students.

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The Oppenheimer Foundation

January-March

$196,000 in 163 grants of up to $2,000 each, to CPS teachers for classroom projects.
$1,400 to the Telpochcalli School to support its literature and drama program.

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Peoples Energy Corp.

January-March

$7000 to the Newberry Library to support Teachers as Scholars, a series of professional development seminars for CPS teachers
$3,000 to the Constitutional Rights Foundation, which works with CPS teachers to implement civic education in the classroom
$1,000 to the CPS student Science Fair
$1,000 to the Community Renewal Society to support the publication of Catalyst.

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Polk Bros. Foundation

October-December

$80,000 to Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education for arts integration curricula. (First payment of a two-year grant.)
$75,000 to the Erikson Institute to create a professional development model for early childhood teachers. (First payment of a two-year grant.)
$70,000 to Teach for America Chicago for general support.
$65,000 to Chicago Communities in Schools to support the salaries of coordinators who help CPS schools access programs and services for students.
$55,000 to Designs for Change to assist LSC members in principal evaluation and selection, improving of teacher quality and parent engagement. (First payment of a two-year grant.)
$50,000 to Reading in Motion for a literacy program designed to increase the percentage of 3rd graders at grade level and evaluate its impact.
$45,000 to Urban Gateway for artist residency and performance programs in CPS schools.
$40,000 to the Rochelle Lee Program for the Streams reading program in CPS. (First payment of a two-year grant).
$40,000 to Newberry Library for a teacher professional development program.
$30,000 to the Neighborhood Capital Budget Group for the Rebuild Our Schools Initiative.
$25,000 to the North Lawndale Learning Community for a full-time site coordinator to help Chalmers and Gregory elementaries with evaluation, program development and program integration.
$25,000 to the Chicago Architecture Foundation for a program to integrate architecture into teaching.
$15,000 to the Poetry Center of Chicago for Hands on Stanzas, a 20-week residency program to bring poets to 16 CPS elementary and five high schools.
$15,000 to Albany Park Neighborhood Council to train parents to serve as classroom assistants in CPS schools and to help principals secure additional resources for students.
$15,000 to the Mikva Challenge for the Civic Educator Network, a program that trains Chicago public school teachers in civic education.
$10,000 to the American Indian Center for a school tour program for 19 CPS schools and teacher-training workshops.
$10,000 to New Concepts Tutor/Mentor Connection for one-on-one and team mentoring in four CPS elementary schools.
$7,500 to the Happiness Club to conduct character education workshops for 150 CPS teachers.

June-September

$85,000 to Youth Guidance for the Comer School Development Program, which fosters connections between parents, communities and schools.
$60,000 to Strategic Learning Initiatives for the Scaling Up Best Practice school improvement initiative in a group of Pilsen schools.
$40,000 to the Golden Apple Foundation for the Alphabet Bus initiative, which brings literacy programs to schools in Pilsen, Little Village and Heart of Chicago.
$30,000 to the Chicago Metro History Education Center for the Urban Schools Initiative.
$15,000 to the Cross-City Campaign for Urban School Reform for work in Chicago.
$10,000 to Project Exploration for Youth Development Initiatives, which brings science programs to low-achieving middle and high school students in CPS.
$7,500 to the Hyde Park Neighborhood Club for FunPlace activities programming.

April-May

$10,000 to the Developing Communities Project for a service-learning initiative involving 25 students from Brooks and Harlan high schools. Students will teach their peers about the importance of voting.

January-March

$75,000 to the Academy for Urban School Leaders to support residents' salaries.
$75,000 to the University of Chicago mathematics department to support its summer institute, which provides professional development for CPS middle school math teachers.
$55,000 to the Chicago Commons Association to support Nuevos Futuros, which helps Back of the Yards teens complete high school and pursue post-secondary education.
$55,000 to Columbia College Chicago for its Arts Integration Mentorship Project, in which CPS teachers learn to use art to improve student literacy.
$50,000 to the Chicago Public Education Fund for operating expenses.
$50,000 to the Community Renewal Society for an associate editor position at Catalyst.
$50,000 to Loyola University of Chicago for a professional development sequence for CPS middle school science teachers.
$50,000 to the Jewish Council for Youth Services for its Adventure Education program which teaches teamwork and leadership skills to students at three CPS high schools.
$45,000 to the Logan Square Neighborhood Association to support its Parent-Teacher Mentor Program in which parents receive training and then work 2,000 hours in the classroom at one of six Logan Square elementary schools.
$40,000 to Chicago Cares for the Discovery Educational Program, which provides Saturday tutoring at three CPS elementary schools.
$40,000 to Literacy Chicago to train and support volunteer literacy and ESL tutors in partnership with CPS.
$35,000 to Family Matters for an initiative to strengthen parent involvement at Gale Elementary School
$30,000 to Community Organizing and Family Issues (COFI) to support the Family Focused Leadership Training and Organizing project, which strengthens parent involvement in schools in the Austin neighborhood.
$30,000 to North Park University for the After Hours Program, in which college students tutor middle school students from Albany Park Multicultural Academy.
$25,000 to the Center for New Horizons to pay for a resource coordinator at Phillips Academy High School.
$25,000 to the Near West Side Community Development Center for Project REACH, a college preparation program at Best Practice High School.
$25,000 to Parents United for Responsible Education (PURE) to train CPS parents and local school council members.
$25,000 to Street-Level Youth Media, to support media arts programs at nine public schools.
$25,000 to Target Hope to expand its Saturday Academic Academy, a college preparation program for CPS students.
$25,000 to the Umoja Student Development Corporation for college preparation at Manley Career Academy and Gage Park High School.
$20,000 to the Constitutional Rights Foundation, which works with CPS teachers to implement civic education in the classroom.
$20,000 to Cabrini Connections for Kids' Connections, its after-school tutoring program.
$20,000 to the Chicago School Leadership Cooperative to educate local school councils and community organizations about the No Child Left Behind Act.
$20,000 to the East Village Youth Program to support a college preparation program at CPS schools in West Town.
$20,000 to the Lawndale Christian Development Corporation for the Lawndale College Opportunity Program, which provides homework help and college preparation to high school students from Lawndale and Little Village.
$20,000 to West Town Leadership United, which works with low-income families to strengthen parent involvement at six CPS elementary schools in West Town.
$15,000 to Brighton Park Neighborhood Council to increase parent involvement at six CPS elementary schools and two CPS high schools.
$15,000 to Junior Achievement Chicago for a program to help Washington High School students learn economics and then teach the subject to Bright Elementary School students.
$15,000 to Partners in Education for an after-school arts program for students from Byrd, Jenner, Schiller and Manierre elementary schools.
$15,000 to Robert Morris College for the Reading Early Affects Development (READ) program at Mollison Elementary School.

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The Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust

October-December

$750,000 to the Academy for Urban School Leadership for general operating support.
$740,000 to the Chicago Teachers Union Quest Center for a National Board certification candidate support program.
$500,000 to City Year Inc. to expand the literacy program to 120 members in nine CPS schools.
$500,000 to the Golden Apple Foundation for its mentoring programs, the Teaching Excellence Network and Teachers for Teachers projects.
$250,000 to CPS and Children First Fund to develop a postsecondary preparation program.
$204,000 to the Illinois Institute of Technology for professional development and pre-service education for high school math and science teachers.
$100,000 to the Academy of Communications and Technology Charter High School for a lead teacher and a reading and writing program.
$100,000 to CPS for the summer fellows program, which places college seniors in public school classrooms.
$97,000 to The Young Women’s Leadership Charter School of Chicago for a language arts integration program.
$95,200 to Noble Street Charter High School for a new science curriculum.
$95,000 to the Steans Foundation for the New Teacher Support Initiative.
$94,000 to the Alternative Schools Network for its Reconnecting Youth campaign.
$65,000 to One-to-One Learning Center for professional development and a reading program.
$50,000 to the Chicago Algebra Project for training math literacy workers.

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Sierra Club

October-December

$75,000 to Chicago Wilderness for Mighty Acorns, a program that sends CPS students on field trips to local natural areas.

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Conrad Sulzer Family Foundation

January-March

$16,000 to Lane Technical High School for athletic programs and curriculum development.

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U.S. Department of Education

October-December

$8.9 million over three years to CPS for the Magnet Schools Assistance Program, which will create five new magnet schools in the city.
$1.9 million over five years to CPS to support alternative certification programs.

June-September

$8.9 million to CPS from the Magnet School Assistance program to create and expand magnet programs at five schools.
$1.2 million to CPS for the Connecting with American History Project, which provides professional development for 10th-grade history teachers to improve teaching skills and content knowledge. CPS partners are the Newberry Library, the Chicago Historical Society, the Chicago Metro History Education Center, the Constitutional Rights Foundation Chicago, and the DuSable Museum of African American History
$304,252 to the CPS Office of Specialized Services to support the PHASES counseling program for at-risk primary students, and expand it to 10 schools.

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The University of Illinois at Chicago

June-September

$230,000 to the CPS Office of Human Resources to hire four CPS coordinators for an initiative to enhance professional development and student teaching in Areas 7, 8, 9 and 21.

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Washington Mutual

January-March

$15,000 to Sumner Academy for field trips, supplies and equipment

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Woods Fund of Chicago

June-September

$60,000 over three years to the Ounce of Prevention Fund to support Kids PEPP’s leadership work on the Early Learning Council
$40,000 to PURE (Parents United for Responsible Education) for operating support for the Quality Schools for All project.
$30,000 to the Chicago Community Foundation (CCF), an outgrowth of the Chicago Community Trust, to develop public policy recommendations aimed at ensuring the inclusion of high-quality, comprehensive arts education in schools.
$25,000 to the Alternative Schools Network for Reconnecting Youth, which will focus attention on the problems of youth who have dropped out of CPS.
$25,000 to Mikva Challenge for activities related to engaging youth in public policy advocacy with their schools, communities and government.
$20,000 to West Town Leadership United for a school-based community organizing effort addressing issues of safety, immigration, affordable housing and education.

January-March

$80,000 over two years to the Chicago School Leadership Development Cooperative to support an initiative by community organizations to participate in local school governance.
$120,000 over three years to the Community Renewal Society for Catalyst.
$80,000 over two years to Northwestern University School of Law for a program that works with youth organizers to change zero tolerance policies, reduce school arrests, and provide students with legal representation when necessary.
$120,000 over three years to the Southwest Organizing Project for operating expenses in its effort to reduce violence and improve schools on the Southwest Side.
$105,000 over two years to Blocks Together to support community improvement efforts on the Near Northwest Side, which promote college readiness and parent involvement in schools.
$80,000 over three years to the Advancement Project, which works with youth organizers to change zero tolerance policies in schools.