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Grants :: 2002 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.

Aetna Foundation
Augustine College
AXA Foundation
Bank One
The Big Ten Conference
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Calgary Baptist Church of Glenwood
Chicago Arts Partnership in Education
Chicago Community Trust
Chicago Foundation for Education
Circle of Service Foundation, Inc.
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Citigroup Foundation
Comer Foundation
Commonwealth Edison
Community Media Workshop
Disney Learning Partnership
Field Foundation
Ford Foundation
Friends of Lincoln
Girl’s Best Friend Foundation
Golden Apple Foundation
Grants to the CPS Office of Language, Cultural and Early Childhood Education:
Harris Bank Foundation
IBM
Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs
Illinois Department of Human Services
Illinois State Board of Education
Illinois Retail Merchants Association
Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Chicago Foundation
JCCC Foundation
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Jordan Foundation
Joyce Foundation
Kemper Insurance Company
McDougal Family Foundation
McKinsey and Company, Inc.
National Endowment for the Arts
New Prospect Foundation
Nike Foundation
Northern Trust
Northwestern Business College
The Oppenheimer Family Foundation
Organization of Black Designers/Chicago
Polk Bros. Foundation
Preferred Meals System, Inc.
Public Media Incorporated
The Quaker Oats Foundation
Robert Morris College
ROTARY/One Foundation, Inc.
Salomon Smith Barney
Science Service Inc.
Shell Oil Company
Siebert Brandford Shank & Co. LLC
U.S. Department of Education
U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration
The Walt and Lilly Disney Foundation
Wieboldt Foundation
Woods Fund of Chicago
Xerox Corporation

Aetna Foundation

May-June

$15,000 to Pulaski Elementary for music programs.

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Augustine College

July-September

$500 to the CPS Office of Education-to-Careers to support a career awareness program, called Live Expo, for 7th and 8th graders.

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AXA Foundation

March-April

$75,000 to Juarez Community Academy to purchase computer equipment and software.

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Bank One

March-April

$25,000 to Mayo Elementary to buy new books for the school library.

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The Big Ten Conference

March-April

$15,010 to Louis Armstrong Elementary for new computers, classroom libraries and student incentives.

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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

October-December

$4 million grant to the Chicago Charter School Foundation to open four small college preparatory high schools in Chicago over five years.

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Calgary Baptist Church of Glenwood

March-April

$1,000 to Sherwood Elementary to purchase coats and school uniforms.

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Chicago Arts Partnership in Education

January-February

$230,000 to 18 Chicago public schools to create partnerships with arts organizations and community groups that integrate the arts into education. The elementary schools are: Agassiz, Ariel, Audubon, Blaine, Brownell, Chase, Disney, Ellington, Hawthorne, Healy, McCosh, Mitchell, Murray, Ogden, O'Keefe, Orozco, Ray, Ravenswood, Sheridan, Telpochcalli, Walsh and Waters. The high schools include: Crane, Jones Magnet, Lakeview, Lincoln Park and Northside College Prep. One charter school, ACT, is also included.

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Chicago Community Trust

October-December

$400,000 to the Chicago Community Foundation for its campaign to expand community schools in Chicago.
$300,000 to the Strategic Learning Initiative to support its school and professional development project in Pilsen-area schools.
$250,000 to the University of Chicago’s Center for School Improvement to support a reading development project at nine Chicago public elementary schools.
$250,000 to Roosevelt University to support an advanced reading development project at nine Chicago public elementary schools.
$250,000 to the University of Illinois at Chicago to support an advanced reading development program at 10 Chicago public elementary schools.
$250,000 to National-Louis University to support an advanced reading demonstration project in nine Chicago public elementary schools.
$250,000 to the University of Illinois at Chicago to support “Best Teachers for Chicago’s Neighborhood Schools,” a professional development project for new teachers in urban school districts.
$160,000 to the Logan Square Neighborhood Association for its project to strengthen parent involvement in children’s literacy development.
$110,000 to Little Village Community Development Corporation to support planning and design of a new public high school in Little Village.
$100,000 to North Lawndale College Preparatory Charter High School to support instructional improvement and professional development.
$100,000 to Young Women’s Leadership Charter School for its language arts program.
$25,000 to Cabrini Connections to support its tutor-mentor program.
$25,000 to the Chicago Algebra Project to support a pilot program for fifth-year students at Fenger High.
$25,000 to the CPS Children First Fund to support a public relations campaign for the district’s new education plan.
$25,000 to the CPS Department of Professional Development for its teacher and principal leadership programs.
$25,000 to the Chicago Teachers Union Quest Center for its program to support teacher candidates for National Board Certification.
$25,000 to the Erikson Institute to support a CPS commission that will examine ways to assess student development and achievement.
$25,000 to Reach for Tomorrow, a science program for underachieving students, to support a summer science program and mentoring for 40 Chicago students.
$25,000 to The University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration to support the CPS Student Development Initiative, a study group that will assess after-school programs and other resources for students.
$15,000 to the Day Care Action Council of Illinois to support development of the Chicago Early Learning and Literacy Council.

March-April

$200,000 to the Chicago School Leadership Cooperative for the LSC Capacity Initiative to increase the councils’ impact on school quality.
$150,000 to Designs for Change to collaborate with LSCs to aid them in evaluating, selecting and working with their principals.
$95,000 to the City Colleges of Chicago-WYCC Channel 20 for programming and public service announcements on LSC elections.

January-February

$1 million to Chicago Community Foundation to support the Gates Initiative for Small Schools.
$750,000 over two years to Perspectives Charter School to enable the issue of $5 million in bonds to purchase and renovate a new building.
$361,000 to Academy for Urban School Leadership for instructional materials and technology for the Chicago Academy, and for first year training and development.
$250,000 to Loyola University of Chicago to support its Urban Science Teachers for the 21st Century Project to prepare undergraduate life-science majors for teaching science in elementary and secondary schools.
$150,000 over two years to Perspectives Charter School for support of its academic programs.
$75,000 to Ariel Education Initiative for salary support of three new full-time staff members for its Exploratorium Program.
$65,000 to Community Youth Creative Learning Experience for an after-school program.
$50,000 to Chicago Panel on School Policy for operating support.
$25,000 to CPS Office of the Chief Executive Officer for its Magnet Cluster Program.
$25,000 to Chicago School Leadership Cooperative for expansion and development of the cooperative.
$25,000 to Chicago Algebra Project to pilot the 5th-year high school project at Fenger High School.
$25,000 to Cross City Campaign for Urban School Reform to create a high school coalition.
$25,000 to Erikson Institute for reading and language arts programs at Seward and Brentano schools.
$25,000 to Institute for Educational Leadership for the National Forum on the High School, a two-year effort to improve high schools.
$25,000 to Parents United for Responsible Education (PURE) for training high school parents how to get involved in improving their children's high schools.
$25,000 to Rochelle Lee Fund for general operating support.
$25,000 to Comer School Development Project/Youth Guidance/University of Illinois to train teachers.
$24,000 to University of Illinois at Chicago Office of Research Services to support two summer professional development projects at Juarez and Manley high schools.
$12,800 to the Chicago Metro History Education Center to develop a 3rd grade Chicago history curriculum.
$12,500 to Jazz Institute of Chicago for a genealogy project at South Shore High School.
$6,000 to Business and Professional People for the Public Interest (BPI) for the Chicago schools policy luncheon series.

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Chicago Foundation for Education

January-February

$163,000 to 482 teachers who implemented innovative approaches to learning. About 30,000 students from 214 schools will benefit from the grants, each up to $400.

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Circle of Service Foundation, Inc.

May-June

$100,000 to Brown Elementary to provide computer training to students and parents.

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Cisco Systems, Inc.

March-April

$1 million to 14 Chicago public high schools to buy computer equipment, software and services to encourage careers in information technology. The schools are: Amundsen, Austin, Bogan, Clemente, Chicago Vocational, Englewood, Fenger, Hyde Park, Juarez, Kelly, Kenwood, Morgan Park, Schurz and Taft.

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Citigroup Foundation

May-June

$75,000 over 16 months to the CPS Office of Education-to-Careers to support professional development for business and finance teachers and academic instructors in the areas of curriculum integration.

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Comer Foundatio

May-June

$50,000 to Revere Elementary to cover salary and benefits for a full-time social worker position.

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Commonwealth Edison

July-September

$25,776 to Farragut High School to purchase a van.

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Community Media Workshop

May-June

$3,000 to Telpochalli Elementary for a school-wide celebration event for faculty, parents, students and artists.

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Disney Learning Partnership

May-June

$50,000 over two years to Byrd Elementary for student textbooks, supplies, extended days for teachers and staff development.

January-February

$2,000 to Tesla Alternative High to purchase instructional materials and to host student field trips.

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Field Foundation

May-June

$20,000 to Williams Elementary for parent workshops.

March-April

$20,000 to Williams Elementary for a parental involvement theater program led by the Black Ensemble Theater.
$19,500 to Nash Elementary for professional development in social studies instruction for teachers.
$15,000 to Parents United for Responsible Education (PURE) to support a development coordinator position.
$7,500 to Building Opportunities for Leadership Development (BOLD) Chicago Institute for general operating support.
$7,500 to Art Resources in Teaching for a visual arts professional development program at Smith Elementary.

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Ford Foundation

July-September

$150,000 to the American Institute for Social Justice, based in Washington, DC, to explore strategies for four nonprofits—Chicago ACORN, Logan Square Neighborhood Association, Designs for Change and Cross City Campaign for Urban School Reform—to collaborate to improve public schools though community organizing.

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Friends of Lincoln

July-September

$25,000 to Lincoln Elementary for salary support for a part-time art teacher and to purchase art supplies.

May-June

$25,000 to Lincoln Elementary to support a part-time art teacher and purchase supplies for a hands-on art program.

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Girl’s Best Friend Foundation

March-April

$15,000 to Chicago Women in Trades for their Aspiring Women program for high school girls who are enrolled in vocational classes.
$14,000 to Project Exploration to expose girls to science careers at Triumphant Charter School.
$12,000 to the Community Television Network for a production skills and media literacy program for girls at Ames Middle School.
$11,500 to the Institute of Positive Education for an African-centered values program for girls at Shabazz Charter School.
$10,000 to The Guild Complex for a playwriting and performance program at Young Women’s Leadership Charter School.
$7,000 to the School Street Movement for an HIV/AIDS awareness program for pregnant and parenting teens at Tesla Alternative High School.

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Golden Apple Foundation

May-June

$2,493 to Kenwood High to support science programs.

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Grants to the CPS Office of Language, Cultural and Early Childhood Education:

January-February

$475,730 to fund programs for teaching English.
$225,530 to collaborate with the Erikson Institute to provide bilingual education training for early childhood teachers.
$201,906 to develop math programs for bilingual teachers.
$154,846 to fund programs for newly immigrated students.
$153,410 to develop ESL programs at Seward Elementary School.
$66,765 to create Asian language programs at elementary schools.

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Harris Bank Foundation

October-December

$5,000 to Life Directions for general operating support.
$5,000 to the Museum of Science & Industry to support its educational programming.
$5,000 to Teach for America for salary support for a teacher in the North Lawndale community.
$5,000 to Youth Guidance for the Comer School Development Program at Chalmers Elementary.

May-June

$10,000 to the Chicago Botanic Garden to support a garden-planting program for 19 CPS elementary schools based at Henson-Olive Elementary in North Lawndale.

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IBM

July-September

$1.5 million to CPS and five Chicago-area universities for technology and professional services to improve teacher training and instruction. The universities are Roosevelt, Northeastern Illinois, Illinois State, Loyola and DePaul.

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Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs

July-September

$50,000 to the Office of Schools and Regions to provide training and materials for domestic violence prevention programs at Corliss, Kelly, Marshall, Mather and Steinmetz high schools.
$5,000 to Tanner Elementary to purchase new sports uniforms.
$5,000 to Harte Elementary’s local school council to purchase technology equipment.

January-February

$21,207 over two years to CPS Office of Education-to-Careers for a precision metalworking program at Senn High School.

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Illinois Department of Human Services

July-September

$728,365 to the CPS Office of Specialized Services for a program that aims to assist students with disabilities gain access to employment opportunities.

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Illinois State Board of Education

July-September

$55.9 million to the CPS Office of Specialized Services for work identifying and evaluating children with disabilities, and to distribute information to parents, administrators and community groups.
$10 million to CPS for teacher professional development, coaches and consultants for low-performing schools earmarked for improvement by the state board.
$9.8 million to the CPS Office of Education-to-Careers for general program support.

January-February

$1.4 million to CPS for services to preschool students with disabilities.
$422, 625 to the CPS Office of Specialized Services to implement the Early Childhood Training and Technical Assistance Program
$400,000 to CPS Office of Specialized Services social work unit to create online technical assistance to schools.
$375,000 to CPS Office of Specialized Services for professional development programs for teachers, administrators, parents and LSC members.
$12,000 to CPS Office of Education-to-Careers for a computer program at Kenwood High School.

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Illinois Retail Merchants Association

January-February

$22,679 over two years to CPS Office of Education-to-Careers for instruction and equipment to the Westinghouse High School allied health program.

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Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Chicago Foundation

January-February

$5,000 to American Friends Service Committee for African-American Youth Leadership Program, which provides role models and after-school activities for at-risk students at six Chicago public schools.
$5,000 to Association House of Chicago for LISTO, an after-school program to keep disadvantaged school-aged children in West Town, Humboldt Park, Avondale, Hermosa and Logan Square communities in school and out of gangs.
$5,000 to Chicago Cares Inc. for the Chicago Cares Discovery Program, a weekend educational program for students at Henderson, McCormick and Penn elementary schools.
$5,000 to Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Primarily Arts Network, a multi-year program to train teachers to incorporate music into core curriculum at Beasley, Howland and Peirce elementary schools.
$5,000 to Citizens Information Service of Illinois for Future Voters, a civic education program that works with students at 22 CPS high schools on the South and West Sides.
$5,000 to Family Rescue Inc. for Violence Prevention Project, a 12-week program to teach conflict resolution to K-12 students at six southeast side CPS schools.
$5,000 to Jewish Council for Youth Services for Adventure Education for a 10-week program to help about 600 at-risk students stay in school.
$2,500 to Hubbard High to for its book club to buy books, sponsor author events and host field trips for 65 active members.
$2,000 to Steppenwolf Theatre Company to produce and perform two multicultural plays for 10,000 Chicago CPS students and teachers.

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JCCC Foundation

October-December

$5,000 to Chicago Chamber Musicians for music and music history programs at Burr Elementary.
$5,000 to Chicago Youth Programs Inc. for its SCORE tutoring program, which matches at-risk children in Cabrini Green, Washington Park and Uptown with volunteer professionals and graduate students for one-on-one tutoring.
$5,000 to the East Village Youth Program for a dropout prevention and college support program that helps at-risk students in near northwest neighborhoods.
$5,000 to the Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance to train West Side high school students to lead conservatory tours, care for plants and work with younger children on plant-related activities.
$5,000 to the Illinois Unit of Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic to expand services to Humboldt Park students who have visual, perceptual or physical disabilities.
$5,000 to the Little City Foundation to support art education classes for special education students at two CPS elementary schools.
$5,000 to the Rochelle Lee Fund for CPS teacher training programs.
$5,000 to the Smart Museum of Art to integrate museum exhibits into the Chicago elementary and high school curriculum.
$5,000 to the Starfish Learning Center, a group that educates and mentors children in East Rogers Park, for general operating support.

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John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

October-December

$1.2 million to the University of Chicago Center for School Improvement to provide professional development to CPS schools.
$300,000 to the Academy for Urban School Leadership for general operating support.
$100,000 to CPS for an incentive plan to reward schools for improving students’ standardized test scores.
$45,000 to Leadership for Quality Education to implement EXCEL, a standards-based model for principal evaluation, in all Chicago public schools.

May-June

$124,000 to the CPS Office of the Chief Education Officer to support a professional development workshop series for reading specialists.
$85,000 to Chicago United to work with the Illinois State Board of Education as it implements a new teacher certification system.

March-April

$400,000 to CPS to support the development of a Strategic Planning and Development Office.
$275,000 to the Chicago Principals and Administrators Association to support principal training.
$150,000 to Designs for Change to support LSC training in principal evaluation and selection.
$90,000 to CPS in support of a candidate support program for National Board Certification.
$75,000 to the Chicago School Leadership Cooperative to develop LSC training programs in high-quality teaching and instruction.
$75,000 to the Umoja Student Development Corporation to increase student participation in class work and to expand the program citywide.

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Jordan Foundation

January-February

$2,500 to Tesla Alternative High to buy books and printing and binding supplies for student-made storybooks.

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Joyce Foundation

October-December

$200,000 over 18 months to Center on Education Policy in Washington, D.C., to study special education systems in Chicago, Cleveland and Milwaukee public schools. The center will recommend revisions to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and monitor the No Child Left Behind Act.
$110,000 to Parents United for Responsible Education to provide training for LSCs, parents and others committed to CPS school improvement.
$110,000 to Chicago United to improve recruitment, training and retention of minority teachers in Chicago public schools.
$100,000 to Business and Professional People for the Public Interest to support its small schools initiatives in CPS schools.

May-June

$1.5 million over five years to the Chicago Community Trust to support the Chicago High School Redesign Initiative, an effort to improve CPS high schools by subdividing them into smaller schools.
$420,000 to the Northwestern University School of Education and Social Policy to support the Urban/Suburban Northwestern Consortium, a partnership of 11 public and private elementary and high schools that aims to foster multicultural exchange between city and suburban students.
$270,000 to the Coalition for Improved Education in South Shore to support advocacy for high-quality education within a network of nine elementary schools and South Shore High.
$200,000 to the Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law to launch a pilot program to test how multiple student assessments could be used by CPS.
$125,000 to the Chicago Panel on School Policy to produce research publications on teacher professional development and high school restructuring.
$100,000 to the Metropolitan Planning Council to advocate for technology investments in Chicago metropolitan-area schools and for greater equity in school finance in the state.
$65,000 to the Columbia College Community Media Workshop for its Chicago Successful Schools Project, a campaign to raise awareness of local school councils and cultivate improved communication and networking among LSC leaders.

January-February

$400,000 over two years to Neighborhood Capital Budget Group to research the relationship between investment in school facilities and school improvement.
$330,000 over two years to Aspira Inc. of Illinois to study the impact of policy on Latino students and community-based organizations.
$330,000 over two years to Bethel New Life, Inc. to establish the West Side Education Reform Collaborative, a community education policy project for low-income, minority neighborhoods on the West Side.
$330,000 over two years to the Organization of the Northeast to establish the Emerging Communities Education Collaborative, a community education policy project for low-income, minority neighborhoods on the North Side.
$100,000 to Chicago Public Education Fund for the CPS Professional Development Project, which will evaluate existing programs and determine district-wide strategy.

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Kemper Insurance Company

May-June

$10,000 to the De La Cruz Middle to support planning and design of a media center.

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McDougal Family Foundation

January-February

$75,000 to Chicago Public Education Fund for the CPS Professional Development Project.
$50,000 to National Louis University for general operating support for its Center for City Schools.
$50,000 to Erickson Institute to develop assessment tools for new teacher preparation programs.
$42,000 to University of Illinois at Chicago for the Mentor Institute, which provides veteran teachers to mentor student teachers.
$40,000 to Rochelle Lee Fund for general operating support.
$38,250 to University of Illinois at Chicago for research on alternative certification.
$25,000 to CATALYST for general operating support.
$25,000 to Comer School Development Project for general operating support.
$25,000 to Erickson Institute for literature and arts integration programs at three CPS elementary schools.
$25,000 to Golden Apple Foundation to open a Golden Apple Teacher Education (GATE) satellite at University of Illinois at Chicago.
$25,000 to Teach For America to support its interns working in CPS.
$15,000 to CPS Mentoring and Induction of New Teachers program (MINT) to create an online tutorial for teachers with fewer than four years experience.
$15,000 to Art Resources in Teaching (ART) for general operating support.
$15,000 to Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education (CAPE) for general operating support.
$15,000 to Suzuki-Orff School for Young Musicians for professional development.
$15,000 to Whirlwind for general operating support of its arts-based reading and teaching programs.
$14,000 to Chicago Secondary Mathematics Improvement Project at UIC for leadership training for CPS high school math teachers.
$10,000 to Chicago Public Education Fund for general operating support.
$10,000 to Facing History and Ourselves for training of middle school and high school social studies teachers in a curriculum that opposes anti-Semitism and anti-racism.
$8,000 to Financial Research and Advisory Committee (FRAC) for a needs assessment of CPS' new teacher mentoring program.
$7,500 to Teacher's Task Force for general operating support.
$5,000 to Bold Chicago for general operating support.
$4,500 to CPS Region 3 to support principal participation in the principal executive circle.
$2,000 to BPI for its Chicago school policy luncheon series.

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McKinsey and Company, Inc.

May-June

$20,840 to Crispus Attucks Elementary to set up a scholarship fund for students who enroll in college.

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National Endowment for the Arts

January-February

$67,000 to Art Institute of Chicago to expand its program that unites experienced high school art teachers with practicing artists.
$40,000 to Video Machete to expand its media education project for immigrant youth in 6th- through 12th-grades.
$40,000 to Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum to support Youth Initiatives, an arts education and career-training program for at-risk youth in the Pilsen/Little Village communities.
$25,000 to MERIT Music Program, Inc. to support music instruction for talented inner-city students of Chicago.
$24,000 to Chicago Architecture Foundation to support the Newhouse Architecture Competition, an internship and scholarship program for CPS students.
$12,000 to Little Black Pearl Workshop Inc. to support after-school art and entrepreneurial training for South Side youth.

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New Prospect Foundation

January-February

$15,000 to Chicago Public Education Fund for general operating support.
$10,000 to Youth Guidance for the Comer School Development project.
$5,000 to Chicago School Leadership Development Cooperation for general operating support.
$5,000 to Golden Apple Foundation for their Gate Program.
$2,500 to Rochelle Lee Fund for general operating support.

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Nike Foundation

May-June

$5,000 to Powell Elementary to support math activities.

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Northern Trust

July-September

$20,000 to Teach for America to support teacher development programs.
$20,000 to Erie Neighborhood House for its Tutoring to Educate for Aims and Motivation (TEAM) program.
$18,500 over two years to Right Angle Educational Foundation to support a college scholarship program for Wells High School.
$15,000 over three years to Art Resources in Teaching to support art programs at Drummond Elementary School.
$10,000 to Golden Apple Foundation for general operating support.
$7,500 to Gads Hill Center for after-school and weekend college preparatory classes for public school students in the Pilsen community.
$7,500 to College Summit Chicago for general operating support.
$7,500 to Working in the Schools (WITS) for general operating support.
$5,000 to Hug-a-Book for teacher professional development programs at five early childhood centers, including some in Chicago public schools.
$5,000 to East Village Youth Program for general operating support.
$5,000 to Target Hope for its Saturday Academy, an academic enrichment program that serves 225 students at 26 CPS high schools and several suburban high schools.
$3,500 to North Lawndale Learning Community for general operating support.
$3,500 to Chicago Foundation for Education for its grants to teachers program.
$3,000 to Literacy Works for general operating support.
$3,000 to Chicago Commons Association for its Nuevos Futuros (New Futures) youth mentoring program, which encourages Latino and African- American high school students to graduate and continue their education.
$2,000 to Drummond Elementary to purchase books for a classroom library.
$2,000 to Wells High School for a camping retreat.

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Northwestern Business College

July-September

$1,000 to the CPS Office of Education-to-Careers to support a career awareness program, called Live Expo, for 7th and 8th graders.

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The Oppenheimer Family Foundation

March-April

$1,600 to Richards Career Academy to buy a multicultural mural for the cafeteria.
$1,600 to Mayo Elementary to support arts education.

January-February

$190,000 to 400 teachers for projects that involve students in hands-on learning approaches. Grants are up to $2,000 each.

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Organization of Black Designers/Chicago

March-April

$1,500 to Ray Graham Training Center to support the school’s arts program and community art projects.

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Polk Bros. Foundation

October-December

$10,000 to Albany Park Neighborhood Council to develop parent leadership teams in seven CPS schools in the Albany Park community.
$10,000 to BOLD Chicago, a group that offers service-learning programs, to support programs in nine CPS schools that develop students’ leadership, problem solving and critical thinking skills.
$10,000 to College Bound for a mentoring and college preparatory program for CPS high school juniors.
$10,000 to the Institute of Cultural Affairs for an infant development training program for parents at Brentano Elementary.
$10,000 to the Poetry Center of Chicago to support programs in 20 CPS elementary and high schools that aim to improve literacy through reading and writing poetry.
$7,000 to Generation Green for an environmental safety program in CPS schools.

July-September

$130,000 to Chicago Communities in Schools to support salaries for technical assistance and agency-school coordinators.
$75,000 to Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education (CAPE) for general operations.
$60,000 over two years to Austin Career Education Center to support its alternative high school diploma program.
$40,000 to Chicago Cares for academic enrichment and mentoring programs at three CPS schools: Henderson, McCormick and Penn.
$40,000 to Literacy Chicago to recruit and train volunteer tutors.
$35,000 to Ada S. McKinley Community Services for Early Intervention, an after-school and summer school program for 6th-, 7th- and 8th-graders in Bronzeville.
$35,000 to Organization of the NorthEast (ONE) to support a leadership development training program for parents whose children attend public schools in Uptown and Edgewater.
$35,000 to the Rochelle Lee Fund for Streams, a program that facilitates collaboration between teachers in consecutive grades to improve reading instruction at 40 CPS schools.
$30,000 to National Lekotek Center to support parenting classes and family play sessions for welfare-to-work families in West Humboldt Park.
$25,000 to Ariel Education Initiative to support school-day and after-school enrichment activities at Ariel Community Academy.
$25,000 to the Executive Service Corps of Chicago for general operating support for its work in Chicago’s public schools.
$20,000 to Chicago Foundation for Education to support a small grants program for teachers.
$20,000 to College Summit Chicago to support an initiative to increase the number of low-income CPS students who matriculate and graduate from college.
$20,000 to Hug-a-Book for teacher professional development programs at five early childhood centers, including some in Chicago public schools.
$20,000 to Northeastern Illinois University for a program that connects CPS students to scientific expeditions via the Internet.
$15,000 to American Friends Service Committee for an academic support and recreation program for African-American youth at six CPS schools: Fuller, Reavis, Smyth and Robinson elementaries; Canter Middle and Douglass Jr. High.
$15,000 to Robert Morris College for a family literacy program for primary-grade students at Mollison Elementary.

May-June

$150,000 to the Gates High School Redesign Fund for professional development and general operations.
$100,000 to North Lawndale College Preparatory Charter High for building renovations.
$85,000 to Youth Guidance for the Comer School Development program.
$75,000 over two years to the Erikson Institute to develop an early childhood learning and teaching assessment system.
$60,000 to the University of Chicago Department of Mathematics for a summer workshop in math instruction for CPS teachers, as well as a followup during the academic year in which U of C professors help CPS teachers implement workshop strategies.
$40,000 to Midtown Education Foundation for a college orientation program.
$40,000 to Golden Apple Foundation for the Alphabet Bus Program, which is a mobile literacy demonstration site for 6-month to 5-year-old children and their parents, serving the communities of Pilsen, Heart of Chicago, and Little Village.
$35,000 to Leadership for Quality Education to distribute to community organizations for grassroots organizing and candidate recruitment for the 2002 LSC elections.
$30,000 to Strategic Learning Initiatives for Scaling Up Best Practice.

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Preferred Meals System, Inc.

May-June

$10,000 to Hay Elementary for the school’s incentive program, which rewards students for perfect attendance and good grades and behavior.

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Public Media Incorporated

March-April

$10,000 to Trumbull School for an after-school math and science program.

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The Quaker Oats Foundation

March-April

$10,000 to Byrd Community Academy for after-school busing for students enrolled in math and reading tutoring.

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Robert Morris College

March-April

$3,000 to Richards High School to support a school-to-work program.

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ROTARY/One Foundation, Inc.

March-April

$1,000 to Ray Graham Training Center to support an all-school activity to be selected by the school.

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Salomon Smith Barney

March-April

$5,000 to McCormick Elementary for a consultant to work with the Chicago Children’s choir at the school.

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Science Service Inc.

May-June

$1,000 to Kenwood High to help pay for science activities.

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Shell Oil Company

July-September

$1,000 to the CPS Office of Education-to-Careers to support a career awareness program, called Live Expo, for 7th and 8th graders.

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Siebert Brandford Shank & Co. LLC

May-June

$1,500 to Evers Elementary to purchase student materials and supplies.

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U.S. Department of Education

October-December

$529,010 to CPS to provide city-wide supplementary educational support to eligible refugee students.
$100,000 to CPS for new after-school programs.
$230,403 to Bowen, Collins and Steinmetz high schools for their dropout recovery program, which gives former students aged 17 to 21 an opportunity to earn a high school diploma and enroll in vocational classes.

July-September

$1.2 million to the CPS Deputy Chief Education Office for community organizations to provide services to pre-trial detainees attending York Alternative High School, and for academic enrichment and recreational programs at Ames Middle and Brentano, Funston, Monroe and Mozart elementary schools. (21st Century Community Learning Centers)

January-February

$2.3 million to CPS Office of Specialized Services for alcohol or drug abuse programs.
$1.7 million over three years to CPS Office of Technology Services for a joint project with Northeastern Illinois University to develop policies on using technology in instruction.
$723,000 to Fund for the Improvement of Education for the magnet school cluster program and to form partnerships with universities.

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U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration

July-September

$1.9 million to the CPS Office of Operations to soundproof Hurley Elementary.

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The Walt and Lilly Disney Foundation

July-September

$50,000 to Disney Magnet School to purchase supplies and to support its program to integrate fine arts into the curriculum.

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Wieboldt Foundation

October-December

$12,000 to Designs for Change for general operating support.

May-June

$25,000 to Parents United for Responsible Education for general operating support.

March-April

$15,000 to Coalition for Improved Education in South Shore for general operating support.
$10,000 to Chicago Panel on School Policy for general operating support.

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Woods Fund of Chicago

October-December

$20,000 to the Chicago Arts Partnership in Education (CAPE) for general operating support.

July-September

$180,000 over three years to Strategic Learning Initiatives to support a research-based model of whole-school reform that would accelerate improvement in Chicago public schools.
$150,000 over three years to Organization of the NorthEast (ONE) to create a new full-service community school in Edgewater, part of the citywide Campaign to Expand Community Schools.
$100,000 over two years to Parents United for Responsible Education to support workshops, forums and mass media outreach that would inform parents and local school councils on issues related to quality classroom instruction.
$40,000 to Designs for Change to support a community organizer position that would train advocates for improving schools.

March-April

$50,000 to the North Lawndale Learning Community to train parents from 11 CPS schools to work with teachers to improve classroom learning.
$50,000 over two years to the Small Schools Workshop to support an organizer staff position.
$40,000 over two years to the Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education for arts integration programs in Chicago public schools.
$40,000 over two years to Parents United for Responsible Education (PURE) for training, communications and advocacy for LSCs.
$30,000 to the Chicago School Leadership Cooperative to recruit candidates to run in the 2002 LSC elections.
$20,000 to the Cross City Campaign for Urban School Reform for general operating support.