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.

American National Bank Foundation
Ameritech
Amoco Corporation
Carnegie Corp.
Charles and Lucille Roehl
Chicago Community Trust
Chicago Foundation for Education
Coalition of Essential Schools
Conrad Sulzer Family Foundation
CWMI ... Charitable Fund
Danforth Foundation
Fel-Pro/Mecklenburger Foundation
First Commonwealth
Fund For Educational Reform
Gerber Plumbing Fixtures
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Harris Bank Foundation
Illinois Arts Council
Illinois State Board of Education
Institute for Responsive Education
Japanese Chamber of Commerce of Chicago Foundation
J.D. & C.T. MacArthur Foundation
The Joyce Foundation
Kraft Foods, Inc.
LaSalle National Bank
New Prospect Foundation
Northern Charitable Trust
Oppenheimer Family Foundation
Ounce of Prevention Fund/Parents Too Soon
Polk Brothers Foundation
Russell Maryland Foundation
Wieboldt Foundation
Woods Charitable Trust

American National Bank Foundation

January-February

• $88,000 to Saturday Scholars Program, an 8th-grade through high school enrichment program for graduates of Sabin and Goldblatt elementary schools.
  
• $25,000 each to Sabin and Goldblatt elementary schools for general support.

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Ameritech

May-June

• $44,600 to the Chicago Arts Partnership in Education (CAPE) to develop a curriculum that integrates the arts in the teaching of core subjects, such as using music to teach social studies and drama to enhance language arts. Teachers and parents will be trained to create multi-media documents, such as lesson plans accompanied by music and color photos. Eventually, CAPE also plans to develop a World Wide Web site to showcase and disseminate the program's accomplishments.
  
• Schools working with CAPE are Agassiz, Armstrong, Audubon, Banneker, Black, Blaine, Brownell, Decatur, Hawthorne, Healy, Lake View High, Lincoln Park High, McCosh, Metro Crane, Murray, Ogden, O'Keeffe, Orozco, Otis, Parkside, Peabody, Peirce, Pulaski, Ravenswood, Ray, Salazar Bilingual, Mark Sheridan, Spry, Walsh and Wells High.

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Amoco Corporation

May-June

• $10,000 Amoco Leader Award to Jane Adams Elementary for development of authentic instruction and assessments in mathematics.
  
• $10,000 Amoco Leader Award to Ogden Elementary for programs that integrate mathematics and science.

January-February

• $10,000 from the Amoco Leader Awards program to Hendricks Community Academy for training in problem-based learning for the principal and six mathematics and science teachers, as well as two central office administrators.

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Carnegie Corp.

May-June

• A total of $58,000 to four middle schools and programs for faculty attendance at professional development meetings sponsored by Carnegie and other organizations, and for programs designed locally to create high-performance middle schools. The schools and their grants are: Thurgood Marshall, $24,000; Dyett, $14,000; Locke, $10,000; and Madero, $10,000.

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Charles and Lucille Roehl

May-June

• $100,000 to Steinmetz High to renovate its little theater and for other school projects including memorials to Steinmetz graduates who served in the military in World War II. Lucille Roehl was in the Class of '35; Charles, the Class of '36.

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Chicago Community Trust

March-April

• $150,000 to the University of Chicago’s Center for School Improvement for general operating support.
  
• $100,000 to Chicago Panel on School Policy for general operating support.
  
• $100,000 over two years to Teachers Task Force for general operating support.
  
• $100,000 to Designs for Change for Network for Leadership Development.
  
• $90,000 over two years to Community Renewal Society for CATALYST.
  
• $70,000 to Small Schools Coalition for general operating support.
  
• $60,000 to Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights for children’s advocacy and school reform projects.
  
• $50,000 to Academic Development Institute for general operating support of its Chicago office.
  
• $50,000 to Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management for Chicago Learning Collaborative Project.
  
• $50,000 to Midtown Educational Foundation for Metro Achievement Center.
  
• $40,000 to Fund for Community Redevelopment and Revitalization for the salary of the project director of its South Side demonstration project.
  
• $25,000 to Cabrini Green Youth Program for general operating support.
  
• $25,000 to Midtown Educational Foundation for Metro Achievement Center.
  
• $25,000 to Institute of Cultural Affairs for its school revitalization project.
  
• $25,000 to Coalition for Improved Education in South Shore for general operating support.
  
• $25,000 to Fund for Educational Reform for general operating support.
  
• $25,000 to CityWide Coalition for School Reform for general operating support.
  
• $25,000 to Gads Hill Center for Learning Connection Project in Pilsen.
  
• $25,000 to Recovering the Gifted Child for general operating support.
  
• $25,000 to Designs for Change for the Chicago School Reform Public Information Project to produce a newspaper to educate the public about issues in the schools.
  
• $20,000 to Chicago Cities in Schools for general operating support.
  
• $15,000 to East Village Youth Program to add 20 youth to the program.
  
• $15,000 to Hug-a-Book for general operating support.
  
• $10,000 to Target Hope for Academic Achievement and High School Retention Project.
  
• $10,000 to Citizens Scholarship Foundation of America for development of a Chicago-based "Dollars for Scholars" program.
  
• $3,000 to Walt Disney Magnet School for early childhood library and resource center.

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Chicago Foundation for Education

May-June

• $150,012 (405 grants of up to $400 each) to Chicago public school elementary teachers who develop innovative approaches and methods to make learning more effective and exciting.

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Coalition of Essential Schools

May-June

• $10,000 to each of the Chicago schools participating in the program’s "Fifty Schools Project"—DuSable, Chicago Vocational, Flower Vocational, Lindblom Technical, Mather, Robeson and Sullivan.

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Conrad Sulzer Family Foundation

May-June

• $10,000 to Lane Technical High for distribution to various departments and programs in amounts ranging from $1,500 to $100.

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CWMI ... Charitable Fund

May-June

• $3,375 to Carver High to help establish a computer network in its business department.

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Danforth Foundation

March-April

• $150,000 over two years to the Cross City Campaign for Urban School Reform to train activists in Chicago and five other cities—Denver, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia and Seattle—to monitor school system budgets and promote school-based budgeting.

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Fel-Pro/Mecklenburger Foundation

January-February

• $4,000 to Chicago Panel on School Policy for advocacy and training of LSCs and other public school staff to improve education.
  
• $3,500 to Literacy Chicago for free literacy instruction for adults.
  
• $2,500 to Designs for Change for Links to Literacy, which promotes daily reading at school and home.
  
• $2,500 to CityWide Coalition for School Reform for monitoring and advocacy.
  
• $2,500 to Fund for Education Reform for its small grants program.
  
• $1,500 to Hug-A-Book for preschool literacy training and creation of quality lending libraries.
  
• $1,500 to Community Renewal Society for CATALYST.
  
• $1,000 to Chicago Arts Partnership in Education.

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First Commonwealth

May-June

• $17,000 to Michele Clark Middle School for an after-school, science-oriented program for about 50 students. The grant also will cover the costs of two students and one teacher to attend the Space Camp in Huntsville, Ala. First Commonwealth is part of the Mayor's Partnership Program pairing businesses and schools.

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Fund For Educational Reform

May-June

• $4,000 to Gale Community Academy to develop assessment tools and student learning outcomes based on team-teaching.
  
• $3,500 to Kinzie Elementary for a community-based program to improve math and reading of older special-needs students.
  
• $3,500 to Chappell Elementary to develop assessment and scoring instruments for core subjects in benchmark grades.
  
• $3,500 to Swift Elementary for a training workshop and video to demonstrate team-teaching methods in language arts.
  
• $3,500 to Foreman High for a program for at-risk students that combines academic skill-building and business training.
  
• $3,500 to James Johnson Elementary for expanding an after-school program for 6th-graders.
  
• $3,250 to Mitchell Elementary for a Family Success Academy involving free bilingual evening forums for community residents.
  
• $3,000 to Orr Community High to integrate a character education program into the curriculum.
  
• $3,000 to Eli Whitney Elementary to support the school’s "Partnership for Non-Violence" program.
  
• $2,200 to Julian High to support the expansion of the school’s integrated work-based learning curriculum.

January-February

• Enhancement Grants (formerly planning grants). $3,000 to Eli Whitney Elementary to implement a program that teaches conflict resolution. (more forthcoming).Project Grants (formerly small grants).

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Gerber Plumbing Fixtures

May-June

• $15,000 to the State Prekindergarten Demonstration Center for materials, field trips, parent training and other activities.

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Goldman, Sachs & Co.

May-June

• $5,000 to help cover costs of the local school council elections.

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Harris Bank Foundation

May-June

• $5,367 to Youth Guidance for the West Englewood Health Partnership program at O'Toole Elementary, aimed at increasing access to health and social services.
  
• $5,000 to Community Youth Creative Learning Experience (CYCLE) for the College Opportunity program for at-risk and financially disadvantaged high school students who have the potential to earn a college degree.
  
• $5,000 to Midtown Educational Foundation for the College Orientation program, which encourages inner-city children to complete high school and attend college.
  
• $4,000 to Peirce School of International Studies to purchase prizes to reward punctuality, completed assignments and good attendance and classroom conduct.

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Illinois Arts Council

May-June

• A total of $12,331 to Lake View High for its Arts Resource Project and its Media Arts Residency.
  
• $5,673 to Amelia Earhart Elementary to hire an artist to conduct visual-art workshops for teachers.

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Illinois State Board of Education

May-June

• $359,384 to the school system for professional development under the federal Goals 2000: Educate America Act. Twenty-four high schools, in partnership with local universities, will develop strategies and prepare faculty to act as mentors for the teaching of reading in content areas. Workshops will be held over the summer, with coaching beginning in the fall.
  
• $295,720 to the school system's Elementary Career Development Program, which helps children in kindergarten through 8th grade with career ideas so that by the end of 8th grade they are able to identify preliminary career goals and choose appropriate pathways toward those goals.
  
• $10,000 to the school system to develop a core curriculum in the machine trades, implement skills-certification standards in schools with machine shop programs, raise the awareness of students of career opportunities in the machine trades and mobilize employers to support these initiatives.
  
• $260,433 to schools involved in on-line curriculum programs. The programs and participating schools are: IllinoiSpin—Kennedy High and Smyser, March, Addams, T. Marshall, Peirce and Budlong elementary. EnergyNet—V. Johns and Attucks. Museum in the Classroom—Kelly High and Hamilton, May and T. Marshall elementary. Tried & True—Norwood Park, Swift, Darwin, Vaughn and DePriest.
  
• $2,214,918 to the school system for continuation of the Emergency Immigrant Education Assistance Program, which provides supplementary educational services to 38,178 public and 2,849 non-public school students who were born outside of the United States and have been enrolled in Chicago schools for less than three academic years.
  
• $1,540,800 to the school system to implement the Goals 2000: Educate America Act Implementation Grant Proposal, which seeks long-term, systemic change by offering all schools assistance in school improvement planning and quality reviews, and by supporting several aspects of Chicago’s Children First initiative.
  
• $674,993 to 20 Chicago public schools on the state’s so-called education watch list. These "Project Jumpstart" funds will help develop teams of individuals to target areas of weakness as measured by the most recent state IGAP tests and to work to improve school performance in those areas.
  
• The schools are: Clark Middle; Dunbar Vocational, Lake View, Westinghouse Vocational, Amundsen, Kelly and Kelvyn Park high schools; Arts of Living; and Morton, Wright, Daley, Mason, Morse, Woodson North, Byford, Henson, Cameron, Truth, De La Cruz and Abbott elementary schools. Grants range from $59,700 to $7,500.
  
• $276,600 to the Department of Vocational Education to conduct vocational instruction practicums to retrain vocational teachers, counselors and administrators from the Chicago public schools and City Colleges of Chicago.
  
• $135,062 to 15 schools as part of the state’s Learn and Serve Program, which supports school-based reform initiatives and educational innovation. Winning proposals included staff development and community involvement programs.
  
• Following are the schools: Pulaski, Adams, Dvorak, Smyser, Ward, Gale, Suder, McCosh, and Onahan elementary schools; Thurgood Marshall Middle School; and Englewood, Steinmetz, Orr, Sullivan, and Lane Technical high schools. Grants range from $10,700 to $2,400.
  
• $50,000 to Calumet Career Preparation Academy to support its programs in the hospitality, restaurant, tourism and retail management industries.
  
• $2,000 each to Galileo, Nash and Pickard elementary schools for science and technology projects.
  
• For a list of grant programs run by the Illinois State Board of Education, contact the board’s information and reception desk at (217) 782-4321. This office also can supply contact names and telephone numbers of state staffers who oversee the programs.

January-February

• $67,500 each to Chicago Vocational, Harper, Orr and Robeson high schools to implement three- or four-year vocational training programs in collaboration with Chicago businesses. (Illinois Partnership Academy Program)
  
• $30,000 to Englewood Tech-Prep for a program involving businesses and City Colleges of Chicago that will give students basic workplace skills and technical training at job sites. (Tech Prep Work Based Learning Experience Program)
  
• $5,000 from the "Tried and True" grants program to each of 15 Chicago public schools, which are among 106 recipients statewide. The grant will be used for instructional materials, equipment and professional development in technology. The state board also will help schools get Internet connections. High school recipients are Bogan, Agricultural Sciences, Fenger, Kelly, Kenwood, Orr and Vaughn. Elementary recipients are Chavez, Darwin, Edison, Einstein, Swift, Kelly, Lawndale, Norwood Park and Whittier.

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Institute for Responsive Education

January-February

• The following schools have received a $5,000 each planning grant and a $3,500 each (first of two-year payment) implementation grant to develop school and community partnerships: White Career Academy and Fenger High.

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Japanese Chamber of Commerce of Chicago Foundation

May-June

• $5,000 to Ogden Elementary for computers and supplies for its International Baccalaureate preparatory program.

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J.D. & C.T. MacArthur Foundation

March-April

• $700,000 to the Illinois State Board of Education in support of the board’s involvement in the New Standards Project.
  
• $290,000 to the Chicago Teachers Union in support of programs designed to demonstrate gains in student achievement in Quest Center schools, to broaden Quest’s citywide efforts, and to establish the Jacqueline B. Vaughn Graduate Center for Teachers.
  
• $200,000 over two years to the Coalition for Improved Education in South Shore for technical assistance to schools in South Shore through the Community-based Leadership for Educational Innovation Program.
  
• $155,000 over two years to the Westside Health Authority to support the Health Careers Initiative.
  
• $150,000 over three years to the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago Training Alliance in support of JumpStart.
  
• $150,000 to the Chicago Association of Local School Councils to support initiatives to strengthen the organization, participation, and impact of LSCs.
  
• $125,000 to the Midwest Center for Labor Research to support efforts to develop a school-to-work program.
  
• $100,000 to the United Neighborhood Organization of Chicago to expand parent involvement work in Southeast Chicago and Little Village.
  
• $100,000 to the Small Schools Workshop at the University of Illinois-Chicago for general operating support.
  
• $83,650 to Leadership for Quality Education for principal training and support.
  
• $70,000 to Alternatives Inc. in support of the After School Action Programs.
  
• $45,000 to Chicago Principals and Administrators Association to design strategies that will enable the association to play a leadership role in Chicago school reform.
  
• $35,000 to Greater North Pulaski Development Corporation in support of the Transitions from Learning Program.
  
• $35,000 to Youth Service Project, Inc., in support of the Developing Young Humboldt Park Leaders Initiative.

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The Joyce Foundation

May-June

• $205,000 to the University of Chicago Department of Education to work in partnership with the Consortium on Chicago School Research and the Chicago Public Schools to design and implement new systemwide achievement tests.
  
• $200,000 to the Mexican-American Legal Defense and Educational Fund for research and legal work aimed at reducing overcrowding in Chicago schools.
  
• $200,000 (over two years) to the Washington, D.C-based Center for Law and Education to monitor implementation in Chicago and Milwaukee of the new rules for the use of federal Title I funds. The Center will work to ensure that the new rules are used to encourage education reform, increase parental involvement and improve student performance.
  
• $150,000 (over two years) to the Coalition for Improved Education in South Shore to work with parents and teachers at 10 schools to develop new teaching strategies that focus on improving student achievement.
  
• $140,000 to the Illinois Institute of Technology's Institute of Design to research and produce models for the use of interactive technology in schools, and to research policies to promote equal access to technology in all classrooms.
  
• $130,000 to Designs for Change to establish the Academy for Urban School Change, a national training and support program for advocates of urban school reform.
  
• $94,500 to National-Louis University to work with the Illinois State Board of Education to implement a new statewide process for judging school quality that engages parents and the business community in setting goals for their local schools.
  
• $88,195 (over two years) to the Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law to help Chicago schools make better use of their federal Title I funds.
  
• $85,000 to the Chicago Metro History Fair to assist Chicago-area schools in integrating telecommunications technology into the social studies curriculum.
  
• $80,000 to the Latino Institute for programs to relieve school overcrowding, reform school funding, improve curriculum and increase parent and community involvement in schools.
  
• $80,000 to the United Neighborhood Organization for a project that helps parents become more involved with their children's education.
  
• $50,000 to the Latino Institute to work with the Chicago Association of Local School Councils to expand the organizing, training, and advocacy capacities of LSCs.

January-February

• $200,000 (over two years) to Community Renewal Society for CATALYST.
  
• $100,000 to Jobs for the Future to work with the Coalition of Essential Schools to explore connections between school-to-work and school reform strategies in Chicago.
  
• $100,000 to Coalition for Educational Rights for work to reform the public education funding system in Illinois.
  
• $100,000 (over two years) to CityWide Coalition for School Reform for policy development and consensus-building among organizations and individuals engaged in education reform.
  
• $50,000 to Chicago Video Project to develop videos as tools for advocates who are working with the Coalition for Educational Rights to reform the state's public education funding system.
  
• $35,000 to Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law for the Lawyers' School Reform Advisory Project, which advises local school councils and school reform groups on education issues.

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Kraft Foods, Inc.

May-June

• $200,000 to Chicago Children’s Museum for the Kraft Artabounds Studio, an arts education initiative that exposes teachers and children to arts in interdisciplinary learning.
  
• $75,000 to Golden Apple Foundation for scholarships to 60 Academcy Scholars, students who have been identified by teachers and principals as having potential to become teachers.
  
• $50,000 to Designs for Change to support their Network for Leadership Development Program in seven Chicago school communities
  
• $42,000 to WBEZ-FM for continued support of the station’s coverage of education issues.
  
• $25,000 to Roosevelt University to conduct a summer "bridge" program for 100 Hyde Park students to ease their transition from 8th grade to high school.

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LaSalle National Bank

May-June

• $30,000 (over three years) to LeMoyne School for supplies for its Micro-Society program.

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New Prospect Foundation

March-April

• $10,000 to Youth Guidance for support of the Comer School Development Project.
  
• $5,000 to Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights to support Lawyers’ School Reform Advisory Project.
  
• $5,000 to Designs for Change for general operating support.
  
• $5,000 to the Fund for Educational Reform.
  
• $5,000 to Parents United for Responsible Education for general operating support.
  
• $5,000 to Chicago Panel on School Policy for general operating support.
  
• $3,500 to CityWide Coalition for School Reform for general operating support.
  
• $2,500 to Community Renewal Society for CATALYST.
  
• $2,500 to Working in the Schools for general operating support.

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Northern Charitable Trust

March-April

• $6,000 to Lekotek for the Preliteracy for Preschoolers program.
  
• $6,000 to United Negro College Fund for general operating support.
  
• $5,000 to Chicago Cities in Schools, Inc. for general operating support.
  
• $5,000 to Project Education PLUS for general operating support.
  
• $5,000 to El Valor Corporation for capital support and the Early Childhood Centers.
  
• $4,000 to Inroads/Chicago for the Pre-collegiate Program.
  
• $3,500 to CHILDSERV for the Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youngsters.
  
• $3,500 to Community Services West for general operating support.
  
• $3,500 to Youth Communication for general operating support.
  
• $2,500 to Cabrini connections for the Wells Kids Club.
  
• $2,500 to Chinese American Service League, Inc. for the Youth Education Program.
  
• $2,500 to Young Chicago Authors for general operating support.
  
• $2,500 to Roosevelt University for the Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Award Benefit.
  
• $2,500 to Hug-A-Book for general operating support.
  
• $2,000 to the Institute of Cultural Affairs for the School Revitalization Network.
  
• $1,000 to Chicago Metro History Education Center for general operating support.
  
• $1,000 to Illinois Council on Economic Education for general operating support.

January-February

• $10,000 to Chicago Panel on School Policy for its School Reform Implementation program.
  
• $10,000 to Designs for Change for general operations.
  
• $10,000 to The Ounce of Prevention Fund for its Center for Successful Child Development at Robert Taylor Homes.
  
• $9,400 to Community Youth Creative Learning Experience (CYCLE) for its College Opportunity program and 1995-96 scholarship payments.
  
• $8,500 to Erie Neighborhood House for its T.E.A.M. Tutoring Program at Wells Academy.
  
• $5,000 to the Fund for Educational Reform, which distributes small grants to schools and local school councils.
  
• $5,000 to Golden Apple Foundation for its Academy Scholars program.
  
• $5,000 to Junior Achievement of Chicago for its Endowment Fund.
  
• $5,000 to Academic Development Institute for its Alliance for Achievement Program in Chicago schools.
  
• $5,000 to Art Resources in Teaching program in Wells Academy feeder schools.
  
• $5,000 to Scholarship & Guidance Association for its School Drop-Out Prevention program at Wells.
  
• $4,000 to Northeastern Illinois University for its Wells Academy Summer Writing program.
  
• $3,500 to Literacy Chicago for its Family Literacy program.
  
• $3,500 to Rochelle Lee Fund for reading programs in Wells Community Academy feeder schools.
  
• $2,600 to Wells Community Academy for its Close Up and 1995 Intergenerational programs and to underwrite Wells' performance at Goodman Studio.
  
• $2,500 to Working in the Schools (WITS) for general operations.
  
• $2,500 to Aspira of Illinois for its math and science program.
  
• $2,000 to Chicago Foundation for Education to support its Small Grants for Teachers program.

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Oppenheimer Family Foundation

January-February

• $1,500 to White Career Academy to implement the Read Right program.
  
• Teacher Incentive Grants. Up to $1,000 each for 101 proposed projects by teachers in 92 schools, preschool through high school.

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Ounce of Prevention Fund/Parents Too Soon

January-February

• $112,357 ($16,051 each) to Beethoven, Chopin, Dvorak, Farren, Grant, Hartigan and Pablo Casals elementary schools for the Peer Power/ ADAM Program, which works with 6th- through 8th-graders to reduce early sexual involvement and pregnancy by promoting physical, emotional, academic and social development.

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Polk Brothers Foundation

March-April

• $50,000 (first payment of two) to Urban Gateways for in-school arts education, and for teacher training to integrate music into teaching and curriculum in Barry and Carson elementary schools.
  
• $40,000 (first payment of two) to Hubbard Street Dance Company for educational outreach programs that include matinee performances, training workshops for teachers and study guides for classes.
  
• $25,000 (first payment of two) to the Dance Center of Columbia College for educational outreach programs that develop partnerships with public elementary and high schools through artist workshops, in-school performances and teacher development programs.
  
• $25,000 to ETA Creative Arts Foundation for "Showfolk," a matinee series for children, and for the Playwriting/Creative Dramatics Program that helps students from Brownell, McCosh, O’Keefe and Black elementary schools develop plays for in-school performances.
  
• $25,000 to Executive Service Corps of Chicago to support the work of retired volunteers who assist a core group of 22 to 27 Near West Side public schools with finance and budgeting issues, school improvement plans, parent involvement programs, principal evaluation and local school council development.
  
• $25,000 (first payment of two) to Chicago-area Planned Parenthood for the Linked Services Community Education program that seeks to reduce teen pregnancy rates by providing training to school administrators and teachers and sex education classes, family planning and health resources to students at five Chicago public high schools and one middle school.
  
• $20,000 to Chicago Arts Collaborative for Teachers for programs that train Chicago public school teachers in the arts, and for evaluation to determine the effect of the programs on school improvement.
  
• $20,000 (first payment of two) to Performing Arts Chicago for a program in the Marshall High School cluster that helps students prepare a theater piece related to their educational goals in social studies and language arts.
  
• $20,000 to Whirlwind Performance Company to help Chicago public school teachers develop a performance-based alternative arts assessment for programs that involve over 3,000 students from 29 Chicago public schools.
  
• $15,000 (first payment of two) to Lutheran Social Services of Illinois for expansion of Hispanic Connections, a six-week curriculum on self-esteem currently being used with students at Stowe Elementary.
  
• $15,000 to Music Theater Workshop for expansion of "Someone You Can Trust," a play with an anti-violence theme, and for related in-school programming, such as teacher inservices, playwriting exercises and role playing.
  
• $15,000 to Northlight Theatre for Student Theater Arts Resources, a matinee program for students at six Chicago public middle and high schools, and for an education program that helps teachers integrate drama into their curriculum.
  
• $15,000 to Smart Museum to support MusArts, a program that offers an integrated curriculum of music and visual arts to 6th- through 8th-graders, and for the establishment of an Education Advisory Committee to create and monitor educational outreach programs.
  
• $12,500 (first payment of two) to Chicago Children’s Choir for in-school programming that provides music education and choral training to over 1,900 students in 32 Chicago public elementary schools.
  
• $10,000 to Center for Conflict Resolution to support the School Conflict Management Project, which teaches students non-violent conflict resolution methods in 10 Chicago public elementary schools.
  
• $10,000 to Chicago Video Project to produce a video to highlight the need for more equitable funding of public education.
  
• $10,000 to Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra for Music Pathways, which exposes students to music through instruction and in-school performances at two public schools in West Garfield Park and Grand Boulevard.
  
• $10,000 (first payment of two) to Hug-A-Book for expansion of a program that brings quality books and literacy training to Head Starts, day care centers and schools.
  
• $10,000 to Music of the Baroque for the Educational Outreach Program, which augments music education in four Chicago public high schools and provides students with in-depth classroom sessions, artistic instruction and concerts.
  
• $10,000 to Nature Conservancy in support of Mighty Acorns, which involves 3rd- through 7th-grade classes at 10 public schools in exploring and learning about the Cook County forest preserves.
  
• $10,000 to Northeastern Illinois University for the Geographic Literacy Project, a two-year program designed to bring more and better geography education to Chicago public schools.
  
• $10,000 to Suzuki-Orff School for Young Musicians for Project IMAGE, an outreach program that includes music and movement instruction, a Suzuki instrument program for parents and children and a choral program for 4th- through 6th-graders at 10 Chicago public elementary schools.
  
• $9,600 (first payment of two) to the Scholarship and Guidance Association to support both the Child Abuse Prevention Program for teen mothers at Urban Youth High School and the Teen Fathers Group at Prosser Vocational, which helps teen parents finish high school and teaches them the responsibilities of parenting.

January-February

• $65,000 to Youth Guidance for the Comer School Development Program for a training institute that will offer instruction in adopting the Comer model.
  
• $25,000 to Ada S. McKinley Community Services for the Educational Early Intervention Program that provides in-school and after-school tutorial help for 6th- through 8th-graders.
  
• $20,000 to Aspira of Illinois in support of Leadership Development Clubs in four Chicago public elementary and nine high schools.
  
• $20,000 to Bethel New Life for the Youth Enterprise Network that promotes student-owned and -operated businesses at Orr, Flower and Westinghouse high schools.
  
• $17,500 to Pegasus Players for the Young Playwrights Festival, a year-round theater and writing education program that reaches students through workshops and performances in public schools.
  
• $17,000 to Youth Communication to support educational initiatives that teach youth to communicate effectively using educational supplements and writing contests.
  
• $15,000 to Cross City Campaign for Urban School Reform for the Schools and Community Working Group, whose members assemble case studies of model schools, publish curricula and provide training to strengthen the school and its community.
  
• $15,000 to Fund for Educational Reform, which distributes small grants to schools and LSCs.
  
• $15,000 to Vietnamese Association of Illinois for academic support programs for Vietnamese youth and their parents at two public high schools .
  
• $10,000 to Chicago Sinfonietta for the Youth and the Professional program involving the All-City High School Orchestra and public schools.
  
• $10,000 to Imagination Theater for the Comprehensive Violence Prevention Program at eight Chicago public elementary and high schools.
  
• $10,000 to International Music Foundation for the Artists-in-Residence program in six public schools.
  
• $10,000 to Junior Achievement for the Whole School Partnership between George Armstrong elementary and Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management—for professionals to serve as student mentors.
  
• $10,000 to South Side Help Center for its Sex and Family Life Education program, which works at schools to promote positive health choices.

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Russell Maryland Foundation

May-June

• $10,000 to purchase equipment for tackle football programs at some 300 elementary schools.

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Wieboldt Foundation

January-February

• $15,000 to Parents United for Responsible Education (PURE) for general operations.
  
• $15,000 to the Chicago Panel on School Policy for general operations.
  
• $10,000 to the Student Alliance for general operations.
  
• $10,000 to Lawyers' School Reform Advisory Project for general operations.
  
• $7,500 to the Fund for Educational Reform for general operations.

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Woods Charitable Trust

March-April

• $40,000 over two years to Cross City Campaign for Urban School Reform for general operating support.
  
• $40,000 over two years to Youth Guidance for the curriculum component of the Comer School Development Project.
  
• $30,000 over two years to the Chicago Arts Partnership in Education.
  
• $20,000 to Chicago Neighborhood Organizing Project for salary of new director.
  
• $20,000 to Lawyers’ School Reform Advisory Project.
  
• $20,000 to University of Illinois for Small Schools Workshop.
  
• $20,000 to Chicago Panel on School Policy for general operating support.
  
• $17,500 to Designs for Change for a collaborative project with Cross City Campaign for Urban School Reform to inform the public, media and policymakers about Chicago school reform strategies, progress, concerns and financial issues.
  
• $15,000 to Chinese American Service League Inc. for a program to encourage the participation of Chinese-American parents and other community members in Chicago school reform.
  
• $10,000 to Fund for Educational Reform.
  
• $10,000 to Parents United for Responsible Education for general operating support.
  
• $10,000 (final payment of 1994 $20,000 grant)