Fiscal Year 2017

Grantee Amount($)
Scholarships
Lincoln Provision Scholarship Program 15,036
Community Development
Association House 20,000
Ada S. McKinley Educational Services 5,000
Bethel New Life 20,000
The Law Project 5,000
Chicago Rehab Network 5,000
Chicago Commons 20,000
Garfield Park Community Council 32,000
Accion Chicago 10,000
Cancer Research
Northwestern Memorial Foundation 100,000
Agriculture/Food Industry
Green Chicago (Next Bites) 1,000
Growing Home (Annual Benefit Dinner) 1,500
Green Chicago Restaurant Coalition 1,000
Columbia College Chicago (The Papermaker’s Garden) 5,000
SloFig (Membership) 300
Seven Generations Ahead 10,000
Sweetwater Foundation 12,500
Angelic Organics Learning Center (AUA) 1,000
Angelic Organics Learning Center (Chicago Urban Initiative) 5,000
FamilyFarmed 30,000
Peterson Garden Project 10,000
Plant Chicago 10,000
Growing Home 20,000
The Chicago Botanic Garden (Windy City Harvest) 30,000
New Venture Fund (Fresh Taste) 30,000
New Venture Fund (SAFSF) 1,100
Advocates for Urban Agriculture 12,000
Green Community Connections 1,000
Faith in Place 10,000
Enlace Chicago 5,000
FamilyFarmed (Good Food Festival) 5,000
Jewish Organizations/Programs
Chabad Jewish Center 10,000
CJE Senior Life 5,000
Jewish Council on Urban Affairs 15,000
Jewish United Fund 15,000
Judea Reform Congregation 3,333.33
Jewish Interfaith Education Council Inc. of South Dakota 5,000
New Israel Fund 15,000
Judea Reform Congregation 3,333.33
Oak Park Temple 2,000
New Israel Fund 3,000
The Selfhelp Home, Inc. 6,667
Union for Reform Judaism 5,000
The Forward Association 5,000
Temple Beth Elohim 5,000
Oak Park Temple (Annual Passover Appeal) 10,000
Mt. Zion Congregation 5,000
Discretionary Grants
Babson College: The Fund for Babson 10,000
Synapse House 3,000
Opportunity Knocks 15,000
Silver Platter Foundation, Inc. 1,000
Medical Foundation of NC (Loyalty Fund) 10,000
Lurie Children’s Foundation 1,000
ICA Warren Junior Chess Scholar Program 3,000
Whitney Young Magnet H.S. Chess Program 2,000
The University of Chicago Law School (Wolf Family Philanthropy Program Fund) 200,000
Bucknell University (The Bucknell Fund) 10,000
American Bar Foundation Life Fellow 250
Center for Speech and Language Disorders 5,000