Education

National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship, Chicago, IL
$450,000 in matching support for 2007-2009 youth entrepreneurship programming in the Chicagoland area.

North Central College, Naperville, IL
$330,000 for 2007-2009 salary and program support for the Coleman Foundation Professorship in Entrepreneurship / Small Business.

Saint John's University, Collegeville, MN
$60,000 in support of university's Center of Entrepreneurship becoming a publisher and resource for print and multi-media case studies about entrepreneurial businesses and non-profit enterprises in the Midwest.

Westchester Community College, Valhalla, NY
$50,000 to fund two, fifteen-week entrepreneurship training programs that focus on adults over the age of fifty.

Wichita State University, Wichita, KS
$180,000 in support of the Kansas Entrepreneurial Initiative designed to provide hands-on practical experience with the process of new-venture creation for graduating college seniors and graduate students.

Illinois Institute for Entrepreneurship Education
$60,000 - 2007 Youth Entrepreneurship Conference

Michigan State University College of Law
$90,000 - Entrepreneurial Small Business and Non-Profit Law Clinic

Millikin University
$213,000 - Center for Entrepreneurship Program Expansion

Emerson Elementary School
$24,900 - Interactive Technology Project

Illinois Institute of Technology
$405,000 - Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Initiative

SCORE Fox Valley Chapter #289
$6,000 - Revisions to website and advertising support

The Institute for Entrepreneurship (TIE)
$12,000 - 2006 Young Entrepreneurs Conference Scholarships

University of West Georgia
$5,000 - Entrepreneurship Curriculum Development Project

Community Action Agency of South Central Michigan
$5,000 - First Annual Generation E Student Business Showcase

Springfield Technical Community College
$60,000 - NACCE 2007 Conference Scholarships

National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship
$75,100 - 2006 Advanced Teacher Forum

North Central College
$163,000 - 2006-08 Self Employment in the Arts Program Support

Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education
$71,500 - 2006 Annual Entrepreneurship Education Forum

Lincoln Park Business
$10,000 - Start Up! Chicago Program Materials and Marketing

E City
$14,000 - Advanced BizCamp Youth Entrepreneurship Program

University of Missouri at St. Louis
$42,000 - American Dream Youthpreneurship Program

California State University, Fresno
$73,495 - 2006-2007 Entrepreneurship Program Support

University of Illinois at Chicago
$160,500 - 2006-2007 CEO Program Support

St. Louis University
$38,662 - 2006-2007 Entrepreneurship Program Support

The Cove School
$300,000 - Milestones Capital Campaign

Trojan Boosters Club
$10,000 - New Weight Room Equipment

Kingsley School
$9,000 - 2006-2007 Reading Programs

Providence - St. Mel School
$5,000 - 2006 Celebration Dinner

DePaul University
$3,800 - Scholarships to Annual USASBE Conference

Score Chicago Chapter
$15,000 - Small Business Entrepreneurship Workshops

Entrenuity
$10,000 - Entrenuity Summer Business Camp

Cornerstone Academy
$5,000 - Entrenuity Program

Total Education = $2,951,307

Disability Services

Center for Independence, Countryside, IL
$158,000 to support increasing the access for conductive education services through establishment of satellite programs and expansion of summer camps to underprivileged areas.

Easter Seals Metropolitan Chicago, Chicago, IL
$50,000 to support construction of the Therapeutic School and Center for Autism Research accommodating educational programs for 144 clients as well as research and treatment activities by leading local and international researchers and clinicians.

Misericordia Heart of Mercy, Chicago, IL
$900,000 to support construction of an Intermediate Care Facility for the Developmentally Disabled, housing twelve individuals and located on the Misericordia campus on Chicago's north side.

Sertoma Centre, Inc.
$500,000 - Building Empowerment Capital Campaign

Elim Christian Services
$300,000 - Matching grant toward support of "Moving Beyond Capital Campaign"

Milestone, Inc.
$25,000 - Specialized Lift Equipment

Access Living of Metropolitan
$20,000 - Transitions to Independence Program Chicago (TIP)

Blue Cap
$18,000 - Comprehensive Service Database

Schwab Rehabilitation Hospital
$20,000 - Assistive Technology Program

CARC
$40,000 - Quilt Production Expansion

Park Lawn Association
$3,500 - Sheltered Workshop Game Assembly

Aspire of Illinois
$55,000 - Aspire on Broadway Renovation

PACTT Foundation
$10,000 - PACTT Learning Center Vocational Services Expansion

Transitions of Western Illinois, Inc.
$8,000 - Developmental Disability Work Programs

Blue Cap
$15,000 - Lift Equipment

Joni and Friends Chicago
$5,000 - Families with Disabilities Camps

Total Disability Services = $2,127,500

Cancer Care

Gilda's Club Chicago, Chicago, IL
$40,000 to support the updating, translation into Spanish, and production of the "Living with Cancer" workbook, a personal guide for program participants recently diagnosed with cancer and others as part of the Club's outreach efforts.

Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
$5,000,000 to support the renovation and expansion of the outpatient cancer center to enable a multidisciplinary approach thoughout the Center's collaborative comprehensive cancer clinics.

Jennifer S. Fallick Cancer Support
$210,000 - Board Challenge for General Operating Center Support

Leukemia Research Foundation
$124,400 - New Investigator Research Program

Leukemia Research Foundation
$5,000 - Bone Marrow, Stem Cell and Cord Blood Transplant Conference

Cancer Health Alliance of Metropolitan Chicago
$50,000 - Community-based Cancer Support Services

BMT InfoNet
$12,000 - Second Chance at Life Conference

Cancer Wellness Center
$25,000 - Healthy Lifestyle Program

Joliet Area Community Hospice
$10,000 - Bereavement Program Support

Cancer Center for Healthy Living
$25,000 - Making Connections Program

Total Cancer Care = $5,501,400

Community Grants

Danforth Township, IL
$31,000 to support the renovation of the Danforth Community Building.

Good Shepherd Manor, Momence, IL
$71,000 to support staff for the community work program for developmentally disabled.

Estes Park Medical Center Foundation
$300,000 - Medical Center Capital Campaign

Iroquois Memorial Hospital and Resident Home
$50,000 - East Campus Renovation Project

Estes Park Nonprofit Resource Center
$5,000 - Resource Center Programs

Sarah's Inn
$25,000 - Austin Program Office

Philanthropy Roundtable
$10,000 - General Operating Support

Association of Small Foundations
$5,000 - General Operating Support

The Peoria Art Guild
$2,000 - Art Rental Program

University of Chicago
$40,000 - Nubian Gallery Reinstallation

American Visionary Art Museum, Inc.
$7,500 - Youth Outreach Program

Parks & People Foundation for Baltimore Recreation and Parks
$25,000 - Community Forrestry Programs

American Brain Tumor Association
$6,000 - "Living with Brain Tumor" Publication

Camp Manito-Wish YMCA
$10,000 - Camping and Leadership Scholarships

Little Traverse Conservancy
$15,000 - General Operating Support

Northeast Iowa Food Bank
$5,000 - General Operating Support

Patterson Park Community Development Corporation
$5,000 - Library Square Charette

Irvine Natural Science Center
$5,000 - Schoolyard Discovery Program

City of Gilman
$7,000 - Gilman Historical Society

Casa Italia
$10,000 - Multi Media Project

Total Community Grants = $667,935

Grand Totals = $11,248,142