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
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
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
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