Foundation Deploys $300,000 in COVID-19 Response Fund Grants to 21 DuPage Not-for-Profits in First Round of Aid

The DuPage Foundation is thrilled to announce the first round of grant recipients from its COVID-19 Response Fund. Grants totaling $300,000 have been awarded to 21 DuPage County not-for-profits.

“In reviewing the grant applications, the needs are incredible,” said Barb Szczepaniak, Foundation Vice President for Programs. There are so many people whose lives have been turned upside down as a result of this pandemic and our local not-for-profits are doing yeoman’s work to support them. To date we have received 69 applications totaling more than $1.3 million which really reflects the need in our community. The Foundation will continue to do our part by securing financial resources and deploying them to the organizations that are directly assisting our DuPage neighbors.”

COVID-19 Response Fund Grant Recipients, Round 1

Food and Emergency Financial Assistance: $102,500

• Caring Network Illinois: $2,500
• Catholic Charities, Diocese of Joliet: $30,000
• College of DuPage Foundation: $20,000
• Elmhurst Walk-in Assistance Network: $10,000
• Loaves & Fishes Community Services: $20,000
• People’s Resource Center: $20,000

Mental Health Services: $68,000

• NAMI DuPage: $25,000
• Outreach Community Ministries: $18,000
• SamaraCare: $25,000

Access to Healthcare: $55,000

• Almost Home Kids: $10,000
• DuPage Health Coalition: $25,000
• Ray Graham Association: $10,000
• United Cerebral Palsy Seguin of Greater Chicago: $10,000

Housing: $35,000

• Bridge Communities, Inc: $10,000
• DuPagePads: $25,000

Technology to Support Virtual Health and Education: $29,500

• The Community House: $6,000
• KidsMatter: $5,000
• Little Friends, Inc: $7,500
• Turning Pointe Autism Foundation: $3,000
• Wellness House: $8,000

Childcare for Essential Workers: $10,000

• Tri-Town YMCA: $10,000