SPECIAL INITIATIVES
Special Initiatives
Total $8,872,500
Responds to the unique needs of the community, primarily in Chicago.
Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission
For the rededication of the Lincoln Memorial and accompanying naturalization ceremony in April 2009
$275,000
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation
For the Permanent Home Campaign
$250,000
The Advertising Council, Inc.
For an emergency preparedness campaign and general support over three years
$50,000
Art Institute of Chicago
For the capital campaign for the Modern Wing
$200,000
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago
For the Colonel Robert R. McCormick Veterans Programs
$75,000
The Chicago Community Foundation
For support of the 2016 Olympics Fund for Chicago Neighborhoods, which benefits nonprofits and communities impacted by the City's Olympic bid
$750,000
The Chicago Community Foundation
For the Partnership for New Communities' workforce development initiative, Opportunity Chicago
$150,000
The Chicago Community Foundation
For Partnership for New Communities
$150,000
Chicago Community Trust
For program support of the Burnham Plan Centennial which focuses on youth civic engagement.
$125,000
Chicago Council on Global Affairs
For general operating support
$75,000
Chicago Humanities Festival
For Operational Support
$100,000
Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired
For support of the Birth to Three program and adaptive technology services for youth over three years
$160,000
Chicago Public Education Fund
For Leadership Fund III to improve school leadership and student achievement
$350,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
For community access and engagement activities celebrating Maestro Muti's first season as Music Director
$100,000
Children's Memorial Hospital
For the campaign to support the new hospital in Streeterville
$1,000,000
Christ the King Jesuit College Preparatory High School
For new building construction of the High School
$100,000
Communities in Schools of Chicago
For the Agency Impact Initiative
$100,000
Corporate Leadership Center NFP
For the CEO Perspective program
$50,000
Cristo Rey Jesuit High School
For capital improvements to the school
$100,000
Friends of the Chicago River
For capacity building for the McCormick Tribune Bridgehouse and Chicago River Museum
$25,000
Friends of the Chicago River
For a comprehensive brand building and marketing campaign to coincide with the opening of the Chicago Riverwalk of the McCormick Tribune Bridgehouse
$50,000
Have Dreams
For expansion of its Communication and Independent Life Skills program for children with autism
$50,000
Have Dreams
For expansion of its Communication and Independent Life Skills program for children with autism
$150,000
Hazelden Foundation
For the Chicago Bullying Prevention Initiative
$75,000
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center
Lead Sponsor of the exhibits in the Special Exhibitions Gallery
$166,000
Illinois Institute of Technology
For student scholarships
$200,000
JA Worldwide
For the JROTC Initiative
$125,000
Juvenile Protective Association
For the Bridges to North Lawndale Project
$50,000
Lincoln Park Zoological Society
For restoration of the south pond and environmental education programs
$175,000
Loyola University Chicago
For the Program for the Study of Cardiac Remodeling at the Stritch School of Medicine
$1,000,000
Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation
For The Need-Based Scholarship Program for Children of Marines residing in Chicago, IL
$40,000
Metropolitan Planning Council
For general operating support
$100,000
Michigan State University College of Communication Arts & Sciences
For preservation and digitization of a collection of Chicago Tribune newspapers
$134,000
Mount Sinai Hospital And Medical Center
For the new ambulatory care center
$200,000
Museum of Science and Industry
For multi-year maintenance of the U-505 Submarine as part of the "Science Rediscovered" comprehensive campaign
$500,000
National Opinion Research Center
For the Chicago Initiative to Reduce Gun Violence to School-Age Youth
$200,000
Off The Street Club
For the Save Our Summer Campaign
$75,000
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
For the Healing Military Heroes Fund
$290,000
Rush University Medical Center
For a preschool social emotional learning initiative at Rush Neurobehavioral Center
$157,500
Smithsonian Institution
For construction of the new Star-Spangled Banner Gallery
$250,000
St. Martin de Porres High School
For general operating support
$100,000
St. Martin de Porres High School
For operating support
$100,000
University of Illinois Foundation
For renewed general support of the Chicago Project for Violence Prevention
$250,000
University of Illinois Foundation
For operational support for the Chicago Project for Violence Prevention
$250,000