Our Grantees
Recent Grantees
Through our community grantmaking programs, we provide grants, partnerships, education, and other resources to help our county’s nonprofits respond to needs effectively and prepare for tomorrow’s challenges and opportunities. These programs provide vital support to our county’s nonprofits in a variety of program areas.
- Spring 2026 Community Impact Grant Recipients
- Fall 2025 Community Impact Grant Recipients
- 2025 Arts DuPage Grant Recipients
- Spring 2025 Community Impact Grant Recipients
- Fall 2024 Community Impact, Arts DuPage, and Glen Ellyn Fund Grant Recipients
- Bright & Early DuPage Grant Recipients
- Capacity Building Grant Recipients
- DuPage Community Transformation Partnership Grantees
- Glen Ellyn Fund Grant Recipients
Grantee Spotlights
Applications Now Open for Three Grant Opportunities
At DuPage Foundation, we’re excited to announce that fall applications are now open for three of our grant programs: Community Impact Grants, Capacity Building Grants, and Glen Ellyn Fund Grants. These opportunities are designed to support both the important work...
Grantee Spotlight: Midwest Shelter for Homeless Veterans
A Hand Up for Veterans For many veterans, returning to civilian life brings unexpected challenges. At Midwest Shelter for Homeless Veterans (MSHV), the goal is clear: to provide not just housing, but comprehensive support to help veterans and their families build...
Grantee Spotlight: Bensenville SD2
Building Strong Foundations for Families Christy Poli has seen firsthand how community partnerships can change lives. Since joining Bensenville School District 2 (BSD2) in 2004, she has worked as the Early Childhood Program principal to connect families with resources...
- Acappellago
- Actors Center of DuPage
- Addison Center for the Arts
- American Wind Band
- Anima – Glen Ellyn Children’s Chorus
- ArranmoreArts
- b.unity
- BrightSide Theatre
- Buffalo Theatre Ensemble
- Century Walk Corporation
- Chhobigar Film Society
- Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education
- Chicago Sinfonietta
- ClaySpace
- College of DuPage Foundation
- Community Art Partners
- Covenant Living at Windsor Park
- Darien Arts Council
- Downers Grove Choral Society
- DuPage Art League
- DuPage County Historical Museum Foundation
- DuPage County Historical Society
- DuPage Symphony Orchestra
- Elmhurst Art Museum
- Elmhurst Centre for Performing Arts
- Elmhurst Choral Union
- Elmhurst Pride Collective
- Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra
- Equality Downers Grove
- ESSE Adult Day Services
- Fair Lady Productions, Inc.
- First Folio Theatre
- Friends of the Wheaton Municipal Band
- Glen Ellyn Historical Society
- Glen Ellyn-Wheaton Chorale
- Graue Mill and Museum
- Grove Players
- Hinsdale Center for the Arts
- Hinsdale Historical Society
- Immigrant Solidarity DuPage
- Kalapriya Foundation, Center for Indian Performing Arts
- Kline Creek Farm
- Lisle Community Band
- Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art
- Lombard Historical Society
- Mandala South Asian Performing Arts
- Music Institute of Chicago
- Naper Settlement
- NaperVoice
- Naperville Art League
- Naperville Chorus
- Naperville Community Television
- Naperville Men’s Glee Club
- New World Repertory Theater
- North Central College
- One Voice Outreach Choir
- Opera for the Young
- Paramount Arts Centre
- Reclaim13
- Salt Creek Ballet
- SCITECH
- Senior Suburban Orchestra
- Sinfonietta Bel Canto
- Spirito!
- St. Andrew Lutheran Church
- Storycatchers Theatre
- The Awakenings Project
- Theatre Eclectic
- Village of Glen Ellyn
- Village Theatre Guild
- West Towns Chorus
- Wheaton Band Festival
- Wheaton College
- Wheaton Drama, Inc.
- Wheaton Historic Preservation Council
- Winfield Historical Society
- Yellow River Performing Arts
- Young Naperville Singers
- Youth Jazz Ensemble of DuPage
- Youth Symphony of DuPage
- Addison Student Participation Center Inc.
- Alive Center
- B.R. Ryall YMCA
- Bartlett Learning Center
- Benedictine University
- Best Buddies
- Bridge Communities, Inc.
- Candor Health Education
- Career & Networking Center
- Caring Network Illinois
- Central Baptist Children’s Home
- Child’s Voice
- Citizen Advocacy Center
- College of DuPage Foundation
- Compudopt
- Creating IT Futures Foundation Inc.
- CREO DuPage
- Dare to Dream: Get Educated!
- District 4 Educational Foundation for Excellence
- Donka, Inc.
- Doodlebug Workshop Vocational Training Center, Inc.
- DuPage Children’s Museum
- DuPage County Farm Bureau Foundation
- DuPage County Historical Museum Foundation
- DuPage Federation on Human Services Reform
- DuPage Workforce Board
- Educare West DuPage
- Elmhurst Heritage Foundation
- Elmhurst Student Philanthropy Council
- Elmhurst University
- Embrace Living Communities
- Exodus World Service
- Gender Equity Fund of AAUW-IL
- Giant Steps
- Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana
- Glen Ellyn Children’s Resource Center
- Go Team 2704 NFP
- Goodwill Industries of Metropolitan Chicago
- GPS Education Partners
- Graue Mill and Museum
- Green Halo Scholars
- grit2
- H.O.M.E. DuPage, Inc.
- Illinois Branch of The International Dyslexia Society
- Indian Boundary YMCA
- Innovation DuPage
- Inside Out Club DuPage
- Junior Achievement of Chicago
- JUST of DuPage
- Kids Teen Rider
- KidsMatter
- Literacy DuPage
- Literacy in Action-DuPage
- Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art
- Lutheran Child & Family Services of Illinois
- Naper Settlement
- Naperville Area Humane Society
- National Louis University
- North Central College
- Pathways for Achievement
- People’s Resource Center
- Quad County Urban League
- Ray Graham Association
- Re:new Project
- Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic
- Resilient, NFP
- SCITECH
- SEASPAR
- Teen Parent Connection
- The Community House
- The GardenWorks Project
- The Salvation Army Family and Community Services
- Three Fires Council, Boy Scouts of America
- Tri-Town YMCA
- Turning Pointe Autism Foundation
- Tutoring English to Advance Change
- United States Adaptive Golf Alliance
- University of Illinois Extension
- World Relief Chicagoland
- WorldView Resources
- YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago
- Your Children’s Bookshelf
- Advocates of the Winfield Riverwalk
- Army Trail Elementary School
- Bartlett Park District
- Benedictine University
- Bensenville Park District
- Churchville Middle School/Elmhurst District 205
- Clarendon Hills Park District
- College of DuPage Foundation
- Conservation Research Institute
- Cosley Zoo/Cosley Foundation
- District 181 Foundation
- Downers Grove Park District
- DuPage Habitat for Humanity
- Earth Action Network, Glenbard South High School
- Elmhurst University
- Fermilab Natural Areas
- Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
- Glen Ellyn Park District
- Keep DuPage Beautiful, Inc.
- Maple Street Chapel Preservation Society
- Morton Arboretum
- Naper Settlement
- Naperville Area Recycling Center
- Naperville Park District
- Northwestern Memorial Foundation – Marianjoy
- Oakbrook Terrace Community Park District
- Partnership for Education Progress
- Salt Creek Watershed Network
- SCARCE
- SCITECH
- Spring Brook Nature Center
- Tate Woods Elementary School
- The Conservation Foundation
- The DuPage Environmental Awareness Center
- The Wetlands Initiative
- Three Fires Council, Boy Scouts of America
- Village of Glen Ellyn
- Waubonsie Valley High School
- Wheaton North High School
- Wheaton Park District
- Wheaton Warrenville South High School
- Willowbrook Wildlife Center
- Winfield Park District
- Wood Dale Public Library District
- 360 Youth Services
- Access Sports
- Action for Healthy Kids
- Addison Community Switchboard
- Addison Student Participation Center Inc.
- Adult Christian Care
- Advent House of Wheaton, Inc.
- AgeGuide
- AIM Center for Independent Living
- AKA-Lade Foundation
- Assistance League of Chicagoland West
- Autism Society of Illinois
- B.R. Ryall YMCA
- Bensenville-Wood Dale Food Pantry
- Blue Stem Housing Partners
- Bridge Communities, Inc.
- Camp Fire USA Illinois Prairie Council
- Candor Health Education
- Canticle Ministries
- Care and Counseling Center
- Care for Cars
- Career & Networking Center
- CareLink Foundation
- Caring Network
- CASA of DuPage County, Inc.
- Catholic Charities, Diocese of Joliet
- Center for Advancing Domestic Peace
- Center for Speech and Language Disorders
- Central DuPage Pastoral Counseling Center
- Chicago Dental Society Foundation
- Child Friendly Courts Foundation
- City of Warrenville
- Community Adult Day Center
- Community Art Partners
- Community Housing Advocacy and Development
- Crisis Line of DuPage d/b/a Helpline
- DayOne PACT
- Disciples Food Pantry
- Donka, Inc.
- DuPage Community Clinic
- DuPage Federation on Human Services Reform
- DuPage Habitat for Humanity
- DuPage Health Coalition
- DuPage Legal Assistance Foundation
- DuPage Senior Citizens Council
- DuPage Sponsors
- DuPagePads
- Easterseals DuPage & Fox Valley
- Elmhurst Walk-In Assistance Network
- Elmhurst YMCA
- Elmhurst-Yorkfield Food Pantry
- Embrace Living Communities
- Equine Dreams, Inc.
- ESSE Adult Day Services
- Evangelical Child & Family Agency
- Exodus World Service
- Faith House
- Family Focus, Inc.
- Family Shelter Service of Metropolitan Family Services DuPage
- Fellowship Housing Corporation
- Franciscan Ministries, Inc.
- Freedom Golf Association
- Friends for Therapeutic Equine Activities
- Giant Steps
- Glen Ellyn Children’s Resource Center
- Glen Ellyn Food Pantry
- Glen Ellyn Youth & Family Counseling Service
- H.O.M.E. DuPage, Inc.
- Hamdard Health Alliance
- Hands of Hope Food Pantry
- HCS Family Services
- Healthcare Alternative Systems, Inc.
- HOPE Fair Housing Center
- Hope’s Front Door
- Humanitarian Service Project
- Illinois Independent Living Center
- Indian Boundary YMCA
- Interfaith Food Pantry
- Itasca Walk-In Ministry
- JUST of DuPage
- Kiwanis Club of Wheaton
- Little City Foundation
- Little Friends, Inc.
- Loaves & Fishes Community Services
- Lombard/Villa Park Food Pantry
- LOVE Christian Clearinghouse
- Lutheran Social Services of Illinois
- Marklund
- Mayslake Village
- Mercy Housing Lakefront
- Metropolitan Asian Family Services
- Metropolitan Family Services DuPage
- Midwest Shelter for Homeless Veterans, Inc.
- My Child’s Life Matters
- NAMI DuPage
- Naperville CARES
- Naperville Community Television
- Naperville Elderly Homes, Inc.
- Neighborhood Food Pantries
- Northeast DuPage Family and Youth Services
- Northeast DuPage Special Recreation Assn.
- Northern Illinois Food Bank
- Northwestern Memorial Foundation – Marianjoy
- Open Door For Teens
- Our Children’s Homestead
- Outreach Community Ministries
- Parents Alliance Employment Project
- Path to Recovery Foundation
- People Plus Pets
- Peoples Community Church
- People’s Resource Center
- Play for All Playground & Garden Foundation
- Poised For Success
- Prairie State Legal Services, Inc.
- Project HELP
- R.E.A.C.H. Ministries Inc.
- Ray Graham Association
- Repeat Boutique Center
- Ride Assist Naperville
- Riverwalk Adult Day Services
- Ronald McDonald House Charities of Chicagoland & Northwest Indiana
- Roselle UMC Community Food Pantry
- RRAF
- SamaraCare
- SEASPAR
- Senior Home Sharing, Inc.
- Serenity House Counseling Services, Inc.
- SHARE Program of Leyden Family Service
- Sharing Connections
- Society of St. Vincent de Paul at St. Philip the Apostle Church
- Special Kids Day
- Special Olympics Illinois
- Spectrios Institute for Low Vision
- Stepping Stones for Women of Domestic Violence
- Syrian Community Network
- Teen Parent Connection
- The Community House
- The GardenWorks Project
- The Outreach House
- The Rosecrance Foundation
- The Thursday Evening Club
- Tri-Town YMCA
- United Cerebral Palsy Seguin of Greater Chicago
- United Community Concerns Association
- Variety the Children’s Charity of Illinois
- VNA Health Care
- Warm Coats for Cool Kids
- Wayne/Winfield Area Youth & Family Services
- WeGo Together for Kids
- We Grow Dreams, Inc.
- Wellness House
- West DuPage Community Resource Center
- West Suburban Community Pantry
- Western DuPage Special Recreation Association
- World Relief Chicagoland
- Xilin Association
- YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago
- Youth Outlook
- Youth Services Foundation
- YWCA Metropolitan Chicago
- 360 Youth Services
- Acappellago
- Access Sports
- Action for Healthy Kids
- Actors Center of DuPage
- Addison Center for the Arts
- Addison Community Switchboard
- Addison Student Participation Center Inc.
- A.D.O.P.T. Pet Shelter
- Adult Christian Care
- Advent House of Wheaton, Inc.
- Advocates of the Winfield Riverwalk
- AgeGuide
- Alive Center
- AIM Center for Independent Living
- AKA-Lade Foundation
- American Wind Band
- Anima – Glen Ellyn Children’s Chorus
- Army Trail Elementary School
- ArranmoreArts
- Assistance League of Chicagoland West
- Autism Society of Illinois
- The Awakenings Project
- b.unity
- Bartlett Learning Center
- Bartlett Park District
- Benedictine University
- Bensenville Park District
- Bensenville-Wood Dale Food Pantry
- Best Buddies
- Blue Stem Housing Partners
- B.R. Ryall YMCA
- Bridge Communities, Inc.
- Brightside Theatre
- Buffalo Theatre Ensemble
- Camp Fire USA Illinois Prairie Council
- Candor Health Education
- Canticle Ministries
- Care and Counseling Center
- Care For Cars
- Career & Networking Center
- CareLink Foundation
- Caring Network
- CASA of DuPage County, Inc.
- Catholic Charities, Diocese of Joliet
- Center for Advancing Domestic Peace
- Center for Speech and Language Disorders
- Central Baptist Children’s Home
- Central DuPage Pastoral Counseling Center
- Century Walk Corporation
- Chhobighar Film Society
- Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education
- Chicago Dental Society Foundation
- Chicago Sinfonietta
- Child Friendly Courts Foundation
- Child’s Voice
- Churchville Middle School/Elmhurst District 205
- Citizen Advocacy Center
- City of Warrenville
- Clarendon Hills Park District
- ClaySpace
- College of DuPage Foundation
- Community Adult Day Center
- Community Art Partners
- The Community House
- Community Housing Advocacy and Development
- Compudopt
- The Conservation Foundation
- Conservation Research Institute
- Cosley Zoo/ Cosley Foundation
- Covenant Living at Windsor Park
- Creating IT Futures Foundation, Inc.
- CREO DuPage
- Crisis Line of DuPage
- Dare to Dream: Get Educated!
- Darien Arts Council
- DayOne PACT
- Disciples Food Pantry
- District 181 Foundation
- District 4 Educational Foundation for Excellence
- Donka, Inc.
- Doodlebug Workshop Vocational Training Center, Inc.
- Downers Grove Choral Society
- Downers Grove Park District
- DuPage Art League
- DuPage Children’s Museum
- DuPage Community Clinic
- DuPage County Extension (4H)
- DuPage County Farm Bureau Foundation
- DuPage County Historical Museum Foundation
- DuPage County Historical Society
- DuPage Environmental Awareness Center
- DuPage Federation on Human Services Reform
- DuPage Habitat for Humanity
- DuPage Health Coalition
- DuPage Legal Assistance Foundation
- DuPagePads
- DuPage Senior Citizens Council
- DuPage Sponsors
- DuPage Symphony Orchestra
- DuPage Workforce Board
- Earth Action Network, Glenbard South High School
- Easterseals DuPage & Fox Valley
- Educare West DuPage
- Elmhurst Art Museum
- Elmhurst Centre for Performing Arts
- Elmhurst Choral Union
- Elmhurst Heritage Foundation
- Elmhurst Pride Collective
- Elmhurst Student Philanthropy Council
- Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra
- Elmhurst University
- Elmhurst Walk-In Assistance Network
- Elmhurst YMCA
- Elmhurst-Yorkfield Food Pantry
- Embrace Living Communities
- Equality Downers Grove (EQDG)
- Equine Dreams, Inc
- ESSE Adult Day Services
- Evangelical Child & Family Agency
- Exodus World Service
- Fair Lady Productions, Inc.
- Faith House
- Family Focus, Inc.
- Family Shelter Service of Metropolitan Family Services DuPage
- Fellowship Housing Corporation
- Feral Fixers
- Fermilab Natural Areas
- Fetching Tails Foundation
- First Folio Theatre
- Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
- Franciscan Ministries, Inc.
- Freedom Golf Association
- Friends for Therapeutic Equine Activities
- Friends of the Wheaton Municipal Band
- The GardenWorks Project
- Gender Equity Fund of AAUW-IL
- Giant Steps
- Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana
- Glen Ellyn Children’s Resource Center
- Glen Ellyn Food Pantry
- Glen Ellyn Historical Society
- Glen Ellyn Park District
- Glen Ellyn Youth & Family Counseling Service
- Glen Ellyn-Wheaton Chorale
- Go Team 2704 NFP
- Goodwill Industries of Metropolitan Chicago
- GPS Education Partners
- Graue Mill and Museum
- Greater Chicago Cage Bird Society
- Green Earth Harvest
- Green Halo Scholars
- grit2
- Grove Players
- Hamdard Health Alliance
- Hands of Hope Food Pantry
- HCS Family Services
- Healthcare Alternative Systems Inc
- Hinsdale Center for the Arts
- Hinsdale Historical Society
- H.O.M.E. DuPage
- HOPE Fair Housing Center
- Hope’s Front Door
- Humanitarian Service Project
- Illinois Branch of The International Dyslexia Society
- Illinois Independent Living Center
- Immigrant Solidarity DuPage
- Indian Boundary YMCA
- Innovation DuPage
- Inside Out Club DuPage
- Interfaith Food Pantry
- Itasca Walk-In Ministry
- Junior Achievement of Chicago
- JUST of DuPage
- Kalapriya Foundation
- Keep DuPage Beautiful
- Kids Teen Rider
- KidsMatter
- Kiwanis Club of Wheaton
- Kline Creek Farm
- Lisle Community Band
- Literacy DuPage
- Literacy in Action-DuPage
- Little City Foundation
- Little Friends, Inc.
- Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art
- Loaves & Fishes Community Services
- Lombard Historical Society
- Lombard/Villa Park Food Pantry
- LOVE Christian Clearinghouse
- Lutheran Child & Family Services of Illinois
- Lutheran Social Services of Illinois
- Mandala South Asian Performing Arts
- Maple Street Chapel Preservation Society, Inc.
- Marklund
- Mayslake Village
- Mercy Housing Lakefront
- Metropolitan Asian Family Services
- Metropolitan Family Services DuPage
- Midwest Shelter for Homeless Veterans, Inc.
- The Morton Arboretum
- Music Institute of Chicago
- My Child’s Live Matters
- NAMI DuPage
- Naper Settlement
- NaperVoice
- Naperville Area Humane Society
- Naperville Area Recycling Center
- Naperville Art League
- Naperville Cares
- Naperville Chorus
- Naperville Community Television
- Naperville Elderly Homes, Inc.
- Naperville Men’s Glee Club
- Naperville Park District
- National Louis University
- Neighborhood Food Pantries
- New World Repertory Theater
- North Central College
- Northeast DuPage Family and Youth Services
- Northeast DuPage Special Recreation Association
- Northern Illinois Food Bank
- Northwestern Memorial Foundation – Marianjoy
- Oakbrook Terrace Community Park District
- One Voice Outreach Choir
- Open Door for Teens
- Opera for the Young
- Our Children’s Homestead
- Outreach Community Ministries
- The Outreach House
- Paramount Arts Centre
- Parents Alliance Employment Project
- Partnership for Educational Progress
- Path to Recovery Foundation
- Pathways for Achievement
- People Plus Pets
- Peoples Community Church
- People’s Resource Center
- Play for All Playground & Garden Foundation
- Poised For Success
- Prairie State Legal Services, Inc.
- Project HELP
- Quad County Urban League
- RRAF
- R.E.A.C.H. Ministries, Inc.
- Ray Graham Association
- Reclaim13
- Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic
- Re:new Project
- Repeat Boutique Center
- Resilient, NFP
- Ride Assist Naperville
- Riverwalk Adult Day Services
- Ronald McDonald House Charities of Chicagoland & Northwest Indiana
- Rosecrance Foundation
- Roselle UMC Community Food Pantry
- Salt Creek Ballet
- Salt Creek Watershed Network
- Salvation Army Oakbrook Terrace
- SamaraCare
- SCARCE
- SciTech
- SEASPAR
- Senior Home Sharing, Inc.
- Senior Suburban Orchestra
- Serenity House Counseling Services, Inc.
- SHARE Program of Leyden Family Service
- Sharing Connections
- Sinfonietta Bel Canto
- Society of St. Vincent de Paul at St. Philip the Apostle Church
- Special Kids Day
- Special Olympics Illinois
- Spectrios Institute for Low Vision
- Spirito!
- Spring Brook Nature Center
- St. Andrew Lutheran Church (DuPage Multicultural Dance Troupe)
- Stepping Stones for Women of Domestic Violence
- Storycatchers Theatre
- Syrian Community Network
- Tate Woods Elementary School
- Teen Parent Connection
- Theatre Eclectic
- The Thursday Evening Club
- Three Fires Council, Boys Scouts of America
- Tri-Town YMCA
- Turning Pointe Autism Foundation
- Tutoring English to Advance Change
- United Cerebral Palsy Seguin of Greater Chicago
- United Community Concerns Association
- United States Adaptive Golf Alliance
- University of Illinois Extension
- Variety the Children’s Charity of Illinois
- Village of Glen Ellyn
- Village Theatre Guild
- VNA Health Care
- Warm Coats for Cool Kids
- Waubonsie Valley High School
- Wayne/Winfield Area Youth & Family Services
- WeGo Together for Kids
- We Grow Dreams, Inc.
- Wellness House
- West DuPage Community Resource Center
- West Suburban Community Pantry
- West Suburban Humane Society
- The West Towns Chorus
- Western DuPage Special Recreation Association
- The Wetlands Initiative
- Wheaton Band Festival
- Wheaton College
- Wheaton Drama, Inc.
- Wheaton Historic Preservation Council
- Wheaton North High School
- Wheaton Park District
- Wheaton Warrenville South High School
- Willowbrook Wildlife Center
- Winfield Historical Society
- Winfield Park District
- Wood Dale Public Library District
- World Relief Chicagoland
- WorldView Resources
- Xilin Association
- Yellow River Performing Arts
- YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago
- Young Naperville Singers
- Your Children’s Bookshelf
- Youth Jazz Ensemble of DuPage
- Youth Outlook
- Youth Services Foundation
- Youth Symphony of DuPage
- YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago
For more information, contact:
Barb Szczepaniak
Vice President for Programs