B.R. Ryall YMCA: $3,588 To pilot Instrumentl, an all-in-one grant platform that finds relevant grant opportunities in minutes, tracks deadlines, and streamlines collaboration with a centralized calendar, tasks, and smart matching tools.
DuPage Children’s Museum: $10,000 To support server updates that will use virtual cloud storage infrastructure, significantly improving everyday operations.
DuPage Symphony Orchestra: $8,250 To upgrade patron and donor database software to streamline operations, reduce administrative inefficiencies, and jumpstart a data-driven development approach to foster long-term sustainability.
Green Halo Scholars: $20,000 To support a fundraising plan and donor-focused website redesign that will increase capacity to expand the program to additional schools and serve more low-income, first-generation DuPage County students interested in going to college.
Hope Fair Housing Center: $7,000 To establish a cloud-based network and collaboration tools, enhance security, enable mobile access, and implement compliance tools for preserving files in discrimination cases.
Loaves & Fishes Community Services: $12,000 Partially funded by the Lorelei Foundation To support the implementation of a cloud-based inventory management system, improving inventory accuracy, efficiency, and data tracking to strengthen food distribution across the hub & spoke network.
Northeast DuPage Family and Youth Services: $8,500 To purchase and implement the Bloomerang Giving Platform to improve donor management, streamline communications, and build fundraising capacity to support long-term growth and sustainability.
Senior Home Sharing: $14,380 To support a consultant and the purchase of new software to develop effective fundraising strategies and structures for cultivating deeper donor relationships and increased giving for sustainable program expansion.
The Conservation Foundation: $6,568 Partially funded by the Lorelei Foundation To support the advancement team with software for a capital campaign and beyond for better and more efficient data analysis, decision-making, and stakeholder communication.
Total 2024 Capacity Building Grants: $100,000
Anima – Glen Ellyn Children’s Chorus: $9,000 To support a fund development consultant to research and build a new, broad-based, and sustainable development and fundraising strategy that will support Anima’s current operations and continued growth in the future.
Bridge Communities: $14,600 To support the cost of FreeWill, a planned giving suite and microsite, to support an integrated marketing campaign to increase planned giving to Bridge Communities in an effort to secure the organization’s future and ultimately serve more families facing homelessness.
BrightSide Theatre: $10,000 To support the engagement of a marketing consultant that will develop a holistic marketing strategy and implementation plan to help BrightSide effectively grow ticket sales and program registrations.
Candor Health Education: $11,500 To support a new reservation system that will allow Candor Health Education to save money and dedicate more time to working with school personnel to assess their needs and expand youth prevention education.
DuPagePads: $15,000 To support the hiring of an Associate Director of Quality Assurance who will ensure regulatory compliance related to public grant funding, continuous quality improvement, and data management.
Elmhurst Walk-In Assistance Network: $2,500 To support the purchase of an ILA translation device to provide a smoother mode of communication with non-English speaking clients.
Elmhurst-Yorkfield Food Pantry: $7,500 To support technology upgrades and implementation of a client online ordering platform that will expand EYFP’s ability to distribute food from a secondary warehouse location.
Glen Ellyn Children’s Resource Center: $8,000 To support transportation capacity for students which is necessary for GECRC to maintain and expand partnerships that help improve student outcomes.
NAMI DuPage: $15,000 To support the engagement of a consultant to help identify and build sustainable revenue sources which will enable NAMI to strengthen current programs and build a legacy giving program.
The GardenWorks Project: $6,900 To implement a digital rebranding to enhance operational efficiency, fostering long-term growth, strengthening stakeholder relationships, and supporting GWP in achieving its mission more effectively.
