360 Youth Services was one of 22 nonprofit organizations in DuPage County to receive a grant from the 2014 Spring Community Needs Grant Cycle of The DuPage Community Foundation.
The grant, awarded during a special distribution breakfast on Tuesday, June 10, at the Glen Oak Country Club, will help underwrite the 360 Youth Services Transitional Programs. The 360 Youth Services, Transitional Housing program, provides shelter for homeless youth that includes educational support, counseling, and guidance for life-skill development, which leads them towards a path of healthy self-sufficiency.
360 Youth Servicesis located in Naperville, Ill., and provides life-changing services to youth and their families through prevention education, counseling and shelter.
For further information regarding 360 Youth Services, contact Nancy Wiersum, Development Director at nwiersum@360youthservices.org
Spring Community Needs Grants
An additional eight grants totaling $59,938 were awarded from restricted funds to organizations which had also sought funding through the Spring Community Needs Grant Cycle. The total of all grants awarded during this cycle, whose amounts ranged in value from $2,400 to $20,000, was $337,356. Community leaders, Foundation trustees, benefactors and other stakeholders attended the event.
Foundation Director of Programs Barb Szczepaniak shared her pleasure with the Foundation’s support of local organizations: “Today is all about celebrating the great work each of you is doing in DuPage County and a celebration of our partnership together. I truly enjoy the grant breakfast every year because it’s such an uplifting occasion–a day to remind us that we are collectively making a difference in our community.”
The Foundation also makes grants to DuPage County not-for-profits working in the areas of arts and culture, education and environment as part of its Fall Community Grant Needs Cycle. That most recent cycle awarded $204,000 to 30 organizations this past December. (The list of these grant awards may also be found at www.dcfdn.org.)
In addition, the Foundation makes grants throughout the year from its various donor-advised and other restricted funds. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, the Foundation granted more than $2.3 million, representing a 25 percent increase over the previous fiscal year.
Did you know? The DuPage Community Foundation seeks to raise the quality of life throughout DuPage County by fostering philanthropy, connecting donors to area needs and building community partnerships. Based on the American virtues of volunteerism and philanthropy, the Foundation fosters a legacy of support for the people of DuPage County by making grants to nonprofit organizations working in the areas of arts and culture, education, environment, health, and human services. Since its inception, the Foundation has built its endowment to more than $55 million and awarded more than $18 million in grants to not-for-profit agencies serving the residents of DuPage County and beyond.
Established in 1986, The DuPage Community Foundation is a publicly-supported 501(c)(3) organization to which contributions are tax deductible. It was created to benefit the people of DuPage County and receives contributions and bequests into a permanent endowment from individuals, corporations, organizations and foundations wishing to make lasting contributions to the people of DuPage. The earnings on these funds are then used, in accordance with donor wishes, for the Foundation’s grantmaking and community leadership activities.
For more information about the Foundation, or to arrange future media opportunities, contact Joelyn Kott, marketing & communications officer, at (630) 665-5556, extension 19, or jkott@dcfdn.org.
News release and photo submitted by Dawn Portner, Special Events & Marketing Manager, 360 Youth Services
