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2024 Grantees

Spring Grantees

Aurora Regional Fire Museum: They are receiving funding for fire safety technology.

Ecker Center for Behavioral Health: They are receiving funding for sustainable roof replacement.

Embrace Living Communities: They are receiving funding to replace the facility flagpole.

Fox Valley Folklore Society: They are receiving funding for festival music equipment.

Fox Valley Hands of Hope: They are receiving funding for new computers.

Fox Valley United Way: They are receiving funding for a new van.

Lazarus House: They are receiving funding for building renovations.

Lutheran Social Services of Illinois: They are receiving funding for group home repairs.

Maddie’s Mitten March: They are receiving funding to replace the tires on their busses.

Marklund Children’s Home: They are receiving funding for baseball field renovations.

Marquee Youth Stage: They are receiving funding for theatre equipment.

Prairie State Legal Services: They are receiving funding for office equipment.

The Joshua Tree Company: They are receiving funding for a new transit van.

 

Fall Grantees

Batavia Historical Society: Batavia historical markers

Big Rock Historical Society: Windows and doors for new 1860’s era schoolhouse

Chapel on the Green: Chairlifts for stairwells

Fine Line Creative Arts Center: Kilns for art classes

Food for Greater Elgin: Commercial floor scrubber

Marie Wilkinson Food Pantry: LED signage and commemorative wallpaper

Naperville Heritage Society: Agricultural exhibit

O.L.I. Gardens Inc.: Garden bed signage

Preservation Partners of the Fox Valley: Museum display case

The Wong Center for Education: Stem ignition robotic kits

 

 

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Neal Ormond

Donor & Fund Advisor

Grant funds from the Community Foundation helped provide updated technology. These upgrades were transformative. By creating new time saving processes, it turned us into a more efficient organization.

Marie Wilkinson Food Pantry

Grantee

I am incredibly grateful for the generosity of the Zari Foundation Scholarship and the Community Foundation in supporting my education. I am majoring in mechanical engineering with a concentration in aerospace engineering at the Rose-Hulman Institue of Technology. In my spare time, I volunteer on campus, in the community and I’m also the principal violist in the symphony orchestra. I hope to make an impact on the next chapter of space exploration by eventually working at a groundbreaking aerospace company such as SpaceX or NASA.

Taytum Newell

Albert M. Zari Scholarship Recipient

Being a part of the Community Foundation scholarship committee is the highlight of my year. For many, a scholarship from the CFFRV is the reason they are able to continue reaching for their dreams and changing the future of our world. I hope each recipients knows just how inspirational they are to those of us who are lucky enough to read their stories.

Jessica Breugelmans

Scholarship Committee Member and Board Member

YEP has made me realize the importance of being involved in my community, and how to make a difference. There are a lot of problems in the world but if we can do everything that we can to help the world will become a better place. YEP has helped me realize this and encouraged me to help more people in the future.

Madi Porter

YEP Member

YEP was a great experience to have in high school. I became a more confident person, someone with a lot more perspective. Coming from a small school, YEP allowed me to branch out into my community, meet students from other schools, and learn about their backgrounds. I made some great friends and still keep in touch with them today.

Abby Vagnoni

YEP Alumni

Education is important to us. We support causes that touch our lives and align with our values. We believe in paying it forward. We are here for a short time,, and it is the next generation that will take on what we leave behind.

Michelle Emanuel

Donor and Past Scholarship Recipient

Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley

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