How to apply
Accepts applications
The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.
- Contact
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Cheryle Yallen
2218 N Monticello
Chicago, IL 60647
(773) 342-2749
[email protected] - Form and materials
- See Statement Grant application, copy of Federal Form 990, annual budget, certified financial statements for the last 2 years, organization's brochures and materials
- Deadlines
- Applications must be submitted by March 1
- Restrictions
- See statement Awards are given to organizations that serve children found, or at risk to be found, with developmental disabilities, other than mental illness, resulting in significant impairment of general intellectual functioning or adaptive behavior. The condition must manifest itself before the person reaches age 22, the condition is likely to continue indefinitely and the condition results in substantial functional limitations in three or more of the following areas of major life activities: self-care, understanding and use of language, learning, mobility, self-direction, function and participation in family, school, work, community and social activities, and capacity for independent living.
Assets and giving by year
2018$149,291
2019$159,900
2020$170,000
2021$200,000
2022$150,000
2023$147,428
2024$200,000
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Tax year 2024
$200,000
- Grants listed
- 9
- Assets, end of year
- $3,512,300
-
Tax year 2023
$147,428
- Grants listed
- 6
- Assets, end of year
- $3,432,712
-
Tax year 2022
$150,000
- Grants listed
- 8
- Assets, end of year
- $3,157,749
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Tax year 2021
$200,000
- Grants listed
- 11
- Assets, end of year
- $3,342,605
-
Tax year 2020
$170,000
- Grants listed
- 8
- Assets, end of year
- $3,795,615
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Tax year 2019
$159,900
- Grants listed
- 7
- Assets, end of year
- $3,229,175
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Tax year 2018
$149,291
- Grants listed
- 6
- Assets, end of year
- $3,202,942
Grants paid in 2024
As listed on the return.
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Helping HandCountryside, IL
Support
$35,306 -
The Chicago LighthouseChicago, IL
Support
$35,000 -
The Kids Equipment NetworkItasca, IL
Support
$30,000 -
Search IncChicago, IL
Support
$25,000 -
Special Gifts TheatreNorthbrook, IL
Support
$25,000 -
Oak Leydon Developmental ServicesOak Park, IL
Support
$23,269 -
Parents Alliance Employment ProjectLisle, IL
Support
$16,660 -
Esperanza Community ServicesChicago, IL
Support
$6,415 -
Easter Seals Metropolitan ChicagoChicago, IL
Support
$3,350
Where the money goes
By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.
- Arts and culture1 grant $25,00056% of the total
- Jobs and employment1 grant $16,66037% of the total
- Health1 grant $3,3507% of the total
By State
Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.
- Illinois9 grants $200,000
Officers, directors and trustees
As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.
- Cheryle YallenExecutive Director Hours 2Pay $40,458
- Denise SchwartzPresident Hours 25Pay $0
- Cynthia JohnsonVice President Hours 2Pay $0
- Heather WeissTreasurer Hours 2Pay $0
- Davida SalamonSecretary Hours 2Pay $0
- Barbara SilbertDirector Hours 2Pay $0
- Deborah GraniteDirector Hours 2Pay $0
- Denise KaplanDirector Hours 2Pay $0
- Diane MehlmanDirector Hours 2Pay $0
- Felice BoyerDirector Hours 2Pay $0
- Janie sillsDirector Hours 2Pay $0
- Judy KatzDirector Hours 2Pay $0
- Lauren ConwayDirector Hours 2Pay $0
- Lauren LitchfieldDirector Hours 2Pay $0
- Mara LaneDirector Hours 2Pay $0
- Mara LazarDirector Hours 2Pay $0
- Michele ShoolinDirector Hours 2Pay $0
- Nancy GlazerDirector Hours 2Pay $0
- Pam KaplanDirector Hours 2Pay $0
- Peggy MillerDirector Hours 2Pay $0
- Ruthy RabyneDirector Hours 2Pay $0
- Sami GlazerDirector Hours 2Pay $0
- Sara MervisDirector Hours 2Pay $0
- Stacie CraggDirector Hours 2Pay $0
The return
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- Foundations that fund jobs and employment in Illinois
- Foundations that fund health in Illinois
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