The DuPage Foundation’s Community Needs Grant Program supports programs and projects that improve and enrich the quality of life for DuPage County residents.
Donor Name: DuPage Foundation
State: Illinois
County: DuPage County (IL)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/01/2023
Size of the Grant:
- Community Needs Mini-Grant: up to $25,000
- Community Needs Mini-Grant: up to $2,500
Details:
The Foundation accepts applications from local not-for-profit organizations serving the community in the following areas:
- Education
- Arts & Culture
- Environment
- Animal Welfare
Funding Information
- Community Needs Grant Application – for requests up to $25,000
- Community Needs Mini-Grant Application – for requests up to $2,500.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applications to the DuPage Foundation Community Needs Grant Program will be accepted from not-forprofit charitable organizations that:
- Are public charities classified as exempt from federal income taxes under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code
- Please note that the Foundation does not generally award grants to organizations which have operated as a 501(c)(3) for less than three years.
- Primarily serve DuPage County residents
- Organizations that do not primarily serve DuPage residents but have a facility within DuPage from which services are delivered may apply.
- Organizations that are not located in DuPage but have a demonstrated presence such as an existing track record of programming with specific DuPage-focused outcomes, a DuPage specific budget and board members located in DuPage may apply.
- Are public charities classified as exempt from federal income taxes under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code
Ineligibility
The Foundation does not award grants from the Community Needs Grant Program to:
- Organizations that have received grants from unrestricted or field-of-interest funds through the Community Needs Grant Program for the past three consecutive years
- Individuals
- Organizations for religious activities (Secular activities provided by religious organizations may be eligible for grant funds.)
- Endowments
- Disease-specific organizations
- Private foundations and private operating foundations.
- Hospitals, including supporting foundations
- Historical societies and foundations for projects that do not have a broad reach beyond a specific community
- Food pantries for the purchase of food (Equipment and other programs provided by food pantries are eligible for grant funds.)
- Governmental agencies, including supporting foundations
- Public, parochial, private or charter schools (pre-k through 12th grade), including supporting foundations.
For more information, visit DuPage Foundation.
