2021 Grants Accepted through October the 15th

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#GivingTuesday Incentive Awards

Incentive Award Recipients: A+ Foundation for West Aurora Schools, Fox Valley Special Recreation, Fox Valley Hands of Hope, Fox Valley Music Foundation, Fox Valley United Way, Kaneland Foundation, Lazarus House, Marie Wilkinson Food Pantry, Marquee Youth Stage, Mikva Challenge, The Albright Community Theatre, TriCity Family Services

#ILGive Incentive Awards

#ILGive on GivingTuesday is gaining major traction as a unique way to encourage individuals to support their favorite charity or cause on a specific day. It is also a great way for nonprofits to build their skills in digital marketing and digital fundraising. Giving Tuesday is a global giving movement and ILGive is specific to nonprofits in Illinois. This years event is held on November 27th.

In partnership with Forefront, educational workshops are held for nonprofits in the Dunham Fund Service Area and the broader Fox River Valley during the fall leading up to Thanksgiving.

These workshops teach nonprofits skills needed to run successful digital marketing and fundraising, best practices for hosting an #ILGive campaign and how to engage others to support their campaign the Tuesday after Thanksgiving.


Last year $13.5M was raised for service agencies across Illinois. In the Dunham Fund Service Area, $625,000 was donated by 1,710 individuals to 58 nonprofits in 2017.

In 2018, 9,370,640 was raised across Illinois for nonprofit agencies. For those organizations who have participated in GivingTuesday workshops hosted in partnership by the Dunham Fund and the Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley, 77 nonprofit organizations received over $813,800 from 2,530 donors.


At a celebration party held in honor of those nonprofits who attended the 2018 workshops and participated in the #ILGive campaign – ten nonprofit names will be drawn during the party for qualifying organizations and will receive a Dunham Fund grant of $3,500 in addition to what they raise during the campaign.

Recipients are:

Association for Individual Development

Aurora East Educational Foundation

Family Focus

Fox Valley Park District

Fox Valley hands of Hope

Giant Steps

Marklund

Mutual Ground

Spectrios

World Relief

#ILGive Incentive Awards

#ILGive on GivingTuesday is gaining major traction as a unique way to encourage individuals to support their favorite charity or cause on a specific day. It is also a great way for nonprofits to build their skills in digital marketing and digital fundraising. GivingTuesday is a global giving movement and #ILGive is specific to nonprofits in Illinois.

In partnership with Forefront, educational workshops are held for nonprofits in the Dunham Fund Service Area and the broader Fox River Valley during the fall leading up to Thanksgiving. These workshops teach nonprofits skills needed to run successful digital marketing and fundraising, best practices for hosting an #ILGive campaign and how to engage others to support their campaign the Tuesday after Thanksgiving.

The Dunham Fund is designating $36,000 in grant dollars towards #ILGive Incentive Awards. After the GivingTuesday event, qualifying organizations will have a chance to win a $2,000 Incentive Award — in addition to the money they raise during the #ILGive campaign. 18 Incentive Awards will be randomly drawn and awarded to qualifying organizations at a post-event Celebration Party.

Following a successful #ILGive Campaign, eighteen grants were awarded to nonprofit organizations in the Dunham Foundation Service Area.

360 Youth Services

This grant supports 360 Youth Services’ mental health counseling for youth as well as funding for emergency shelter for local youth.

This grant supports 360 Youth Services’ mental health counseling for youth as well as funding for emergency shelter for local youth.

360 Youth Services

This grant supports 360 Youth Services’ mental health counseling for youth as well as funding for emergency shelter for local youth.

A Plus Foundation

This grant supported an end of year celebration for Nicholson Elementary School students.

This grant supported an end of year celebration for Nicholson Elementary School students.

A+ Foundation for West Aurora Schools

This grant was approved through the Dunham Foundation’s Ready for the Future RFP Grant and allows the West Aurora School District 129 to engage Littera Tutoring in all West Aurora School District elementary and middle schools, as well as Blackhawk Academy, for live, virtual one-on-one tutoring during the school day to support student learning and learning recovery.

A+ Foundation for West Aurora Schools

In partnership with the West Aurora School District (WASD), Fox Valley Park District (FVPD) and the WAHS class of ’68, the Dunham Fund provided a $3,250 grant and $25,000 of a $1 for $1 challenge grant. WASD and FVPD both also contributed $50,000 towards this project.

The grant will provide for the creation of the new Wally Smith Playground at Hill Elementary in the Illinois School District 129. Hill school currently has a playground for younger children. The new playground will be designed for 3-5th-grade children.

Wally Smith grew up across from and attended Hill Elementary. Upon graduating from Aurora University, he taught in the West Aurora School District for 30 years before his passing in 2015. This playground will honor his legacy and leave a lasting impact on West Aurora students at the school where Smith faithfully taught.

A+ Foundation for West Aurora Schools

In August 2019, West Aurora School District opened the Weisner Family Center for Career Development (Weisner Center). This 18,000 square foot facility is designed to provide advanced educational and work-based learning and training to high school juniors and seniors; providing students with hands-on technical training in the areas of advanced manufacturing and welding. The Weisner Center combines rigorous academics with strong technical education to equip students with the skills and credentials to succeed in whichever career path they choose.

The Weisner Center features four classroom bays for flexible programming and 18 welding booths. Programming could include HVAC, diesel repair, advanced building trades, and mechatronics. Students will receive a 10-hour safety certificate through the program and will also have access to job shadow programs and internships.

The Dunham Fund is proud to support A+ Foundation for West Aurora Schools’ Weisner Center and its efforts to provide the best opportunities for our youth to advance in the increasingly competitive job market and create a sustainable career.

This grant supported the West Aurora School District’s Weisner Family Center for Career Develoment.

A+ Foundation West Aurora Schools

This sponsorship supports the 2nd annual Tom-A-Hawk Turkey Trot, an event benefitting both East and West Aurora School Districts.

This sponsorship supports the 2nd annual Tom-A-Hawk Turkey Trot, an event benefitting both East and West Aurora School Districts.

Advance Illinois

Advance Illinois

This grant supports Advance Illinois’ ongoing advocacy efforts to ensure an equitable and high-quality system of education and care for all Illinois students.

This grant supports Advance Illinois’ ongoing advocacy efforts to ensure an equitable and high-quality system of education and care for all Illinois students.

Agape Connection

Since its establishment in 1991, Agape Connection, Inc. has sought to prepare young people in the local community to be knowledgeable and culturally aware citizens and leaders. The Dunham Fund is proud to support Agape Connection’s 2018 Sankofa Summer School of History, Culture, and Creativity. This education program will help lay a foundation of knowledge and understanding of local children regarding African and African American culture. Sankofa Summer School provides an immersive, hands-on environment for students to explore topics related to diversity, African and African American heritage, and community leadership.

The program takes place at St. John Church in Aurora and students travel around the community to expand their perspective, engage in hands-on learning, and experience cultural diversity.

The Dunham Fund is proud to support a program that fosters education of cultures and empathy towards others.

This grant from the Dunham Foundation supports Agape Connection’s Sankofa School, which provides Aurora area youth with education on African culture and traditions, as well as reading and math tutoring and mentoring support for its students.

Agape Connection Inc.

This grant from the Dunham Fund provided sponsorship support for Agape Connection’s Sankofa Saturday School of History, Culture, and Creativity fundraiser.

Agape Connection Inc.

This grant from the Duham Foundation supports Agape Connection’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration and programming for youth in the Aurora area.

Agape Connections

This grant from the Dunham Fund provided sponsorship support for Agape Connection’s 2021 Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration.

This grant from the Dunham Fund provided sponsorship support for Agape Connection’s 2021 Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration.

Agape Connections, Inc.

Since its establishment in 1991, Agape Connection, Inc. has sought to prepare young people in the local community to be knowledgeable and culturally aware citizens and leaders. Through its Sankofa Program, Agape provides an immersive, hands-on environment through weekly classes for students grades 1-8 to explore topics related to diversity, African and African American heritage, and community leadership.

A $50,000 grant from the Dunham Fund is proud to support Agape Connection’s 2019-2010 Sankofa School of History, Culture, and Creativity. This education program will help lay a foundation of knowledge and understanding of local children regarding African and African American culture.

The program takes place at St. John Church in Aurora and students travel around the community to expand their perspective, engage in hands-on learning, and experience cultural diversity.

The Dunham Fund is proud to support a program that fosters the education of cultures and empathy towards others.

This grant supported the Sankofa School of History, Culture, and Crativity.

AID

This grant from the Dunham Foundation provided sponsorship support for AID’s 2021 Benefit Auction.

Air Classics Museum of Aviation

The Air Classics Museum of Aviation, which opened in 1990 at the Aurora Municipal Airport, features a collection of aircraft, vehicles, uniforms, and other aviation memorabilia from the 1930s to present time where you can even climb into the pilot’s seat of a UH-1 Huey helicopter.

This grant from the Dunham Fund will help the Air Classics Museum of Aviation launch a Feasibility Study for expansion of the Museum, to bring a newly constructed venue and gathering space, along with new programming, with a specific focus on active and retired military families.

This grant supported the launch of a feasibility study for the Museum’s expansion.

American Diabetes Association

This grant allows the American Diabetes Association (ADA) to identify twenty youth from the Dunham Foundation Service Area who live with type 2 diabetes to attend ADA summer camps.

This grant allows the American Diabetes Association (ADA) to identify twenty youth from the Dunham Foundation Service Area who live with type 2 diabetes to attend ADA summer camps.

Anderson Humane

This grant from the Dunham Foundation allowed Anderson Humane to establish and pilot a Constant Companion Program. This program identifies seniors and homebound individuals and pairs them either with a pet, if they desire to adopt but do not have the means, or pairs those who own a pet with a volunteer to support that person with pet needs, such as walking, food pick-up or vet visits.

Annunciation BVM Catholic Elementary School

In 2017, Annunciation School launched a new, cutting-edge STEM curriculum and a new designated science lab designed to help prepare students for careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The new lab will provide a dedicated space to help students fully utilize the new STEM curriculum through hands-on engagement.

The new curriculum and laboratory will help prepare 230 Annunciation students, who all live in the Dunham Fund service area, for success in STEM courses at the high school and college level.

To support this curriculum and STEM initiative, Annunciation School will also offer a Lego and robotics program as after school and summer camp opportunities, open to both Annunciation students and Aurora District 131 students.

This will be the first private school in east Aurora offering a robust STEM program with a dedicated science lab, with the goal of fostering interest in STEM fields and preparing students to excel in STEM-based private and public high school courses.

Dunham Fund is proud to partner with Annunciation School to help bring STEM education to the east Aurora community and more than 200 local students through a grant of $140,577.

Association for Individual Development

This grant from the Dunham Foundation provides sponsorship support for AID’s 2023 Benefit Auction.

This grant from the Dunham Foundation provides sponsorship support for AID’s 2023 Benefit Auction.

Association for Individual Development

This grant from the Dunham Foundation provides sponsorship support for AID’s 2023 Benefit Auction.

Association for Individual Development

Association for Individual Development

The annual Association for Individual Development (AID) Benefit Auction supports AID’s programs that help local residents with physical, developmental, and intellectual challenges enjoy lives of dignity and purpose. The Benefit Auction will raise much needed funds to support AID programs and services, which are expanding to meet local needs.

There are approximately 1,500 children and adults with disabilities living in the Dunham Fund service area who are on waiting lists, not receiving adequate care from service organizations due to backlog. AID’s goal is to eliminate this waiting list and provide vital support and services to all local people in need.

This $15,000 Dunham Fund grant will support AID fundraising efforts as a sponsor for the 2019 annual AID Benefit Auction.

This grant supported AID’s annual Benefit Auction.

Association for Individual Development (AID)

The annual Association for Individual Development (AID) Benefit Auction supports AID’s programs that help local residents with physical, developmental, and intellectual challenges enjoy lives of dignity and purpose. The Benefit Auction will raise much needed funds to support AID programs and services, which are expanding to meet local needs.

There are approximately 1,500 children and adults with disabilities living in the Dunham Fund service area who are on waiting lists, not receiving adequate care from service organizations due to backlog. AID’s goal is to eliminate this waiting list and provide vital support and services to all local people in need.

This $15,000 Dunham Fund grant will support AID fundraising efforts as a sponsor for the 2019 annual AID Benefit Auction.

Association for Individual Development (AID)

This Dunham Fund Interim Grant provides funding to human service providers who are responding to the emerging needs of those in our community affected by the COVID-19 crisis.

Aurora Area African American Men of Unity

Aurora Area African American Men of Unity

Aurora Area African American Men of Unity (AAMOU)’s FIRE program provides mentoring to at-risk Aurora high schoolers to help them achieve their full potential. Through group and one-on-one mentoring, this program provides students with strategies, coping techniques, and tools to help them make decisions that lead to lifelong success. FIRE’s innovative behavior intervention program takes students who have been suspended, expelled, arrested, or have gang affiliation and provides positive intentional mentoring.

The Dunham Fund is proud to partner with AAMOU to support the FIRE program. This grant, which will be paid out over two years, allows FIRE to reach 100 at-risk area students through intensive mentoring that includes life coaching, tutoring, counseling, behavior management, job and career counseling, pre-apprenticeship sessions, paid internship opportunities, and skill development. The skills learned at FIRE can transform lives and help at risk area students become self sufficient, find careers, continue education, and make a living wage. This grant will be paid equally over two years in 2018 and 2019.

Aurora Area African American Men of Unity

This Dunham Fund Interim Grant provides funding to human service providers who are responding to the emerging needs of those in our community affected by the COVID-19 crisis.

Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry

This challenge grant from the Dunham Foundation provides sponsorship support for Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry’s 2024 Radiothon

Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry

This grant provides support for Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry’s Critical Food & Supplies Fund. This fund ensures that it is prepared to serve its clients in unprecedented circumstances, such as when their food supply and budget deplete during a surge in client needs. It also allows for the pantry to hold a supply of critical items an individual may need, such as gas cards, diapers, formula, or other critical supplies.

Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry

A grant from the Dunham Foundation helped support the replacement of Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry’s roof to protect the integrity of the food storage and distribution.

Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry

This grant from the Dunham Foundation helped support a Weekend Backpack Program in West Aurora School District. This program will allow students in the district to bring home healthy food for the weekends.

Aurora East Educational Foundation

This sponsorship supports the 2nd annual Tom-A-Hawk Turkey Trot, an event benefitting both East and West Aurora School Districts.

This sponsorship supports the 2nd annual Tom-A-Hawk Turkey Trot, an event benefitting both East and West Aurora School Districts.

Aurora East Educational Foundation

Building on the ongoing successes of the Dunham Fund-supported Benavides STEAM Academy, East Aurora School District 131 is developing three new grade-level STEAM academies: Rollins STEAM Academy (kindergarten – 2nd grade), Oak Park STEM Academy (3rd grade – 5th grade), and Beaupre STEM Academy (3rd grade – 5th grade).

This new project will redesign three existing elementary schools into new grade level centers, creating academies focused on a challenging integration of core content within STEM-based electives. These new academies will also emphasize community involvement through community events, including STEM-a-Palooza, an event for students and their families to participate in hands-on activities, and the Aurora STEM/STEAM Institute, a two-day professional development session for 400 educators in Kane County.

To help facilitate this large and important restructure, Dunham Fund will provide a total of $675,000 over the three years ($225,000 in 2018, 2019 and 2020) to help build these new STEM/STEAM academies. This funding will help provide 1,200 students a new educational environment, iPads loaded with textbooks and STEM software, support the renovation of four classrooms into interactive learning spaces, provide an annual professional development institute for upwards of 400 teachers to learn about STEM education, and support community STEM/STEAM events.

Rollins STEAM Academy, Oak Park STEM Academy and Beaupre STEM Academy will be managed by an interdisciplinary team of local educators, scientists, and community experts who will develop engaging STEM/STEAM curriculum and foster a cutting-edge learning environment for local students.

Aurora East Educational Foundation

This sponsorship supports the 4th annual Tom-A-Hawk Turkey Trot, an event benefitting both East and West Aurora School Districts.

Aurora East Educational Foundation

This Dunham Fund Interim Grant provides funding to human service providers who are responding to the emerging needs of those in our community affected by the COVID-19 crisis.

Aurora Greenfest

The Conservation Foundation presented the 9th Annual Aurora GreenFest on September 22, 2018. GreenFest is a free event that brings ideas for everyday sustainable living and conservation to the Aurora Area; including protecting local water supplies, appreciating the natural environment and wildlife, growing organic food at home, and supporting local food systems.

The Dunham Fund is proud to support GreenFest again this year. Helping keep the festival free allows more people in the community to enjoy GreenFest, learn how to adopt a green and energy saving lifestyle, help to keep the Fox Valley sustainable and beautiful for generations to come.

Aurora GreenFest

GreenFest is a free event that brings ideas for everyday sustainable living and conservation to the Aurora Area; including protecting local water supplies, appreciating the natural environment and wildlife, growing organic food at home, and supporting local food systems. This is the 10th Annual festival hosted by the Conservation Foundation.

The Dunham Fund is proud to support GreenFest again this year. Helping keep the festival free allows more people in the community to enjoy GreenFest, learn how to adopt a green and energy saving lifestyle, help to keep the Fox Valley sustainable and beautiful for generations to come.

This grant supported the 2019 Aurora GreenFest.

Aurora Hispanic Heritage Advisory Board

The Dunham Fund is supporting two programs that will enhance services provided to local youth.

  • AHHAB ScholarshipProgram: $20,000
  • AHHAB CommunityBreakfast: $1,500

AHHAB Scholarship Program / $20,000

With this $20,000 grant, Dunham Fund will provide financial assistance to the City of Aurora Hispanic Heritage Board (AHHAB) for its college scholarship program. The scholarship fund is administered by the Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley.


AHHAB Community Breakfast / $1,500

A $1,500 grant supports the AHHAB Community Breakfast where awards and scholarships are presented to recipients.

This grant supported the scholarship program and annual Community Breakfast.

Aurora Public Library Foundation

Aurora Public Library (APL) is where people come to discover, create, connect, and succeed. For residents who cannot utilize services onsite, APL brings the library to them.

The Bookmobile, the mobile branch of the APL system, has served more than 35,000 individuals and made more than 8,000 visits to schools, senior living centers, parks, and housing units throughout the community during the last 66 years.

As the Aurora Public Library prepares to retire the current Bookmobile, it is looking for an opportunity to construct a state-of-the-art Bookmobile that aligns with new technology and would sport an innovative layout that allows APL to customize services based on the needs of each location.

Support from the Dunham Fund helped to support the start of the Bookmobile’s Capital Campaign.

This grant supported the start of a capital campign for the APL’s new Bookmobile.

Aurora Regional Fire Museum

Fires are the third leading cause of death for children ages 1 to 14. Research shows that a home fire occurs every 88 seconds, with 77% of fire-related deaths occurring in homes. In 2017, the Fire Museum added fire safety to its mission and has worked to develop and fabricate new experiences that center on fire safety and prevention.

Support from the Dunham Fund will help the Fire Museum develop the exhibit, Staying Safe: From Firehouse to Your House, a hands-on interactive experience designed for children and families to learn about fire safety and prevention. This exhibit helps the museum bridge the gap between history and fire safety education to teach families about fire safety and prevention and how to safeguard their homes and loved ones.

This grant allows Aurora Regional Fire Museum to create a strategic plan and pilot several new programs throughout the community.

Aurora Regional Hispanic Heritage Advisory Board

This grant provides sponsorship for the Fiestas Patrias Celebration.

This grant provides sponsorship for the Fiestas Patrias Celebration.

Aurora Rotary Club Foundation

This grant from the Dunham Fund provided sponsorship support for Aurora’s  Festival of Lights 2020.

Aurora University

$25,000 payable in 2016 and 2017

The Aurora University project, Creating a Better Democracy through Ethical Decision-Making, will prepare educators to integrate ethical decision-making into their existing curriculum. Teachers and faculty will provide a structure to assist students to be more reflective in their personal decision-making, hopefully resulting in decisions that have a positive impact on the greater good.

A committee of faculty, teachers, and corporate, government and non-profit leaders will design, implement and assess the program which will also incorporate a graduate course for educators preparing school district teachers who will teach the ethics curriculum to students in grades 3-8 and university faculty who will teach the curriculum to Aurora University undergraduates.

With the monetary and human resources provided by the McGowan Charitable Fund, Communities in Schools and the Dunham Fund, AU’s Institute for Collaboration will utilize the McGowan Scholars Ethics Curriculum to create and teach a two-year pilot program.

This grant establishes a scholarship fund, in honor of Timothy and Hilary Brennan, at Aurora University.

Aurora University

This grant from the Dunham Foundation supports the planning and implementation of Aurora University’s new Career Skills Infusion Program. As today’s work environment becomes more competitive for those entering the workforce, many employers are considering college graduates based on a competency-based hiring model. Research by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) identified core competencies students should possess to be considered by top employers: career and self-development, critical thinking, leadership, teamwork, communication, equity and inclusion, professionalism, and technology. Aurora University’s Career Skills Infusion program will advance true career readiness options for the youth in our community to help prepare them for life beyond their college careers.

Aurora University

Aurora University Arts & Ideas

The Dunham Fund is proud to continue support for the Celebrating Arts and Ideas Main Stage Series at Aurora University. This initiative brings world-renowned artists, performers, writers, and intellectuals to families throughout the Fox Valley community – free of charge.

In the 2018-2019 series, the Dunham Fund helped support the first performance and discussion with the Joffrey Studio Company and Academy Trainees. Aurora University also hosted author Walter Isaacson, professor and historian Peter Hayes, and Southern Poverty Law Center’s Lecia Brooks.

A $35,000 grant from Dunham Fund will help to support the 2019-2020 series includes best-selling author, journalist, and filmmaker, Alex Kotlowitz; VOCES8, a British vocal ensemble, and John Meacham, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, and presidential historian. Additionally, Jessie Close and Calen Pick, mental health advocates, will lead a timely conversation on the stigma and misunderstanding of mental health disorders.

This grant supported Aurora University’s 2019-2020 Celebrating the Arts and Ideas Main Stage Series.

Aurora Women’s Empowerment Foundation

This grant from the Dunham Fund provided sponsorship support for the Aurora Women’s Empowerment Foundation’s virtual fundraiser: Our Hope for Social Justice: A Conversation with Nontombi Naomi Tutu and Mungi Ngomane.

Batavia Artists Association / Water Street Studios

  • Artistic Advancement & Ripple Effect / $ 225,000
  • Dunham Fund Mural / $20,000

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The Dunham Fund is proud to continue support of Batavia Artists Association at Water Street Studios.The $245,000 grant for Artistic Advancement Program, Ripple Effect, and Dunham Fund Mural will be paid out in 2019, 2020 and 2021.

The various programs make local arts education and hands-on art experiences accessible to children and families in the Fox Valley community. Batavia Artists Association is serving the community through several programs that bring art to the community in hands-on, accessible ways. Including:


Artistic Advancement Program

This program provides artistically-inclined students in under-resourced areas with the opportunity to take a bus to Water Street Studios for an arts-based field trip every month. By partnering with The Dunham Fund and others in the local community, Batavia Artists Association hopes to reach almost 600 students in 8 schools over the next three years through the Artistic Advancement Program.

Ripple Effect

Batavia Artists Association’s Ripple Effect provides locat students grades 3 through 5 with a weekly after-school art class that integrates art with STEM learning. Dunham Fund’s support will help Ripple Effect serve almost 1000 students throughout 10 locations in the Fox Valley area.


Dunham Fund Mural

Building on the strategic partnership between the two organizations, Water Street Studios will design and install a mural for the Dunham Fund offices. The mural will be created by community artists and will commemorate the legacy of John C. Dunham and the Dunham Fund Service Area through layered images of Mr. Dunham’s company, Equipto, images representing the service area, notable programs and projects funded by the Dunham Fund. This commissioned work helps promote local artists by making their art visible to a larger audience and giving them an opportunity to build their portfolio and marketing opportunities.

The Dunham Fund will provide a grant of $20,000 to commission local artists to create and install the mural in the Dunham Fund office.

Batavia Community Chest / Batavia United Way

The Dunham Fund is partnering with Batavia United Way’s Batavia Community Chest with a $65,000 grant, paid over 3 years, to launch a 211 service. By calling 211, local residents can directly connect with the right non-emergency services and information without burdening 911 operators.

The 211 services will offer live 24/7 personal assistance and provide a comprehensive database of information to help citizens navigate community services, serving as a reliable point of contact for non-emergency services. This grant will help Batavia United Way contract with PATH Crisis Center in Bloomington, IL to acquire the necessary 211 certifications and training.

The 211 service will be available 24/7/365 and help meet various essential community needs through live operators.

Batavia Fine Arts Centre

The Dunham Fund is proud to support Batavia’s newest venue for the visual and performing arts, Batavia Fine Arts Centre (BFAC). The $5,000 grant from Dunham Fund will help sponsor the 2018-2019 season, supporting the ongoing operations for at least seven touring shows at BFAC. Batavia Fine Arts Centre’s season begins in September 2018 with Broadway’s Next Hit Musical and runs through June 2019.

Batavia Foundation for Educational Excellence

For the past decade, Batavia School District 101 has embraced the opportunities technology can provide in a progressive learning environment. All of the school buildings have adequate infrastructure to allow for the development of a blended learning environment with each student K-12 being issued a personal device for their educational development.

The devices include tablets for K-1, Chromebooks for 2-5 and laptops for 6-12. The school district has funded the initial investment along with annual funding for equipment refresh every three years.

At Alice Gufstafson Elementary School, the Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) has provided 50% of the necessary funding to recreate the elementary school’s Learning Resource Center to provide for collaborative learning stations for students to work in groups of four to six. The Dunham Fund matched their fund raising efforts to complete the project.

This grant provides sponsorship for The Batavia Fine Arts Center’s 2022-2023 season.

Batavia Foundation for Educational Excellence

Batavia Foundation for Educational Excellence – Batavia Fine Arts Centre

This grant supported the Batavia Fine Arts Centre’s 2023-2024 season.

Batavia Foundation for Educational Excellence – Batavia Fine Arts Centre

This grant supported the Batavia Fine Arts Centre’s 2022-2023 season.

This grant supported the Batavia Fine Arts Centre’s 2022-2023 season.

Batavia Foundation for Educational Excellence – Batavia Fine Arts Centre

This grant supported the Batavia Fine Arts Centre’s 2023-2024 season.

This grant supported the Batavia Fine Arts Centre’s 2023-2024 season.

Batavia Foundation for Educational Excellence – Batavia High School

This grant provided support for Batavia High School’s INCubator Program. The INCubator Program serves sophomores, juniors and seniors a real entrepreneurship experience with an opportunity to develop their own product or service.

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