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Chicago Tribune Charities Announces Grants of $1,000,000 to Chicagoland Organizations That Support Hunger
CHICAGO, March 26 PRNewswire — Chicago Tribune Charities, a McCormick Tribune Foundation Fund, announced that 17 agencies committed to hunger relief in the Chicagoland area will receive grants totaling $1,000,000. Grants are approved by the McCormick Tribune Foundation board of directors based on recommendations from the Foundation staff and a Chicago Tribune Charities advisory committee, which consists of Chicago Tribune employees.
Chicago Tribune Charities' initiative supports its Hunger program area. The three subcategories within the Hunger category include: food banks and other large scale providers, special needs providers, and advocacy/training.
"The need in the community is great, especially as families are faced with rising costs of food and other basic needs. Chicago Tribune Charities' grants support hunger relief efforts in both the city and suburbs, focusing on the major food banks and providers in northeastern Illinois, which in turn strategically work with food pantries and shelters at the local level," said Janet Dobbs, Chicago Tribune director of communications and development and co-chair of the Chicago Tribune Charities advisory committee.
The following programs in the food banks/large scale providers category received grants totaling $635,000:
— Greater Chicago Food Depository — Northern Illinois Food Bank — Vital Bridges, Inc.
The following programs in the special needs providers section received grants totaling $325,000:
— American Indian Center — Campus Kitchens Project — Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago — Chicago Lights — Christian Outreach of Lutherans — Council for Jewish Elderly — Good News Partners — Inspiration Corporation — Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago — Lakeview Pantry — Little Brothers — Friends of the Elderly — Lutheran Child & Family Services of Illinois — People's Resource Center
The following program in the advocacy/training category received a grant totaling $40,000:
— America's Second Harvest
About Chicago Tribune Charities
Chicago Tribune Charities, a fund of the McCormick Tribune Foundation, annually raises millions of dollars from generous donors through the Chicago Tribune Holiday Giving campaign. These gifts, plus matching funds from the McCormick Tribune Foundation, provide funding for grants to nonprofit organizations with programs that help low-income people to alleviate hunger and homelessness, promote literacy, develop job skills and strengthen family relationships. Chicago Tribune and McCormick Tribune Foundation cover all administrative and promotional expenses, so that every cent of every dollar donated goes to work in supporting non-profit organizations, and 100 percent of the funds raised and matched stay in the Chicagoland area. In 2007, throughout Chicagoland, more than 165 nonprofit organizations received grants totaling more than $4.9 million. Chicago Tribune Charities represents a partnership between the McCormick Tribune Foundation and Chicago Tribune. The mission of Chicago Tribune Charities is in keeping with both the mission of the Foundation's Communities Program, to stimulate local philanthropy and improve community life, and the company's mission, which is to help people throughout Chicagoland engage their world and to strive every day to make a difference for the communities the company serves that goes well beyond words. For more information about Chicago Tribune Charities, please visit: chicagotribune.com/about/custom/community.
About the McCormick Tribune Foundation
The McCormick Tribune Foundation is a nonprofit organization committed to making life better for our children, communities and country. Through its charitable grant-making programs, Cantigny Park and Golf, Cantigny First Division Foundation and the McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum, the Foundation positively impacts people's lives and stays true to its mission of advancing the ideals of a free, democratic society. The Foundation is an independent nonprofit, separate from the Tribune Co. For more information, please visit our Web site http://www.McCormickTribune.org. The McCormick Tribune Foundation's communities program is a unique effort that stimulates local philanthropy and improves community life across the country. To encourage donations, the Foundation matches, up to pre-determined limits, contributions from its general funds at the rate of 50 cents on the dollar and then makes grants directly to nonprofits in the communities from which the donations were made. The Foundation and the partners cover all campaign administrative costs, so 100 percent of the public's generosity, plus the match earned, goes directly to agencies providing critical services in each community.
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