Dare to Dream: Get Educated! received a grant from the 2012 Fall Discretionary Grant Cycle of The DuPage Community Foundation.
Eva Sanchez (President) and
Susan Boyd (Vice-President)
from Dare to Dream
receiving the grant.
Elmhurst, IL — Dare to Dream: Get Educated! was one of 30 not-for-profit organizations in DuPage County to receive a grant from the 2012 Fall Discretionary Grant Cycle of The DuPage Community Foundation based in Wheaton, Illinois. The grant, awarded at a special distribution open house on Wednesday, December 5 at the Foundation, will help underwrite the 5th Annual Dare to Dream: Get Educated! Conference.
Dare to Dream: Get Educated! works with middle school and high school Latinas to encourage and support their efforts to graduate from high school, to encourage college enrollment, and to introduce them to college and career role models. For further information regarding Dare to Dream, please contact Eva Sanchez, President, at: info@latinaconference.org.
Established in 1986, The DuPage Community Foundation is a publicly-supported 501 (c)(3) organization to which contributions are tax deductible. It was created to benefit the people of DuPage County and receives contributions and bequests into a permanent endowment from individuals, corporations, organizations and foundations wishing to make lasting contributions to the people of DuPage.
The earnings on these funds are then used, in accordance with donor wishes, for the Foundation’s grantmaking and community leadership activities.
The DuPage Community Foundation seeks to raise the quality of life throughout DuPage County by fostering philanthropy, connecting donors to area needs and building community partnerships. Based on the American virtues of volunteerism and philanthropy, the Foundation fosters a legacy of support for the people of DuPage County by making grants to not-for-profit organizations working in the areas of arts and culture, education, environment, health, and human services. Since its inception, the Foundation has built its endowment to nearly $43 million and awarded more than $14 million in grants to not-for-profit agencies serving the residents of DuPage County and beyond. For further information about the Foundation, or to arrange future media opportunities, please contact Jessica Daley, program and communications manager, at 630-665-5556 or jdaley@dcfdn.org.
Source:
http://www.latinaconference.org/dare-to-dream-received-a-grant-from-the-2012-fall-discretionary-grant-cycle-of-the-dupage-community-foundation/