Skokie Community Foundation Will Host Healthcare Symposium
Skokie Patch - With a grant from the North Suburban Healthcare Foundation, the Skokie Community Foundation plans to host its first annual healthcare Symposium later this year. Read More
Event – Martin Rising: Requiem for a King
Skokie Public Library - Northlight Theatre, the Skokie Public Library and Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center present a performance of Martin Rising: Requiem for a King funded by a 2019 Skokie Community Foundation grant. Read More
Village Employees Donate to the Skokie Community Fund
NewSkokie Newsletter – page 3 - In 2018 the Village of Skokie made the Skokie Community Foundation the beneficiary of its generous employee donation program donating over $17,000, to support the Foundation’s work to improve lives of the residents of Skokie. In fall 2018, Village employees from all departments donated more than
Local foundation awards $25K in grants
Skokie Review - The Skokie Community Foundation awarded a total of $25,000 in grants for 2019 in an event at Community Animal Rescue Effort (C.A.R.E.) in Skokie. Three general $5,000 grants and one $10,000 grant targeted toward social inclusion were awarded to partnered organizations. Staff report The Skokie Community Foundation announced its eighth year
Skokie Community Foundation announces recipients of its 2019 Collaborative Grant Cycle
Skokie Patch - The Skokie Community Foundation announced the 2019 grant cycle winners today at an event held at the Community Animal Rescue Effort (CARE). Read More
Skokie Humanitarians of the Year
NewSkokie Newsletter – page 8 - Founders of the Skokie Community Foundation were named Skokie 2018 Humanitarians of the Year in April for their commitment to supporting the community. Read More
Mudlark Theater presents ‘Mudpie 2018’
Evanston Now - Mudlark Theater presents ‘Mudpie,’ partially funded by a 2018 Skokie Community Foundation grant to provide under-served students in Skokie with literacy and theater programs in their schools and the opportunity to see performances by their peers.
New Teen Programming Launched with Skokie Community Foundation grant
Turning Point - Funded by the Skokie Community Foundation, Turning Point Behavioral Health Care Center and the Skokie Public Library launched Let’s Talk About It an interactive forum for teens to talk about mental health. Once a month for nine months Skokie teens grades 6-12 can visit the Skokie Public Library where a Turning
WBEZ/NPR features efforts to combat abuse of adults with intellectual disabilities
Metropolitan Family Services - Metropolitan Family Services, working with the Skokie Coalition to End Abuse and Neglect of Adults with Disabilities, announces a training initiative funded by the Skokie Community Foundation to educate staff and participants at community agencies in order to increase reporting and prevent abuse. Read More