2008 Grants Set a Record
Seeking New Project Opportunities
Grant Applications for 2009 Due May 26
Tenth Year Supporting Theatre for Young Audiences At Apple Tree
Theatre
Jens Jensen Park
Restoration Completed
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HPCF’s 2008 Grants Set A Record
In
2008, the Foundation extended grants totally $107,500 to twenty agencies
and organizations serving the Highland Park-Highwood community. This was
the largest dollar amount ever granted in its sixteen years of
existence. For a complete listing go to “Grants and Scholarships”. Seeking New Projects and Programs HPCF seeks out opportunities to fund new projects and programs that organizations cannot fund otherwise. They must be significant and of measurable benefit; and a minimum 51% of persons served must be residents of Highland Park or Highwood. If you have such a project we encourage you to submit a grant application, the form for which can be downloaded from “Grants Process”.
2009 Grant Applications Are Due by May 26
Applications for grants to be received in 2009 are due no later than May
26. Go to “Grant Process” for a full explanation of the process and
forms.
Tenth Year Supporting For ten years since 1999 the Community Foundation has supported the Theatre for Young Audiences’ (TYA) productions of plays and adaptations of literature for middle school children at the Apple Tree Theatre. TYA uses live theatre to awaken the imagination and challenge students to explore the complexities of literature, history and their world. TYA works with teachers to bring curriculum to life, assist in teaching the fine arts and nurture an appreciation of theatre. Following each one hour play, which stresses the triumph of the human spirit over adversity, is a discussion session among the student audience and cast.
A scene from “The Giver”,
Jens Jensen Park Restoration Completed One of the functions of the Highland Park Community Foundation is to aid major projects of citizens by serving as a collection vehicle, fiscal advisor and funds manager. The foundation partnered with the Friends of Jens Jensen Park and Park District of Highland Park to enable the renovation of the park in the heart of the Ravinia district, across from the train station at St. Johns and Roger Williams. Jensen, a Ravinia resident, designed the park in 1924, but over time the original design was lost to modifications. When “Friends” was formed to raise funds for the restoration, it used HPCF as its collection vehicle so that donations to the project were tax deductible. The Friends endowment for the maintenance of the park continues to be managed by the foundation along with its own endowment.
The
renovated Jens Jensen Park
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