Court Advocate Group Receives Grant

Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of DuPage County has received a grant that will help underwrite programs to continue providing essential court-ordered advocacy to DuPage foster youth with goals of independence.

CASA is one of 33 not-for-profit organizations in DuPage County to receive a grant from the 2011 Spring Discretionary Grant Cycle of The DuPage Community Foundation based in Wheaton.The grant was awarded June 15.

CASA is a non-profit organization that trains community volunteers to serve as powerful advocates for abused, abandoned and neglected children in the county’s juvenile court system. For additional information or to make a donation, contact Joan Ranz, office administrator, 630-221-0889 or joan@dupagecasa.org.

Established in 1986, the DuPage Community Foundation 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 foundation seeks to raise the quality of life throughout DuPage County by fostering philanthropy, connecting donors to area needs and building community partnerships. Since its inception the foundation has built its endowment to more than $38 million in assets and awarded nearly $12 million in grants to not-for-profit agencies serving the residents of DuPage County and beyond.

For more information about the foundation, contact Jeff Hartman, manager of development, at 630-665-5556 or jhartman@dcfdn.org.