JOHN AND SUSN DEWAN FOUNDATION

Financial Information

Total Assets: $2,502,218

Total Giving: $103,666

Area of Service:

Illinois

Areas of Interest:

Not Available

Programs

None

Grants

The following grants were reported in 2007:
$4,500 to MayaWorks, Chicago, IL. For Rosa Moya Education Center in Comalapa, payable over 1 year.
$4,000 to Goldies Place, Chicago, IL. For employment preparation and placement for homeless adults, payable over 1 year.
$4,000 to Lincoln Park Community Shelter, Chicago, IL. For On Track Program to direct homeless adults toward employment/healthy living, payable over 1 year.
$3,500 to Concern America, Santa Ana, CA. For Spoonmakers of Peten, Guatemala employment project, payable over 1 year.
$3,500 to Connections for the Homeless, Evanston, IL. For employment-related support services for transitional housing residents, payable over 1 year.
$3,500 to Growing Home, Chicago, IL. For transitional employment program for homeless and disadvantaged, payable over 1 year.
$3,500 to Inspiration Corporation, Chicago, IL. For training and employment services for homeless and at-risk people, payable over 1 year.
$3,000 to Housing Opportunities for Women, Chicago, IL. For employment services program for women in permanent supportive housing, payable over 1 year.
$2,500 to Good News Partners, Chicago, IL. For Good News Builders employment and training program, payable over 1 year.
$2,500 to Haitian Project, Providence, RI. For textbooks for Louverture Cleary School in Croix de Bouquets, Haiti, payable over 1 year.

Limitations

Giving primarily in Chicago, IL and its surrounding suburbs.
No grants to individuals.

Summary

Giving to smaller non-profit organizations that provide service to people in poverty.

Additional

Type of Grantmaker: Independent foundation
Established in 2000 in IL.

Quick Facts Sheet
URL:

http://www.dewanfoundation.org/

Located in:

Chicago,

Illinois

United States

Contact Information / Process

Phone: (773) 581-2209

Email: [email protected]

Address:
6543 N. Tahoma Ave.
Chicago, IL 60646-2824

Procedure:
Application form not required. Applicants should submit the following:
1. Brief history of organization and description of its mission
2. Detailed description of project and amount of funding requested
Initial approach: Letter of inquiry
Copies of proposal: 1
Board meeting date(s): 5-6 times annually
Deadline(s): None
Final notification: Usually within 90 days

Donors & Leadership

Donors:
John Dewan
SUSn Dewan

Officers and Directors:
John Dewan, President and Treasurer
SUSn Dewan, Vice President
Thomas Teeling, Secretary and Executive Director

EIN:

364339823

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