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Before you write a grant to the Dunham Fund
Visit our website to see a list of grants made by the Dunham Fund.
This list may help you see the kinds of programs and projects that the Dunham Fund Advisors feel best meet the criteria for grant fundinng.
Programs like . . .
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Peaceful Schools, an antibullying program in Aurora's public schools that was conceived and is funded by the Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley. By offering challenge grants, the Dunham Fund often encourages grant applicants to seek other funding for their programs. In the case of Peaceful Schools, the Fund responded to an already funded program, by providing support for additional public school sites.
You can also click on the Community Foundation logo above to learn about Dunham Scholarships at the Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley.
Go to the Dunham Fund website to see the 2010 Dunham Scholarship recipients.
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Dunham Fund Advisory Board
Stewart A. Beach
Wendy P. Hirsch
Ryan J. Maley
Janet B. Morcos
Michael J. Morcos
Mark E. Truemper
William B. Skoglund
Executive Director
Robert W. Vaughan
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Click on the interactive version of our NEW
Dunham Fund Grant Application above.
When the DUNHAM FUND APPLICATION appears, maximize your viewing screen and advance the pages of the document by clicking on the corner of each page. You can also zoom in to get a closer view of the information in the guidelines and application.
You can also go to the Dunham Fund website to view and download the "Dunham Fund Grant Guidelines and Application Procedures".
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NEW
Dunham Fund Grant Application
The Dunham Fund has issued a new grant application, effective for the second grant cycle of 2010. The grant criteria are essentially the same but the guidelines, application information, and questions have been reorganized to stress the funding priorities of the Dunham Fund
. . . those priorities that define the "Dunham Difference".
The grant application process still begins with a Letter of Inquiry, but the questions for the letter have also been rewritten and reordered to reflect the Fund's grantmaking goals. Organizations seeking Dunham Fund support may submit a Letter of Inquiry on February 1 or June 1 during two annual grant cycles.
The Letter of Inquiry will be reviewed and an "Invitation to Apply" will be extended by the Dunham Fund to selected organizations.
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Healthy Community Heart Clinic . . .
Fox Valley Heart Foundation and VNA collaborate to provide a cardiovascular specialty clinic.
Dr. Santosh Gill consults with a CVD patient at VNA. | In 2009, The Dunham Fund provided a $125,000 challenge grant to the Fox Valley Heart Foundation to create the only outpatient cardiovascular specialty clinic in the area for uninsured and Medicaid patients at Visiting Nurse
Association of Fox Valley's federally qualified health care center in Aurora. In spring 2010, Dr. Santosh Gill, president of the Heart Foundation, met the $1 for $1 Dunham matching challenge to create the clinic. Through this grant, a mid-level practitioner, under the supervision of a cardiologist, will work
three days a week at VNA to screen, consult with, and provide follow-up care to up to 1,800 patients a year with cardiovascular disease (CVD). The grant will furnish VNA with the appropriate medical equipment and support staffing for the clinic. It will also establish a diagnostic fund to contract with local healthcare providers for ultrasound and stress testing not provided by VNA. Dr. Gill indicated that a future clinic goal is to employ a full-time nurse educator.
For a number of years, Dr. Gill has been providing pro bono care to about 60 CVD patients a year at VNA. and indicated that in 2008 there were at least 600 patients that primary care providers would have referred to a cardiovascular specialist had there been accessible and affordable care for them in the community. This VNA statistic reflects a 72% increase in the number of cardiovascular referrals compared to 2007. In a recent study done by Kane County, 70% of all deaths in the county were attributed to chronic disease, with CVD accounting for 31% of the death total.
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Suicide Prevention Services to provide Community-wide Prevention Education
In collaboration with Aurora University and Communities in Schools, Suicide Prevention Services, Inc. will host community forums, conferences, professional training, outreach programming, and a local media campaign in the discipline of suicide prevention. The year-long public awareness campaign will be designed to enhance institutional and community responsiveness to persons at-risk, stressing suicide prevention through education. The Dunham Fund supported this community education initiative in the Fund's service area with a $49,400 grant to fund this project from July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011.
 Stephanie Weber, SPS's Executive Director, stressed that this program "will use a public health model of safety and education. For too long, suicide has been stigmatized . . . afraid that if we talk about it, we cause it. Now we know that the medical model, with only the response of doctors and hospitals, does not work with any health problem. Everyone needs to be inoculated with information and personal power." Suicide is the second leading cause of death for 15 to 24 year olds in the United States and outnumbers deaths by homicide and drunk drivers. |
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Meet the DUNHAM FUND Advisors . . .
Michael J. Morcos
Michael J. Morcos is First Vice President of Old Second National Bank and co-manages greater than $1 billion of client assets for its Wealth Management Group. Michael has been with Old Second for nearly ten years and has close to twenty years of experience in the financial services arena. He graduated from the University of Illinois with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics. He currently holds his Series 6, 7, 63, and 65 securities licenses.
Michael appears regularly on CNBC and Bloomberg Television segments, including Closing Bell with Maria Bartiromo and Power Lunch.
Michael first met John Dunham in 1979. John ignited Michael's passion for the Capital Markets as a young man. John shared his methodology for picking stocks and securities analysis. He served as a mentor for Michael, and his influence on him survives to this day. After graduating college, Michael worked for John at Equipto in Dallas, Texas, where Michael met his wife, Vicki.
Michael was one of Mr. Dunham's most trusted friends and is honored to have been asked by John to serve on his board.
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We hope you've enjoyed the fall issue of our newsletter. Join us on the Dunham Fund website to learn more about the grants and scholarships awarded by the Dunham Fund.
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