The Alphawood Foundation announced recently that it is awarding a $1 million grant to Chicago’s Center on Halsted. The grant will provide operations funding to support all aspects of Center on Halsted’s mission, including the expansion of the Center’s programs for LGBT youth, adults, seniors and families.
Along with its other programs—including Sexual Orientation and Gender Institute (a training program for LGBT service providers); Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders (SAGE); and the Anti-Violence Project—the Center also offers comprehensive cultural programming and recreational activities for all ages.
‘Alphawood’s grant of $1 million will help us provide even more programming to meet the explosion in demand since our move to the new facility this past June,’ commented Modesto Tico Valle, the Center’s executive director. ‘Our participants and clients have doubled in all of our programs and we expect those numbers to continue to rise.’
Founded in 1992 (as WPWR-TV Channel 50 Foundation), Alphawood Foundation works to strengthen and support the efforts of nonprofit organizations working in the arts; arts education for children; institutional and public policy advocacy; architecture and preservation; and domestic violence prevention. ‘The size and scope of this grant are unusual for our foundation,’ said Laura Samson, Alphawood Foundation’s executive director. ‘Yet, we strongly believe in the value and the potential of Center on Halsted. The successful completion of its extraordinary new facility is just the beginning for this long-needed community resource.’