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 Special Opportunities
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Occasionally small grants may be given for projects of special interest to the Foundation Directors outside the Foundation’s three program areas. These grants will account for no more than ten percent of total giving annually.

CME Group Foundation 2011 Grants

Association House
$5,000 to support the El Cuarto Ano High School and its family literacy program

Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University
$5,000 to support the "Hands Together, Heart to Art" camp

Boston College
$25,000 to support Finance Department faculty research, student programs and the annual Finance Conference

Chicago Children’s Advocacy Center
$5,000 to support general operations

Chicago Council on Global Affairs
$10,000 to support general operations

Chicago Crime Commission
$7,500 to support general operations

Evans Scholars Foundation
$5,000 to support the Evans Scholars program

Friends of the Israel Center for Economic Progress
$2,000 to support general operations

Gilda’s Club
$20,000 to support Teen and Kids Camp and nutritional cooking demonstrations

Institute of International Education
$10,000 to support the Scholar Rescue Fund

Jewish United Fund
$10,000 to support general operations

John G. Shedd Aquarium
$10,000 to support general operations

John Marshall Law School
$3,000 to support the annual fund and the Edward T. Lee Chair

Kids Off the Block
$5,000 to support general operations

UCAN
$15,000 to support general operations and the annual benefit

Lungevity Foundation
$5,000 to support of general operations

University of Chicago Division of the Humanities
$2,500 to support the Center for Jewish Studies

Mayo Clinic
$65,000 to support cardiovascular research in spontaneous coronary artery dissection

Metropolitan Family Services
$5,000 to support general operations

National Yiddish Book Center
$1,000 to support general operations

New Moms, Inc
$5,000 to support general operations

Ounce of Prevention Fund
$5,000 to support general operations

Rev. John P. Smyth Standing Tall Charitable Foundation
$5,000 to support general operations

Rush University Medical Center
$45,000 to support its comprehensive cancer clinics

Teach for America Chicago
$45,000 to support general operations

The Peregrine Fund
$1,000 to support general operations

Torah Academy
$1,000 to support general operations

UCAN
$15,000 to support general operations and the annual benefit

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
$18,500 to support general operations

Villanova University
$15,000 to support training resources and travel for the men’s basketball student-athletes

Western Illinois University
$20,000 to support scholarships for incoming and current students and alumni association support

Yeshiva Ohr Boruch, The Veitzener Cheder
$1,000 to support general operations

YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
$10,000 to support general operations

CME Group Foundation 2010 Grants

American Friends of Hebrew University
$20,000 in support of pediatric medical research.

Cheder Lubavitch Hebrew Day School
$10,000 in support of technology integration into the classroom and curriculum.

Chicago Council on Global Affairs
$10,000 in support of general operations.

Gilda’s Club
$22,000 in support of expansion of Kids and Teen Camp programs and Cancer in the Classroom program and $15,000 in support of expansion a nutrition series pilot program.

Institute of International Education $20,000 in support of the Scholar Rescue Fund.

Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago
$5,000 in support of core services.

Kent State University Foundation
$25,000 in support of the 2010 Asia Pacific Futures Research Symposium.

League for Yiddish
$5,000 in support of general operations.

Loyola Academy
$15,000 in support of tuition assistance for students in need.

Mayo Clinic
$30,000 in support of cardiovascular research programs.

National Yiddish Theatre - Folksbiene
$10,000 in support of operations.

Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago
$5,000 in support of core services.

Proviso West High School
$1,200 in support of technology initiatives.

Rush University Medical Center
$40,000 in support of its comprehensive cancer clinics.

John G. Shedd Aquarium
$10,000 in support of general operations.

Teach For America
$25,000 in support of general operations.

UCAN
$3,800 in support of UCAN Academy’s operations.

Villanova University
$25,000 in support of training resources and travel for the men’s basketball student-athletes.

Western Illinois University Foundation
$40,000 in support of the College of Business and Technology Tomnitz Scholarship and the School of Agriculture Crop Production Scholarship.

YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
$10,000 in support of financial aid for low income students.

CME Group Foundation 2009 Grants

Center for Polytechnical Education
$25,000 in support of a part time teaching coach at the Chicago Academy for Advanced Technology.

Chicago International Charter Schools
$30,000 in support of the building of a new playground at its Lloyd Bond campus.

Christ the King Jesuit College Preparatory School
$5,000 In support of scholarships for low income students.

Council for Economic Education
$5,000 in support of general operations.

Kohl Children’s Museum of Greater Chicago $25,000 in support of the Early Childhood Connections program in three Chicago Public Schools.

Loyola Academy
$5,000 In support of tuition assistance for students in need.

Mayo Clinic
$40,000 in support of cardiovascular research programs.

Rush University Medical Center
$40,000 in support of its comprehensive cancer clinics.

Uhlich Children’s Advantage Network
$5,000 in support of updating Uhlich Academy’s main computer lab.

Villanova University
$25,000 in support of training resources and travel for the men’s basketball student-athletes.

Western Illinois University Foundation
$25,000 in support of its Finance program and programming for Alumni initiatives.

CME Group Foundation/CME Trust 2008 Grants

Cato Institute
$100,000 over two years in support of the Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty.

Catholic Theological Union
$10,000 in support of the Reverend John T. Pawlikowski Distinguished Professorship in Jewish Studies.

Chicago International Charter Schools
$30,000 in support of a statistical intern and smart boards for the Prairie Campus.

CINN Foundation
$25,000 in support of a Complementary Medicine Patient Care Liason.

Friends of Israel Center for Social and Economic Progress
$20,000 in support of the Milton and Rose Friedman Center for Educational Choice in Israel.

George Williams College of Aurora University
$5,000 in support of the Ferro Pavilion.

Independent Production Fund
$10,000 in support of the "The Golden Age of Second Avenue".

Lightning Basketball, Inc.
$25,000 in support of registration fees and tournament expenses for low income children.

Mayo Clinic
$100,000 in support of the Multidisciplinary Simulation Center pediatric initiatives.

Misericordia Home
$20,000 in support of program expenses.

John G. Shedd Aquarium
$10,000 in support of Oceanarium revitalization.

Villanova University
$25,000 in support of training resources and travel for the men’s basketball student-athletes.

Western Illinois University Foundation
$20,000 in support of student scholarships and alumni programs.