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2022-2023 Annual Report

Fiscal Year Ending: September 30, 2023

THE BARKER WELFARE FOUNDATION

The Barker Welfare Foundation is a private foundation established in Illinois in 1934 by Catherine Barker Hickox (1896-1970).

The mission of the Barker Welfare Foundation is to make grants to qualified charitable organizations whose initiatives improve the quality of life, with an emphasis on strengthening youth and families and to reflect the philosophy of Catherine Barker Hickox, the Founder.


Directors and Officers

Danielle H. Moore, Director & President
Alline Matheson, Director & 1st Vice President
Frances B. Hickox, Director & 2nd Vice President
Betsy L. Turner, Director & Treasurer 
Sarane R. O’Connor, Director & Secretary
James A. B. Hickox, Director
Thornton Matheson, Director
Alexander B. Ross, Director
Sarane H. Ross, Director & President Emerita 
Stephen B. Ross, Director 
Walter L. Ross III, Director 
Adam J. Wawrynek, Director

Susan M. De Maio, Assistant Secretary & Executive Director
Mallory M. Sorise, Associate Director

GENERAL POLICY:

Grants are made to tax-exempt organizations which have received a ruling by the Internal Revenue Service that they are organizations described in Section 501 (c) (3) and classified in Section 509 (a) (1), (2), or (3) of the Internal Revenue Code (publicly supported organizations and their affiliates). 

In advance of submitting a request, a telephone call is suggested to determine if the organization seeking to apply for a grant falls within the current general policy of the Foundation.  It is recommended that all inquiries be sent through The Barker Welfare Foundation website (www.barkerwelfare.org) under the “Funding Inquiries” tab.  Before submitting an inquiry, it is advisable to read the written policy below.  Correspondence can also be emailed to SusanDeMaio@BarkerWelfare.org or Mallorydemaiosorise@barkerwelfare.org

If a request for a grant appears suitable, a Grant Process sheet, a Grant Application Form and a Checklist of required information will be sent.

  1. Grants are made to tax-exempt organizations which have received a ruling by the Internal Revenue Service that they are organizations described in Section 501 (c) (3) and classified in Section 509 (a) (1), (2), or (3) of the Internal Revenue Code (publicly supported organizations and their affiliates).
  2. Consideration will be given to applications from institutions and agencies operating in the field of health, welfare, education, cultural activities and civic affairs, primarily serving the metropolitan areas of Chicago (see #3), New York City (five borough of NYC) and Michigan City, Indiana.
  3. Funding for metropolitan Chicago is by invitation only (initiated by the Foundation).
  4. Grant Requests for Charter Schools will be accepted by invitation only (initiated by the Foundation).
  5. In general, as a matter of present policy, appeals for the following will be declined:

    A. Organizations not located in nor directly serving the areas defined in #2.
    B. National health, welfare, or education agencies, institutions or funds.
    C. Scholarships, fellowships, loans, student aid and appeals from individuals. 
    D. Medical and scientific research
    E. Private elementary and secondary schools, colleges, universities, professional schools and trade organizations.
    F. Films, program advertising, conferences, seminars, benefits and fundraising costs. 
    G. Start-up organizations, start-up programs, emergency funds, and deficit financing. 
    H. Lobbying-related or legislative activities. 
    I. Endowment funds and intermediary organizations. 


The foundation’s fiscal year is October 1 through September 30. The following grants were paid in the twelve-month period ended September 30, 2023.

Chicago
Michigan City
New York
Chicago

Chicago

Academy for Urban School Leadership for final payment on a pledge of $50,000.00 for General Operating Support.  $     12,500.00
Alternatives, Inc. for first payment on a pledge of $25,000.00 payable over 2 years for General Operating Support.  $     12,500.00
Art Institute of Chicago for first payment on a pledge of $30,000.00 payable over 2 years funds will provide essential support for key staff positions that will develop and execute K-12 student and teacher programs during the 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 school years, with a strategic focus on Chicago Public Schools in neighborhoods of need.  $     15,000.00
B.U.I.L.D., Inc. for final payment on a pledge of $75,000 payable over 3 years for BUILD the Future capital campaign.  $     25,000.00
Big Brothers-Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago for first payment on a pledge of $30,000.00 payable over 2 years for General Operating Support.  $     15,000.00
Chicago Commons Association for final payment on a pledge of $50,000.00 payable over 2 years for Family Hub Program.  $     25,000.00
Chicago Lighthouse for People Who are Blind or Visually Impaired for first payment on a pledge of $25,000.00 payable over 2 years for the Employment Program.  $     12,500.00
Chicago Youth Centers for first payment on a pledge of $40,000.00 payable over 2 years for General Operating Support.  $     20,000.00
Erie Neighborhood House for final payment on a pledge of $25,000.00 payable over 2 years for General Operating Support.  $     12,500.00
Family Rescue for final payment on a pledge of $20,000 payable over 2 years for General Operating Support.  $     10,000.00
Field Museum of Natural History for final payment on a pledge of $150,000.00 payable over 3 years for The Field Forward Challenge $2 for $1 Match by Field Trustees.  $     50,000.00
Gads Hill Center for first payment on a pledge of $25,000 payable over 2 years for General Operating Support.  $     12,500.00
Girls Incorporated of Chicago for final payment on a pledge of $25,000.00 for General Operating Support.  $     12,500.00
Housing Opportunities & Maintenance for the Elderly, Inc. for final payment on a pledge of $25,000.00 payable over 2 years for General Operating Support.  $     12,500.00
Noble Network of Charter Schools for final payment on a pledge of $25,000.00 payable over 2 years for the Noble Family Support Fund.  $     12,500.00
Per Scholas, Inc. for first payment on a pledge of $20,000.00 payable over 2 years for Per Scholas Chicago Tech Training Program.  $     10,000.00
Year up, Inc. (Chicago) for first payment on a pledge of $25,000.00 for General Operating Support  $     12,500.00
YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago for first payment on a pledge of $30,000.00 payable over 2 years for General Operating Support.  $     15,000.00

Michigan City

Michigan City

 

Boys and Girls Club of Michigan City, Inc. for first payment on a pledge of $10,000 payable over 2 years for General Operating Support.  $                 5,000.00
Citizens Concerned for the Homeless, Inc. for first payment on a pledge of $70,000.00 payable over 2 years for General Operating Support  $               35,000.00
Dunebrook, Inc. for final payment on a pledge of $35,000.00 payable over 2 years for General Operating Support.  $               17,500.00
Family Advocates, Inc. for final payment on a pledge of $25,000.00 payable over 2 years for General Operating Support  $               12,500.00
Humane Society of LaPorte and Berrien Counties, Inc. (Humane Society of Michigan City, Inc.) for first payment on a pledge of $25,000 payable over 2 years for General Operating Support.  $               12,500.00
Interfaith Community Pads, Inc. for final payment on a pledge of $25,000 payable over 2 years for General Operating Support.  $               12,500.00
Jack & Shirley Lubeznik Center for the Arts, Inc. for final payment on a pledge of $50,000.00 payable over 2 years for General Operating Support.  $               25,000.00
Open Door Community Alliance, Inc. for final payment on a pledge of $10,000.00 payable over 2 years for the Medication Assistance Program.  $                 5,000.00
Open Door Community Alliance, Inc. for final payment on a pledge of $30,000.00 payable over 2 years for the Adolescent Health Center.  $               15,000.00
Reins of Life, Inc. for first payment on a pledge of $25,000 payable over 2 years for General Operating Support (Michigan City only).  $               12,500.00
Salvation Army of Michigan City for final payment on a pledge of $20,000.00 payable over 2 years for General Operating Support.  $               10,000.00
Youth Service Bureau of LaPorte Cty, Inc. for first payment on pledge of $25,000.00 payable over 2 years for General Operating Support.  $               12,500.00

New York

New York

Adaptive Design Association, Inc. for final payment on a pledge of $20,000.00 payable over 2 years for General Operating Support.  $               10,000.00
American Museum of Natural History for final payment on a pledge of $35,000.00 payable over 2 year for the Education Programs at the American Museum of Natural History.  $               17,500.00
Art Therapy Outreach Project Corporation for final payment on a pledge of $16,000 payable over 2 years for General Operating Support.  $                 8,000.00
Arts Connection for first payment on a pledge of $25,000 payable over 2 years for General Operating Support.  $               12,500.00
Avenues for Justice for final payment on a pledge of $30,000.00 payable over 2 years for General Operating Support.  $               15,000.00
Battery Conservancy, Inc. for first payment on a pledge of $25,000.00 payable over 2 years for General Operating Support.  $               12,500.00
Betances Health Center for first payment on a pledge of $25,000 payable over 2 years for general operating support.  $               12,500.00
Breaking Ground Housing Development Corporation
for first payment on a pledge of $20,000.00 payable over 2 years for the Street Outreach Program.
 $               10,000.00
Brooklyn Botanic Garden Corporation for first payment on a pledge of $25,000.00 payable over 2 years for Children’s Education Programs  $               12,500.00
Brooklyn Youth Chorus Academy, Inc. for final payment on a pledge of $30,000.00 payable over 2 years for General Operating Support  $               15,000.00
Carnegie Hall Corporation for first payment on a pledge of $25,000.00 payable over 2 years for Link Up in New York City  $               12,500.00
Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services, Inc. for first payment on a pledge of $40,000 payable over 2 years for General Operating Support.  $               20,000.00
Chess-in-the-School, Inc. for first payment on a pledge of $12,000.00 payable over 2 years for General Operating Support.  $                 6,000.00
Children’s Aid Society for first payment on a pledge of $25,000 payable over 2 years for the Next Generation Center.  $               12,500.00
Church of the Holy Apostles for final payment on a pledge of $30,000.00 payable over 2 years for General Operating Support.  $               15,000.00
City Harvest, Inc. for first payment on a pledge of $50,000.00 payable over 2 years for General Operating Support.  $               25,000.00
Coalition for the Homeless, Inc. for first payment on a pledge of $30,000.00 payable over 2 years for General Operating Support.  $               15,000.00
Council on the Environment, Inc. for first payment on a pledge of $25,000.00 payable over 2 years for General Operating Support.  $               12,500.00
Door – A Center for Alternatives, Inc. for final payment on a pledge of $30,000.00 payable over 2 years for General Operating Support.  $               15,000.00
Exalt Youth for final payment on a pledge of $20,000.00 payable over 2 years for General Operating Support.  $               10,000.00
Fresh Youth Initiatives, Inc. for final payment on a pledge of $30,000.00 payable over 3 years for “Building a Secure Future for Youth Campaign”  $               10,000.00
Getting Out and Staying Out, Inc. for final payment on a pledge of $25,000.00 payable over 2 years for General Operating Support.  $               12,500.00
Girls Educational and Mentoring Services, Inc. for final payment on a pledge of $20,000.00 payable over 2 years for General Operating Support.  $               10,000.00
Girls Incorporated of New York City, Inc.  for final payment on a pledge of $20,000.00 payable over 2 years for General Operating Support.  $               10,000.00
Goddard-Riverside Community Center for first payment on a pledge of $100,000 payable over 2 years for General Operating Support (to support both Goddard grant $70k & Isaacs $30k).  $               50,000.00
Good Shepherd Services for first payment on a pledge of $50,000.00 payable over 2 years for General Operating Support.  $               25,000.00
Grand Street Settlement, Inc. for first payment on a pledge of $75,000.00 payable over 3 years for the Second Century Capital Campaign  $               25,000.00
Harlem Educational Activities Fund, Inc. for first payment on a pledge of $20,000.00 payable over 2 years for HEAF Continuum.  $               10,000.00
Harlem School of the Arts for final payment on a pledge of $25,000.00 payable over 2 years for General Operating Support.  $               12,500.00
Health Advocates for Older People, Inc. for final payment on a pledge of $10,000 payable over 2 years for the Healthy Aging Program.  $                 5,000.00
Henry Street Settlement for first payment on a pledge of $55,000.00 payable over 2 years for General Operating Support  $               27,500.00
Hope Program, Inc. for final payment on a pledge of $40,000.00 payable over 2 years for General Operating Support.  $               20,000.00
Hot Bread Kitchen Ltd. for final payment on a pledge of $15,000.00 payable over 2 years for the Workforce Program.  $                 7,500.00
Hudson Guild for first payment on a pledge of $40,000 payable over 2 years for General Operating Support.  $               20,000.00
Intrepid Museum Foundation, Inc. for final payment on a pledge of $20,000.00 payable over 2 years for the Intrepid Museum Access Initiative.  $               10,000.00
Island Harvest Ltd. for first payment on a pledge of $50,000 payable over 2 years for General Operating Support  $               25,000.00
Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement for first payment on a pledge of $35,000.00 payable over 2 years for General Operating Support.  $               17,500.00
Jericho Project for New York City Veteran Programs only.  $               25,000.00
KIPP New York for first payment on a pledge of $40,000 payable over 2 years for General Operating Support  $               20,000.00
LEAP, Inc.  for first payment on a pledge of $30,000.00 payable over 2 years for General Operating Support.  $               15,000.00
Long Island Crisis Center, Inc. for first payment on a pledge of $25,000.00 payable over 2 years for Building Healthy Lives Through Education (BHLTE) program.  $               12,500.00
Mercy Center, Inc. for final payment on a pledge of $30,000.00 payable over 2 years for General Operating Support.  $               15,000.00
Metropolitan Opera Association, Inc. for final payment on a pledge of $180,000.00 payable over 3 years for HD Live in NYC Schools.  $               60,000.00
Mind Builders Creative Arts Co. for final payment on a pledge of $25,000.00 payable over 2 years for General Operating Support.  $               12,500.00
National Dance Institute, Inc. for final payment on a pledge of $30,000.00 payable over 2 years for General Operating Support  $               15,000.00
New York Hall of Science for first payment on a pledge of $25,000.00 payable over 2 years for General Operating Support.  $               12,500.00
New York Historical Society for first payment on a pledge of $30,000 payable over 2 years for New York Historical Society Education Programs  $               15,000.00
New York Landmarks Conservancy, Inc. for first payment on a pledge of $35,000.00 payable over 2 years for the Sacred Sites Program.  $               17,500.00
New York Opportunity Network, Inc. for first payment on a pledge of $20,000.00 payable over 2 years for General Operating Support.  $               10,000.00
New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox & Tilden Foundations for final payment on a pledge of $25,000.00 payable over 2 years for the Summer Learning Program.  $               12,500.00
Partnership with Children, Inc. for first payment on a pledge of $20,000.00 payable over 2 years for General Operating Support  $               20,000.00
Per Scholas, Inc. for first payment on a pledge of $35,000.00 payable over 2 years for Per Scholas New York Tech Training Program.  $               17,500.00
Police Athletic League, Inc. for first payment on a pledge of $20,000.00 payable over 2 years for General Operating Support for the Youth Link Program.  $               10,000.00
Project Renewal, Inc. for first payment on a pledge of $40,000.00 payable over 2 years for the Mobile Health Care for Homeless New Yorkers ($10,000) & Next Step Workforce Program ($10,000)  $               20,000.00
Publicolor, Inc. for final payment on a pledge of $20,000.00 payable over 2 years for General Operating Support.  $               10,000.00
Queens Botanical Garden Society, Inc. for first payment on a pledge of $12,000.00 payable over 2 years for the environmental education program.  $                 6,000.00
Queens Community House, Inc. for final payment on a pledge of $75,000.00 payable over 3 years for the Capital Campaign to Create an Expanded and Renovated Forest Hills Community Center.  $               25,000.00
Reaching Out Community Services, Inc. for final payment on a pledge of $20,000 payable over 2 years for General Operating Support.  $               10,000.00
Read Alliance, Inc. for final payment on a pledge of $30,000.00 payable over 2 years for Read Alliance  $               15,000.00
Reading Team for first payment on a pledge of $20,000.00 payable over 2 years for General Operating Support.  $               10,000.00
Resources for Children with Special Needs, Inc. for final payment on a pledge of $25,000.00 payable over 2 years for General Operating Support.  $               12,500.00
Rocking the Boat, Inc. for final payment on a pledge of $25,000.00 payable over 2 years for General Operating Support.  $               12,500.00
Safe Horizon, Inc. for first payment on a pledge of $30,000.00 payable over 2 years for the Safe Horizon Child Advocacy Centers  $               15,000.00
Safe Horizon, Inc. for first payment on a pledge of $20,000.00 payable over 2 years for the Street Work Project  $               10,000.00
Sanctuary for Families, Inc. for first payment on a pledge of $45,000.00 payable over 2 years for General Operating Support.  $               22,500.00
SCAN-Harbor, Inc. for final payment on a pledge of $20,000.00 payable over 2 years for the Violence Prevention Program.  $               10,000.00
Search and Care, Inc. for first payment on a pledge of $30,000.00 payable over 2 years for General Operating Support.  $               15,000.00
Service Program for Older People, Inc. for first payment on a pledge of $28,000 payable over 2 years for General Operating Support.  $               14,000.00
Services for the UnderServed, Inc.  or final payment on a pledge of $40,000 payable over 2 years to cover direct service costs for Veterans that are not funded by existing Federal (VA) grants (i.e., housing, employment, transportation, etc.) in the Veterans Division at SUS.  $               20,000.00
Society of the Third Street Music School Settlement, Inc. for first payment on a pledge of $25,000.00 payable over 2 years for the Music Program only.  $               12,500.00
Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation for first payment on a pledge of $30,000.00 payable over 2 years for On-Site School Programs.  $               15,000.00
St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble, Inc. for first payment on a pledge of $25,000.00 payable over 2 years for OSL Education and Community Engagement Programs  $               12,500.00
Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences for first payment on a pledge of $25,000 payable over 2 years for Title 1 Education Program.  $               12,500.00
StreetWise Partners, Inc. for first payment on a pledge of $25,000.00 payable over 2 years for General Operating Support.  $               12,500.00
Student Leadership Network  for final payment on a $25,000.00 pledge payable over 2 years for General Operating Support.  $               12,500.00
Sunnyside Community Services, Inc. for final payment on a pledge of $40,000.00 payable over 2 years for General Operating Support.  $               20,000.00
Union Settlement Association of New York for first payment on a pledge of $45,000.00 payable over 2 years for General Operating Support.  $               22,500.00
United Neighborhood Houses of New York, Inc. for final payments on a pledge of $45,000.00 payable over 2 years for General Operating Support.  $               22,500.00
University Settlement Society of New York for first payment on a pledge of $50,000 payable over 2 years for General Operating Support.  $               25,000.00
Urban Dove, Inc. for first payment on a pledge of $25,000 payable over 2 years for General Operating Support.  $               12,500.00
Visions/Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired for first payment on a pledge of $40,000 payable over 2 years for General Operating Support  $               20,000.00
Wave Hill, Inc. for first payment on a pledge of $32,000.00 payable over 2 years for Wave Hill Education Programs  $               16,000.00
Wildlife Conservation Society for final payment on a pledge of $35,000.00 payable over 2 years for WCS Education Programs.  $               17,500.00
Year Up, Inc. for first payment on a pledge of $25,000.00 payable over 2 years for General Operating Support.  $               12,500.00
You Gotta Believe! The Older Child Adoption & Permanency Movement for first payment on a pledge of $20,000 payable over 2 years for General Operating Support.  $               10,000.00
Young Peoples Chorus of New York City, Inc. for final payment on a pledge of $25,000.00 payable over 2 years for the School Choruses Program  $               12,500.00

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