We Launch Poster Campaign
The poster featuring Dr. Chartre is the first of a series that we’ll be asking our grantees and other community members to display beginning this [...]
Meet Dr. Kathya Valdez Chartre
Over a decade ago, this East Chicago native was among the early recipients of scholarships through the Foundations of East Chicago. Today, Dr. Kathya Valdez [...]
We Break Records With Our 2014 Scholarships
This year, the Foundations of East Chicago saw the most impressive group of applicants in the 17 years we’ve been awarding scholarships. The upshot? We awarded [...]
Building Tomorrows Leaders Today
The Greenhouse Fellowship is a new program, designed to train tomorrow’s young leaders today. These young adults will take part of a yearlong program that first pairs [...]
Foundations of East Chicago Fund 2014 Program Grants
East Chicago, IN (May 1, 2014) – Activities ranging from an astronaut rescue challenge for fourth graders to a Citizens Police Academy are being made possible over [...]
The Effects of Bullying on Academic Success
Approximately 2,300 middle school students from around Los Angeles took part of a UCLA study on bullying. The UCLA found that students that were bullied on a [...]