IPF awards Illinois high schools with $25,000 in grants

SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Press Foundation, the 501(c)3 arm of the Illinois Press Association, has announced the awarding of $50,500 in grants, according to a press release on the IPF website.

The grants include $25,000 to high school journalism programs and $20,000 to high school journalism camps at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston and Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.

Another $4,000 in awards will go to adult learners and their tutors in literacy programs around the state, and $1,500 will be used to send an Eastern Illinois University student to Washington, D.C., as part of a National Newspaper Association fellowship program.

Congratulations to the following Illinois high schools that received mini-grants totaling $25,000:

• Arthur
• Aurora Central Catholic
• Bradley-Bourbonnais
• Carmi-White County
• Chester
• Chicago Vocational Career Academy
• Downers Grove North
• Grayslake Central
• Harrisburg
• Herscher
• Hinsdale South
• Monticello
• Mount Carmel (Chicago)
• Neuqua Valley (Naperville)
• Pearl City
• Phoenix Military Academy (Chicago)
• Prospect (Mount Prospect)
• Southwestern (Piasa)
• Sparta
• Springfield
• Tinley Park

A big thank you to the Illinois Press Foundation for its lasting commitment to support scholastic journalism in Illinois!