Important Updates

important updates

2026 Grant funding:

As we focus on strategic planning and long-term sustainability, Jeanine’s fund will pause grant and scholarship funding for the 2026 year. This thoughtful pause allows us to strengthen our foundation, clarify priorities and ensure that future investments are impactful and sustainable. Thank you for your continued support and understanding.

Thank you to our Donors & Sponsors

Sponsors

Donors

The Jeanine Nicarico Memorial Fund for Literacy is a 501c3 nonprofit that supports grants to individual educators, or entire schools, in an effort to promote a deeper understanding and teaching of literacy, to enrich instructional programs, to provide opportunities to link literacy between the home and the school, and to lay foundations that will develop life-long readers. The Jeanine Nicarico Meorial Fund for Literacy is administered by the Naperville Education Foundation, a 501c3 charitable organization. Your contribution is tax deductible.

Jeanine Nicarico Memorial Literacy Fund

203 W. Hillside
Naperville, IL 60540-5689
info@nicaricoliteracyfund.org