Of course, we get excited about our programs. But many others are excited about us too. Our awards include:

• Rotary Club of Oak Park - River Forest 2008 Community Service Award for Art Start
• Recognition in Oak Park's award as one of the 100 Best Communities for Young People, from the America's Promise Alliance, 2008. Click here to see our description on the map of selected communities.
• A $10,000 2007 Visionary Grant from Community Bank of Oak Park & River Forest to expand Architecture Adventure into all ten District 97 schools
• 10 ArtsFunds grants for Art Start from the Oak Park Area Arts Council, including its “Best in Class for Educational Programming” award in 1999
• Annual grant to expand the number of Global Village partnerships from a donor of the Oak Park-River Forest Community Foundation, starting in 2006
• 4 grants from Target for Art Start, most recently in 2007
• American Architectural Foundation 2008 and 2007 Award of Merit to Architecture Adventure for K-12 Architectural Education
• First Place prize to Global Village from the Midwest Living magazine Champions in Education contest, 2004
• A $20,500 award for Art Start from Ronald McDonald Children’s Charities in 1998
• A $25,000 McDonald’s Children’s Charities awarded to Technology in Motion, a former OPEF program
• Exemplary Partnership Recognition for Global Village at the 1994 Illinois Conference on Business/Education Partnerships
• Recognition for Art Start by the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities and Arts Education Partnership