The NIU Community School of the Arts has received a $2,500 Farny R. Wulitzer Foudation Fund Grant grant from the DeKalb County Community Foundation. This is a continuation of several years of Wurlitzer Grants received by the Community School.
In all, $116,100 was awarded this year to support music education in DeKalb County and the Chicagoland area.
The Wurlitzer Company was one of the largest musical instrument companies in the United States, with a primary manufacturing location in DeKalb. The Farny R. Wulitzer Foundation was established in the 1940s and became a Field of Interest Fund of the DeKalb County Community Foundation in 2012.
