Read the Annual Report 2008 PDF.
Click here to hear U.S. Senator Dick Durbin talk about the importance of IEF Scholarships.
Click here to watch the "Newsmakers" video about the IEF airing on CNN Headline News.
Read the Chicago Sun-Time article on the IEF: "Program Invests in Student Success". PDF
Read the Chicago Social article on the IEF's First Annual Food & Wine Tasting Event. PDF
IEF In The Media
Teachers' Pets
Chicago Social
By Amalie Drury
August 2008
Stepping up to the Plate
Chicago Social
By Amalie Drury
August 2008
"Let's Dish on Fashion"
Chicago Tribune Magazine
By Celia Daniels
May 2008
"Community College Students Score with New Foundation"
Illinois Issues
By Jennifer Halperin
November 2007
"Program Invests in Student Success"
Chicago Sun-Times
By Dave Newbart
October 2007
"Four Prairie State students get IEF scholarships"
Southtownstar
October 2007
"Bridging Education Gaps"
Chicago Sun-Times
By IEF Co-founders David Scherer and Michael Golden
June 2007
About 90 percent of the fastest-growing jobs of the future will require some postsecondary education or training