- The raising of over $100,000 to support research and sponsor courses beneficial to the Italian American Community at Large
- Supported the making of the documentary, “And They Came To Chicago: The Italian American Legacy”
- Supported the writing of “History of Italian Americans in Jazz”, a book by Bill Dal Cerro and David Witter
- A living history of the Italian Experience at the Library of the University of Illinois
- Through our direct participation and funding, the “Italians in Chicago” project was born and nurtured.
- Our dedication and partial funding to the “Italians in Chicago” developed into a $300,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
- IAET assisted in the development and sponsorship of Italian Cultural courses at Triton College.
- Sponsorship of the Italian Week festival at Triton College
- Partial funding of “The Family and Community Life of Italian-Americans,” by Richard N. Juliani, Villanova University, published in 1983.
- Co-Sponsorship of the IL Precepio Italian Christmas Pageant at Triton College, 1983 and 1984
- Sponsorship and presentation of an education seminar in conjuction with Triton College in Transportation in the 1980’s
- The funding of college scholarships to individuals of Italian descent for outstanding academic achievement has exceeded $284,000 to date.
- IAET has supported Fra Noi, Chicagoland’s Italian American voice.
- Funds Annual IAET Vocal Scholarship Award
