This foundation is focused on preventing and ending homelessness in suburban Cook County by funding emergency shelters, rapid re-housing, supportive housing providers, and wraparound social services. They prioritize general operating support to local front-line organizations—often faith-linked and community-based nonprofits—working on homelessness, domestic violence response, and basic needs in the south and west suburban corridor. Grants are frequently repeated to the same core providers, indicating long-term partnerships with regional service organizations.
Alliance to End Homelessness in Suburban Cook County centers its grantmaking on preventing and ending homelessness in suburban Cook County, with support flowing to emergency shelters, rapid re-housing, supportive housing, and related social services. The recent record shows a funder that uses general assistance to back a durable network of local providers rather than isolated projects. Housing Forward in Maywood appears as a core recipient across multiple years, including $260,814 in 2023 and $247,600 in 2025, while Beds Plus in LaGrange received $237,517 in 2025. Those awards sit alongside support for organizations serving people facing housing instability, domestic violence, and other basic-needs pressures in the south and west suburban corridor. The pattern is strongly local: every grant in the data went to an Illinois recipient. The foundation’s largest recent awards are concentrated among community-based nonprofits that deliver direct services, suggesting a grantmaker focused on maintaining frontline capacity for ongoing homelessness response rather than one-time initiatives. Repeated grants to the same organizations also indicate sustained relationships with regional service providers over time.
Homelessness response is the clearest theme. The foundation gave $247,600 in 2025 to Housing Forward for general assistance and $237,517 in 2025 to Beds Plus for the same purpose, both organizations working in suburban Cook County. It also supported Connections for the Homeless with $153,248 in 2025 and $154,577 in 2024, showing continued backing for rapid re-housing and related services. Domestic violence and survivor services are another visible strand. Sarah's Inn and Anew Building Beyond Violence and Abuse appear in the foundation’s broader focus areas, alongside grants to Crisis Center of South Suburbs in Tinley Park for general assistance in 2024 and 2025. The foundation also funds broader community service organizations such as Catholic Charities and United Way of Metro Chicago, reflecting a mix of housing-specific and wraparound support.
Typical grant size is mid-five figures: the p25 is $45,413, the median is $57,755, and the p75 is $103,553. The distribution suggests many awards cluster near the middle of that range, with some larger general-assistance grants to core providers. The pattern is recurring rather than one-off: several recipients appear in multiple years, including Housing Forward, Connections for the Homeless, Catholic Charities, South Suburban Pads, Journeys the Road Home, Respond Now, Wings, and Crisis Center of South Suburbs. The foundation is a public charity, funds individuals is false, and it does not make program-related investments. The grants are framed as general assistance, which points to flexible operating support rather than tightly restricted project funding.
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Most grants fall between $45K and $104K, with a median of $58K.
25th Percentile
$45K
Median
$58K
75th Percentile
$104K
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Concentrated, regionally targeted giving with repeated multi-year/general operating grants to a relatively small core of frontline providers; a mix of several large headline awards and many moderate grants focused on sustaining program delivery rather than one-off project funding.
Notable grantees: Housing Forward, Connections for the Homeless, Beds Plus, South Suburban PADS, Catholic Charities
Grantmaking is entirely local and entirely in Illinois, with 51 grants to U.S. recipients and 100% of grants in the HQ state. The recipient footprint reaches across suburban Cook County and nearby suburban communities, including Maywood, LaGrange, Evanston, Olympia Fields, Mount Prospect, Chicago Heights, Palatine, Tinley Park, and Flossmoor. Chicago recipients also appear in the mix, alongside organizations in the south and west suburban corridor. The pattern shows a regional network rather than a single-city strategy, with awards distributed among multiple suburban service hubs.
The foundation backs organizations working on homelessness response, including emergency shelters, rapid re-housing, supportive housing, domestic violence services, and wraparound social services. The recent grants list also shows general assistance support for community nonprofits serving low-income suburban residents.
Typical awards fall in the mid-five figures. The grant-size distribution shows a p25 of $45,413, a median of $57,755, and a p75 of $103,553.
Yes. Several recipients appear across multiple years, including Housing Forward, Connections for the Homeless, Catholic Charities, South Suburban Pads, Journeys the Road Home, Respond Now, Wings, and Crisis Center of South Suburbs.
Its giving is local and stays within Illinois. The recipient country distribution is entirely U.S.-based, and 100% of grants went to recipients in IL.
The recent grants are labeled general assistance, which indicates flexible support for operating needs rather than a narrow project grant. That pattern appears across the foundation’s awards to housing and social service providers.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEDS PLUS | LAGRANGE, IL | $363,695 | 2026 | GENERAL ASSISTANCE |
| CONNECTIONS FOR THE HOMELESS | EVANSTON, IL | $337,778 | 2026 | GENERAL ASSISTANCE |
| HOUSING FORWARD | MAYWOOD, IL | $323,682 | 2026 | GENERAL ASSISTANCE |
| RESPOND NOW | CHICAGO HEIGHTS, IL | $215,852 | 2026 | GENERAL ASSISTANCE |
| SOUTH SUBURBAN PADS | CHICAGO HEIGHTS, IL | $149,627 | 2026 | GENERAL ASSISTANCE |
| NORTHWEST COMPASS | MOUNT PROSPECT, IL | $141,387 | 2026 | GENERAL ASSISTANCE |
| UNITED WAY OF METRO CHICAGO | CHICAGO, IL | $141,371 | 2026 | GENERAL ASSISTANCE |
| SARAH'S INN | OAK PARK, IL | $132,861 | 2026 | GENERAL ASSISTANCE |
| PROACTIVE COMMUNITY SERVICES | FLOSSMOOR, IL | $70,983 | 2026 | GENERAL ASSISTANCE |
| JOURNEYS THE ROAD HOME | PALATINE, IL | $63,956 | 2026 | GENERAL ASSISTANCE |
| ARAB AMERICAN FAMILY SERVICES | WORTH, IL | $63,795 | 2026 | GENERAL ASSISTANCE |
| ANEW BUILDING BEYOND VIOLENCE AND ABUSE | HOMEWOOD, IL | $59,177 | 2026 | GENERAL ASSISTANCE |
| WINGS | PALATINE, IL | $57,999 | 2026 | GENERAL ASSISTANCE |
| CRISIS CENTER OF SOUTH SUBURBS | TINLEY PARK, IL | $53,106 | 2026 | GENERAL ASSISTANCE |
| PILLARS COMMUNITY HEALTH | COUNTRYSIDE, IL | $46,324 | 2026 | GENERAL ASSISTANCE |
| YWCA EVANSTONNORTH SHORE | EVANSTON, IL | $27,526 | 2026 | GENERAL ASSISTANCE |
| HOUSING FORWARD | MAYWOOD, IL | $247,600 | 2025 | GENERAL ASSISTANCE |
| BEDS PLUS | LAGRANGE, IL | $237,517 | 2025 | GENERAL ASSISTANCE |
| CONNECTIONS FOR THE HOMELESS | EVANSTON, IL | $153,248 | 2025 | GENERAL ASSISTANCE |
| UNITED WAY OF METRO CHICAGO | CHICAGO, IL | $97,676 | 2025 | GENERAL ASSISTANCE |
| PROACTIVE COMMUNITY SERVICES | FLOSSMOOR, IL | $84,185 | 2025 | GENERAL ASSISTANCE |
| WINGS | PALATINE, IL | $77,565 | 2025 | GENERAL ASSISTANCE |
| CATHOLIC CHARITIES | CHICAGO, IL | $71,457 | 2025 | GENERAL ASSISTANCE |
| SOUTH SUBURBAN PADS | CHICAGO HEIGHTS, IL | $71,042 | 2025 | GENERAL ASSISTANCE |
| RESPOND NOW | CHICAGO HEIGHTS, IL | $66,410 | 2025 | GENERAL ASSISTANCE |
| JOURNEYS THE ROAD HOME | PALATINE, IL | $65,054 | 2025 | GENERAL ASSISTANCE |
| NORTHWEST COMPASS | MOUNT PROSPECT, IL | $60,475 | 2025 | GENERAL ASSISTANCE |
| CRISIS CENTER OF SOUTH SUBURBS | TINLEY PARK, IL | $57,216 | 2025 | GENERAL ASSISTANCE |
| ANEW BUILDING BEYOND VIOLENCE AND ABUSE | HOMEWOOD, IL | $52,893 | 2025 | GENERAL ASSISTANCE |
| ARAB AMERICAN FAMILY SERVICES | WORTH, IL | $37,965 | 2025 | GENERAL ASSISTANCE |
| EVNORTHSHORE YWCA | EVANSTON, IL | $35,014 | 2025 | GENERAL ASSISTANCE |
| SARAH'S INN | OAK PARK, IL | $27,471 | 2025 | GENERAL ASSISTANCE |
| PILLARS COMMUNITY HEALTH | COUNTRYSIDE, IL | $25,364 | 2025 | GENERAL ASSISTANCE |
| CATHOLIC CHARITIES | CHICAGO, IL | $166,106 | 2024 | GENERAL ASSISTANCE |
| CONNECTIONS FOR THE HOMELESS | EVANSTON, IL | $154,577 | 2024 | GENERAL ASSISTANCE |
| HOUSING FORWARD | MAYWOOD, IL | $149,782 | 2024 | GENERAL ASSISTANCE |
| AUNT MARTHA'S | OLYMPIA FIELDS, IL | $111,236 | 2024 | GENERAL ASSISTANCE |
| BEDS PLUS | LAGRANGE, IL | $80,504 | 2024 | GENERAL ASSISTANCE |
| RESPOND NOW | CHICAGO HEIGHTS, IL | $74,751 | 2024 | GENERAL ASSISTANCE |
| JOURNEYS THE ROAD HOME | PALATINE, IL | $65,661 | 2024 | GENERAL ASSISTANCE |
| SOUTH SUBURBAN PADS | CHICAGO HEIGHTS, IL | $61,928 | 2024 | GENERAL ASSISTANCE |
| CRISIS CENTER OF SOUTH SUBURBS | TINLEY PARK, IL | $61,548 | 2024 | GENERAL ASSISTANCE |
| WINGS | PALATINE, IL | $56,656 | 2024 | GENERAL ASSISTANCE |
| AFRICAN AMERICAN CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION | OAK PARK, IL | $52,340 | 2024 | GENERAL ASSISTANCE |
| SARAH'S INN | OAK PARK, IL | $52,181 | 2024 | GENERAL ASSISTANCE |
| NORTHWEST COMPASS | MOUNT PROSPECT, IL | $51,507 | 2024 | GENERAL ASSISTANCE |
| ANEW BUILDING BEYOND VIOLENCE AND ABUSE | HOMEWOOD, IL | $44,684 | 2024 | GENERAL ASSISTANCE |
| EVNORTHSHORE YWCA | EVANSTON, IL | $22,576 | 2024 | GENERAL ASSISTANCE |
| ARAB AMERICAN FAMILY SERVICES | WORTH, IL | $21,564 | 2024 | GENERAL ASSISTANCE |
| PROACTIVE COMMUNITY SERVICES | FLOSSMOOR, IL | $12,744 | 2024 | GENERAL ASSISTANCE |
PILLARS COMMUNITY HEALTH
$46,324GENERAL ASSISTANCE
PILLARS COMMUNITY HEALTH
$25,364GENERAL ASSISTANCE