| Heartland Alliance International | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 2026 | For General Operating Support of the Kovler Center, which provide critical trauma-informed services to individuals, unaccompanied children, and families affected by forced migration, now residing in Chicago and surrounding Cook County suburbs. |
| Franciscan Outreach Association | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 2026 | For General Operating Support to provide emergency shelter, transitional housing, rapid rehousing, case management, meals, financial assistance, access to health care, etc. for individuals who are homeless in Chicago, shelters in the west side and Pilsen. |
| Community Health | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 2026 | For General Operating Support of this free health care center which provides uninsured and low-income individuals in Chicago with primary, dental, specialty care, medication, mental health, and lab services, as well as health education, Telehealth, etc. |
| KAN-WIN (Korean American Women in Need) | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 2026 | For General Operating Support. KAN-WIN serves Asian American domestic violence and sexual assault survivors in Chicago and suburbs. Programs include multi-lingual crisis hotline, legal clinic, advocacy, transitional housing, emergency hotel stay, etc. |
| South Suburban PADS | Oak Park, IL | $20,000 | 2026 | For General Operating Support. Programs and Services include Prevention (emergency funds), Street Outreach, Emergency Shelter, Rapid Rehousing, Permanent Supportive Housing, and Supportive Services for homeless individuals/families in south suburban Cook. |
| Connections for Abused Women and their Children | Wheaton, IL | $20,000 | 2026 | For General Operating Support. CAWC's comprehensive domestic violence services include crisis intervention, shelter, safety planning/assessment, legal and medical advocacy, individual and group counseling for survivors of domestic violence in Chicago. |
| Deborah's Place | Chicago, IL | $17,500 | 2026 | For General Operating Support. Deborah's Place provides housing and comprehensive supportive services to chronically homeless women in Chicago. Services include Interim/Permanent Supportive Housing, comprehensive support services, case management, etc. |
| St Leonard's Ministries | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 2026 | For General Operating Support of Grace House and St. Leonard's Ministries, which assists formerly incarcerated women and men in Cook County work to improve critical areas of their lives and achieve successful reentry. |
| New Moms | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 2026 | For General Operating Support, serving young mothers and their children in need of housing stability in Chicago and near western suburbs. Programs include housing and support, job training, classroom training, home-based parent coaching, etc. |
| Chinese American Service League | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 2026 | For Behavioral Health and Clinical Services Program, which offers uninsured individuals and families in Chicago's Armour Square, Bridgeport area with mental health screening and assessment, individual, couples and/or family counseling and intervention. |
| Ignite (formerly Teen Living Programs) | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 2026 | For General Operating Support. Ignite provides homeless youth, age 14-24, in Bronzeville neighborhood with comprehensive services, such as emergency & transitional housing, Street/Community Outreach, case management,employment support, aftercare, etc. |
| Family Rescue | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 2026 | For General Operating Support of comprehensive services for domestic violence survivors and their children in Chicago's south side. Services include crisis intervention, supportive housing, individual and group counseling, financial literacy, etc. |
| IWS Children's Clinic | Evanston, IL | $15,000 | 2026 | For General Operating Support. The Clinic is a pediatric health clinic & medical home, providing medical, dental, behavioral health services and social support services for children in the west side of Chicago, or near western Cook/DuPage County. |
| The Harbour | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 2026 | For General Operating Support of its programs which provide immediate, stable and safe housing to homeless young people and young mothers with children in north and northwest suburban Cook County .Services include emergency shelter, trauma informed, etc. |
| Of Color Inc | Waukegan, IL | $15,000 | 2026 | For General Operating Support. Funds will support job training, skills building and employment placement, and housing placement for homeless individuals, youth, veterans, and individuals with families in Chicago's south side communities. |
| Lazarus House | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 2026 | For General Operating Support. Lazarus House provides emergency shelter, and transitional living for homeless individuals/families in Kane County. Services include case management, food, education/employment coaching, linkages to medical/dental. etc. |
| Apna Ghar Inc (Our Home) | Homewood, IL | $15,000 | 2026 | For General Operating Support. Apna Ghar provides comprehensive culturally competent services, outreach and advocacy services to immigrant and non-immigrant women experiencing domestic violence and other gender violence in Chicago. |
| Margaret's Village (Formerly Institute of Women Today) | Park Ridge, IL | $15,000 | 2026 | For General Operating Support. The agency operates Maria's Shelter, a 50-bed interim shelter for women/children; Believe is a 50-bed interim facility for families in South Chicago; and Vincennes Senior Center for low-income seniors in Englewood. |
| Zacharias Sexual Abuse Center (formerly LaCASA) | Palatine, IL | $15,000 | 2026 | For General Operating Support. ZCenter provides comprehensive services for survivors of sexual violence and abuse in Lake County. Services include a 24-hour hotline, trauma informed counseling, medical and legal advocacy, prevention education, etc. |
| Alexian Brothers Housing & Health Alliance | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 2026 | For Bonaventure House, a transitional housing program for formerly homeless adults living with HIV/AIDS in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood. Program provides therapeutic/supportive services such as case management, recovery services, etc. |
| Journeys-The Road Home | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 2026 | For General Operating Support to provide shelter, social services and affordable housing to individuals and families experiencing homelessness in north/northwest suburban Cook County. Supportive services include Emergency Shelter, Interim Housing, etc. |
| Family Health Partnership Clinic | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 2026 | For General Operating Support. FHPC provides a medical home for the uninsured in McHenry County. They provide primary care, lab tests, pharmacy, dental, mental health therapy, case management services and onsite medical care at 2 area homeless shelters. |
| Will-Grundy Health Partnership | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 2026 | For General Operating Support of this free health care clinic which provides comprehensive medical and dental care through volunteer doctors, dentists, and specialty physicians in Will/Grundy Counties. Services include lab tests, medications, etc. |
| Beds Plus Care | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 2026 | For General Operating Support. Beds provides housing and stabilization services to individuals and families in Southwest Suburban Cook County who are homeless. Programs and services include prevention, housing for families, street outreach, etc. |
| Sister House | Forest Park, IL | $15,000 | 2026 | For General Operating Support. The residential recovery program serves women who have recently been released from prison, mental health facility or hospital in Chicago's west side. Services include intensive substance abuse treatment, primary health, etc. |
| Sarah's Inn | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 2026 | For General Operating Support. Sarah's Inn provides comprehensive services to survivors of domestic violence in near west suburban Cook County and westside of Chicago. Programs include individual and group counseling, and legal advocacy, etc. |
| Mobile CARE Foundation | Aurora, IL | $15,000 | 2026 | For General Operating Support. Mobile Care provides no-cost medical/preventative care, education, and support to low-income children and families within their neighborhoods aboard mobile medical clinics. Vans are retrofitted to provide care. |
| Suburban Primary Health Care Council dba Access to Care | Westchester, IL | $15,000 | 2026 | For General Operating Support. Access to Care enables low-income uninsured individuals, or individuals with high deductibles, in Suburban Cook County and northwest Chicago, to receive basic health care services. |
| Home of the Sparrow | Lemont, IL | $15,000 | 2026 | For General Operating Support. HOS provides women and their children who are homelessness in McHenry County with shelter, transitional housing, counseling, specialized case management, and employment assistance. |
| Howard Brown Health Center | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 2026 | For Broadway Youth Center, a drop-in center for LGBTQ and unstably housed youth in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood, with services in the south side. They provides comprehensive low barrier medical care, behavioral health services, resource advocacy etc. |
| Infant Welfare Society of Chicago | Palatine, IL | $15,000 | 2026 | For General Operating Support of the Angel Harvey Family Clinic, which provides medical, dental, optometry, therapeutic, and behavioral health services, and child development for low-income, uninsured families in Chicago. |
| Law Center for Better Housing (formerly Lawyers Committee for Better Housin | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 2026 | Tenant Supportive Services |
| Lake County Haven | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 2026 | For General Operating Support. Lake County Haven provides women and their children who are homeless with shelter, transitional housing, counseling, mental health support, access to medical care, life-skills training, and more. |
| Respond Now | Flossmoor, IL | $15,000 | 2026 | For General Operating Support. They provide health, hunger and housing services to low-income individuals and families in Chicago's South Suburbs. Programs include a food pantry, SNAP outreach, homelessness prevention, housing counseling, etc. |
| Southside Center of Hope (formerly St Martin de Porres House of Hope) | Country Club Hills, IL | $15,000 | 2026 | For General Operating Support. SSCOH works exclusively as a provider of supportive services to Independence House, a 25-unit Permanent Supportive Housing unit in Chicagos North Lawndale community for chronically unhoused women with disabling conditions. |
| Sarah's Circle | Aurora, IL | $15,000 | 2026 | For General Operating Support of women who are homeless/at-risk of being homeless in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood. Services include Daytime Support Center, Clinical Services, Interim Housing, Permanent Supportive Housing, case management and referrals. |
| Youth Crossroads | Crystal Lake, IL | $15,000 | 2026 | For Comprehensive Counseling Program. The Program provides trauma informed individual/group counseling services in English and Spanish to low-income youth in Cicero, Berwyn, and Lyons in schools and in community settings. |
| The Network Advocating Against Domestic Violence | Waukegan, IL | $15,000 | 2026 | For the Housing Advocacy Program, which works to increase the number of housing units available to survivors of domestic violence in the Chicago area. Funds will be used toward support for an attorney and housing assessor. |
| Turning Point | Des Plaines, IL | $15,000 | 2026 | For the Emergency Shelter, which provides safe refuge for women and their children fleeing domestic violence in McHenry County. They provide comprehensive services including safety planning, counseling, legal advocacy, parent resources, access to food etc |
| La Casa Norte | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 2026 | For General Operating Support. LCN serves youth and families facing homelessness in Chicago's west and southwest communities. Services include emergency shelter, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, permanent supportive housing, counseling, etc. |
| Christian Outreach of Lutherans | Carol Stream, IL | $15,000 | 2026 | For the Family Housing Program, a transitional housing program for homeless families with children in Lake County. Families must demonstrate the potential to obtain permanent housing in 12-18 months by adhering to a structured plan with specific goals. |
| Chicago Coalition for the Homeless | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 2026 | For the Youth Futures Legal Clinic, which provides legal aid and representation to students and youth experiencing homelessness in Chicago. Services include assistance with accessing public benefits, identification documents, legal needs and more. |
| The Ark | Antioch, IL | $15,000 | 2026 | For The Pharmacy Program, which provides medications for low-income, uninsured, under-insured Chicago residents who experience barriers to health care. Funds would be used to purchase needed medications not available through donations or wholesale. |
| Brave Space Alliance | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 2026 | For Health Programming. BSA currently offers onsite HIV/STI testing along with medical referrals for a variety of care, linkage to PrEP (HIV prevention medication), and educational materials as well as early intervention/prevention, treatment, support. |
| Primo Center for Women and Children | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 2026 | For General Operating Support. The Center provides housing and services to families who are homeless in Chicago's Austin and Englewood neighborhoods. Services include comprehensive behavioral/mental health treatment which addresses trauma experienced. |
| Bridge Communities | Glen Ellyn, IL | $15,000 | 2026 | For General Operating Support. Bridge Communities' programs aim to transition homeless families in DuPage County to self -sufficiency byworking with partners to provide mentoring, housing, and supportive services. |
| Sargent Shriver National Center On Poverty Law | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 2026 | For Reaching the Remaining Uninsured & Keeping the Newly Insured in Coverage Project. Funding will help insure the remaining uninsured and keep the newly insured in coverage in IL through trainings, technical assistance, public education and outreach. |
| Chicago Community Foundation | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 2026 | Immigrant Funders Collaborative |
| North Side Housing & Supportive Services (formerly Lakeview Shelter) | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 2026 | For General Operating Support. Funds will be used towards programs and comprehensive services for individuals facing homelessness in Chicago. Programs include Permanent Supportive Housing, Integrated Health Services, Housing System Navigation, etc. |
| Facing Forward (formerly Interfaith Council for the Homeless) | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 2026 | For General Operating Support. They provide individuals and families in Chicago with Permanent Supportive Housing, clinical case management, supportive services (e.g. health care, life skills training), housing location, education and advocacy. |
