About Enlace Chicago
To improve quality of life in Little Village by organizing residents, delivering community health and legal services, advancing immigrant rights, supporting education and youth programs, and preventing violence through community-led initiatives.
Focus Areas
Community HealthImmigration ServicesEducation and ScholarshipsViolence PreventionLegal ServicesYouth DevelopmentCommunity Organizing / Advocacy
Who They Fund
residents of Little Village neighborhood (Chicago)at-risk youth and adolescentsfamilies and community members affected by violence
Funding Style
direct service
About Enlace Chicago
Enlace Chicago centers its grantmaking on Little Village, with violence prevention as the clearest through line in the recent grants list. The largest award on file is $103,000 to New Life Center of Chicago for violence prevention programming, and several other local organizations received repeated support for the same work in 2023 and 2024. That pattern fits Enlace Chicago’s broader mission to improve quality of life in Little Village through resident organizing, community health and legal services, immigrant rights, education, youth programs, and community-led violence prevention. The foundation’s recent grants show a networked approach rather than a single-service model. Groups such as Latinos Progresando, Universidad Popular, Telpochcalli Community Education Project, and Erie Neighborhood House received multiple awards for violence prevention programming and services in Little Village. Other awards support youth-adjacent and community-serving institutions, including De La Salle Institute, The Learning Center the House of Connections, Chicago Youth Boxing Club, Mt Sinai Hospital, YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago, and Beyond the Ball. Enlace Chicago’s active programs also point to direct support for families and students through emergency assistance and scholarships for undocumented young people in Little Village and Illinois.
What Enlace Chicago Funds
Violence prevention is the most visible cause area in the recent grant record. Enlace Chicago awarded $93,000 to Latinos Progresando for violence prevention programming and services in Little Village, and $64,500 to Universidad Popular for the same purpose. Youth development appears alongside that work. The foundation gave $30,000 to De La Salle Institute for violence prevention programming and services in Little Village, and $22,500 to Chicago Youth Boxing Club for the same issue area. Community safety and local support services also show up through awards to neighborhood institutions. The Learning Center the House of Connections received $30,000, while Mt Sinai Hospital and YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago each received $21,500 for violence prevention programming and services in Little Village. Enlace Chicago’s active programs add two direct-service channels: the Little Village Emergency Assistance Fund for basic-needs support, and the Dreamers Unidos Scholarship Fund for undocumented students from Little Village.
How Enlace Chicago Gives
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$304K
Total Assets
$10.5M
Total Revenue
$11.1M
Total Expenses
$8.4M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $22K and $35K, with a median of $22K.
25th Percentile
$22K
Median
$22K
75th Percentile
$35K
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
Marcela Rodriguez
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