Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Rights

About Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Rights

Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Rights repeatedly directs large grants into Chicago-based direct services for people facing poverty, homelessness, violence, and immigration detention. The clearest pattern is a set of multi-year awards to Heartland Human Care Services for the Get My Payment Illinois program, alongside major support for transitional jobs and cognitive-behavioral interventions aimed at people at risk for gun violence. In 2025 and 2024, the foundation gave $1,710,435 each year to Heartland Human Care Services for Get My Payment Illinois. It also awarded $1,630,102 in both 2024 and 2025 to North Lawndale Employment Network for innovative transitional jobs and cognitive behavioral programming targeted to those at risk for gun violence. Similar grants went to Ucan and Center for New Horizons for the same intervention model. The legal-services side of the portfolio includes universal representation pilot work for detained immigrants before Chicago court, with grants to Resurrection Project, Immigration Project, Live Free Chicago, and Legal Action Chicago. Across these areas, the funder combines service delivery, advocacy, and partnership-based grants with a strong program-specific orientation.

What Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Rights Funds

Housing and public-benefits support appear through the Get My Payment Illinois awards. Heartland Human Care Services received $1,710,435 in 2025 for that program, following the same amount in 2024, indicating sustained support for helping Illinois residents claim stimulus or public payments. In economic opportunity and violence-prevention work, North Lawndale Employment Network received $1,630,102 in 2025 for innovative transitional jobs and cognitive behavioral programming targeted to those at risk for gun violence. Ucan and Center for New Horizons received the same type of support, showing a consistent intervention model across multiple Chicago organizations. Immigration and legal services are another visible thread: the Resurrection Project received $190,000 in 2025 for an immigration court universal representation pilot for detained immigrants, while Legal Action Chicago received $10,000 for the same pilot work before Chicago court. The foundation also made a 2025 grant to Immigration Project for universal representation before Chicago court.

How Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Rights Gives