About Henry Booth House
The mission of Henry Booth House is to improve the quality of life for families in culturally and economically diverse Chicago communities by providing comprehensive and integrated early childhood learning, family health and social services.
Focus Areas
Early childhood educationFamily healthSocial servicesCommunity support (Chicago)
Who They Fund
low-income preschool-aged childrenvulnerable families with young childrenchildren eligible for Head Start programs
Funding Style
direct service / program deliveryprogram administration supportoperational fundingservice-focused grantmaking
About Henry Booth House
Henry Booth House centers its grantmaking on administering Head Start programs in Chicago, with multiple large awards repeated across the same community providers over several years. The biggest recent grant in the file is $1,528,669 to Hobby Horse Nursery Schools Ltd Lake Shore Schools in 2025 for Headstart administration, followed by $939,581 to West Austin Development for the same purpose. That pattern continues through a network of Chicago organizations that operate early childhood services and related family supports. Recent awards also reached Trinity Resources Unlimited - High Mountain, Building Blocks, and Prodigy Child Learning, each receiving sizable support to administer Headstart programs. The grants are concentrated in direct service delivery rather than one-off projects, and the language attached to each award points to operating support for ongoing preschool and family-serving infrastructure. Henry Booth House’s stated mission is to improve quality of life for families in culturally and economically diverse Chicago communities through integrated early childhood learning, family health, and social services, and the recent grants align with that mission through sustained support for child-focused program administration.
What Henry Booth House Funds
Early childhood education is the clearest theme in the recent grants. Henry Booth House gave $676,850 to Building Blocks and $463,484 to Howard Area, both for administering Headstart programs. Family-centered services appear alongside that work: the foundation awarded $445,752 to Jelly Bean (74th) and $410,735 to Eastside Development Center, again tied to Headstart administration. The grant language suggests support for preschool-aged children and families who are served through local program operators rather than through standalone projects. Several recipients appear to function as community-based providers within Chicago’s neighborhood service network. The focus areas listed for the foundation—early childhood education, family health, social services, and community support in Chicago—match the grant purposes and the beneficiary types noted for low-income preschool-aged children, vulnerable families with young children, and children eligible for Head Start programs.
How Henry Booth House Gives
The typical grant size is substantial: the p25 is $216,572, the median is $313,655, and the p75 is $471,809. That distribution fits a pattern of operating-level support rather than small project grants. Recipients appear across multiple years, including West Austin Development, Hobby Horse Nursery Schools Ltd Lake Shore Schools, Trinity Resources Unlimited - High Mountain, Building Blocks, Prodigy Child Learning, and Jelly Bean (74th), which indicates recurring support. The foundation is not described as a family foundation, DAF, or private operating foundation in the data provided, but its philosophy tags point to direct service, program administration support, operational funding, and service-focused grantmaking.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$10M
Total Assets
$2.6M
Total Revenue
$19.4M
Total Expenses
$19.6M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $217K and $472K, with a median of $314K.
25th Percentile
$217K
Median
$314K
75th Percentile
$472K
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
About 100% of grants go to recipients in IL.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
Scott H Perkins
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