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COMPETITIVE GRANTS

HEALTH, HOUSING AND
HUMAN SERVICES

We work to improve the quality of life for all residents of our communities. Our grants support programs across the entire housing spectrum: to prevent and end homelessness; boost affordable rental housing; prevent widespread foreclosure that hollows out neighborhoods. They help keep people healthier: provide greater access to quality care, reduce chronic disease. Our grants help fight hunger with a stronger network of food pantries, meal programs and fresh produce for food deserts. They support programs reforming the justice system and reducing crime rates to make neighborhoods safer.

TOTAL HEALTH, HOUSING AND HUMAN SERVICES GRANTS: $5,250,000

HEALTH

Access to Health Care

TOTAL GRANT SEARLE FUNDS
A Silver Lining Foundation
for general operating support
$25,000 $25,000
Access Community Health Network
for general operating support
$35,000 $35,000
Advocate Charitable Foundation
for general operating support
$20,000 $20,000
Alivio Medical Center, Inc.
for general operating support
$50,000  
Asian Health Coalition
for general operating support
$17,500  
Asian Human Services Family Health Center, Inc.
for general operating support
$50,000  
Center for Independence Through Conductive Education, Inc.
for general operating support
$20,000 $20,000
Chicago Citywide Literacy Coalition
for general operating support
$47,500
Chicago Commons Association
for general operating support
$42,500
Community Health
for general operating support
$42,500
Core Foundation
for general operating support
$55,000
Erie Family Health Center, Inc.
for general operating support
$50,000 $50,000
Esperanza Health Centers
for general operating support
$35,000
Healthcare Alternative Systems, Inc.
for general operating support
$45,000
Howard Brown Health Center
for general operating support
$60,000
Illinois College of Optometry
for general operating support
$42,500
Infant Welfare Society of Chicago
for general operating support
$25,000
Inner-City Muslim Action Network
for general operating support
$45,000
Lawndale Christian Health Center
for general operating support
$25,000
McDermott Center
for general operating support
$57,500
National Medical Fellowships, Inc.
for general operating support
$92,500
PCC Community Wellness Center
for general operating support
$25,000 $25,000
St. Bernard Hospital
for general operating support
$20,000 $20,000
The Night Ministry
for general operating support
$27,500
Thresholds
for general operating support
$25,000
SUBTOTAL $980,000 $195,000

 

HEALTH

Health System Reform

TOTAL GRANT SEARLE FUNDS
AgeOptions
for general operating support
$44,000
AIDS Foundation of Chicago
for general operating support
$40,000
EverThrive Illinois
for general operating support
$75,000
Health and Medicine Policy Research Group
for general operating support
$75,000
Illinois Association of Free and Charitable Clinics
for general operating support
$25,000
Planned Parenthood of Illinois
for general operating support
$45,000
Smart Policy Works
for general operating support
$47,500
TASC, Inc.
for general operating support
$40,000
SUBTOTAL $391,500

 

HEALTH

Community Health and Wellness

TOTAL GRANT SEARLE FUNDS
Enlace Chicago
for general operating support
$40,000
Gads Hill Center
for general operating support
$25,000
Illinois Public Health Institute
for general operating support
$45,000
Latin Center/Universidad Popular
for general operating support
$36,000
Puerto Rican Cultural Center
for general operating support
$65,000
Saint Anthony Hospital
for general operating support
$17,500
TCA Health, Inc.
for general operating support
$50,000
SUBTOTAL $278,500

HEALTH

Responsive

TOTAL GRANT SEARLE FUNDS
Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods
to support the Brushwood Center’s Art, Nature, and Well-being at Ryerson Woods
$65,000  
Healthy Illinois Campaign
to support the Healthy Illinois Campaign (HIC) expanding health care to all people in Illinois including undocumented residents
$120,000  
Women Employed
to support the Pathways into Nursing and Allied Healthcare Careers Initiative
$150,000  
SUBTOTAL
$335,000  

TOTAL HEALTH
$1,985,000 $195,000

HOUSING

Housing and Foreclosure

TOTAL GRANT SEARLE FUNDS
Bickerdike Redevelopment Corporation
for general operating support
$30,000 $30,000
Brighton Park Neighborhood Council
for general operating support
$17,500
Business and Professional People for the Public Interest
for general operating support
$32,500 $32,500
Chicago Community Loan Fund
for general operating support
$30,000 $30,000
Chicago Rehabilitation Network
for general operating support
$32,500 $32,500
Communities United
for general operating support
$30,000
DePaul University
for general operating support
$30,000 $30,000
Genesis Housing Development Corporation
for general operating support
$15,000
Housing Action Illinois
for general operating support
$35,000
IFF
for general operating support
$37,500 $37,500
Jane Addams Senior Caucus
for general operating support
$7,500
Kenwood Oakland Community Organization
for general operating support
$5,000
Latin United Community Housing Association (LUCHA)
for general operating support
$25,000
Lawyers’ Committee for Better Housing
for general operating support
$37,500
Logan Square Neighborhood Association, Inc.
for general operating support
$7,500
Mercy Housing Lakefront
for general operating support
$37,500
Metropolitan Mayors Caucus
for general operating support
$35,000
Metropolitan Tenants Organization
for general operating support
$37,500
Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago, Inc.
for general operating support
$35,000
Northwest Side Housing Center
for general operating support
$32,500
Open Communities
for general operating support
$12,500
Organizing Neighborhoods for Equality Northside
for general operating support
$15,000
Respond Now, Inc.
for general operating support
$20,000
Southside Together Organizing for Power
for general operating support
$5,000
Spanish Coalition for Housing
for general operating support
$37,500
Supportive Housing Providers Association
for general operating support
$25,000
The Resurrection Project
for general operating support
$40,000
Woodstock Institute
for general operating support
$30,000 $30,000
TOTAL HOUSING $735,000 $222,500

HUMAN SERVICES

Improving Immigration Services and Policies

TOTAL GRANT SEARLE FUNDS
Asian Americans Advancing Justice | Chicago
for general operating support
$12,000  
Centro Romero
for general operating support
$20,000  
Community Activism Law Alliance
for general operating support
$20,000 $20,000
Forefront
to support the Democacy Initiative for education and outreach to hard-to-reach populations and promoting a fair and accurate 2020 Census count
$250,000 $250,000
Illinois Business Immigration Coalition
for general operating support
$40,000 $40,000
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
for general operating support
$75,000  
Indo-American Center, Inc.
for general operating support
$5,000  
HANA Center
for general operating support
$9,000  
Latino Policy Forum
for general operating support
$25,000  
Latinos Progresando
for general operating support
$19,000  
P.A.S.O. – West Suburban Action Project
for general operating support
$7,500  
Southwest Organizing Project
for general operating support
$17,500  
Southwest Suburban Immigrant Project
to support the 9th Annual Day of the Immigrant: Your Existence is Resistance event
$5,000  
The Chicago Community Foundation
for the Illinois Immigration Funders Collaborative’s grant making in legal services, community engagement and education
$150,000 $150,000
SUBTOTAL $655,000 $460,000

 

HUMAN SERVICES

Fred B. Jones

TOTAL GRANT SEARLE FUNDS
Greater Chicago Food Depository
for general operating support
$102,500  
Southwest Chicago Homeless Services
for general operating support
$10,000  
The Monroe Foundation
to support its Systems Change: Re-Entry, Policy, Organizing event
$5,000  
SUBTOTAL $117,500  

HUMAN SERVICES

Public Policy Advocacy for The Social Safety Net

TOTAL GRANT SEARLE FUNDS
All Chicago Making Homelessness History
to support the response efforts for the immediate basic human needs of unpaid, furloughed federal workers
$25,000  
Chicago Coalition for the Homeless
for general operating support
$37,500  
Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights
to support its CRUCIAL CONVERSATIONS in dis-invested commmunities of color around education equity, civic empowerment, and equitable development
$2,500  
Children’s Home & Aid
for general operating support
$32,500  
Greater Chicago Food Depository
to support the response efforts for the immediate basic human needs of unpaid, furloughed federal workers
$25,000  
Heartland Human Care Services
for general operating support
$40,000  
Illinois Action for Children
for general operating support
$125,000 $125,000
Illinois Hunger Coalition
for general operating support
$30,000  
Illinois Partners for Human Service
for general operating support
$37,500  
Metropolitan Family Services
for general operating support
$50,000  
Mujeres Latinas en Acción
for general operating support
$25,000  
Ounce of Prevention Fundf
or general operating support
$32,500  
Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law
for general operating support
$125,000 $125,000
Voices for Illinois Children, Inc.
for general operating support
$40,000  
SUBTOTAL $627,500 $250,000

 

HUMAN SERVICES

Preventing and Eliminating Hunger

TOTAL GRANT SEARLE FUNDS
All Chicago Making Homelessness History
for general operating support
$35,000  
Alliance to End Homelessness in Suburban Cook County
for general operating support
$30,000  
BEDS Plus, Inc.
for general operating support
$10,000  
Breakthrough Urban Ministries, Inc.
for general operating support
$17,500  
Casa Central
for general operating support
$20,000  
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago
for general operating support
$25,000  
Center for Changing Lives
for general operating support
$15,000  
Center for Housing and Health
for general operating support
$25,000  
Center on Halsted
for general operating support
$22,500  
Chicago House and Social Service Agency
for general operating support
$20,000  
Claretian Associates, Inc.
for general operating support
$25,000  
Corporation for Supportive Housing
for general operating support
$20,000  
Experimental Station
for general operating support
$40,000 $40,000
Featherfist
for general operating support
$30,000  
Franciscan Outreach
for general operating support
$35,000  
Gary Comer Youth Center
for general operating support
$30,000  

Heartland Alliance Health
for general operating support

$75,000  
Heartland Human Care Services
for general operating support
$27,500  
Housing Forward
for general operating support
$30,000  
Ignite
for general operating support
$20,000  
La Casa Norte
for general operating support
$45,000  
Lincoln Park Community Services
for general operating support
$10,000  
Margaret’s Village
for general operating support
$12,500  
Matthew House Chicago
for general operating support
$10,000  
North Side Housing and Supportive Services
for general operating support
$15,000  
Northern Illinois Food Bank
for general operating support
$47,500  
Pacific Garden Mission
for general operating support
$25,000  
Primo Center for Women and Children
for general operating support
$17,500  
Puerto Rican Cultural Center
for general operating support
$10,000  
Renaissance Social Services, Inc.
for general operating support
$20,000  
St Leonard’s Ministries
for general operating support
$12,500  
SUBTOTAL $777,500 $40,000

 

HUMAN SERVICES

Violence Prevention and Justice System Reform

TOTAL GRANT SEARLE FUNDS
Cabrini Green Legal Aid
for general operating support
$30,000
Fund for Justice
for general operating support
$25,000
Metropolis Strategies NFP
for general operating support
$55,000
Roger Baldwin Foundation of ACLU, Inc.
for general operating support
$37,500
The Juvenile Justice Initiative
for general operating support
$37,500
UCAN
for general operating support
$42,500
Youth Guidance
for general operating support
$50,000
SUBTOTAL $277,500

TOTAL HUMAN SERVICES
$2,455,000

$750,000

TOTAL HEALTH, HOUSING AND HUMAN SERVICES

$5,250,000

$1,167,500