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SEARLE FUNDS
For more than 40 years, the Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust has been an integral part of the Trust and its grant making. These funds support research in medicine, chemistry and biological science; scientific and educational activities in health; economic development; the environment; and education.
FY2021 SEARLE FUNDS
548 Capital
826CHI
A Better Chicago
Academy for Global Citizenship
Access Living
Advocates for Urban Agriculture
African American Arts Alliance of Chicago
After School Matters
AgeOptions
AIDS Foundation of Chicago
Albany Park Theater Project
All Chicago
Alliance to End Homelessness in Suburban Cook County
Allies for Community Business
American Bar Foundation
American Heart Association
American Indian Center
American Red Cross
AMITA Health Housing and Health Alliance
Anew
Angelic Organics Learning Center
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Arab American Family Services
Arise Chicago
Artisan Grain Collaborative
Arts & Business Council of Chicago
Arts Alliance Illinois
Ashoka
Austin Coming Together
Back of the Yards Neighborhood Council
Basil's Harvest
BEDS, Inc.
Beyond Hunger
Black Ensemble Theater
Blair Thomas & Company
Block Club Chicago
Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois University
Borealis Philanthropy
Brave Space Alliance
Breakthrough Urban Ministries
Bright Star Community Outreach
Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods
BUILD, Inc.
CAASE
Cabrini Green Legal Aid
Candid
Casa Central
Catchafire
CAWC
Center for Computational Science Research
Center for Enriched Living
Center for Independence Through Conductive Education
Center for Neighborhood Technology
Centro Romero
CFLeads
Chicago Area Fair Housing Alliance
Chicago Cares
Chicago Children's Advocacy Center
Chicago Cityscape
Chicago Coalition for the Homeless
Chicago Commons
Chicago Community Loan Fund
Chicago Eco House
Chicago Filmmakers
Chicago Food Policy Action Council
Chicago Foundation for Women
Chicago Fund on Aging and Disability
Chicago Horticultural Society
Chicago Jobs Council
Chicago Learning Exchange
Chicago Media Project
Chicago Neighborhood Initiatives
Chicago Period Project
Chicago Public Media
Chicago Run
Chicago Scholars Foundation
Chicago State Foundation
Chicago Survivors
Chicago Torture Justice Center
Chicago TREND
Chicago United
Chicago Urban League
Chicago Video Project
Chicago Youth Programs
Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble
ChiFresh Kitchen
Chinese American Service League
CHIRP
CircEsteem
City Colleges of Chicago Foundation
Civic Consulting Alliance
Claretian Associates
CMAA
Collaboraction Theatre Company
Community TV Network
CommunityHealth
Corazón Community Services
Cornerstone Community Development Corporation
Cradles to Crayons
Crossroads Fund
CSH
Cures Within Reach
Deeply Rooted Dance Theater
Definition Theatre
Delta Institute
DePaul University
Disability Lead
DOMIP Inc.
El Hogar del Niño
Emerald South Economic Development Collaborative
Endeleo Institute
Enlace Chicago
Ensemble Dal Niente
Equal Hope
Erie Neighborhood House
ESDC
EverThrive Illinois
Experimental Sound Studio
Experimental Station
Facing Forward
Faith in Place
Family Rescue
Family Service Mental Health Center of Cicero
FamilyFarmed
Far South Community Development Corporation
FARM Illinois
Fertile Ground Factory, LLC
Firebird Community Arts
Firehouse Community Arts Center of Chicago
Folded Map™ Project
Forefront
Forward Momentum Chicago
Founders First CDC
Franciscan Outreach
Free Spirit Media
Free Street
Fresh Taste
Friends Of The Children - Chicago
Gads Hill Center
Garfield Park Community Council
Gary Comer Youth Center
Girls Like Me Project
Global Girls
Greater Auburn-Gresham Development Corporation
Greater Chicago Food Depository
Greater Englewood Chamber of Commerce
Greater Southwest Development Corporation
Greater West Town Community Development Project
Green City Market
GRO Community
Grow Greater Englewood
Growing Home
HANA Center
Health & Medicine Policy Research Group
Healthcare Alternative Systems
Heartland Alliance
Henry Williams Love Foundation
HIRE360
Hopewell Fund
Housing Action Illinois
Housing Choice Partners
Housing Forward
Housing Opportunities & Maintenance for the Elderly
Howard Brown Health Center
i.c.stars
IFYC
Ignite
IHCC
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
Illinois Collaboration On Youth
Illinois Environmental Council Education Fund
Illinois Institute of Technology
Illinois Public Health Institute
Illinois Stewardship Alliance
IMPACT Family Center
#IncreaseThePeace
Inner Voice
Inner-City Muslim Action Network
Innovation Development Institute, Inc.
Inspiration Corporation
Institute for Therapy through the Arts
Instituto del Progreso Latino
Intonation Music Workshop
Invisible Institute
Jackson Park Golf Association
Juneteenth Productions
Justice of the Pies
Khecari
Korean Cultural Center of Chicago
Kuumba Lynx
La Casa Norte
Lake County Community Foundation
Lakeview Pantry
Latino Policy Forum
Latinos Progresando
Liberty Prairie Foundation
LIFT
LISC
LPCS
LYTC Collective
MAAFA Redemption Project
Mandala Arts
Matthew House
Metropolis Strategies
Metropolitan Family Services
Metropolitan Planning Council
Metropolitan Tenants Organization
Michael Reese
Mikva Challenge
Mujeres Latinas en Accion
Music Institute of Chicago
Musical Arts Institute
NAMI Chicago
NAMI Metro Suburban
National Able Network
NeighborSpace
Network for Young Adult Success
New America
New Life Centers
New Moms
NHS
Noble Schools
North Side Housing and Supportive Services
Northern Illinois Food Bank
Northwest Center
Northwest Side Community Development Corporation
Northwestern University
OAI, Inc.
Obsidian Collection Archives
One Million Degrees
Openlands
Operation Warm
Options for Youth
Organic Oneness
P33
Partnership for College Completion
Per Scholas
Phalanx Family Services
Primo Center
Project Exploration
Project Onward
ProPublica
Puerto Rican Arts Alliance
R.A.G.E.
Renaissance Social Services
Respond Now
Revolution Workshop
River City Community Development Center
Robert R. McCormick Foundation
Rosalind Franklin University
Rush University Medical Center
Saving Lives, Inc.
Scholarship America
Serendipity Theatre Company
Seven Generations Ahead
SGA Youth & Family Services
Share Our Spare
Skills for Chicagland's Future
Small Business Advocacy Council
Small Business Majority
South Suburban PADS
Southeast Chicago Chamber of Commerce
Southland Development Authority
Southland Human Services Leadership Council
Star Farm Chicago
Start Early
Story Jam
Sunshine Enterprises
SWOP
Tallgrass Educational Films
The Brown House Experience
The Chicago Community Foundation
The Chicago Community Foundation/Arts Work Fund
The Chicago Community Foundation/Chicagoland Workforce Funder Alliance
The Chicago Community Foundation/Elevated Chicago
The Chicago Community Trust
The Chicago Community Trust/Community Desk Chicago
The Chicago Lighthouse
The Conservation Fund
The Gift Theatre
The Harbour
The Ndigo Foundation
The Network
The New School
The Night Ministry
The TRiiBE
The Trust for Public Land
The University of Chicago - Office of Civic Engagement
The University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy
Thresholds
Thrive Chicago
Thrive Scholars
TPAN
Trickster Cultural Center
True Believers Community Connections
True Star
UChicago Urban Labs
United Way of Metro Chicago
Unity Parenting and Counseling
University of Illinois Board of Trustees
Urban Equities
Urban Growers Collective
Urban League of Louisiana
Urban Market Exchange, LLC
USA Curling
Voice of the City
Westside Health Authority
Wieboldt Foundation
Women Employed
Women's Business Development Center
Woodstock Institute
WTTW
Young Chicago Authors
Young Invincibles
Youth Crossroads
Youth Guidance
Youth Job Center
YWCA Metropolitan Chicago