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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