grantees and merit grant recipients

Beloved Community Family Wellness Center $20,000 Merit Grant (2021)

CASA of Cook County $100,000 Impact Grant (2022)

Care for Real $25,000 Merit Grant (2024)

Center for Conflict Resolution $100,000 Impact Grant (2019)

Chicago Furniture Bank $100,000 Impact Grant (2022)

Chicago Survivors $100,000 Impact Grant (2021)

Chicago Youth Programs $100,000 Impact Grant (2021)

Children’s Research Triangle $17,500 Merit Grant (2018)

Common Pantry $100,000 Impact Grant (2022)

Communities In Schools of Chicago $100,000 Impact Grant (2018)

Connections for Abused Women and Their Children $100,000 Impact Grant (2020)

Connections for Abused Women and Their Children $100,000 Impact Grant (2024)

Deborah’s Place $100,000 Impact Grant (2021)

El Hogar Del Niño $100,000 Impact Grant (2020)

Facing Forward to End Homelessness $100,000 Impact Grant (2019)

Franciscan Outreach $25,000 Merit Grant (2024)

Friends of the Children – Chicago $100,000 Impact Grant (2023)

Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance $100,000 Impact Grant (2019)

Greater Chicago Legal Clinic $25,000 Merit Grant (2024)

Growing Home $100,000 Impact Grant (2019)

Housing Opportunities & Maintenance for the Elderly (H.O.M.E.) $100,000 Impact Grant (2024)

I Grow Chicago $100,000 Impact Grant (2020)

Ignite (fka Teen Living Programs) $100,000 Impact Grant (2018)

Kaleidoscope $17,500 Merit Grant (2018)

Kaleidoscope $100,000 Impact Grant (2019)

La Casa Norte $100,000 Impact Grant (2018)

Law Center for Better Housing (fka Lawyers’ Committee for Better Housing) $30,000 Merit Grant (2020)

Lawndale Christian Legal Center $30,000 Merit Grant (2020)

Lawndale Christian Legal Center $100,000 Impact Grant (2023)

Lyte Collective $15,000 Merit Grant (2023)

Margaret’s Village $100,000 Impact Grant (2022)

Meals on Wheels Chicago $15,000 Merit Grant (2023)

NAMI Chicago $20,000 Merit Grant (2022)

The Network $20,000 Merit Grant (2022)

New Moms $20,000 Merit Grant (2021)

New Moms $100,000 Impact Grant (2024)

NewRoot Learning Institute (fka Umoja) $10,000 Merit Grant (2019)

Nourishing Hope (fka Lakeview Pantry) $100,000 Impact Grant (2020)

Old Irving Park Community Clinic $20,000 Merit Grant (2022)

Old Irving Park Community Clinic $20,000 Merit Grant (2021)

One Million Degrees $100,000 Impact Grant (2018)

Onward Neighborhood House $20,000 Merit Grant (2021)

Open Books $100,000 Impact Grant (2023)

PODER $15,000 Merit Grant (2023)

Primo Center (fka Primo Center for Women and Children) $10,000 Merit Grant (2019)

Renaissance Social Services $30,000 Merit Grant (2020)

Renaissance Social Services $10,000 Merit Grant (2019)

Resilience $100,000 Impact Grant (2021)

Revolution Workshop $100,000 Impact Grant (2023)

Storycatchers Theatre $17,500 Merit Grant (2018)

St. Leonard’s Ministries $30,000 Merit Grant (2020)

St. Leonard’s Ministries $100,000 Impact Grant (2024)

Uptown People’s Law Center $17,500 Merit Grant (2018)

VOCEL $20,000 Merit Grant (2022)

Working Credit $15,000 Merit Grant (2023)