2017 Responsive Grant Program Awards
In 2017, HCF made one-year general operating grants to support community-based health and human services, with a particular focus on efforts that address the needs of the most socially and economically vulnerable community members. HCF grants are geographically restricted to initiatives and services that impact the residents of western Cook County Illinois.
General operating support grants funded up to 10% of an organization’s budget, and capital improvement grants are capped at $50,000. We received 158 requests for funding and were able to grant 115 of those requests. The focus of HCF grant making in 2017 is to provide organizational support to strengthen the interconnected web of health and human service organizations that have taken such a beating from the previous two years in Illinois without a State budget. Many of our service providers have tapped extended lines of credit, borrowing against enormous accounts payable owed by the State, in order to make payroll and keep the lights on. They are operating with skeletal staff and volunteers. These organizations are vital to the fabric of our communities and our 2017 grants are dedicated to supporting the sector through these tough times.
Beginning in 2018 HCF will be undertaking a strategic planning process. In this process we will ask our partners to help to identify issue areas and initiatives where our foundation can make strategic investments that will move the needle towards making our communities the healthiest in the nation. We will be sharing what we learn through our newsletter (sign up here) and inviting participation in our process.
Please check back here early summer of 2018 for new guidelines for our 2018 Grantmaking.
2017 Grant Distribution
2017 Grant Distribution
By Number of Proposals
Primary
Behavioral
Disabilities
Human Services
Policy
Capital
By Dollar Amount
Primary
Behavioral
Disabilities
Human Services
Policy
Capital
2017 Responsive Program Grant Awards
GRANTEES A - B
Access Community Health Network
Cicero/Chicago/Summit
Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago
Chicago
AgeOptions
Oak Park
Aging Care Connections
Chicago
Alivio Medical Center
Chicago
All Chicago Making Homelessness History
Chicago
All Our Children’s Advocacy Center
Justice
Arab American Family Services
Bridgeview
ASI
Chicago
Aspire
Hillside
BEDS Plus Care
La Grange
Boys Club of Cicero
Cicero
Brighton Park Neighborhood Council
Chicago
BUILD
Chicago
GRANTEES C - E
Casa Central
Chicago
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago
Chicago
Center for Advancing Domestic Peace
Chicago
Center for Economic Progress
Chicago
Center for Independence through Conductive Education, Inc.
Countryside
Chicago Citywide Literacy Coalition
Chicago
Chicago Commons
Chicago
Chicago Metropolitan Battered Womens Network
Chicago
Cicero-Berwyn-Stickney Food Pantry
Chicago
Communities United
Chicago
Community Nurse Health Association
La Grange
Community Support Services
Brookfield
CommunityHealth
Chicago
Corazon Community Services
Cicero
El Valor
Chicago
Enlace Chicago
Chicago
Environmental Law & Policy Center
Chicago
Erie Family Health Center, Inc.
Chicago
Erie Neighborhood House
Chicago
Esperanza Health Centers
Chicago
GRANTEES M-S
Meals on Wheels Foundation of Northern Illinois
Berwyn
Mercy Housing Lakefront
Chicago
Metropolitan Chicago Breast Cancer Task Force
Chicago
Mobile Care Chicago
Chicago
Mujeres Latinas en Accion
Chicago/North Riverside
National Alliance on Mental Illness
Oak Park
Oak Park River Forest Food Pantry
Oak Park
Oak Park River Forest Infant Welfare Society
Oak Park
Oak-Leyden Developmental Services
Oak Park
Opportunity Knocks Inc.
Chicago
PACTT Learning Center
River Forest
PASO – West Surbuan Action Project
Oak Park
Pav YMCA | YMCA of Berwyn-Cicero, Inc.
Melrose Park
PCC Community Wellness Center
Berwyn
PeopleCare
Oak Park
Presence Behavioral Health
Riverside
Robert Crown Center for Health Education
Broadview
Saint Anthony Hospital
Hinsdale
Sarah’s Inn
Chicago
Solutions For Care
Oak Park
SisterHouse
Oak Park
Suburban Primary Health Care Council
North Riverside
GRANTEES F - L
Family Focus
Chicago
Family Service and Mental Health Center of Cicero
Cicero
Gads Hill Center
Chicago
Healthy Illinois Campaign
Chicago
Hephzibah Children’s Association
Oak Park
Housing Forward
Maywood
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
Chicago
Illinois Partners for Human Service
Chicago
Inner-City Muslim Action Network
Chicago
Instituto del Progreso Latino
Chicago
Interfaith Community Partners
La Grange
John Howard Association of Illinois
Chicago
La Casa Norte
Chicago
L’Arche Chicago
Oak Park
Latino Alzheimer’s and Memory Disorders Alliance
Melrose Park
Latino Policy Forum
Chicago
Latinos Progresando
Chicago
Lawndale Christian Health Center
Chicago
Leyden Family Service & Mental Health Center
Franklin
Little Village Envionmental Justice Organizaton (for Ixchel)
Chicago
Lo Que Puede Venir
Downers Grove
Loyola University Chicago Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing School-Based Health Center at Proviso East High School
Maywood
GRANTEES T-Z
Taller de Jose
Chicago
University of Illinois-Mile Square Health Center
Cicero
The Children’s Center of Cicero-Berwyn
Cicero
The Illinois Association of Free and Charitable Clinics
Chicago
The LeaderShop
La Grange
The Rosecrance Foundation
La Grange
Thrive Counseling Center
Oak Park
United Cerebral Palsy Seguin of Greater Chicago
Cicero
Way Back Inn
Maywood
West Cook YMCA
Oak Park
Women Employed
Chicago
YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago
Chicago
Youth Crossroads
Berwyn
Geographic Focus
Grants are given to organizations located within the Foundation’s geographic target area or serving a significant percentage of the local population in the communities of:
60130 Forest Park
60153 Maywood
60154 Westchester
60155 Broadview
60301 Oak Park
60302 Oak Park
60303 Oak Park
60304 Oak Park
60305 River Forest
60402 Berwyn, Forest View, Stickney
60455 Bridgeview
60457 Hickory Hills
60458 Justice
60459 Burbank
60501 Summit, Argo
60513 Brookfield
60525 LaGrange, Countryside, Hodgkins, Indian Head Park, McCook
60526 LaGrange Park
60534 Lyons
60546 Riverside, North Riverside
60558 Western Springs
60623 Chicago – Lawndale
60629 Chicago Lawn
60632 Chicago – Elsdon
60638 Bedford Park, Clearing, Forest View, Stickney
60644 Chicago – Austin
60652 Chicago – Ashburn Park
60804 Cicero