2024 Grantee Partners
General Operating Support
About Our Annual Grantmaking
Our one-year grants are awarded annually through an open, competitive cycle. This funding type helps us respond to emerging health equity needs and crises, strengthen collaboration with new and existing grantee partners, and deepen our understanding of the local health landscape to better support health equity efforts in our region.
Facts About Our 2024 Grantee Partners
- Total One-Year Grants: $2,525,000
- 46 Annual Partners
- 65% of Partners Serve Our Legacy & Equity Zone
*Green areas represent our Legacy & Equity Zone
Geographic Focus
- Legacy & Equity – Partners that primarily serve communities in Chicago and western Cook County suburbs that experience the greatest health inequities in our region and have been disproportionately impacted by the pandemic.
- Regional – Partners that serve communities across our entire service region.
- Suburban Regional – Partners that primarily serve our region’s communities in west suburban Cook County.
Partner Count
Total: 46
Funding Amount
Total: $2,525,000
Access to Quality Health Services
Partners focused on removing healthcare access barriers, strongly emphasizing community leadership in their systems change strategies.
Focus Area: Child & Adolescent Mental Health
Serves: Justice
Focus Area: Integrated Primary Care
Serves: Little Village; HCF Regional
Focus Area: Integrated Primary Care
Serves: North Lawndale; Little Village; Archer Heights
Focus Area: Integrated Primary Care
Serves: Maywood
Focus Area: Integrated Primary Care; Housing as Health
Serves: Oak Park; Berwyn
Focus Area: Pediatric & Adolescent Health
Serves: HCF Regional
Focus Area: Housing as Health
Serves: Oak Park; Austin
Focus Area: Integrated Primary Care
Serves: Austin
Focus Area: Behavioral Health; Substance Use
Serves: Maywood
Address Social Determinants of Health
Partners addressing social and structural determinants of health through innovative, racially equitable approaches.
Focus Area: Maternal & Child Health
Serves: Austin
Focus Area: Housing as Health
Serves: Summit; La Grange
Focus Area: Community Health Strategies; LGBTQIA+ Health
Serves: Austin; Little Village
Focus Area: Older Adults; Safety Net Navigation
Serves: HCF Regional
Focus Area: Community Power Building; Community Health Strategies
Serves: South Lawndale; Berwyn
Focus Area: Community Power Building; Community Health Strategies
Serves: HCF Regional
Focus Area: Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities
Serves: Brighton Park
Focus Area: Community-Based Wrap-Around Health Services
Serves: North Lawndale; Cicero
Focus Area: Community Health Strategies
Serves: Gage Park
Focus Area: Food Insecurity; Food as Medicine
Serves: North Lawndale
Focus Area: Housing as Health
Serves: Maywood; Oak Park
Focus Area: Community Power Building
Serves: Maywood
Focus Area: Housing as Health
Serves: Austin; North Lawndale
Focus Area: Food Insecurity
Serves: Maywood
Focus Area: Gender-Based Violence
Serves: Oak Park
Focus Area: Behavioral Health; Substance Use Treatment; Housing as Health
Serves: Austin
Focus Area: Healthy Literacy; Legal Aid
Serves: Little Village; Maywood
Focus Area: Community-Based Mental Health
Serves: Maywood
Focus Area: Community-Based Mental Health; Violence Prevention
Serves: North Lawndale
Focus Area: Food Insecurity; Workforce
Serves: North Lawndale
Focus Area: Health Literacy/Education
Serves: Oak Park
Advocate for Health Policies & Systems Change
Partners advocating for health policy and upstream solutions to health inequities.
Focus Area: Community Power Building; Community Health Strategies
Serves: Berwyn; Cicero; Chicago
Focus Area: Community Health Strategies
Serves: Maywood
Focus Area: Health Equity Policy & Advocacy
Serves: North Lawndale
Focus Area: Health Equity Policy & Advocacy
Serves: HCF Regional
Focus Area: Health Equity Policy & Advocacy
Serves: HCF Regional
Focus Area: Community Health Strategies
Serves: Maywood
Augment Local Health Knowledge
Partners focused on community-led inquiry and local public health data collection.
Focus Area: Violence Prevention
Serves: Little Village
Focus Area: Housing as Health; Connected Ecosystem of Care
Serves: Suburban Cook County
Focus Area: Health Equity Education; Narrative Change
Serves: HCF Regional
Focus Area: Food Insecurity; Food as Medicine
Serves: HCF Regional
Focus Area: Community Leadership; Network Building; Gender-Based Violence
Serves: Little Village; Gage Park
Focus Area: Health Equity Policy & Advocacy
Serves: HCF Regional
Focus Area: Culturally Affirming Public Health Workforce
Serves: HCF Regional
Focus Area: Community-Based Mental Health
Serves: Suburban Regional
Focus Area: Health Research; Data Collection
Serves: HCF Regional
Focus Area: Emergency Response; Network Building
Serves: North Lawndale; Austin
