Foundations that fund community development in Illinois
These 25 foundations made grants to community development in Illinois in the most recent IRS filing I have for each. None of them ticked the box for giving only to preselected organizations, and each filing gives application instructions or a website. That doesn't prove a foundation takes applications, and some on this list may not. The text below is copied from the filings, most of them for tax year 2024, so check a foundation's website or call before you apply.
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Polk Bros Foundation Inc
- $135,000 to Iff, Chicago: Special Projects
- $65,000 to Enlace Chicago, Chicago: Education
- $60,000 to Allies for Community Business Inc, Chicago: Strong Communities
How to apply: Application form available from foundation office and website
Deadlines: Continuous
Restrictions: Must be organization exempt under sec 501(c)(3)
Arie and Ida Crown Memorial
- $500,000 to Inner-City Muslim Action Network, Chicago: Program
- $360,000 to P33, Chicago: General operating;capital
- $200,000 to Ampt Advancing Nonprofits, Chicago: Program
How to apply: Visit https://www.crownfamilyphilanthropies.org to apply online
Deadlines: Visit https://www.crownfamilyphilanthropies.org for more information
Restrictions: Visit https://www.crownfamilyphilanthropies.org for more information
Woods Fund of Chicago
- $120,000 to Southside Together Organizing for Power, Chicago: General operating support
- $100,000 to Kenwood Oakland Community Organization, Chicago: General operating support
- $60,000 to Communities United, Chicago: General operating support
How to apply: See our website https://www.woodsfund.org/our-grants for forms and materials
Deadlines: Applications open for one month annually in february with grants announced in july.
Restrictions: Woods fund works primarily as a partner with nonprofit organizations to fight the brutality of poverty and structural racism in the chicago region. Grants are generally limited to nonprofit organizations that operate in the chicago...
Field Foundation of Illinois
- $50,000 to Pilsen Alliance, Chicago: Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
- $50,000 to Southside Together Organizing for Power, Chicago: Capacity - funding to increase to the organization's capabilities or effectiveness for...
- $25,000 to Inner City Muslim Action Network, Chicago: Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
How to apply: Https://www.grantinterface.com/home/logon?urlkey=fieldfoundation
Deadlines: Https://fieldfoundation.org/how-to-apply/submission-process/
Restrictions: Https://fieldfoundation.org/generalguidelines/
Grand Victoria Foundation
- $161,500 to East Side Aligned, St Louis: General Operating Support
- $125,000 to Communities United, Chicago: General Operating Support
- $101,500 to Black Researchers Collective, Chicago: General Operating Support
How to apply: Please see attachment.
Deadlines: Please see attachment.
Restrictions: Please see attachment.
The Joyce Foundation
- $625,000 to Iff, Chicago: Mission fund
- $250,000 to Metropolitan Planning Council, Chicago: Environment
- $100,000 to Black Researchers Collective, Chicago: Mission fund
How to apply: See attachment
Restrictions: See attachment
Retirement Research Foundation Dba Rrf Foundation for Aging
- $70,000 to The Renaissance Collaborative Inc, Chicago: An 18-month grant to support intergenerational and affordable housing for older people,...
- $70,000 to The Renaissance Collaborative Inc, Chicago: An 18-month grant to support intergenerational and affordable housing for older people,...
- $50,000 to Kenwood Oakland Community Organization, Chicago: A one-year grant to organize and unite older adults to take collective action and...
How to apply: Our website www.rrf.org contains the form in which applications should be submitted along with eligibility criteria, exclusions and letters of inquiry with required inclusions. Web inquiries should be addressed to info@rrf.org. Application forms can be downloaded in word for...
Deadlines: February 1, may 1, and august 1
Restrictions: Our website www.rrf.org contains the eligibility requirements, restrictions or limitations for all major grant programs. The major grant programs are as follows: advocacy; direct service; professional education; research; organizational...
Marquette Bank Affordable Housing Foundation
- $20,000 to Greater Southwest Development Corporation, Chicago: Community development
- $6,500 to Southwest Organizing Project, Chicago: Community development
- $4,000 to Allies for Community Business, Chicago: Community development
How to apply: Call a marquette bank mortgage specialist or visit emarquettebank.com/home-financing/home-buyer-grants/ for more info. In addition to down payment and closing cost assitance for home buyers, the foundation also gives grants to not-for-profit (nfp's) organizations that serve low...
Restrictions: -income requirement: total household income is less than 80% of the area median income for your county. - geographic requirement: purchasing a property within one of the 1.00+ low, moderate or middle income census tracts within marquette...
Lloyd A Fry Foundation
- $50,000 to Teachers Supporting Teachers, Chicago: For teachers supporting teachers impact team initiative
- $45,000 to Enlace Chicago, Chicago: For the community health workers initiative
- $40,000 to Chinese American Service League Inc, Chicago: For the culinary training program
How to apply: Please visit: https://www.fryfoundation.org/how-to-apply/overview/
Deadlines: Please visit: https://www.fryfoundation.org/how-to-apply/deadlines/
Restrictions: Please visit: https://www.fryfoundation.org/how-to-apply/overview/
The Kresge Foundation
- $500,000 to Iff, Chicago: Project support grant to develop and implement innovative financing models for early...
- $473,189 to Iff, Chicago: Project support to manage the implementation of the hope starts here framework
- $150,000 to United Power for Action & Justice Inc, Chicago: Project support grant to strengthen the community engagement and organizing capacity of...
How to apply: See www.kresge.org or email grantsmanagement@kresge.org
Deadlines: See www.kresge.org or email grantsmanagement@kresge.org
Restrictions: See www.kresge.org or email grantsmanagement@kresge.org
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- $282,586 to Become Inc, Chicago: 79377 developing the skills of citizen evaluators and community-based professional...
- $225,000 to Metropolitan Planning Council, Chicago: 82242 reforming chicago's zoning and land use practices to address racial and economic...
- $90,000 to Black Researchers Collective, Chicago: 80623 amplifying the reach and impact of the black researchers collective as a liberation...
How to apply: Most of rwjf's grants are made through targeted grant programs and funding partnerships. Rwjf's funding priorities and calls for proposals are described on www.rwjf.org.
Deadlines: No deadlines, except when foundation issues a call for proposal (cfp) or request for proposal (rfp).
Restrictions: Rwjf is dedicated to taking bold leaps to transform health in our lifetime and pave the way, together, to a future where health is no longer a privilege, but a right. We are a national philanthropy that advances transformative systems...
Frederick Henry Prince Testamentary Trust
- $25,000 to Garfield Park Community Council, Chicago: general operating support
- $7,500 to Neighborspace, Chicago: South Merrill Community Garden
- $7,500 to Fuller Park Community Development Corporation, Chicago: for the Juneteenth Family Fun Fest
How to apply: Information and materials that should be submitted along with an application include: written proposals, irs letter of determination under section 509(a), current budget, audited financial statements, and descriptive literature. The application is available online at the...
Deadlines: Applications are received throughout the year. Deadlines usually are in jan, may and june.
Restrictions: * The Trusts do not fund projects that promote or proselytize any religion. While we do fund the projects of faith-based organizations, those projects must be secular in nature. * The Trusts do not fund organizations that discriminate on...
Wk Kellogg Foundation
- $1,250,000 to Communities United, Chicago: Promise of an Equitable Future
- $300,000 to Community Organizing and Family Issues, Chicago: Early Care and Education
- $150,000 to Black Researchers Collective, Chicago: Early Care and Education
How to apply: See "how to apply" at www.wkkf.org/grantseekers/#how-to-apply
Deadlines: Proposals for grants may be submitted at any time through the website, www.wkkf.org
Restrictions: See "our priorities" (what we fund) on our website, www.wkkf.org/what-we-fund/
Elizabeth Morse Charitable Trust Xxxxx1008
- $150,000 to P33, Chicago: Support talent pathways
- $100,000 to Chinese American Service League, Chicago: Support change insight tech
- $35,000 to Allies for Community Business, Chicago: Support neighborhood
How to apply: See attached guidelines
Restrictions: See attached guidelines
Grant Hospital of Chicago D/B/A Grant Healthcare Foundation
- $30,000 to Brighton Park Neighborhood Council, Chicago: Mental health - bpnc school-based mental health program
- $30,000 to Enlace Chicago, Chicago: General operating support
- $25,000 to Inner-City Muslim Action Network, Chicago: General operating support
How to apply: Grant form used
Deadlines: July
Restrictions: The field of healthcare in the greater chicagoland area
Helen V Brach Foundation
- $15,000 to Experimental Station, Chicago: To support the youth education program, Blackstone Bicycle Works, which teaches...
- $10,000 to Delta Institute, Chicago: For a collaborative project to improve the water quality of the Calumet River and...
- $5,000 to Cornerstone Community Outreach, Chicaog: To support the case management team and fund vital support staff to meet the needs of the...
How to apply: Application form, available upon request
Deadlines: December 31 for consideration in year ending March 31
Restrictions: Must be organization exempt under Sect 501c3
Ideal Industries Foundation
- $19,155 to Dekalb County Community Gardens, Dekalb: General Operating Support
- $3,000 to Society of Women Engineers, Chicago: General Operating Support
- $1,630 to Dekalb County Nursing Home Foundation, Dekalb: General Operating Support
How to apply: Initial inquiry should be brief, indicating the nature of the project for which support is sought.
Commerce Bancshares Foundation
- $9,000 to Community Development Corporation of the Bloomington-Normal Area, Normal: Used at the discretion of the board of directors or trustees as they see fit for...
- $1,000 to Peoria Friendship House of Christian Service, Peoria: Used at the discretion of the board of directors or trustees as they see fit for...
- $1,000 to Neighborhood House Association, Peoria: Used at the discretion of the board of directors or trustees as they see fit for...
How to apply: Provide documentation re charitable status under irc 501 (c)(3)
The Allstate Foundation
- $5,000 to Teamwork Englewood, Chicago: April 2024 flash consulting day
- $1,000 to I-Car Education Foundation, Hoffman Estates: Employee helping hands
- $1,000 to P33, Chicago: Nonprofit leadership center - travel stipend for rebecca lockowitz
How to apply: Letter of proposal
Deadlines: Proposal reviewed as received
Restrictions: Must be within the united states
Dillon Foundation
- $822,500 to Sterling Riverfront Foundation, Sterling: To support community improvement/dev
- $52,165 to Greater Sterling Development Corp, Sterling: To support community improvement
How to apply: Submit a letter stating purpose of grant and include copy of exemption letter
Woodward Charitable Trust
- $250,000 to Rockford Area Strategic Initiatives, Rockford: General operating support
- $115,000 to Transform Rockford, Rockford: General operating support
How to apply: Applications should be submitted in letter form. No standard letter of application is required. A request evaluation will be sent to the applying organization to complete and return. This form emphasizes a description of the charitable organization itself and how the...
Illinois Children's Healthcare Foundation
- $250,000 to Southwest Organizing Project, Chicago: Southwest System of Care
- $50,000 to Enlace Chicago, Chicago: Improving quality of life for New Arrivals
How to apply: Review the open RFP(s) on our website and determine whether your project is a match to the projects being sought for funding. Submit a Letter of Inquiry or Proposal (based on the specific RFP timeline) with the required information by the posting deadline. Be sure to attach all...
Deadlines: Please visit our website for currently open RFPs. Submission deadlines vary from year to year.
Restrictions: You must be either (1) an organization that has been determined by the IRS to be an organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), that is a public charity described in Section...
Wells Fargo Foundation
- $125,000 to Allies for Community Business Inc, Chicago: Wells fargo/a4cb small business grant program
- $100,000 to Quad Communities Development Corporation Nfp, Chicago: Business development services and 2024 qcdc event sponsorships program
How to apply: https://www.wellsfargo.com/about/corporate-responsibility/community-giving/grant-process/
Deadlines: Applications are accepted from february 1 through october 1.
Restrictions: https://www.wellsfargo.com/about/corporate-responsibility/community-giving/grant-process/
Andersen-Formolo Family Foundation C/O Thomas J Formolo
- $100,000 to North Austin Community Center, Chicago: As needed
- $25,000 to Together Chicago, Chicago: As needed
How to apply: Recipient name and address, tax-exempt status, and amount requested
Visiting Nurse Association of Chicago (Aka) Vna Foundation
- $50,000 to Become Inc, Chicago: For the courage to love collaborative which works to end infant mortality among black...
- $45,000 to Chinese American Service League, Chicago: To addresses the behavioral health needs of clients in need, and connect them to other...
How to apply: Grants must be submitted via the online grants management system. All grant requests must have measurable goals and objectives and serve the medically underserved.
Deadlines: Grants are disbursed four times a year. See website for submission deadlines.
Restrictions: Must be organization exempt from income tax under 501(c)(3) and designated as public charity under 509(a)(1) or 509(a)(2).
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