Where we work

We focus our funding on medically underserved communities in northern Lake County.

Grants

The Foundation typically awards grants twice a year, in May and November.
For a list of grants awarded prior to March 2023, please contact the Foundation.

February 2025
Total amount awarded: $40,000
- Cancer Wellness Center
  $20,000
  Strategic Planning & Health Equity Training
- Family First Center of Lake County
  $20,000
  Behavioral Health Center Capacity Building
November 2024
Total amount awarded: 1,875,000
- Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago
  $50,000
  Bienestar Familiar in northern Lake County
- Chicago Workers Collaborative
  $50,000
  Lake County Health Equity and Access Program
- Community Youth Network – Two year grant
  $200,000
  Community Access Program
- Heart of the City
  $65,000
  Health & Wellness/Community Engagement Program
- Heart of the City
  $15,000
  Retired Board Member Directed Grant-Dave Hatton
- Hispanic American Community Education and Services – Two year grant
  $70,000
  Immigrant Family Health Resource Program
- Kids Rank
  $40,000
  Mental Health Connector Program
- Lake County Community Foundation – Two year grant
  $80,000
  Together Lake County (TLC) Fund
- Lake County Crisis Center (Known as A Safe Place)
  $85,000
  Behavioral healthcare for survivors of domestic violence and human trafficking and their children
- Loyola University Chicago
  $65,000
  Master of Social Work Program
- Loyola University Chicago
  $45,000
  Increasing Mental Health Impact in northern Lake County through Social Work Supervisor Training
- Mano a Mano Family Resource Center – Two year grant
  $170,000
  Healthy Families Program including Community Health Workers
- Planned Parenthood of Illinois
  50,000
  Providing Sexual and Reproductive Health Care in Waukegan
- Rosalind Franklin University Health System – Two year grant
  $200,000
  Community Care Connection
- The Josselyn Center – Two year grant
  $200,000
  The Josselyn Center Lake County
- Youth & Family Counseling – Two year grant
  $200,000
  YFC Gurnee
- Youth & Family Counseling – Two year grant
  $150,000
  Saving Lives: The Mental Health Survival Guide
- Youth Conservation Corps
  $40,000
  Trauma Related Clinical Care for Youth Workforce Programs
- YouthBuild Lake County – Two year grant
  $100,000
  Wellness Program
September 2024
Total amount awarded: :$260,000
- Antioch Area Healthcare Accessibility Alliance
  $10,000
  Giving Tuesday 2024
- Arden Shore Child and Family Services
  $10,000
  Giving Tuesday 2024
- Boys and Girls Club of Lake County
  $10,000
  Giving Tuesday 2024
- Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods
  $10,000
  Giving Tuesday 2024
- Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago
  $10,000
  Giving Tuesday 2024
- Chicago Workers Collaborative
  $10,000
  Giving Tuesday 2024
- Community Youth Network
  $10,000
  Giving Tuesday 2024
- ElderCARE Lake County
  $10,000
  Giving Tuesday 2024
- Erie Family Health Center
  $10,000
  Giving Tuesday 2024
- Heart of the City
  $10,000
  Giving Tuesday 2024
- Hispanic American Community Education and Services
  $10,000
  Giving Tuesday 2024
- Kids Above All Illinois
  $10,000
  Giving Tuesday 2024
- Lake County Crisis Center (known as A Safe Place)
  $10,000
  Giving Tuesday 2024
- Mano a Mano Family Resource
  $10,000
  Giving Tuesday 2024
- Nicasa Behavioral Health Services
  $10,000
  Giving Tuesday 2024
- PADS Lake County
  $10,000
  Giving Tuesday 2024
- The Josselyn Center
  $10,000
  Giving Tuesday 2024
- Willow House
  $10,000
  Giving Tuesday 2024
- Youth & Family Counseling
  $10,000
  Giving Tuesday 2024
- Youth Conservation Corps
  $10,000
  Giving Tuesday 2024
- Youth Conservation Corps
  $20,000.
  Strategic Plan Update
- YouthBuild Lake County
  $10,000
  Giving Tuesday 2024
- YWCA Metropolitan Chicago
  $10,000
  Giving Tuesday 2024
- Zacharias Sexual Abuse Center
  $10,000
  Giving Tuesday 2024
- Zion Benton Children’s Service
  $10,000
  Giving Tuesday 2024
May 2024
Total amount awarded: $987,450
- Antioch Area Healthcare Accessibility Alliance
  $65,000
  Enhance Healthcare Access
- Boys and Girls Club of Lake County
  $50,000
  Project Thrive – Youth Counseling & Case Management
- Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods
  $35,000
  Healthy Bodies, Healthy Land Community Health Worker Training and Programs
- Family First Center of Lake County
  $40,200
  Wellness for Life
- Family Focus
  $45,000
  Home Visiting Program
- Heart of the City
  $5,000
  Retired Board Member Directed Grant-Scott McLellan
- Lake County Crisis Center (Known as A Safe Place)
  $20,000
  A New Emergency Shelter Model – A Safe Place Capital Campaign
- Lake County Health Department and Community Health Center
  $55,250
  Medical Nutrition Therapy for Patients with Uncontrolled Diabetes
- Mobile Care Chicago
  $70,000
  Lake County Asthma Van
- PADS Lake County
  $100,000
  Mental Health for Healthcare Stability (MHHS)
- PADS Lake County
  $150,000
  Homeless Healthcare Access Program (HHAP)
- Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
  $80,000
  The Healthcare Foundation of Northern Lake County Scholarship
- The Allendale Association
  $15,000
  Community Support Services – Hope and Healing Begin Here
- Wauconda Fire Protection District
  $57,000
  Mobile Integrated Healthcare – Community Paramedicine (MIH-CP)
- Willow House
  $35,000
  Youth Grief Support Services
- YWCA Metropolitan Chicago – Two year grant
  $140,000
  Lake County Health Promotion and Navigation
- Zacharias Sexual Abuse Center
  $25,000
  Crisis Counseling Services
February 2024
Total amount awarded: $10,000
- Heart of the City
  $10,000
  Marketing Outreach Expansion Project
November 2023
Total amount awarded: $1,270,000
- Advocate Charitable Foundation
  $36,000
  Advocate Condell Medical Center Community Health Worker Program
- Cancer Wellness Center
  $7,500
  Cancer-Related Support Services
- Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago
  $40,000
  Bienestar Familiar in northern Lake County
- Chicago Workers Collaborative
  $40,000
  Lake County Working Families Protection Program
- College of Lake County
  $34,000
  Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS)
- College of Lake County
  $50,000
  Collegiate Lancer Endowment for Addiction and Recovery Scholarship (CLEAR)
- College of Lake County
  $65,000
  Scholarship Promoting Lake County Affordable and Sustainable Healthcare (SPLASH)
- Community Youth Network
  $100,000
  Community Access Program
- Equal Hope
  $40,000
  Healthcare Access for Undocumented Immigrants & Uninsured Lake County Residents
- Erie Family Health Centers
  $75,000
  Healthy Start for Lake County Families Program
- Heart of the City
  $50,000
  Health and Wellness/Community Engagement Program
- Hispanic American Community Education & Services (HACES)
  $35,000
  Immigrant Family Health Resource Program
- Kids Above All Illinois
  $40,000
  Northern Lake County Doula Program
- Lake County Crisis Center (A Safe Place)
  $85,000
  Behavioral healthcare for survivors of domestic violence and human trafficking and their children
- Loyola University Chicago
  $45,000
  Increasing Mental Health Impact in northern Lake County through Social Work Supervisor Training
- Northwestern Memorial Foundation
  $67,500
  Enhancing LCSW Care for northern Lake County Patients
- Rosalind Franklin University Health System
  $100,000
  Community Care Connection
- The Josselyn Center
  $100,000
  Mental Healthcare for northern Lake County
- United Way of Lake County – Two-year grant
  $40,000
  United Way of Lake County 211
- Waukegan to College
  $25,000
  Supporting the whole student at Waukegan to College
- Youth & Family Counseling
  $100,000
  Youth & Family Counseling Gurnee, Illinois
- Youth Conservation Corps
  $40,000
  Trauma-Related Clinical Care for Youth Workforce Program
- YouthBuild Lake County
  $55,000
  Wellness Program
September 2023
Total amount awarded: $195,000
- Arden Shore Child and Family Services
  $10,000
  Giving Tuesday 2023
- Boys and Girls Club of Lake County
  $10,000
  Giving Tuesday 2023
- Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago
  $10,000
  Giving Tuesday 2023
- Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago
  $2,500
  Retired Board Member Directed Grant-Lou Berrones
- Community Youth Network
  $10,000
  Giving Tuesday 2023
- Cristo Rey St. Martin College Prep
  $5,000
  Retired Board Member Directed Grant-Nancy Waites
- Cristo Rey St. Martin College Prep
  $5,000
  Retired Board Member Directed Grant-Lou Berrones
- ElderCARE Lake County
  $10,000
  Giving Tuesday 2023
- Erie Family Health Center
  $10,000
  Giving Tuesday 2023
- Heart of the City
  $10,000
  Giving Tuesday 2023
- Hispanic American Community Education and Services
  $10,000
  Giving Tuesday 2023
- Lake County Crisis Center (A Safe Place)
  $10,000
  Giving Tuesday 2023
- Mano a Mano Family Resource Center
  $10,000
  Giving Tuesday 2023
- Nicasa Behavioral Health Services
  $10,000
  Giving Tuesday 2023
- PADS Lake County
  $10,000
  Giving Tuesday 2023
- The Allendale Association
  $10,000
  Giving Tuesday 2023
- The Josselyn Center
  $10,000
  Giving Tuesday 2023
- United Way of Lake County
  $10,000
  Giving Tuesday 2023
- Youth Conservation Corps
  $10,000
  Giving Tuesday 2023
- YWCA Metropolitan Chicago
  $10,000
  Giving Tuesday 2023
- Zion Benton Children’s Service
  $10,000
  Giving Tuesday 2023
- Zion Benton Children’s Service
  $2,500
  Retired Board Member Directed Grant-Lou Berrones
May 2023
Total amount awarded: $1,097,000
- Antioch Area Healthcare Accessibility Alliance
  $65,000
  Enhance Healthcare Access
- Arden Shore Child and Family Services
  $200,000
  Behavioral Health and Support Services – 2-year grant
- Arden Shore Child and Family Services
  $25,000
  Donor Base and Database Development Project
- Boys & Girls Club of Lake County
  $50,000
  Project Thrive – Youth Counseling & Case Management
- ElderCARE Lake County
  $64,000
  Increasing Health Care Access for Older Adults Aging in Place – 2-year grant
- Family Focus
  $45,000
  Home Visiting Program
- Independence Center
  $50,000
  Community Health Care Program
- Lake County Community Foundation
  $30,000
  Together Lake County (TLC) Fund
- Lake County Health Department and Community Health Center
  $65,000
  Medical Nutrition Therapy for Patients with Uncontrolled Diabetes
- Mano a Mano Family Resource Center
  $90,000
  Healthy Family Program
- Mobile Care Chicago
  $75,000
  Lake County Asthma Van
- Nicasa Behavioral Health Services
  $100,000
  Mental Health Services in Round Lake
- TASC, Inc.
  $65,000
  Lake County Behavioral Health Services
- The HAP Foundation
  $40,000
  Community Health Worker Initiative in Northern Lake County
- Willow House
  $38,000
  Grief Support Services
- YWCA Metro Chicago
  $65,000
  Lake County Health and Human Services Program
- Zion Benton Children’s Services
  $30,000
  Lind Memorial Dental Clinic
March 2023
Total amount awarded: $25,000
- Community Youth Network
  $25,000
  Review and Assess Electronic Health Records Program