Grants

The Foundation typically awards grants twice a year, in May and November.
For a list of grants awarded prior to August 2022, please contact the Foundation.

• 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
    
• November 2022

  Total amount awarded: $1,250,000

  • Advocate Charitable Foundation
    $36,000
    Advocate Condell Community Health Worker Program
    
  • Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago
    $40,000
    Bienestar Familiar in northern Lake County
    
  • Chicago Workers Collaborative
    $40,000
    Lake County Working Families Public Health Program
    
  • Coalition for Healthy Communities Fiscal Agent: The Community Works
    $75,000
    Zion Community Health Assessment Project
    
  • College of Lake County
    $39,000
    Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS)
    
  • College of Lake County
    $65,000
    Scholarship Promoting Lake County Affordable and Sustainable Healthcare (SPLASH)
    
  • College of Lake County
    $50,000
    Collegiate Lancer Endowment for Addiction and Recovery Scholarship (CLEAR)
    
  • Community Youth Network
    $100,000
    Community Access Program
    
  • Cristo Rey St. Martin College Prep
    $40,000
    Staff nurse and health education
    

  • Erie Family Health Centers
    $100,000
    Healthy Start for Lake County Families Program
    
  • Friends of the Highwood Public Library
    $45,000
    Health equity in northern Lake County
    
  • Heart of the City
    $50,000
    Health and Wellness/Community Engagement Program
    
  • Hispanic American Community Education & Services
    $35,000
    Immigrant Family Health Resource Program
    
  • Kids Above All Illinois
    $40,000
    Northern Lake County Doula Program
    
  • Kids Rank
    $40,000
    Mental Health and Well-Being Service Connector Program
    
  • Lake County Crisis Center (A Safe Place)
    $100,000
    Behavioral healthcare for survivors of domestic violence and human trafficking and their children
    
  • PADS Lake County
    $20,000
    2022-2023 Strategic Planning
    
  • Planned Parenthood of Illinois
    $50,000
    Providing sexual and reproductive healthcare in Waukegan, Illinois
    

  • The Allendale Association
    $15,000
    Community Support Services Program
    
  • United Way of Lake County
    $20,000
    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
    $45,000
    Trauma-Related Clinical Care for Youth Workforce Program
    
  • YouthBuild Lake County
    $55,000
    Wellness Program
    
  • Zacharias Sexual Abuse Center
    $25,000
    Crisis Counseling Program
    
• September 2022

  Total amount awarded: $210,000

  • Antioch Area Healthcare Accessibility Alliance
    $10,000
    Giving Tuesday 2022
    
  • Arden Shore Child and Family Services
    $10,000
    Giving Tuesday 2022
    
  • Equal Hope
    $10,000
    Giving Tuesday 2022
    
  • Erie Family Health Centers
    $10,000
    Giving Tuesday 2022
    
  • Family Service of Lake County
    $10,000
    Giving Tuesday 2022
    
  • Hispanic American Community Education and Services
    $10,000
    Giving Tuesday 2022
    
  • Kids Above All
    $10,000
    Giving Tuesday 2022
    

  • Lake County Crisis Center (known as A Safe Place)
    $10,000
    Giving Tuesday 2022
    
  • Mano a Mano Family Resources
    $10,000
    Giving Tuesday 2022
    
  • Mercy Housing Lakefront
    $10,000
    Giving Tuesday 2022
    
  • Nicasa Behavioral Health Services
    $10,000
    Giving Tuesday 2022
    
  • PADS Lake County
    $10,000
    Giving Tuesday 2022
    
  • Rosalind Franklin University Health System
    $10,000
    Giving Tuesday 2022
    
  • United Way of Lake County
    $10,000
    Giving Tuesday 2022
    

  • Youth & Family Counseling
    $20,000
    Enrolling as a Behavioral Health Clinic
    
  • Youth & Family Counseling
    $10,000
    Giving Tuesday 2022
    
  • Youth Conservation Corps
    $10,000
    Giving Tuesday 2022
    
  • YouthBuild Lake County
    $10,000
    Giving Tuesday 2022
    
  • YWCA Metropolitan Chicago
    $10,000
    Giving Tuesday 2022
    
  • Zion Benton Children’s Service
    $10,000
    Giving Tuesday 2022
    
• August 2022

  Total amount awarded: $85,000

  • Arden Shore Child and Family Services
    $15,000
    Group services focused on helping bi-lingual, bi-cultural community members process the trauma they are experiencing from the July 4, 2022, Highland Park shooting (and subsequent northern Lake County shootings).
    
  • Community Youth Network
    $15,000
    Provide bi-lingual, bi-cultural mental health counseling to new clients requesting services as a result of the July 4, 2022, Highland Park shooting (and subsequent northern Lake County shootings).
    

  • Mano a Mano Family Resource Center
    $25,000
    Provide mental health education and service referrals to help cope with the July 4, 2022 Highland Park shooting (and subsequent northern Lake County shootings), and help with healthcare expenses such as mental health co-pays and prescriptions as a result of the shooting
    
  • The Josselyn Center
    $15,000
    Group services focused on helping community members process the July 4, 2022 Highland Park shooting (and subsequent northern Lake County shootings), the grief they are experiencing and generalized gun violence
    

  • Youth & Family Counseling
    $15,000
    Group services or mental health workshops focused on helping African American community members process the July 4, 2022 Highland Park shooting (and subsequent northern Lake County shootings), and the grief they are experiencing