Grants

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

• September 2025

  Total amount awarded: $165,000

  • Antioch Area Healthcare Accessibility Alliance
    $5,000
    Giving Tuesday 2025
    
  • Arden Shore Child and Family Services
    $5,000
    Giving Tuesday 2025
    
  • Boys and Girls Club of Lake County
    $5,000
    Giving Tuesday 2025
    
  • Cancer Wellness Center
    $5,000
    Giving Tuesday 2025
    
  • Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago
    $5,000
    Giving Tuesday 2025
    
  • Chicago Workers Collaborative
    $5,000
    Giving Tuesday 2025
    
  • Community Youth Network
    $5,000
    Giving Tuesday 2025
    
  • Cristo Rey St. Martin College Prep
    $7,500
    Retired Board Member Grant - Magdalena McElroy
    
  • ElderCARE Lake County
    $5,000
    Giving Tuesday 2025
    
  • Erie Family Health Center
    $5,000
    Giving Tuesday 2025
    
  • Family Focus
    $5,000
    Giving Tuesday 2025
    

  • Friends of the Highwood Public Library
    $7,500
    Retired Board Member Grant - Laura Ramirez
    
  • Heart of the City
    $7,500
    Retired Board Member Grant - Magdalena McElroy
    
  • Heart of the City
    $5,000
    Giving Tuesday 2025
    
  • Hispanic American Community Education and Service (HACES)
    $5,000
    Giving Tuesday 2025
    
  • Lake County Crisis Center (A Safe Place)
    $5,000
    Giving Tuesday 2025
    
  • Nicasa Behavioral Health Services
    $5,000
    Giving Tuesday 2025
    
  • PADS Lake County
    $5,000
    Giving Tuesday 2025
    
  • Roberti Community House
    $7,500
    Retired Board Member Grant - Laura Ramirez
    
  • Rosalind Franklin University Health System
    $5,000
    Giving Tuesday 2025
    
  • The Allendale Association
    $5,000
    Giving Tuesday 2025
    
  • The Josselyn Center
    $5,000
    Giving Tuesday 2025
    

  • The Lake County Community Foundation
    $5,000
    Giving Tuesday 2025
    
  • United Way of Lake County
    $5,000
    Giving Tuesday 2025
    
  • Willow House
    $5,000
    Giving Tuesday 2025
    
  • Youth & Family Counseling
    $5,000
    Giving Tuesday 2025
    
  • Youth Conservation Corps
    $5,000
    Giving Tuesday 2025
    
  • YouthBuild Lake County
    $5,000
    Giving Tuesday 2025
    
  • YWCA Metropolitan Chicago
    $5,000
    Giving Tuesday 2025
    
  • Zacharias Sexual Abuse Center
    $5,000
    Giving Tuesday 2025
    
  • Zion Benton Children’s Service
    $5,000
    Giving Tuesday 2025
    
• May 2025

  Total amount awarded: $1,325,000

  • Antioch Area Healthcare Accessibility Alliance – Two-year grant
    $120,000
    Enhanced Healthcare Access
    
  • Art Impact Project NFP
    $32,500
    Mental Health & Wellness Community-based Art Programs
    
  • Cancer Wellness Center
    $7,500
    Cancer Related Support Services
    
  • Cristo Rey St. Martin College Prep
    $60,000
    CRSM Student Health & Wellness
    
  • Equal Hope – Two-year grant
    $80,000
    Equal Access in Lake County
    
  • Family Focus – Two-year grant
    $90,000
    Home Visiting Program
    
  • Lake County Community Foundation
    $50,000
    Lake County Nonprofit Leadership Development & Capacity Building Program
    

  • Mobile Care Chicago
    $75,000
    Lake County Asthma Van
    
  • Nicasa Behavioral Health Services – Two year grant
    $200,000
    Mental Health Services – Round Lake
    
  • Northwestern Memorial Foundation
    $70,000
    Enhancing Care for Northern Lake County Patients
    
  • One Hope United
    $20,000
    Doula Support for Healthy Families Illinois
    
  • PADS Lake County – Two-year grant
    $150,000
    Mental Health for Housing Stability (MHHS)
    
  • PADS Lake County – Two-year grant
    $150,000
    Homeless Healthcare Access Program (HHAP)
    
  • Roberti Community House
    $20,000
    Health & Wellness Community Outreach
    

  • The Allendale Association
    $20,000
    Community Support Services (Hope & Healing Start Here)
    
  • The Community Works
    $20,000
    The Hero Project
    
  • The HAP Foundation
    $40,000
    Community Health Worker Program in Northern Lake County
    
  • University Center of Lake County
    $50,000
    Lake County Diversifying Mental Health Fellowship Program
    
  • Zacharias Sexual Abuse Center – Two-year grant
    $50,000
    Crisis Counseling Program
    
  • Zion Benton Children’s Service
    $20,000
    Lind Memorial Dental Clinic
    
• 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