Grants

Chicago & United States

ARK
The mission of ARK Entrepreneurial Center is to increase opportunities for inner-city youth through entrepreneurial development.

ARK

Austin Coming Together
ACT works to increase the collective impact of our member organizations on improving education and economic development outcomes for the Austin community.

Austin Coming Together

Breakthrough
Breakthrough Urban Ministries meets needs of vulnerable Chicagoans through dignifying and empowering opportunities for self-development.

Breakthrough

Brightstar
Brightstar's mission is to empower residents to share in the responsibility of building community through resource development and collaborative partnerships.

Brightstar

Burst Into Books
Burst Into Books seeks to provide culturally relevant enrichment opportunities, engage and support the community through access to resources, and leverage the brilliance of Black people to cultivate published authors.

Burst Into Books

By the Hand Club
By The Hand is a Christ-centered after-school program that emphasizes academic excellence while nurturing the whole child - mind, body and soul.

By the Hand Club

C24/7
C24/7 is a non-profit organization dedicated, through the power of Jesus Christ, to improving the lives of children and young adults in the North of Howard neighborhood.

C24/7

Cambridge
At Cambridge Classical Academy believes classical education is a unique approach to teaching students how to think critically and wholistically. Classically educated students are afforded a long tradition of truth-seeking instruction of key subjects such as liberal arts, history, mathematics, and science.

Cambridge

Claretian Associates
Claretian Associates carries on a rich and collaborative tradition of responding to the needs of South Chicago and its surrounding communities by providing affordable housing and vital services that benefit the safety and wellbeing of our residents and families. ​​

Claretian Associates

Chicago Hope
Chicago Hope Academy is a college and life preparatory non-denominational Christian high school that is dedicated to nurturing and challenging the body, mind and spirit to the glory of God.

Chicago Hope

Chrysalis
Chrysalis is a place of growth and transformation for girls and their families.

Chrysalis

Circle Urban
Circle Urban Ministries is working to make the Austin community a better place to live, learn, grow and succeed by taking a four-pronged, asset-based approach to community development.

Circle Urban

Cornerstone Academy
Cornerstone Academy exists to provide students who need it, with an intentionally small Christian high school experience designed to provide them a personalized and comprehensive education leading towards a diploma, a Christian moral code, and tools for self-sufficiency.

Cornerstone Academy

Emmaus
EMMAUS is a Christian non-profit working to prevent exploitation and empower male survivors of the sex trade to rebuild their lives.

Emmaus

Entrenuity
Entrenuity’s mission is to equip youth leaders with the expertise necessary to train young people to be skilled entrepreneurs exemplifying integrity.

Entrenuity

Excel CDC
Excel exist to assist the residents of the Austin Community to Excel through Education, Affordable Housing, Technology Assistance and Entrepreneurial Support.

Excel CDC

Exodus World Service
Exodus' mission is to mobilize the Christian community to welcome refugees.

Exodus World Service

FAME Center
FAME Center provides equitable access to arts education so that the next generation has creative tools to uncover their potential and imagine their futures.

FAME Center

FCHC
FCHC is providing excellent healthcare that communicates in word and deed the love and Gospel of Jesus.

FCHC

Firehouse Community Arts
FCAC's mission is to interrupt the cycle of violence among youth and young adult adults in North Lawndale through the power of the arts and faith.

Firehouse Community Arts

Focus Fairies Mentoring
Focus Fairies Mentoring, is located in Chicago that provides mentoring services for adolescent girls between the ages of 7-14.

Focus Fairies Mentoring

GRIP
GRIP exists to break the fatherless cycle through Christ-centered, Life-on-Life relationships.

GRIP

Harambee
Harambee works to transform and encourage at-risk youth with the hope of the gospel of Jesus Christ and empower them to know and experience the value and dignity of work by training and mentoring in biblically-based work-ethic.

Harambee

Hope Center Foundation
The Hope Center Foundation of Chicago is Roseland-based, helping residents of the Urban Chicago community to successfully transition out of poverty to living wage and into generational wealth.

Hope Center Foundation

Hope Excel
With a spirit of excellence, Hope Excel is committed to inspiring all we come in contact with to reach the greatness inside of themselves, regardless of race, religion, or financial background.

Hope Excel

I Am Abel Foundation
The I Am Abel Foundation seeks to bridge socioeconomic gaps and promote achievement amongst underrepresented minority inner city youth so that every child will have a shot at the not so impossible dream.

I Am Abel Foundation

I AM ABLE
I AM ABLE's mission is to demonstrate the love of Jesus Christ by providing all families and individuals with life-changing clinical counseling, educational, and wellness services that protect families against the continual spiraling effects of trauma, violence and mental health challenges.

I AM ABLE

I CARE Ministries
The mission of I.C.A.R.E. Ministries Out of School Tine Program is to empower our youth and their families through academics, holistic and spiritual empowerment.

I CARE Ministries

Impact Foundation
Investing Charitable Capital to Create Economic, Social & Spiritual Transformation.

Impact Foundation

LCDC
LCDC's mission is to bring holistic revitalization to the lives and environments of Lawndale residents through economic empowerment, housing improvements, educational enrichments, and community advocacy.

LCDC

LCLC
LCLC's mission is to show and share the love of Jesus by providing legal services grounded in restorative justice for youth in the Lawndale area.

LCLC

Legacy Disciple
Legacy Disciple exists to encourage, equip, and empower everyday Christians to be disciples of Christ who make disciples for Christ.

Legacy Disciple

Life Changing Community
Life Changing Community Outreach works to Impact and transform lives throughout the Austin community.

Life Changing Community

LINK Unlimited Scholars
LINK Unlimited Scholars has changed the lives of Black students and families through our proven model with Academic Enrichment, College Access, Leadership Development, and Career Exposure.

LINK Unlimited Scholars

LIVE FREE Illinois
LIVE FREE Chicago's mission is to rebuild black communities through the power of the Black church. Our vision is to create communities in Chicago where Black people are free from all forms of violence.

LIVE FREE Illinois

Maafa
The MAAFA Redemption Project is a faith-based initiative in West Garfield Park (Chicago), recruiting at-risk emerging adult men to invest in them with housing, employment, educational opportunities, and evidence-based wrap-around social services.

Maafa

Male Mogul Initiative
The Male Mogul Initiative seeks to transform under resourced communities by offering youth and returning citizens leadership and entrepreneurial training.

Male Mogul Initiative

Moody Bible Institute
Moody Global Ministries exists to equip people with the truth of God’s Word to be maturing followers of Christ who are making disciples around the world.

Moody Bible Institute

NCF
We believe God is moving hearts to give like never before, around the corner and around the world. So we want to be there – on the frontlines of this modern day generosity movement, and we’re here to help you be a part of it.

NCF

New Community
New Community Outreach creates restorative spaces for healing, reconciliation and flourishing.

New Community

New Covenant CDC
NCCDC seeks to establish sustainable economic growth and opportunities in the North Lawndale Community through developing, empowering, and supporting entrepreneurs and businesses.

New Covenant CDC

New Life Centers
New Life Centers are neighborhood-based centers that connect youth and young adults with Christ and community through mentoring, education and sports.

New Life Centers

New Moms
New Moms’ mission is to strengthen families by partnering with young moms as they progress towards housing stability, economic mobility, and family well-being.

New Moms

NLEN
NLEN assists North Lawndale residents through innovative employment initiatives that lead to economic advancement and an improved quality of life.

NLEN

One on One
Hope Works exists to be catalysts of individual, workplace, and community transformation.

One on One

Praxis
Praxis is a Creative Engine Advancing Redemptive Entrepreneurship

Praxis

ProGrace
ProGrace is creating a third option to the abortion debate by equipping believers with a new way to think, talk and act, freeing them to focus on the needs of both the woman and the child.

ProGrace

Progressive Manor
The mission of our church is "Restoring Broken Lives!" We are a church devoted to the Mission of Christ: to spread the Gospel of Christ to all the nations of the world.

Progressive Manor

Pursue Scholars
Pursue Scholars provides resources that will help further enhance their Scholars’ effectiveness as leaders. This support comes from training, consistent correspondence, mentors, care packages, retreats, networking, and more.

Pursue Scholars

Reborn Ministries
Reborn Ministries is engaging, empowering and equipping people on the west side of Chicago to move from surviving to thriving.

Reborn Ministries

SPCDM
SPCDM's mission is to keep the peace and move forward by deploying methods of accountability for all parties resulting in a win/win.

SPCDM

SCDC
Stone Community Development Corporation's mission is to serve and to transform the oppressed and those who need empowerment in the Austin community.

SCDC

Sunshine Gospel
Sunshine Gospel Ministries exists to seek the renewal of the city through ministries of discispleship, mercy and justice.

Sunshine Gospel

The Field School
The Field School is a diverse, classical school that feeds the hearts and minds of children through rigorous study rooted in a Christ-centered environment.

The Field School

The Gathering
The Gathering is a group of like-minded individuals to serve as a resource, a source of spiritual encouragement and a sounding board of peers.

The Gathering

Together Chicago
Together Chicago's vision is to renew Chicago, together with churches, businesses, community leaders and government officials to inspire hope within the communities we serve.

Together Chicago

UBL
UBL's mission is to make a positive impact for all West Garfield Park residents who are facing economic, educational, social, and safety barriers within their daily lives.

UBL

UR Chicago Alliance
Unites and mobilizes churches, community organizations and businesses to provide access to living-wage opportunities and long-term support through a network of Christ-centered relationships.

UR Chicago Alliance

Vision Outreach
The VISION Outreach is a youth-focused community outreach program with the sole purpose of helping the youth of Chicago and surrounding areas progress and excel.

Vision Outreach

WHA
WHA’s mission is to use the capacity of local residents to improve the health and well-being of the community. For WHA, health is defined broadly to include the social and physical environment which contributes to the mental, physical and spiritual well-being of a person.

WHA

Young Lives
YoungLives reaches teen moms by entering their world, modeling the unconditional love of Christ, and encouraging them to become the women and mothers God created them to be.

Young Lives

YL Lawndale
Introducing adolescents to Jesus Christ and helping them grow in their faith.

YL Lawndale

YMEN
The Young Men's Educational Network is an innovative youth leadership ministry in the North Lawndale Community on Chicago's West Side. YMEN was established in 1996 to address academic, social, and spiritual needs that cripple the futures of many of our young people.

YMEN