Who we fund
You’re on the frontlines of everything we care about. You have a mission, and you’re driven to achieve it. You have next steps you want to take. Ideas you’d like to try. Challenges you’re determined to overcome. People and organizations you need to collaborate with—some you know, others you don’t.
We should talk.
Applying for a grant
We welcome the opportunity to listen to your ideas, learn more about your work, and field any questions you may have. Please note: we do not accept unsolicited proposals.
The application process is different for each of our strategies. If you work in one or more of our funding areas, and you would like to explore whether or how we might work together, we suggest you start by contacting the appropriate team member.
For general questions, contact Elissa Mann at
emann@wearemichaelreese.org.
Jennifer Rosenkranz
Director of Grant Programs
Advocacy to preserve the safety net
We support advocacy to sustain and improve health and mental health services.
Domestic violence/interpersonal violence
We support cross-sector collaborations to address the breadth of survivors’ needs and long-term supports to help survivors heal.
School-based behavioral health
We support school-based behavioral health services to address trauma experienced by Chicago youth and systemic strategies to sustain these services.
Community violence prevention: Partnership for Safe and Peaceful Communities
We participate in the community-wide foundation collaborative to support a comprehensive set of evidence-informed strategies to address gun violence in Chicago.
Rachel Reichlin
Program Officer
Health and housing
We support efforts that address systems level change and demonstrate that housing is health care. We focus on data-sharing and integration efforts across health and housing that facilitate meaningful cross-sector collaboration.
Healthcare workforce
We partner to build pathways to economic mobility through exposure to and employment in health care.
Oral health
We support organizations that are working to integrate primary care and oral health programs, beyond colocation of services.
Community violence prevention: Hospital-based
We partner with credible messengers with relevant lived experience and community relationships to build trust and support individuals affected by community violence – including the victim, their community and their healthcare team.
Gayla Brockman
President and CEO
Healthy Jewish community
We help build the capacity of affiliates of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago to serve their clients within and beyond the Jewish community.
Elissa Mann
Coordinator of Grant Programs
2019 Grant cycles
| Funding cycle | Spring | Fall | Winter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Proposal deadline | March 15 | September 16 | December 16 |
| Grant period | July 1, 2019– June 30, 2020 | January 1– December 31, 2020 | April 1, 2020– March 31, 2021 |
| Focus area | School-based behavioral health Healthcare workforce Healthy Jewish community | Health and housing Violence prevention Domestic violence/interpersonal violence | Oral health Advocacy to preserve the safety net |
Please note Michael Reese’s portion of indirect expenses cannot exceed 10 percent of your project’s direct expenses
Current grantees
If you have questions regarding reporting requirements, please review your grant contract and then contact your program officer. Generally, reports are due 45 days after the conclusion of your grant period. The general due date for each grant cycle is as follows:
- Spring: August 15
- Fall: February 15
- Winter: May 15
Your program officer will “assign” your reporting requirement to you through our online grant portal at least 30 days before the grant report is due.
The portal allows you to resume work on a current proposal or access your grant report form.
Access the online grant portalExplore our grant making FY19 - FY19
- FY18
A skilled and inclusive healthcare workforce
$802,153
FY 2019
| Grantee | Grant Amount | Project | Funding Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advocate Charitable Foundation | $25,114 | Advocate Youth Workforce Expansion Expose high school students to careers in healthcare through sight visits, job shadow experiences, and summer internships | Healthcare Workforce |
| Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago | $50,000 | Community Engagement & Workforce Education Connect youth and young adults from underserved communities to healthcare careers through a variety of hands-on experiences that inspire them to continue their studies and consider a career in the heatlhcare field | Healthcare Workforce |
| Chicagoland Workforce Funder Alliance | $50,000 | Chicagoland Healthcare Workforce Collaborative Establish a healthcare-industry workforce partnership to improve employee retention by creating career pathways, encouraging local and targeted hiring practices and policies, and building relationships with education and training providers. The major participating partners in the CHWC include Advocate Health Care (Co-Chair), University of Chicago Medicine (Co-Chair), Sinai Health System (Co-Chair), Cook County Health & Hospital System, Northwestern Medicine, Presence Health, NorthShore University Health System, Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, Rush University Medical Center, Malcolm X Community College (City Colleges of Chicago), Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership (the regional workforce board), ResCare (the workforce board’s healthcare sector center) and CWFA members (especially Chase, MRHT and Polk Bros) | Healthcare Workforce |
| Children First Fund Chicago Public Schools Foundation | $118,514 | Preparing Today's Students for Tomorrow's Healthcare Workforce Maximize Chicago Public Schools Healthcare Workforce Partnership participation and evaluation by underwriting the cost of transportation, study-related expenses, background checks, scrubs and costs of partner convenings | Healthcare Workforce |
| Cook County Health Foundation | $63,525 | Cook County Careers in Healthcare Program Plan and implement a new workforce development strategy to address system gaps in recruitment and skilled employment for adolescents and emerging adults from targeted communities in Chicago | Healthcare Workforce |
| Health and Medicine Policy Research Group | $150,000 | Diversifying the Healthcare Workforce: Supporting Career Pathways and Trajectories Provide on-the-ground support for young health professionals from marginalized communities while simultaneously advancing policy and practice reform to address barriers to career success | Healthcare Workforce |
| Mercy Hospital and Medical Center | $25,000 | Mercy Hospital Workforce Development Project Expose high school students to careers in healthcare through sight visits, job shadow experiences, and summer internships | Healthcare Workforce |
| Northwestern Memorial Healthcare | $20,000 | Northwestern Medicine Youth Pipeline Program Expose high school students to health care careers through a variety of workforce initiatives that align with the Chicago Public Schools Healthcare Workforce Partnership which include: the NM Discovery Program - a two-year program in which high-achieving high school students are exposed to a broad range of activities designed to encourage their interest in health care careers and the NM Scholars Program - a three-year program for high school students currently from Westinghouse High School | Healthcare Workforce |
| One Million Degrees | $80,000 | Accelerating Community College Students' Pursuit of Healthcare Careers at Malcolm X College Provide onsite, academic, personal, professional and financial services to approximately 30 underserved Malcolm X students to help them stay in school, earn a degree and launch upwardly mobile careers | Healthcare Workforce |
| Presence Health Network | $30,000 | Chicago Public Schools and ETHS Healthcare Workforce Partnership Expose high school students to careers in healthcare through sight visits, job shadow experiences, and summer internships | Healthcare Workforce |
| Rush University Medical Center | $80,000 | Future-Ready Learning Labs Implement and support health sciences programming in three Chicago Public Schools schools to prepare underserved youth for success in Career and Technical Education high schools and in the healthcare workforce | Healthcare Workforce |
| Sinai Health System | $50,000 | Sinai Pathways Program Launch a new workforce development program to improve recruitment, retention, and employee growth and to increase the percentage of staff from the community that Sinai serves by 3%. Expose high school students to careers in healthcare through sight visits, job shadow experiences, and summer internships | Healthcare Workforce |
| South Shore Hospital | $10,000 | Chicago Public Schools Healthcare Workforce Partnership Expose high school students to careers in healthcare through sight visits, job shadow experiences, and summer internships | Healthcare Workforce |
| Year Up Inc | $50,000 | Advancing Year Up Chicago's Work with the Healthcare Sector Provide a six month training and a six month internship with a prospective healthcare employer for underserved youth, ages 18-25, with the goal of closing the opportunity divide | Healthcare Workforce |
School-based behavioral health
$1,007,300
FY 2019
| Grantee | Grant Amount | Project | Funding Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alternatives, Inc. | $80,000 | Integrated Care for Mollison and Carnegie Increase integrated behavioral health services, including individual and group counseling, and restorative justice coaching within two Chicago public schools | School-Based Behavioral Health |
| Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago | $100,000 | Center for Childhood Resilience Expand access to Structured Psychotherapy for Adolescents Responding to Chronic Stress (SPARCS), within at-risk, high-need Chicago Public Schools' neighborhood and alternative schools | School-Based Behavioral Health |
| ATT & REACH | $67,300 | Collaborative Problem Solving Expand the ability to provide Collaborative Problem Solving training and implementation in Jewish Day Schools to address challenging student behavior | School-Based Behavioral Health |
| Children First Fund Chicago Public Schools Foundation | $100,000 | SPARCS Intervention for Traumatized Youth Provide Structured Psychotherapy for Adolescents Responding to Chronic Stress (SPARCS) services in 20 Chicago public schools | School-Based Behavioral Health |
| Children's Home & Aid | $45,000 | Community - Based Behavioral Health Program Supporting a therapist at Schubert Elementary School to provide bilingual, trauma-informed clinical counseling for children and their families | School-Based Behavioral Health |
| Children's Research Triangle | $45,000 | Trauma Treatment Programs in Schools Provide on-site, trauma-informed screening, assessment and treatment services for students at eight Chicago schools and one early childhood center in an effort to reduce trauma | School-Based Behavioral Health |
| Communities In Schools of Chicago | $75,000 | Intensive Program To place a full-time clinician in a Chicago Public School to provide individual support and counseling for students in need of intensive services and to coordinate programs and services for all school students | School-Based Behavioral Health |
| Enlace Chicago | $45,000 | School-Based Counselors Provide clinical mental health services, including individual and family counseling, in Little Village public schools to increase coping mechanisms and build protective factors | School-Based Behavioral Health |
| Gads Hill Center | $55,000 | Healthy Minds, Healthy Schools Facilitate a comprehensive array of evidence-based, culturally and linguistically-relevant behavioral health interventions through a Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) model with a person-centered approach at two Chicago Public Schools | School-Based Behavioral Health |
| JCFS | $55,000 | Therapeutic Day School Expand behavioral health supports for students with significant emotional and behavioral disorders, including staff training in the Collaborative Problem Solving model, a social-emotional curriculum | School-Based Behavioral Health |
| Luster Learning Institute | $60,000 | Calm Classroom Expand implementation of a mindfulness intervention within Chicago Public Schools | School-Based Behavioral Health |
| NAMI- Greater Chicago | $50,000 | Ending the Silence Reduce stigma and teach young people about the signs and symptoms of mental illness and connect them to services and support | School-Based Behavioral Health |
| Rush University Medical Center | $45,000 | Comprehensive Neighborhood School Community Executive Functions Curriculum Project, Year 2: Emphasis on Sustainability Pilot a comprehensive executive-functions curriculum in a Chicago Public School, including class exercises, professional development and parent education | School-Based Behavioral Health |
| UCAN | $55,000 | Behavioral Health Serivces in Chicago Public Neighborhood Schools Deliver behavioral health services, including individual and group counseling, in eleven West Side and South Side Chicago Public Schools | School-Based Behavioral Health |
| Umoja Student Development Corporatoin | $75,000 | Transforming Schools through Restorative Justice Expand restorative justice practices in Chicago Public Schools to address trauma and conflict | School-Based Behavioral Health |
| Youth Guidance | $55,000 | Becoming a Man (BAM) and Working on Womanhood (WOW) Provide gender-specific school-based group counseling and mentoring programs that seek to change the life trajectories of at-risk young men and women in grades 7-12 attending Chicago Public Schools | School-Based Behavioral Health |
A healthy Jewish community
$249,680
FY 2019
| Grantee | Grant Amount | Project | Funding Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| CJE Senior Life | $99,680 | Program Outcomes and Data Management Project Develop meaningful data and outcomes measurement to help CJE better understand and strengthen its impact on the older adult population | Healthy Jewish Community |
| Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago | $150,000 | 2020 Metropolitan Chicago Jewish Population Study Conduct a large-scale, multi-stage community study of Chicago's Jewish community in order to help the community plan for and allocate resources in response to identified needs and trends, ensuring that the philanthropic dollars are stewarded as effectively and efficiently as possible | Healthy Jewish Community |
Domestic violence/interpersonal violence prevention
$658,294
FY 2019
| Grantee | Grant Amount | Project | Funding Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apna Ghar, Inc. | $50,000 | Cross-Sector Collaboration between Apna Ghar, Inc. and Turning Point Behavioral Health Center Implement a feelings management group for fathers who have used violence against their partners with the aim to interrupt the cycle of violence for the family and prevent children from experiencing the long-term impact of family violence | Domestic/Interpersonal Violence |
| Ascend Justice | $30,000 | Cook County Domestic Violence Co-Location Project Planning Plan for the implementation of a domestic violence-child welfare co-location project in Cook County to address systemic deficiencies in the treatment of families that are experienicing domestic violence | Domestic/Interpersonal Violence |
| Between Friends | $75,000 | Counseling and Support Services Provide evidence-based crisis and long-term counseling services for survivors of domestic violence | Domestic/Interpersonal Violence |
| Casa Central | $35,000 | Violence Prevention and Intervention (VPI) Program Deliver long-term counseling services to families and adult survivors of domestic violence, including crisis intervention, safety planning, case management, advocacy, and referrals to community resources | Domestic/Interpersonal Violence |
| Chicago Children's Advocacy Center | $40,000 | Student Sexual Abuse Prevention & Treatment Project Design and execute a large-scale program capable of training all Chicago Public Schools staff on preventing and reporting sexual abuse before the start of the current school year as a response to the sexual abuse of students | Domestic/Interpersonal Violence |
| Connections for Abused Women and Their Children | $35,000 | Children's Trauma Services Provide evidence-based individual and group mental health counseling for children ages 3–18 on a long-term basis to mitigate the impact of domestic violence | Domestic/Interpersonal Violence |
| Erie Neighborhood House | $40,000 | Domestic Violence Project Provide care coordination, legal consultation and representation, and mental health counseling and case management services to immigrant survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault through an interdepartmental collaboration between the agency's citizenship & immigration department and its violence prevention program, Proyecto Cuidate | Domestic/Interpersonal Violence |
| Family Rescue, Inc. | $50,000 | Domestic Violence Reduction Unit - Multi-Disciplinary Team Coordinate with the Chicago Police Department and the State's Attorney's Office to identify households that are at high risk for future violence and homicide and proactively connect those families to services with the goal of reducing the risk of serious injury or death | Domestic/Interpersonal Violence |
| Illinois Coalition Against Domestic Violence | $35,000 | Domestic Violence Alternative Shelter Planning Cooperative Investigate models to transform the domestic violence service sector to better meet the shelter and economic development needs of survivors of domestic violence in Cook County | Domestic/Interpersonal Violence |
| Lakeview Pantry | $25,000 | Survivor and Family Empowerment (SAFE) Assist victims of domestic violence who come to the food bank but are not yet receiving support services for domestic violence | Domestic/Interpersonal Violence |
| SHALVA | $100,000 | Progressing on Healing Journey: Counseling for the Long Term Address domestic abuse in Chicago's Jewish homes by providing survivors of interpersonal violence with long-term counseling tailored to their individual needs | Domestic/Interpersonal Violence |
| Sinai Health System | $60,000 | Schwab Rehabilitation Hospital's Domestic Violence Program Ensure that people with disabilities who experience domestic violence receive the necessary support, resources, and referrals to live at their highest level of independencce and achieve their highest potential | Domestic/Interpersonal Violence |
| Swedish Covenant Hospital | $53,294 | The Violence Prevention Program Educate hospital staff on the intersection of domestic violence and traumatic brain injury so they can better identify affected patients and connect them with the multifaceted care required for long-term healing | Domestic/Interpersonal Violence |
| Working in Support of Education | $30,000 | MoneyW!SE Expansion to Cook County, Illinois Build the financial knowledge, skills, and confidence of domestic violence survivors through a 10–12 week personal financial education program | Domestic/Interpersonal Violence |
Health and housing
$225,000
FY 2019
| Grantee | Grant Amount | Project | Funding Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Chicago Making Homelessness History | $50,000 | National HMIS and Data Systems Environmental Scan Conduct a national scan of Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) data to identify the technical needs necessary to enable real-time data sharing with other sectors | Housing and Healthcare |
| Center for Housing and Health | $90,000 | Chicago and Cook County Housing for Health (H2) Strategic Plan Advance data integration efforts among housing and health care entities as part of the Chicago and Cook County H2 Strategic Plan | Housing and Healthcare |
| Claretian Associates | $25,000 | South Chicago Housing and Health Data Integration Plan Form a partnership between a supportive housing facility for seniors and a neighborhood, federally qualified health center (FQHC) so that health and wellness learning and education services are co-located in one setting | Housing and Healthcare |
| Enterprise Community Partners | $25,000 | Health and Housing Create a Community Health Dashboard of information to create resident-informed Health Action Plans, with the goal of increasing use of healthy design standards to positively impact health outcomes | Housing and Healthcare |
| Illinois Public Health Institute | $35,000 | A Plan to Support Health and Housing Data Exchange Lead a comprehensive stakeholder engagement and planning process to document the environment for information flow between health and housing. The document will be used to develop the technical, legal, and operational requirements for a Master Person Index (MPI) for greater Chicago | Housing and Healthcare |
Community violence prevention
$1,367,281
FY 2019
| Grantee | Grant Amount | Project | Funding Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acclivus Inc. | $972,710 | Chicago Violent Trauma Hospital Response Continue and strengthen the hospital response program, staffed by credible messengers (individuals who were previously involved in street organizations and/or lost loved ones due to violence) who engage the patient, family, and friends; provide emotional support; make essential links to services; and prevent retaliation by notifying their community-based violence interrupters of possible plans for retaliation | Violence Prevention |
| Civic Consulting Alliance | $30,000 | The Partnership for Safe and Peaceful Communities To support the management of the Partnership for Safe and Peaceful Communities, a collaboration of more than 35 philanthropic funders and other organizations committed to supporting evidence-based strategies to reduce gun violence in Chicago | Violence Prevention |
| Metropolitan Family Services | $150,000 | Communities Partnering 4 Peace To support an innovative, multi-agency response to violence that includes street outreach and reclaiming of safe community spaces, targeting those most at risk of causing violence or being its victim in nine of Chicago’s most violent communities | Violence Prevention |
| The University of Chicago Medical Center | $214,571 | Integrated Hospital-Based Violence Recovery Program Meet the holistic clinical, social, and emotional needs of victims of violence through wrap-around services, with the goal of preventing violent recidivism, reducing re-injury, and promoting physical, emotional, and mental recovery | Violence Prevention |
A strong safety net
$470,000
FY 2019
| Grantee | Grant Amount | Project | Funding Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Coalition for the Homeless | $20,000 | Bring Chicago Home Build political support to create a sustainable funding stream by raising the Real Estate Transfer Tax (RETT) on Chicago properties sold for over $1 million | Advocacy |
| Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights | $60,000 | Immigrant Health Access Initiative Ensure that uninsured immigrants have access to comprehensive healthcare services through the Immigrant Health Access Initiative, which includes creating welcoming health institutions, increasing membership and geographic representation of individuals enrolled in Carelink, and developing and training local leadership | Advocacy |
| Illinois Partners for Human Service | $50,000 | General Operating Support Ensure the State of Illinois and business leaders understand the value of human services and that the state provides adequate funding for those services by implementing legislation such as the 1115 Waiver, Health Homes, Managed Care, and Grant Accountability and Transparency Act | Advocacy |
| John Howard Association of IL | $40,000 | JHA Prison Monitoring & Advocacy Monitor acccess to and quality of prison health care (both medical and mental), identify issues that compromise health care inside of prisons, and advocate for changes that improve healthcare outcomes for justice-involved individuals, as well as their communities | Advocacy |
| Legal Council for Health Justice | $75,000 | Protecting and Progressing Health Care in Illinois Address health inequities by pursuing meaningful access to high-quality health care across the lifespan for vulnerable and underserved populations in our state. Policy objectives include advocating for the needs of immigrant populations affected by "public charge," ensuring the Illinois Medicaid system properly handles Medicaid eligibility determination at the application and redeterminiation phases, and ensuring that high-quality children's mental health services are included in Illinois' broader mental health policy | Advocacy |
| Mental Health Leadership Initiative | $50,000 | Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Engage advocates through the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity program to ensure equal access and coverage of mental health and substance use disorder (MHSUD) treatment and assist the new administration in implementing strong policies that ensure the rights and coverage of those most in need | Advocacy |
| Shriver Center on Poverty Law | $100,000 | Healthcare Justice Program Engage in advocacy to provide affordable, accessible, and comprehensive healthcare coverage and services for low-income people in Illinois, with the following goals: 1) work to preserve and protect the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid, 2) reduce churn in the Medicaid system, keeping recipients covered and in stable healthcare relationships, and 3) reach the remaining uninsured to re-enroll them in coverage by training and providing technical assistance to an expanded, permanent, and professional enrollment workforce | Advocacy |
| Thresholds | $75,000 | Thresholds Public Policy and Advocacy Support advocacy efforts that enable better, earlier access to mental health services, including increasing the State's Medicaid investment in treatment and influencing system focus toward early treatment for children, adolescents, and young adults | Advocacy |
Oral health
$746,394
FY 2019
| Grantee | Grant Amount | Project | Funding Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Family Health Center | $25,000 | Healthy Smiles: Building Strong Communities Through Oral Health Access Expand oral health services by providing education, outreach, and oral health services at the new school-based health center at Chicago Vocational Career Academy (CVCA) | Oral Health |
| CommunityHealth | $60,000 | General Operation Support for Oral Health Program Prioritze oral health care within the CommunityHealth system to patients who are enrolled in the Diabetes Care Group (DCG) | Oral Health |
| Erie Family Health Center | $40,000 | Erie’s Integrated Dental Home Model Further the integrated dental home model by pursuing the following strategies: 1) implement operational changes to improve patient access, utilization of shared services, and quality of care; 2) increase medical and dental collaboration to improve clinical care and overall health; and 3) increase the number of patients receiving both medical and dental care at Erie | Oral Health |
| Heartland International Health Center | $50,000 | HHC-Oral Health Program Support staffing at the school-based health center (SBHC) dental clinic serving low-income students and community members on Chicago's north side | Oral Health |
| Infant Welfare Society of Chicago | $50,000 | Oral Health General Operations Implement a new electronic database to better track the effectiveness of the "Flash Pass" program, which provides same-day oral health care for prenatal patients in their 2nd trimester and children and their parents attending well-child visits | Oral Health |
| Inner-City Muslim Action Network | $75,000 | IMAN Oral Healthcare Program Provide oral health services to children and adults with the priority being children, pregnant women, individuals with chronic diseases, and patients from IMAN's Green Re-entry program, a program that provides jobs for recently incarcerated young adults | Oral Health |
| Lawndale Christian Health Center | $35,280 | Lawndale Christian Health Center Dental Program Serve low-income dental patients on the West Side of Chicago at the newly opened Homan Square location | Oral Health |
| Mile Square Health Center | $56,114 | Mile Square Portable Dental Care Expansion Bring portable dental services care services to 12 medical clinics that do not currently have an in-house dental clinic | Oral Health |
| Oak Park and River Forest Infant Welfare Society - The Childrens Clinic IWS | $50,000 | Oral Health Care for Children from Low Income Families in a Medical/Dental Home Offer integrated medical, dental, and behavioral health services in a medical home model to low-income children from infancy to age 18 who reside in west suburban Cook County and the City of Chicago | Oral Health |
| PCC Community Wellness Center | $50,000 | Oral Health Care at PCC Provide affordable, quality oral health services with a focus on education at two state-of-the-art dental facilities (in Austin and Berwyn) to patients who are 6-months to 20-years-old, as well as adult and prenatel patients who go to PCC for their medical care | Oral Health |
| Pillars Community Health | $35,000 | Pillars Community Health Dental Services (Operating Support) Provide oral health services and screening for periodontal disease among patients with diabetes. Work with the Illinois Primary Healthcare Association and National Network for Oral Health to implement new strategies to increase the number of children, ages 0–5, who access dental care | Oral Health |
| Primecare Community Health Inc. | $50,000 | Oral Health Program Grow and expand the integrated dental care program, which provides access to high-quality diagnostic, preventive, and limited restorative services, as well as oral health education | Oral Health |
| St. Bernard Hospital and Health Care Center | $50,000 | St. Bernard Dental Center Support a care coordinator position at the Dental Center to assist patients with navigating the healthcare system, including scheduling and follow through with appointments | Oral Health |
| The ARK | $100,000 | Dental Clinic Provide complete and timely oral health care for low-income, uninsured Jewish patients | Oral Health |
| The University of Chicago | $20,000 | Integrating Oral Health and Comprehensive Primary Care Improve regional and national knowledge about the integration of oral health care into primary care through identifying best practices for integration and developing a tool to assess quality of integrated care; piloting the integration of oral health care into the primary care model at the University of Chicago Medicine among older Medicare patients at increased risk of hospitalization; and designing a prospective randomized control trail to assess the effects of integrating primary medical and oral health care on both oral and systemic health and health-related quality of life | Oral Health |
A skilled and inclusive healthcare workforce
$1,146,315
FY 2018
| Grantee | Grant Amount | Project | Funding Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advocate Charitable Foundation | $10,000 | Chicago Public Schools Healthcare Workforce Partnership Expose high school students to careers in health care through sight visits, job shadow experiences, and summer internships | Healthcare Workforce |
| Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago | $50,000 | Mentoring and Workforce Development Connect youth and young adults from underserved communities to healthcare careers through a variety of hands-on experiences that inspire them to continue their studies and consider a career in heatlh care. | Healthcare Workforce |
| Chicagoland Workforce Funder Alliance | $50,000 | Chicagoland Workforce Funder Alliance Establish a healthcare industry-workforce partnership to improve employee retention by creating career pathways, encouraging local and targeted hiring practices and policies, and building relationships with education and training providers. The major participating partners in the CHWC include Advocate Health Care (Co-Chair), University of Chicago Medicine (Co-Chair), Sinai Health System (Co-Chair), Cook County Health & Hospital System, Northwestern Medicine, Presence Health, NorthShore University Health System, Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, Rush University Medical Center, Malcolm X Community College (City Colleges of Chicago), Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership (the regional workforce board), ResCare (the workforce board’s healthcare sector center) and CWFA members (especially Chase, MRHT and Polk Bros). | Healthcare Workforce |
| Children First Fund Chicago Public Schools Foundation | $189,265 | Preparing Today's Students for Tomorrow's Healthcare Workforce Maximize Chicago Public Schools Healthcare Workforce Partnership participation and evaluation by underwriting the cost of transportation, study-related expenses, background checks, scrubs, and costs of partner convenings. | Healthcare Workforce |
| Cook County Health Foundation | $127,050 | Cook County Careers in Healthcare Program Plan and implement a new workforce development strategy to address system gaps in recruitment and skilled employment for adolescents and emerging adults from targeted communities in Chicago. | Healthcare Workforce |
| Council for Adult and Experiential Learning | $125,000 | Creating Pipelines to Healthcare Careers for Chicago Region Veterans Increase healthcare employment opportunities for veterans* | Healthcare Workforce |
| Health and Medicine Policy Research Group | $50,000 | Chicago Area Schweitzer Fellows Program Support the Schweitzer Fellowship program, where graduate health professions students design and implement direct service projects to improve health and well-being in Chicago's underserved communities | Healthcare Workforce |
| Health and Medicine Policy Research Group | $125,000 | Supporting the Next Generation of Health Care Providers Provide on-the-ground support for young health professionals from marginalized communities while simultaneously advancing policy and practice reform to address barriers to career success. | Healthcare Workforce |
| Mercy Hospital and Medical Center | $10,000 | Chicago Public Schools Healthcare Workforce Partnership Expose high school students to careers in health care through sight visits, job shadow experiences, and summer internships | Healthcare Workforce |
| Northwestern Memorial Healthcare | $20,000 | Northwestern Medicine Workforce Development Programs Expose high school students to healthcare careers through a variety of workforce initiatives that align with the Chicago Public Schools Healthcare Workforce Partnership, including: the NM Discovery Program, a two-year program in which high-achieving high school students are exposed to a broad range of activities designed to encourage their interest in healthcare careers, and the NM Scholars Program, a three-year program for high school students currently from Westinghouse High School. | Healthcare Workforce |
| One Million Degrees | $80,000 | Empowering 30 Community College Students to Pursue Healthcare Careers at Malcolm X College Provide onsite, academic, personal, professional and financial services to approximately 30 underserved Malcolm X students to help them stay in school, earn a degree, and launch upwardly mobile careers. | Healthcare Workforce |
| Presence Health Network | $30,000 | Chicago Public Schools Healthcare Workforce Partnership Expose high school students to careers in health care through sight visits, job shadow experiences, and summer internships | Healthcare Workforce |
| Rush University Medical Center | $80,000 | Future-Ready Learning Labs Implement and support health sciences programming in three Chicago Public Schools schools to prepare underserved youth for success in Career and Technical Education high schools and in the healthcare workforce. | Healthcare Workforce |
| Sinai Health System | $50,000 | Sinai Pathways Program Launch a new workforce development program to improve recruitment, retention, and employee growth and to increase the percentage of staff from the community that Sinai serves by 3%. Expose high school students to careers in health care through sight visits, job shadow experiences, and summer internships. | Healthcare Workforce |
| South Shore Hospital | $10,000 | Chicago Public Schools Healthcare Workforce Partnership Expose high school students to careers in health care through sight visits, job shadow experiences, and summer internships | Healthcare Workforce |
| University of Illinois at Chicago | $100,000 | CHAMPIONS NETWork Empower underserved youth through a summer internship and school-year program that trains them to become culturally-competent community health educators and to champion healthy lifestyles. | Healthcare Workforce |
| Year Up Inc | $40,000 | Year Up Chicago’s Workforce Development Program Provide underserved youth, ages 18-25, with a six-month training and a six-month internship with a prospective healthcare employer, with the goal of closing the opportunity divide. | Healthcare Workforce |
School-based behavioral health
$925,000
FY 2018
| Grantee | Grant Amount | Project | Funding Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alternatives, Inc. | $80,000 | Integrated Care for Burke and Tilden Increase integrated behavioral health services, including individual and group counseling, and restorative justice coaching within two Chicago public schools | School-Based Behavioral Health |
| Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago | $100,000 | Building Capacity for a Collaborative Sustainable Model for the Implementation of Structured Psuchotherapy for Adolescents Responding to Chronic Stress (SPARCS) in Options Schools Pilot a short-term version of the evidence-based clinical trauma intervention Structured Psychotherapy for Adolescents Responding to Chronic Stress (SPARCS), including coaching, consultation, and professional development in Options schools | School-Based Behavioral Health |
| Bright Star Community Outreach | $40,000 | Truancy Education and Mentoring Progam (TEAM) Provide the "Check and Connect" program model for case management services at four schools in Bronzeville and Woodlawn for youth at risk of dropping out of school | School-Based Behavioral Health |
| Children's Home & Aid | $40,000 | Community-Based Behavioral Health Provide bilingual, trauma-informed clinical counseling for children and their families by funding a therapist at Schubert Elementary school. | School-Based Behavioral Health |
| Children's Research Triangle | $40,000 | Trauma Treatment Programs in Schools Provide on-site, trauma-informed screening, assessment, and treatment services for students at eight Chicago schools and one early childhood center in an effort to reduce the effects of trauma. | School-Based Behavioral Health |
| Communities In Schools of Chicago | $60,000 | The Mental Health Support Program Provide individual counseling services to elementary students at Chicago Public Schools on the far South Side of Chicago | School-Based Behavioral Health |
| Communities In Schools of Chicago | $75,000 | Intensive Support Program Provide individual support and counseling for students in need of more intensive services by placing a full-time clinician in a school to coordinate programs and services for the whole school. | School-Based Behavioral Health |
| Enlace Chicago | $40,000 | School-Based Counselors Provide clinical mental health services, including individual and family counseling, in Little Village public schools to increase coping mechanisms and build protective factors. | School-Based Behavioral Health |
| Gads Hill Center | $50,000 | Healthy Minds, Healthy Schools Facilitate a comprehensive array of evidence-based, culturally and linguistically relevant behavioral health interventions through a Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) model with a person-centered approach at two Chicago Public Schools. | School-Based Behavioral Health |
| Institute for Nonviolence Chicago | $50,000 | School Outreach and Nonviolence Program Increase the use of nonviolent conflict resolution principles by supporting two outreach workers in Austin College and Career Academy. | School-Based Behavioral Health |
| JCFS | $50,000 | Therapeutic Day School Expand behavioral health supports for students with significant emotional and behavioral disorders, including training staff in the Collaborative Problem Solving model, a social-emotional curriculum. | School-Based Behavioral Health |
| Luster Learning Institute | $60,000 | Calm Classroom Expand implementation of a mindfulness intervention among Chicago Public Schools' administrators and teachers. | School-Based Behavioral Health |
| Rush University Medical Center | $45,000 | A Comprehensive Neighborhood School Executive Functions Curriculum Project Pilot a comprehensive executive-functions curriculum in a Chicago Public School, including class exercises, professional development, and parent education. | School-Based Behavioral Health |
| UCAN | $50,000 | UCAN Behavioral Health Services in Chicago Public Schools Neighborhood Schools Deliver behavioral health services, including individual and group counseling, in eleven West and South Side Chicago Public Schools. | School-Based Behavioral Health |
| Umoja Student Development Corporatoin | $50,000 | Restorative Justice Program Expand restorative justice practices in Chicago Public Schools to address trauma and conflict. | School-Based Behavioral Health |
| Youth Guidance | $45,000 | Becoming A Man (B.A.M.) Provide gender-specific school-based group counseling and mentoring programs that seek to change the life trajectories of at-risk young men in grades 7-12 attending Chicago Public Schools | School-Based Behavioral Health |
| Youth Guidance | $50,000 | Becoming A Man (BAM) and Working on Womanhood (WOW) Provide gender-specific, school-based group counseling and mentoring programs that seek to change the life trajectories of at-risk young men and women in grades 7–12 attending Chicago Public Schools. | School-Based Behavioral Health |
A healthy Jewish community
$500,338
FY 2018
| Grantee | Grant Amount | Project | Funding Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| CJE Senior Life | $71,338 | Program Outcomes and Data Management Project Develop meaningful data and outcomes measurement to help CJE better understand and strengthen its impact on the older adult population. | Healthy Jewish Community |
| JCFS | $50,000 | JCFS Rebranding and the Chicago Jewish Community: Phase 2 Implement re-branding efforts at JCFS to heighten visibility, strengthen the brand, and promote identity in order to engage, inspire, and mobilize funders, staff, volunteers, and community. | Healthy Jewish Community |
| Keshet | $30,000 | Therapeutic School Support for Chicagp Public School Children Provide high-level therapeutic, psychiatric, and educational services within a setting that integrates students with developmental and associated psychiatric challenges into the main stream of host Chicago Public Schools. | Healthy Jewish Community |
| Norton & Elaine Sarnoff Center for Jewish Genetics | $100,000 | General Operating Support Educate the Chicagoland Jewish community about recessive disorders and hereditary cancers that disapproportionately affect individuals of Jewish descent. | Healthy Jewish Community |
| REACH | $54,000 | Executive Coaching for REACH Leadership Train the REACH leadership team to improve the efficacy and structure of REACH's special education program in Jewish day schools across Chicago, as a Strengthening Leadership Capacity Building Project. | Healthy Jewish Community |
| SHALVA | $40,000 | Journey to Higher Performance Consolidate data and professionalize its use by staff to better inform their work. | Healthy Jewish Community |
| Sinai Health System | $55,000 | Sinai Medical Group Consultant Conduct a deep assessment of Sinai Medical Group's operations and provide recommendations to senior leadership that will ensure Sinai's operations are efficient, cost-effective, and sustainable. | Healthy Jewish Community |
| The ARK | $100,000 | The ARK's Dental Clinic Provide access to dental care for low-income adults, tailored to the unique cultural needs of the Jewish community. | Healthy Jewish Community |
Domestic violence/interpersonal violence prevention
$35,000
FY 2018
| Grantee | Grant Amount | Project | Funding Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connections for Abused Women and Their Children | $35,000 | General Operating Support Provide shelter for women and children, counseling, advocacy, and a 24-hour hotline for people affected by domestic violence | Domestic/Interpersonal Violence |
Health and housing
$250,000
FY 2018
| Grantee | Grant Amount | Project | Funding Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexian Brothers Bonaventure House | $45,000 | Occupational Therapy Program Assist formerly homeless clients living with HIV to acquire critical life skills, find and maintain permanent housing, receive treatment for HIV, and achieve long-term independence and self-sufficiency* | Housing and Healthcare |
| All Chicago Making Homelessness History | $50,000 | Collective Impact Strategy Implementation Support consultants in designing the Continuum of Care (CoC)'s action agenda | Housing and Healthcare |
| Center for Housing and Health | $75,000 | Implementation of the H2 2017-2019 Strategic Plan Advance the data integration efforts among housing and health care entities as part of the Chicago and Cook County H2 Strategic Plan | Housing and Healthcare |
| Facing Forward to End Homelessness | $80,000 | General Operating Provide affordable permanent housing, health care and basic supportive services for chronically homeless individuals and families* | Housing and Healthcare |
Community violence prevention
$125,000
FY 2018
| Grantee | Grant Amount | Project | Funding Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Life Centers of Chicagoland | $40,000 | Urban Life Skills Provide mentoring, court advocacy, educational advocacy, family support services, sports/recreating, youth, employment, and service learning opportunities for youth ages 12-24 in the Little Village neighborhood of Chicago* | Violence Prevention |
| Storycatchers Theatre | $40,000 | General Operating Support Teach trauma-focused writing and performing arts programming to girls and boys at the Illinois Youth Center (IYC) - Warrenville, IYC - Chicago and the Cook County Juvenile temporary Detention Center* | Violence Prevention |
| University Of Chicago | $45,000 | Healing Hurt People Provide trauma-informed care in order to promote recovery and reduce re-injury, retaliation and mortality among violently injured youth | Violence Prevention |
A strong safety net
$220,000
FY 2018
| Grantee | Grant Amount | Project | Funding Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIDS Foundation of Chicago | $40,000 | General Operating Support for System-Level Leadership and Coordination of Chicago Area HIV/AIDS Care & Services Improve health equity, prevent new cases of HIV, serve as a collaboration and knowledge center by mobilizing advocates and people living with HIV and related chronic diseases to transform systems, policies, and resources* | Advocacy |
| Healthy Schools Campaign | $50,000 | Change for Good Transform Chicago schools and classrooms into environments that support student health, provide regular access to healthy food, physical activity, health services and nutrition education* | Advocacy |
| Illinois Partners for Human Service | $40,000 | General Operating Support Advocate for adequate funding and educate about the value of human services | Advocacy |
| John Howard Association of Illinois | $40,000 | Healthcare Continuum Initiative Monitor and advocate for changes that significantly improve healthcare outcomes for justice-involved individuals | Advocacy |
| Mental Health Leadership Initiative | $50,000 | General Operating Support Provide local and state policymakers with strategic guidance about the most impactful approaches and investments, including addressing the opiod epidemic | Advocacy |
Oral health
$225,000
FY 2018
| Grantee | Grant Amount | Project | Funding Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advocate Health Care | $40,000 | Mobile Dental Program at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Provide support for direct care, outreach and preventative education to reduce inequities in oral health and increase quality of life for underserved individuals across Chicago* | Oral Health |
| CommunityHealth | $50,000 | General Operating Support Provide high-quality, comprehensive, free health and dental care to thousands of low-income, uninsured patients | Oral Health |
| Dental Lifeline Network Illinois | $35,000 | Chicago Donated Dental Services Program Provide oral health care to adults with disabiliites, the elderly, medically frail and to those who are unable to afford or access treatment for seriously neglected dental problems* | Oral Health |
| Goldie's Place | $55,000 | Dental Program Provide comprehensive dental services, including dentures, for homeless clients* | Oral Health |
| St. Bernard Hospital and Health Center | $45,000 | The Dental Center Provide a range of oral health services to under-served children and families as well as special needs children and adults from Chicago's South Side communities | Oral Health |
Previously funded
| Grantee | Grant Amount | Project | Funding Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Youth Programs, Inc. | $40,000 | General Operating Support Provide comprehensive youth development activities for low-income children and their families, including mentoring, tutoring, health services, physical activity, nutrition education and parenting supports* | Healthy Children |
| La Rabida Children's Hospital | $40,000 | Chicago Child Trauma Center Provide services, at no cost to families, for children who have exerienced trauma, including sexual and physical abuse, domestic and community violence, loss through violent death, and burns and other medical trauma* | Healthy Children |
| Lydia Home Association | $35,000 | Safe Families for Children Provide safe, temporary homes for children from families facing an immediate crisis, including a medical or mental health crisis, homelessness or unemployment, and child safety issues* | Healthy Families |
| Primo Center for Women and Children | $30,000 | Trauma-Informed Mental Health Services Provide trauma-informed mental healthcare in a congregate setting to women and children who have had significant exposure to trauma and violence and who experience serious mental health challenges as a result* | Healthy Families |
| Chicago Botanic Garden | $35,000 | Food as Medicine at the Farm on Ogden Collaborate with Lawndale Christian Health Center to help relieve hunger and mitigate diet-related disease among low-income residents of North Lawndale and neighboring communities* | Healthy Living |
| Chicago Family Health Center | $20,000 | Strong Minds: South Side Psychiatric Access Expand psychiatric and substance abuse services on the south side of Chicago by supporting a portion of the salary of a psychiatric nurse practitioner* | Mental health |
Collaborators
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Some of the best work we’ve done over the past 20-plus years—the most successful, creative, challenging, and ultimately transformative—we’ve done in partnership with others.
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