Healthy Communities Foundation
/OVERVIEW: The Healthy Communities Foundation supports health equity, healthcare quality and health access in the city of Chicago and surrounding suburbs.
FUNDING AREAS: Health equity, healthcare quality, health access
IP TAKE: This health legacy funder is strongly committed to racial equity, so make sure to highlight how a program is furthering equity goals in Chicago for any new grant pitch.
PROFILE: Established in 2000, the Healthy Communities Foundation (HCF) is a health conversion foundation based in the Chicago suburb of Riverside, Illinois. HCF formed when MacNeal Hospital was sold to a private company in 1999. HCF rebranded itself and took on its current name in 2017. The foundation aims to “measurably improve the health and wellbeing of individuals, families, and communities in our service area by promoting health equity, quality and access.” HCF funds local efforts for health equity, healthcare quality and health access.
The Healthy Communities Foundation’s health access grants provide residents in the region with access to quality care despite high costs and cultural disparities. Another HCF grantmaking priority is making health resources more equitable regardless of the neighborhood that people live in. HCF is involved in advocacy efforts related to the root of health inequities and policy changes that address these challenges. The funder also looks to give communities access to local health data to help residents make more informed decisions about their health. Most HCF funds come in the form of general operating support to help grantees fulfill their missions in the best ways possible. HCF also funds strategic initiatives to expand new opportunities and address urgent needs on an invitation-only basis. Another way that HCF serves Chicago-area communities is by providing capacity-building support to local nonprofits so that they can attend trainings, conferences and other helpful learning events.
Grants range between about $1,000 and $300,000. Learn more about this funder’s local giving by examining its recent tax records. Grantmaking focuses on a 27-zip-code service region that includes the city of Chicago and the western Cook County suburbs of Chicago. This service area includes the Chicago neighborhoods of Austin, North and South Lawndale, Brighton Park, Gage Park, Chicago Lawn, Ashburn Park, Garfield Ridge and others. Past local grantees include the Chicago Citywide Literacy Coalition, the Alliance to End Homelessness in Suburban Cook County and the Greater Chicago Food Depository.
This foundation may accept unsolicited grant applications from nonprofits at certain times. Visit the foundation website to learn more about upcoming deadlines and guidelines. Direct general questions to the staff atadministration@hcfdn.org or 708-443-5674.
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