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Types of Grants
The Christopher Family Foundation is proud to announce support for the following schools and nonprofits serving students and families on Chicago’s Westside. These exceptional organizations are working to: remove barriers to learning through mentorship and mental health supports; open doors through access to high-quality curricula and out-of-school time programming; and position schools as community hubs that support students and their entire families.
- A Better Chicago
- After School Matters
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago
- Big Shoulders Fund
- Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago
- BUILD, Inc.
- Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education
- Chicago Jesuit Academy
- Children First Fund in support of Howe School of Excellence
- Christ the King Jesuit College Preparatory High School
- Circle Urban Ministries
- Communities In Schools of Chicago
- Communities United
- Facing History and Ourselves
- Field Museum
- Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana
- Griffin Museum of Science and Industry
- Kids First Chicago
- Holy Family School
- Ladies of Virtue
- Project Exploration
- Stone Community Development Corporation
- Territory
- Youth Guidance
The Foundation also recently renewed Legacy grants for Brookfield Zoo Chicago and Chicagoland Lutheran Educational Foundation and will continue its long-time scholarship program for students attending Walther Christian Academy.
The Foundation is entering year 3 of a 5-year commitment to Scaling Community Violence Intervention for a Safer Chicago (SC2) and to the Austin HOPE Center. We have also renewed commitments to the following funder collaboratives: Austin Fresh, Chicagoland Workforce Funders Alliance, and Partnership for Safe and Peaceful Communities.
Finally, we are excited to announce a second round of food-related responsive giving as the impact of SNAP changes continue to ripple out into the communities we serve. This includes additional grants to Greater Chicago Food Depository, Northern Illinois Food Bank, Lurie Children’s Hospital and the Austin Food Pantry Working Group.