How To Apply

CFF is proud to support a wide range of organizations. Below is a list of recent grantees.

EDUCATION

A Better Chicago

Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago

BUILD, Inc.

Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education

Chicago Jesuit Academy

Children First Fund

Christ the King Jesuit College Preparatory High School

Circle Urban Ministries

Communities In Schools of Chicago

Facing History and Ourselves

Field Museum

Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana

Kids First Chicago

Holy Family School

Maywood Fine Arts Association

Museum of Science and Industry

Stone Community Development Corporation

Van Lunen Center

Walther Christian Academy

West Cook YMCA

Youth Guidance

 

EMPLOYMENT

Breakthrough

Cara Collective

Chicago Jobs Council

Chicagoland Workforce Funder Alliance

Inspiration Corporation

Jane Addams Resource Corporation

MAAFA Redemption Project

Manufacturing Renaissance

New Moms

Rebuilding Exchange

Revolution Workshop

Skills for Chicagoland’s Future

St. Leonard’s Ministries

Women Employed

Women Initiating New Directions

ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Allies for Community Business

Austin African American Business Networking Association (AAABNA)

Defy Ventures

Fund for Equitable Business Growth

Gray Matter Experience

HIRE360

mHUB

Sunshine Enterprises

FOOD SECURITY

Chicago Botanic Garden

Feeding America

Fresh Meals on Wheels of Sheboygan County

Fresh Taste

Greater Chicago Food Depository

mRelief

Northern Illinois Food Bank

 

AUSTIN FRESH

Austin Fresh is a 5-year commitment to advancing Austin quality-of-life plan goals related to expanding healthy retail options, supporting community gardens and local food production, growing food enterprises, and protecting and strengthening food assistance programs. Austin Fresh is funded by  The Builder’s Initiative, The Christopher Family Foundation, The Lumpkin Family Foundation, Food, Land, Opportunity, and the Walter Mander Foundation. Decisions are made with participation from Austin Coming Together.

Austin Coming Together

Austin Community Food Co-op

Austin Garden Collective

Beyond Hunger

BUILD, Inc.

Chicago Austin Youth Travel Adventures

Christ the King Jesuit College Prep

Circle Urban Ministries

Evolved Network, NFP

Front Porch Arts Center

GSJ Family Life Center

Westside Health Authority, in partnership with Forty Acres Fresh Market

 

LEGACY

The grant category of Legacy reflects the Christopher family’s desire to continue to support organizations with which they have a strong connection and long history, even though they may not fit our current grant strategies. Legacy grants are by invitation only.

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago

Chicagoland Lutheran Education Foundation

Chicago Zoological Society

Grace Lutheran Church

Loyola University Medical Center

Lutheran Music Program

Lutheran Social Services of Illinois

SPECIAL INITIATIVE

Recognizing the necessity of anti-violence work for the flourishing of the West Side, the Foundation also currently funds the following community violence intervention collaboratives. However, there is no open application process in this area.

Partnership for Safe and Peaceful Communities

Scaling Community Violence Intervention for a Safer Chicago (SC2)