Planned Parenthood of Illinois
- purpose: providing and promoting compassionate, comprehensive reproductive health care, education, and rights
- more info: Charity Navigator
Healing to Action
- purpose: to end gender-based violence by building the leadership and collective power of the communities most impacted
- more info: Charity Navigator
Chicago Women's Health Center
- purpose: facilitates the empowerment of women, trans people, and young people by providing access to health care and health education in a respectful environment where people pay what they can afford
- more info: Charity Navigator
Meals on Wheels Chicago
- purpose: to ensure that Chicago seniors and individuals with disabilities benefit from programs that improve their quality of life and maximize independence
- more info: Charity Navigator
Syrian Community Network
- purpose: works alongside immigrants and refugees, with care, through needs-based Case Management, Education, and Immigration services
- more info: Charity Navigator
Interprofessional Community Clinic
- purpose: to provide accessible, quality healthcare for the uninsured persons in the Lake County community with dignity, respect, and cultural humility, and encourage future healthcare professionals to work in underserved communities and excel in interprofessional communication and teamwork, with an intentional emphasis on the principles of diversity, inclusion, and equity
- more info: Illinois Association of Free & Charitable Clinics, Charity Navigator
Illinois Association of Free & Charitable Clinics
- purpose: strengthen the safety net to maximize the collective impact of free and charitable clinics by representing and resourcing them to ensure equitable, accessible and quality healthcare for all
- more info: Charity Navigator
Firebird Community Arts
- purpose: to empower and connect people through the healing practice of glassblowing and ceramics
- more info: Charity Navigator
Storycatchers Theatre
- purpose: guides young people to transform their traumatic experiences into powerful musical theatre, inspiring them to develop the courage and vision to become leaders and mentors
- more info: Charity Navigator
Housing Opportunities & Maintenance for the Elderly
- purpose: committed to improving the quality of life for Chicago’s low-income elderly, H.O.M.E. helps seniors remain independent and part of their community by offering opportunities for intergenerational living and by providing a variety of citywide support services
- more info: Charity Navigator
Cambodian Association of Illinois
- purpose: to enable refugees and immigrants from Cambodia residing in Illinois, especially those in metropolitan Chicago, to become self-sufficient, productive participants in American society while preserving and enhancing their cultural heritage and community
- more info: Charity Navigator
Center on Halsted
- purpose: advances community and secures the health and well-being of the LGBTQ people of Chicagoland
- more info: Charity Navigator
Girls in the Game
- purpose: provides sports, health and leadership programs in partnership with schools, parks and community centers in Chicago
- more info: Charity Navigator
Feeding Illinois
- purpose: coordinates and supports the collective, collaborative efforts of its member food banks and a diverse network of community partners and programs in providing equitable access to a healthy, adequate supply of food for all Illinois neighbors in need
- more info: Charity Navigator
Women Employed
- purpose: to improve the economic status of women and remove barriers to economic equity
- more info: Charity Navigator
AIDS Foundation of Chicago
- purpose: mobilizes communities to create equity and justice for people living with and vulnerable to HIV or chronic conditions
- more info: Charity Navigator, Wikipedia
Care for Real
- purpose: to foster a healthy and equitable community by helping neighbors and families overcome food insecurity with dignity
- more info: Charity Navigator
Chicago Urban League
- purpose: to achieve equity for Black families and communities through social and economic empowerment
- more info: Charity Navigator, Wikipedia
Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault
- purpose: a unified network of rape crisis centers, envisioning a world free of sexual violence
- more info: Charity Navigator
Chicago Abortion Fund
- purpose: to advance reproductive autonomy and justice for everyone by providing financial, logistical, and emotional support to people seeking abortion services and by building collective power and fostering partnerships for political and cultural change
- more info: Charity Navigator
Equip for Equality
- purpose: to advance the human and civil rights of children and adults with disabilities in Illinois
- more info: Charity Navigator
Mothers' Milk Bank of the Western Great Lakes
- purpose: provide pasteurized donor human milk to premature and critically ill babies, distribute donor milk to outpatients, and support donor families, including those who are donating after loss
- more info: Charity Navigator, Human Milk Banking Association of North America
Food Outreach
- purpose: to provide nutritional support and enhance the quality of life of men, women, and children living with HIV or cancer
- more info: Charity Navigator
A Safe Haven
- purpose: to restore hope and opportunity to individuals in crisis by providing treatment, housing, support services, and career pathways
- more info: Charity Navigator, GreatNonprofits
St. Louis Area Foodbank
- purpose: building a stronger bi-state region by nourishing people, empowering communities, and transforming systems
- more info: BBB Charity, Charity Navigator, Feeding America
Housing Forward
- purpose: to transition people from housing crisis to housing stability
- more info: Charity Navigator
Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts
- purpose: advocates for a legal system that is equitable, accessible, and fair to all people; efficient so justice is not delayed; and effective in seeking solutions to social injustices
- more info: Charity Navigator
Black Ensemble Theater
- purpose: to eradicate racism and its damaging effects on our society through the utilization of theater arts and community engagement
- more info: Charity Navigator, Wikipedia
National Museum of Mexican Art
- purpose: to stimulate knowledge and appreciation of Mexican art and culture from both sides of the border through a significant permanent collection of Mexican art, rich visual and performing arts programs, high quality arts education programs and resources and professional development of Mexican artists
- more info: American Alliance of Museums, Charity Navigator, Wikipedia
Common Pantry
- purpose: meets the emergency needs of our local community by providing healthy food, kinship and support to help overcome poverty-related challenges
- more info: Charity Navigator