Advocate Bethany Community Health Fund

Advocate Bethany Community Health Fund

Status: Currently suspended for new applicants; only current grantees eligible to apply as of 2019.

Background: Established in 2006 by Advocate Health Care as part of ongoing commitment to support community organizations building and sustaining healthy communities on Chicago's West Side. The fund was designed to provide approximately $1 million per year for 14 years (2007-2020).

Geographic Scope: Four targeted "Bethany Fund Communities" on Chicago's West Side:

Austin

Garfield Park (extended east to Western Avenue to include East Humboldt Park)

Humboldt Park

North Lawndale

Grants awarded to organizations and activities located within defined community boundaries.

Mission: Address unique health needs of Advocate Bethany Hospital community by funding programs that promote health and wellness and their determinants through nonprofit organizations sharing core values of dignity, community investment, family and spirituality.

Eligibility:

Nonprofit organizations

Must share Bethany Fund's core values

Must demonstrate commitment to using community assets to promote positive community development

Programs must address one or more priority areas

Must be located within Bethany Fund Community boundaries

Core Values Required:

Individual and community-wide dignity

Investing in and promoting community institutions

Family (traditional and non-traditional units)

Faith and spirituality

Priority Areas (programs must address one or more):
1. Diabetes - Age-adjusted death rate 73.3% higher than Chicago rate
2. School-dropout prevention - Dropout rate at age 16 is 20.2-36.5% higher than Chicago rate
3. Violence prevention - Age-adjusted death rate due to assault 101% higher than Chicago rate
4. Workforce development - Unemployment rate 36-155% higher than Chicago rate

Contact Information:

Ina N. Owens, LCSW, Vice President, Office of Grants and Program Development

- Email: ina.owens@aah.org
- Phone: 630-929-6928

Tameeka Christian, Manager, Advocate Bethany Community Health Fund

- Email: tameeka.christian@aah.org
- Phone: 630-929-6918

Advocate Charitable Foundation

- Phone: 630-929-9900
- Fax: 630-929-9900
- Address: RML Chicago, 3435 W. Van Buren, Chicago, IL 60624

Current Status Note: Board undergoing strategic planning as of 2019. LOI process suspended for new applicants for 2019 (implementation in 2020). Only current grantees who received awards in 2018 for 2019 implementation were eligible to apply beginning July 31, 2019.