CCH Mutual Aid Fund
Funding Amount
Up to $500 per grant
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- One-time opportunity
- Tracked since
- April 2026
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Geography
- Illinois residents experiencing homelessness
Other requirements
- At-risk of homelessness
Overview
Geographic Scope: Illinois
Purpose: Provide emergency financial assistance to individuals experiencing homelessness for immediate needs such as safe housing, food, or medication
Program Details
- Simple, easy-to-access application (online or by phone)
- Quick turnaround for grant distribution
- Goal to assist at least 300 individuals and families
- Target fund size: $150,000
Eligibility
- Illinois residents experiencing homelessness
- At-risk of homelessness
Fund Management
- Managed by committee of grassroots leaders (low-income volunteers with lived experience of homelessness)
- Support provided by CCH community organizers
- Grassroots leaders serve as decision-makers in fund distribution
Funding Sources
- Chicago Community COVID-19 Response Fund
- Jay Pritzker Foundation
- Homestead Affordable Development Corporation
- Individual donors
- $110,000 committed at launch (as of April 2020)
How to Apply
Application Process
- Application Availability: Online or by phone
- Application Window: 5-day period (May 11-15, 2020 for initial launch)
- Opens: Monday, May 11 at 9 a.m.
- Closes: Friday, May 15 at 5 p.m.
- Processing: Quick turnaround time pledged for grant distribution
Application Format
- Simple, easy-to-access application
- Available on CCH website during application period
- Also available by phone for applicants without internet access
What Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 20
- Total given
- $1.41M
- Median grant
- $20K
- Range
- $12K–$1.05M
- By dollars: Illinois 100%. Top recipient cities: Chicago, IL; Maywood, IL.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 0% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Matthew House · Chicago, IL
Small Shelter Fund
$23K
CASA Central Social Services · Chicago, IL
Small Shelter Fund
$22K
Good News Partners · Chicago, IL
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$22K
Housing Forward · Maywood, IL
Small Shelter Fund
$22K
Breakthrough Urban Ministries · Chicago, IL
Small Shelter Fund
$20K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Homeless
- Hardship
- Poverty alleviation
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