DeKalb County COVID-19 Response Grants
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- One-time opportunity
- Tracked since
- April 2026
Source: the cycle recorded on this listing. Confirm dates with the funder.
Overview
Program Name: DeKalb County COVID-19 Response Grants
Grant program designed to assist nonprofit and public sector service providers responding directly to COVID-19 pandemic needs. The program was established in March 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Geographic Scope: DeKalb County, Illinois
Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit and public sector service providers
Priority Funding Areas:
- Emergency food and basic supplies
- Interim housing and shelter
- Primary health care services
- Utility and financial assistance
- Supports for children and other vulnerable populations
- Nonprofit safety and operations assistance
Focus: Basic human needs of residents most significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic
Funding Partners: The program was coordinated through an advisory committee including:
- DeKalb County Community Foundation
- Kishwaukee United Way
- Douglas C. & Lynn M. Roberts Family Foundation
- DeKalb County Community Mental Health Board
- IDEAL Foundation
- Horizons Unlimited Foundation
- DeKalb County Nonprofit Partnership (DCNP)
Funding Sources: Local organizational funders and Illinois COVID-19 Response Fund (which provided multiple grants totaling $175,000)
Contact Information:
- Phone: 815.748.5383
- Website: dekalbccf.org/receive/grant-programs/dekalb-county-covid-19-response-grant/
- 501(c)(3) charitable organization
- EIN # 36-3788167
What Dekalb County Community Foundation actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 119
- Total given
- $4.02M
- Median grant
- $14K
- Range
- $5,272–$225K
- By dollars: Illinois 98%, Wisconsin 2%, Florida <1%. Top recipient cities: Dekalb, IL; Sycamore, IL; Hinckley, IL.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 20% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Rooted for Good · Dekalb, IL
Health / ed / food
$180K
Voluntary Action Center of Northern · Sycamore, IL
Multiple projects
$115K
Dekalb Parks Foundation · Dekalb, IL
Foundation startup
$65K
Village of Waterman · Waterman, IL
Economic development
$38K
Dekalb School District · Dekalb, IL
Music instruments
$30K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Nonprofits
- Disaster relief
- Hunger
- Housing
- Healthcare
- Hardship
- Community services
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