Grant Healthcare Foundation Grant

The Grant Healthcare Foundation Grant aims to enhance healthcare services in Chicago, focusing on direct medical, mental health, and preventive care. Established to support organizations that improve access for underserved communities, the foundation prioritizes innovative programs with measurable outcomes. It funds initiatives that align with its mission to address barriers in healthcare access, particularly in the city's south and west sides. Preference is given to organizations demonstrating strong community leadership and collaboration.

Grant Healthcare Foundation continues the long tradition of Grant Hospital of Chicago, founded in 1883 in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago as “a sanctuary in case of sickness or accident for all persons, without distinction of belief or religious conviction.”
To achieve that mission, the Foundation awards grants in support of the following activities:
Direct medical services provided by community organizations, including vision and dental careMental health care and services for the treatment of substance use disordersComprehensive reproductive care servicesPreventive medical programsImproved access to physical and behavioral health care for uninsured individuals and where there are barriers to care
Most grants are for a term of one year. Multi- year commitments are rarely made and usually only after a finding that a specific project will not be implemented without such a commitment. Multi-year commitments are subject to annual review and timely receipt of all required reports.
Grant Healthcare Foundation is most interested in:

• Programs that provide direct health services within Chicago's south and west side communities
• Programs that increase access to care for individuals and families where there are known barriers
• Innovative models that have meaningful outcome measures in place to better understand the program's effectiveness
• Organizations with strong leadership and a broad base of support in the communities they serve
• Organizations that collaborate with other like-minded community organizations to leverage their work

Eligibility

To be considered for funding an organization must be designated as tax-exempt under Section 501(c) 3 of the Internal Revenue Code. Grant Healthcare Foundation will accept proposals only for programs to be conducted within the Chicago area. Most grants are for a term of one year.

Ineligibility

Organizations that have not met reporting requirements will be barred from submission of any future applications to the Foundation.Grant Healthcare Foundation will not make grants to support:
IndividualsOrganizations that discriminate on the basis of race, sexual orientation, creed, age or national originReligious purposes or religious organizations whose services are limited to any one sectarian groupPolitical activity or lobbyingFundraising eventsEndowments