Yield Giving Open Call Award

Geographic Scope: Suburban Cook County, Illinois

Award Details:

• Amount: $1,000,000 (largest donation in Alliance's 20-year history)
• Type: One-time, unrestricted gift
• Selection: Peer-reviewed and expert panel evaluation
• Open Call Details: 6,353 applications received; initially 250 awards of $1M each planned; award pool expanded due to exceptional organizational quality

Fund Purpose:

• Support community-led, community-focused organizations
• Enable individuals and families to achieve substantive improvement in well-being
• Provide foundational resources to organizations with explicit purpose of reducing homelessness

Intended Use of Award:

1. Expand reach: Effectively communicate shared vision for ending homelessness to elected officials, corporate partners, housing developers, key stakeholders
2. Invest in team: Competitive salaries and benefits to attract and retain talent; professional development opportunities
3. Drive systems change: Serve as backbone organization to prevent homelessness, provide emergency shelter, connect people with housing and services

Goal: Reach functional zero homelessness by 2030

About Yield Giving:

• Established by MacKenzie Scott
• Has yielded over $16.5 billion to 1,900+ nonprofits to date
• Named after belief in "adding value by giving up control"
• Network of staff and advisors works with organizations

Contact:

• Alliance to End Homelessness in Suburban Cook County
• Jennifer Hill, Executive Director
• 4415 Harrison Street Suite 228, Hillside, IL 60162
• 708-236-3261
• info@suburbancook.org