How much funding does Yield Giving Open Call Award provide?

Yield Giving Open Call Award provides $1,000,000 in funding.

When is the deadline for Yield Giving Open Call Award?

This grant has a rolling deadline or the deadline has not been announced.

Yield Giving Open Call Award

ALLIANCE TO END HOMELESSNESS IN

Foundation One-time Grants for Homeless Unrestricted Grants for Nonprofits Housing Grants for Nonprofits

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Funding Amount

$1,000,000

Deadline

Rolling / Open

Grant Type

foundation

Overview

Yield Giving Open Call Award

Status: Award already received (March 19, 2024)

Funder: Yield Giving (MacKenzie Scott's giving platform)

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