2023 Grants

Ascension Alexian Brothers Health and Housing Alliance/Bonaventure House

Chicago, IL  

$2,000

Occupational therapy program for people who have experienced homelessness, are in recovery and have been diagnosed with HIV/AIDS 

Amate House

Chicago, IL

$1,000

Support for volunteers working in schools and social service agencies

The Boulevard

Chicago, IL

$3,500

Health, housing and employment program for people experiencing homelessness who are recovering from illness or injury

Care For Friends

Chicago, IL

$2,500

Food and basic services for people experiencing homelessness

Caravan To Class

Sausalito, CA  

$5,000

School construction and education support in Timbuktu, Mali

Central Honduran Education Fund

Chicago, IL  

$3,000

Support for university students in villages near Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Chicago Jesuit Academy    

Chicago, IL  

$117,500

Tuition support for students from modest economic backgrounds and capital support for program expansion

Concern America

Santa Ana, CA

$3,000

Fair Trade Craft Program supporting job creation and social enterprise in Central America

Connections for the Homeless

Evanston, IL

$2,000

Housing, employment and education services for people experiencing homelessness

Cooperative for Education

Cincinnati, OH

$3,500

Rural Technology Center Program, Western Highlands, Guatemala

Deborah’s Place

Chicago, IL

$2,500

Housing and support services for unaccompanied women experiencing homelessness

Family Matters

Chicago, IL

$1,500

Youth development program

Franciscans for the World

Chicago, IL

$2,500

Humanitarian relief following earthquakes in Turkey

Franciscan Outreach

Chicago, IL

$3,500

Case management program for adults who are experiencing homeless

Gracia, Inc.     

Chicago, IL  

$5,000

Social enterprise workshop and training for young women at Casa Hogar, Jalapa, Guatemala

Growing Home

Chicago, IL

$4,000

Training and employment for people from at Growing Home’s urban organic farm

Healing Art Missions

Granville, OH

$3,500

Mobile health services in Haiti

Housing Opportunities for Women

Chicago, IL

$2,000

Housing, health and employment services for women and families experiencing homelessness

Housing Forward

Maywood, IL

$1,000

Housing services for people experiencing homelessness

Ignatian Volunteer Corps

Baltimore, MD

$4,000

Volunteer program for late career and retired professionals

Ignite

Chicago, IL

$2,500

Residential and outreach programs for young people experiencing homelessness

Inkululeko

Lockport, NY

$3,000

Education and support for students in Makhanda, South Africa

Inspiration Corp

Chicago, IL

$3,000

Food Service Training Program for people who have experienced homelessness

Jesuit Refugee Services/USA

Washington, D.C.

$5,000

Solar energy for refugees in Lebanon

Josephinum Academy

Chicago, IL

$17,000

Tuition support for high school students from modest economic backgrounds

Kiwimbi International

Gladstone, NJ

$5,000

Education and meal program for students in Amagoro, Kenya

La Casa Norte

Chicago, IL

$2,500

Housing and education services for young people who have experienced homelessness

Loyola University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

$1,000

Rambler Brotherhood Project - improving the educational outcomes for all men at Loyola University Chicago 

Mercy Home for Boys and Girls

Chicago, IL

$1,000

Community Care Program for youth and families

New Moms

Chicago, IL

$10,040

Job training, health and housing services for young mothers at risk of experiencing homelessness

Nicaraguan Education Resource Center/CREA

Oakland, CA

$4,000

Academic support and outreach for students in Tola, Nicaragua

The Night Ministry

Chicago, IL  

$2,500

Health, housing and human connection for those experiencing homelessness

Nourishing Hope/Lakeview Pantry

Chicago, IL

$2,000

Social services and mental health support for food pantry customers

Olancho Aid Foundation

Accord, MA

$2,000

Education support for children in Olancho, Honduras

Our Lady of Tepeyac High School  

Chicago, IL  

$10,000

College readiness program for high school girls from modest economic backgrounds

Passionist Missionaries/St. Elizabeth Basic School

Rye Brook, NY

$2,000

Support for St. Elizabeth Basic School (pre-school) in Kingston, Jamaica

Pedals for Progress

High Bridge, NJ

$2,000

The mission of Pedals 4 Progress is to empower sustainable economic development by recycling bicycles and sewing machines from the U.S. and shipping them to motivated people in the developing world.

Piarist Fathers

Fort Lauderdale, FL

$1,000

Support for schools in Huitan and Cabrican, Guatemala

ReVive Center for Housing and Healing

Chicago, IL

$3,000

Engagement center for adults experiencing homelessness

Sacred Valley Health

Anchorage, AK

$3,500

Community health worker training and employment in Ollantaytambo, Peru

San Miguel School

Chicago, IL

$5,000

Tuition support for students from modest economic backgrounds

Sarah’s Circle

Chicago, IL

$2,500

Case management program for unaccompanied women experiencing homelessness

l'Ecole de Choix (School of Choice)

Oak Park, IL

$3,000

Student health and wellness program at L’Ecole de Choix in Mirebalais, Haiti

Sisterhouse

Oak Park, IL

$3,000

Housing and recovery support for unaccompanied women who have experienced homelessness

Sisters of Charity of New York/Elizabeth Seton School

Bronx, NY

$1,500

Support for Elizabeth Seton School in Nerjab, Quiche, Guatemala

Sisters of Charity of St. Elizabeth/Centro Arte Para la Paz 

Convent station, NJ

$4,000

The mission is to create a culture of peace through the arts, promoting creativity, imagination and cultural exchange with the participation of children, youth and adults of Suchitoto, El Salvador.

Spark Ventures

Chicago, IL

$8,000

Secondary school student support at Hope Community School Ndola, Zambia

Strategies for International Development

Washington, D.C.

$2,500

Training and assistance for coffee farmers in Alta Verapaz, Guatemala

Sunsar Maya

San Francisco, CA

$2,500

Women’s literacy program in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

Un Mundo

Menlo Park, CA

$4,000

Literacy Connections Project, El Pital, Honduras