2025 Healing Illinois Grant Recipients

Below are the 204 organizations across Illinois that will be engaging in racial healing activities:

Click here to see 2024 Recipients.

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  1. Region One - Chicago Area
  2. Region Two - Northwestern Illinois
  3. Region Three - North Central Illinois
  4. Region Four - Central Illinois
  5. Region Five - Southern Illinois

Region One - Chicago Area

(Un)Learning Space NFP

18th Street Casa de Culture

6018North

Albany Park Theater Project

American Blues Theater

American Indian Center

Arab American Family Services

Art Encounter

Arte. Sana

Asian Health Coalition

Be Strong Families

Beverly Arts Center

Black Lunch Table

Board of Trustees of The University of Illinois

Brighton Park Neighborhood Council (BPNC)

Casa Central Social Services Corporation

Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture

Changing Worlds

Chicago Human Rhythm Project

Chicago Learning Exchange

Chicago Rewilding Society

Chicago United for Equity

Circles and Ciphers

Co-op Ed Center

Coalition for a Better Chinese

Coalition for Immigrant Mental Health

Collaboraction

College Mentoring Experience

ConTextos

DePaul Healing Justice Initiative

Dominican University

Elastic Arts Foundation

Enrich Chicago

Expanded Mental Health Services

Friends of the Forest Preserves

Girls Like Me Project

GSJ Family Life Center

Haibayo Cares

Heritage Museum of Asian Art

ICNA Relief Aid USA

Igniting Minds

ILA Creative Studio, NFP

Instituto Gaspar Yanga

Intonation Music

KAN-WIN

Kehrein Center for the Arts Foundation

Korean Performing Arts Institute

La Huerta Roots and Rays

Latino Policy Forum

Little Black Pearl

Mandala South Asian Performing Arts

Mercy Garden of Peace and Healing

Metropolitan Family Services

Mud Theatre Project

National Museum of Mexican Art / Yollocalli

New Eclipse Community Alliance

New Life Centers of Chicagoland, NFP

NON:op Open Opera Works

One Family Illinois

One Lawndale Arts and Activism Incubator

OPEN Center for the Arts

Organic Oneness

Palenque LSNA

Pegasus Theatre Chicago

Railroad Tracks Music Academy

Raw Talent Performing Arts

Red Clay Dance Company

Rincon Family Services

Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center

Serendipity Theatre Company

Shorefront Legacy Center

Sisters in Cinema

SkyArt NFP

SOUTH ASIA INSTITUTE

The Black Star Project

The Chicago Black Artist Union

The Chicago Community Foundation/Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation

The Chicago Poetry Center

The Firehouse Dream Inc.

The Monroe Foundation

The Try Center Todays...

Umuwi Ethnic Studies

Urban Explorers of Chicago

Urban Growers Collective

Urban Initiatives, Inc.

Working Family Solidarity

Young Chicago Authors

Youth Guidance

YWCA Evanston/North Shore

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Region Two - Northwestern Illinois

Alignment Rockford

Angels Boxing Academy

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BBFF Entertainment

Black's Academy of Excellence NFP

Boys & Girls Club of Freeport and Stephenson County

Boys & Girls Club of Lake County

Brushwood Center

Center for Equity, Effectiveness and Efficiency

Central Christian Church

Community Life Center of Rockford

DeKalb County History Center

Despertar Latino

Easterseals Joliet Region, Inc.

Elevated Voices

F.O.C.U.O.S

Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois

Goodwill Industries of Northern Illinois and Wisconsin Stateline Area, Inc.

Hicks-Wright Organization

Highland Community College in Northwest Illinois

Home Away from Home Youth Development and Reentry Inc. NFP

Illinois Workers in Action

indian Prairie Community Unit School District 204

JZT Code

Kingdom Embassy Center International Inc.

Lake County State's Attorney

Lewis University

Life Decisions

ML Fund1 Inc

NAACP Rockford Branch 3028

New Day Employment Network

North Central College

Northern Illinois Center for Nonprofit Excellence (NICNE) on behalf of the Belonging Begins with Us - Rockford Initiative

Northern Illinois University Outreach, Engagement and Regional Development

One Body Collaboratives d/b/a Bridges to Prosperity Northern Illinois

Optimum Wellness Center

Paramount Arts Centre

RAMP Disability Resources & Services (legal name Regional Access & Mobilization Project)

Rockford Area Arts Council

Rockford Area Habitat for Humanity

Rockford Symphony Orchestras Inc

Rockford University

Side Street Studio Arts, NFP

Stephenson County Historical Society

The Antmound Foundation

United Way of Greater McHenry County

United Way of Northwest Illinois

United Way of Rock River Valley

Waukegan to College

YMCA of Rock River Valley

You Are Not Alone Mental Health Trauma Suicide Prevention Advocacy Inc.

YWCA Kankakee

YWCA Northwestern Illinois

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Region Three - North Central Illinois

AKWAABA QC

Artists Reenvisioning Tomorrow Inc

Azubuike African American Coalition for the Arts Inc

Board of Trustees of Western Illinois University

Boys & Girls Club of Danville Illinois

Bridgewater-Sullivan Community Life Center

Champaign-Urbana Reparations Coalition

City of Macomb Police Department

Cooper Creek Church

East Moline School District 37

Eureka College

Laura Lee Fellowship House

Martin Luther King Community Center

Not On My Watch

Prairie Rivers Network

Project Oz

Trauma & Resilience Initiative Inc

United Way of Champaign County

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

YWCA Champaign County

YWCA McLean County

YWCA Quad Cities

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Region Four - Central Illinois

B7ue Lotus Media

Bella Ease

Community Foundation for the Land of Lincoln

Contact Ministries

Illinois State Museum Society

Jacksonville Main St.

Justice Voices Inc

Lincoln Presidential Foundation

Made Wright Inc.

Mamie D. Hayes Educational Foundation

Springfield Art Assoc.

Springfield Coalition on Dismantling Racism, NFP

Springfield Immigration Advocacy Network

The Community Foundation of Macon County dba as The Heart of Illinois Community Foundation

The Springfield Project

United Way of Central Illinois

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Region Five - Southern Illinois

724 Ministries

African American Museum of Southern Illinois

Alexander/Pulaski NAACP

Arrowleaf

Attucks Community Service Board

Blessed Hands Community Outreach

Carbondale Branch NAACP

Carbondale United

City of Carbondale

Community Health and Emergency Services Inc (CHESI)

Comprehensive Connections*

Connect 360

Hoyleton Youth and Family Services

Legacy Training, Inc.

Racial Harmony (AKA The Center for Racial Harmony)

SI CABE: Southern Illinois Culture and Arts in Bilingual Education

Southern Illinois Community Foundation

Southtown Youth Programs Center

The Community Archive

The Titans Foundation and Skills Academy

United Congregations of Metro East

United Way of South Central Illinois

Women for Change - Unity in the Community

YWCA Southwestern Illinois

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