Illinois Women & Girl Services Grants
Explore 23 grant opportunities
Application Deadline
Sep 3, 2025
Date Added
Jul 3, 2025
This grant provides financial support to nonprofit organizations in central Illinois that empower women and girls through programs focused on education, health, economic stability, and leadership development.
Application Deadline
Jun 23, 2025
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Jun 7, 2025
This program provides funding to organizations in Illinois to deliver comprehensive nursing support and services to pregnant and parenting individuals and their infants, focusing on reducing maternal and infant health disparities.
Application Deadline
Jul 7, 2025
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Jun 5, 2025
This grant provides funding to health departments and nonprofit organizations in Illinois to improve patient navigation services for individuals facing breast cancer, ensuring they receive equitable support throughout their care journey.
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Apr 10, 2025
This grant provides financial support to mid-sized Chicago-based charities focused on improving health, education, and economic opportunities for underserved communities, particularly on the city's south and west sides.
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Mar 17, 2025
This funding opportunity provides financial support to nonprofit organizations in Illinois that offer essential services such as shelter, counseling, and advocacy for victims of domestic violence and their children.
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Mar 6, 2025
This funding opportunity supports Illinois-based nonprofit organizations in creating innovative digital humanities projects that engage and diversify audiences through creative public programming.
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Feb 17, 2025
This grant provides financial support to nonprofit organizations and schools in Macon County, Illinois, to implement programs that empower and improve the lives of women and girls in the community.
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Jan 28, 2025
This funding opportunity provides financial support to nonprofit organizations in Cook and DuPage Counties that focus on improving economic security, combating gender-based violence, and ensuring access to health services for women and girls.
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Jan 27, 2025
This program provides funding to reproductive health care facilities in Illinois for construction, renovation, and equipment upgrades to improve access to essential services like abortion care and prenatal support.
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Jan 6, 2025
This grant provides funding to nonprofit organizations, schools, and government entities in specific Illinois counties to support programs focused on improving the well-being of women and children.
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Dec 11, 2024
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Dec 3, 2024
This program provides financial support to educators in Boone and Winnebago Counties to fund innovative projects that enhance the quality of education for students from Early Childhood through Grade 12.
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Oct 17, 2024
This program provides up to $1,000 to K-12 educators in Illinois for innovative technology projects that enhance teaching and learning outcomes.
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Sep 27, 2024
This grant provides funding to Illinois courts and related offices to improve accessibility for individuals with disabilities, ensuring they can fully participate in court activities and receive necessary accommodations.
Application Deadline
Oct 11, 2024
Date Added
Sep 20, 2024
The City of Naperville in Illinois is offering grants ranging from $10,000 to $100,000, funded by the National Multistate Opioid Settlement, for approved opioid remediation programs and services that benefit Naperville residents, with applications open to a wide range of organizations including school districts, medical providers, and non-profits.
Application Deadline
Sep 30, 2025
Date Added
Sep 18, 2024
This funding opportunity provides financial support to organizations in central Illinois that assist women and children facing challenges related to housing, food, transportation, and childcare insecurity.
Application Deadline
Oct 1, 2024
Date Added
Sep 3, 2024
The Consolidated Communications Fund for Economic Development and Community Leadership Grants, provided by the Southeastern Illinois Community Foundation, offers financial support to nonprofit organizations in Coles County, Illinois, that aim to enhance workforce skills, entrepreneurship, and business development environment, with a focus on projects that build organizational strength and leadership capacity in areas like fundraising, governance, finance, marketing, and technology.
Application Deadline
Oct 5, 2024
Date Added
Aug 30, 2024
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Application Deadline
Aug 26, 2024
Date Added
Aug 12, 2024
The Chicago Community Trust is requesting proposals for its LGBTQ Community Fund’s 2024. Donor Name: The Chicago Community Trust State: Illinois County: Cook County (IL), DuPage County (IL), Kane County (IL), Lake County (IL), McHenry County (IL), Will County (IL) Type of Grant: Grant Deadline: 08/26/2024 Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000 Grant Duration: 1 Year Details: LGBTQ Community Fund grants are designed for a wide variety of initiatives that respond to identified LGBTQ+ community needs. Focus Areas For 2024, the Fund seeks to support organizations with operating budgets of less than $2 million, doing work focused on one or more of the following priority areas: Seniors: Proposals that address the unique needs of LGBTQ+ seniors, including affordable housing, access to government and nonprofit resources, vocational services, healthcare, age discrimination, and community and belonging. Youth: Proposals that address the unique needs of LGBTQ+ youth, including affordable housing, access to government and nonprofit resources, vocational services, healthcare, age discrimination, community and belonging, leadership development, and safety issues. Arts: Proposals that provide LGBTQ+ inclusive arts and culture opportunities. Intersectionality: Priority will be given to proposals that address the compounded effects of multiple (or intersecting) systems of oppression experienced by those holding multiple marginalized identities within the LGBTQ+ community (i.e. heterosexism and racism, heterosexism and ableism, heterosexism and cis-sexism, etc.). Inequities: Priority will be given to proposals focused on serving historically marginalized and underserved groups within the LGBTQ+ community, including older adults, people living with disabilities, youth, trans and gender non-conforming people, People of Color, and women/femmes. Funding Information For 2024, grants may be requested for general operating support. Grants will generally range from $20,000 to $40,000 and the Fund will award up to $400,000 in grants. The grant term is one year. Eligibility Criteria To be eligible for funding from the LGBTQ Community Fund, applicants must meet all of the following criteria: Have a current year operating budget of less than $2,000,000; Be a nonprofit organization with evidence that it (a) has been recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as an organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Code; (b) is fiscally sponsored by a Section 501(c)(3) organization; or (c) is a governmental unit within the meaning of Section 170(c)(1) of the Code; Be described in Section 170(b)(1)(A) of the Code, other than a “disqualified supporting organization” within the meaning of Section 4966(d)(4) of the Code; and Be located within or primarily serving residents of the Chicago metropolitan area (City of Chicago, Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will counties). For more information, visit The Chicago Community Trust.
Application Deadline
Jul 16, 2024
Date Added
May 23, 2024
Envisioning Justice Grants supports collectives, non-profit organizations, and other groups that use the arts and humanities to work toward a truly just society. Donor Name: Illinois Humanities State: Illinois City: Selected Cities Type of Grant: Grant Deadline: 07/16/2024 Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000 Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned Details: Prison education programs, independent media, community dialogues, and conferences are just a few of the impactful initiatives they fund to create understanding about mass incarceration and its impact on communities in Illinois. By supporting those doing this important work, they build more affirming, engaged, and empowered communities. Funding Information Organizations can apply for grants of up to $10,000. No matching funds are required. Eligibility Criteria Must be a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization or have a fiscal sponsor Based anywhere in Illinois; individuals from the following areas are particularly encouraged to apply: East St. Louis, Decatur, Carbondale, Galesburg, Urbana-Champaign, and the Bloomington-Normal Metro Area. However, applicants from anywhere in Illinois are eligible. Priority will be given to projects that are: regional or statewide in scope partnership oriented centering impacts of mass incarceration on the following populations: currently or formerly incarcerated individuals people serving long-term sentences young people, particularly those who are justice involved women, particularly women of color and/or impacted by gendered violence LGBTQAI+ community migrants, asylum seekers, refugees, and immigrants elderly populations people with disabilities Indigenous populations Or that focus on communities that are: The site of a prison or jail Experiencing significant incarceration; and/or Experiencing significant demographic change as a result of the criminal legal system For more information, visit Illinois Humanities.