Deadline: 1-Dec-21
The Lloyd A. Fry Foundation is seeking applications for its Grant Program to support organizations with the strength and commitment to address persistent problems of urban Chicago resulting from poverty, violence, ignorance, and despair.
The Foundation focuses on programs that improve conditions for low-income, underserved communities in Chicago, and they are especially interested in efforts that will foster learning and innovation.
Focus Areas
They award grants in three program areas:
- Education: The Education program has been a cornerstone of their grantmaking since the Fry Foundation’s inception.
- Employment: Employment Program addresses their commitment to helping families and individuals move out of poverty. They support comprehensive job training programs that help low-income individuals improve their ability to compete for living-wage jobs and careers.
- Health: The Lloyd A. Fry Foundation understands that effective primary care is essential to improving patient outcomes. The Foundation’s Health Program is committed to increasing access to high quality primary care and reducing health care disparities for Chicago’s low-income residents.
Priorities
Across all four program areas, they give priority to:
- Programs with a demonstrated record of high-quality, effective services
- Efforts to improve the quality and effectiveness of programs and services (these might include program design, evaluation or staff development efforts, among others)
- The development of innovative approaches that will contribute valuable examples, information, and knowledge to others working in the field
- The Foundation also considers policy advocacy efforts that help ensure low-income communities and individuals in Chicago are treated fairly and have access to the services they need and deserve.
Eligibility Criteria
- They make grants only to tax-exempt organizations and rarely fund organizations outside Chicago.
- They give priority to applications for specific projects rather than for general operating support.
Ineligible
- In general, the Foundation does not make grants to individuals, governmental entities, or 509(a)(3) supporting organizations, although exceptions sometimes are made for publicly supported charities. They also do not provide funding for: general operating expenses for new grantees, capital projects, endowments, fundraising events, political activities, medical research, or religious purposes.
For more information, visit https://www.fryfoundation.org/how-to-apply/funding-eligibility/