Grantmaking (2014 - 2024)
Search our database to see grants Polk Bros. Foundation made between 2014 and 2024. Grants are organized by the Foundation’s fiscal year, which runs September 1 through August 30.
| Grantee Name | Award Year | Award Amount | Program Area | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| About Face Theatre Collective | 2024 | $35,000 | Arts Access and Learning | Community-Based | About Face Theatre’s Education Programming (2023-2025) |
| About Face Theatre & About Face Youth Theat | 2020 | $30,000 | Arts Access and Learning | Community-Based | About Face Youth Theatre’s Education and Outreach Programming (2019-2020) |
| Target Hope | 2015 | $20,000 | Education | Student Academic Success | Academic Achievement Model |
| Chicago Lights | 2014 | $20,000 | Arts Access and Learning | School-Based | Academic Success in Schools |
| METRO SQUASH NFP | 2020 | $40,000 | Education | Student Academic Success | Academics & Enrichment and College & Careers |
| METRO SQUASH NFP | 2019 | $40,000 | Education | Student Academic Success | Academics & Enrichment and College & Careers |
| METRO SQUASH NFP | 2022 | $40,000 | Education | Student Academic Success | Academics & Enrichment and College & Careers |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Academics & Enrichment and College & Careers |
| METRO SQUASH NFP | 2023 | $40,000 | Education | Student Academic Success | Academics and Enrichment/College and Careers |
| ACCELERATE INSTITUTE | 2024 | $40,000 | Education | School Improvement | Accelerate Membership |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Accelerating TFA’s Impact: Growing Our Scale and Deepening Our Impact |
| Teach For America | 2020 | $80,000 | Education | School Improvement | Accelerating TFA’s Impact: Growing Our Scale and Deepening Our Impact |
| Girls on the Run Chicago, Inc. | 2019 | $35,000 | Health | School-Based Services | Access and Inclusion Initiative |
| Girls on the Run-Chicago | 2018 | $35,000 | Health | School-Based Services | Access and Inclusion Initiative |
| Illinois Legal Aid Online | 2019 | $25,000 | Strong Communities | Legal Services | Access to Justice for People with Limited-English Proficiency |
| Health and Medicine Policy Research Group | 2016 | $20,000 | Enhanced Capacity | ACES Collaborative |
| ACT Now | 2024 | $35,000 | Education | School Improvement | ACT Now |
| ACT Now | 2023 | $25,000 | Enhanced Capacity | ACT Now |
| ADA 25 Advancing Leadership | 2019 | $5,000 | Enhanced Capacity | ADA 25 Advancing Leadership Merger exploration |
| Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago | 2016 | $30,000 | Enhanced Capacity | ADA25 Chicago |
| Illinois College of Optometry | 2022 | $40,000 | Health | School-Based Services | Addressing the Unmet Vision and Eye Care Needs of Underserved Chicago Public School Children |
| Illinois College of Optometry | 2023 | $40,000 | Health | School-Based Services | Addressing the Unmet Vision and Eye Care Needs of Underserved Chicago Public School Children |
| Chicago Commons Association | 2015 | $50,000 | Strong Communities | Workforce Development | Adult Education and Training Program |
| Association House of Chicago | 2014 | $60,000 | Strong Communities | Workforce Development | Adult Education Program/Pre-Employment Training |
| Association House of Chicago | 2017 | $35,000 | Strong Communities | Workforce Development | Adult Education/Employment Training Programs |
| Association House of Chicago | 2016 | $35,000 | Strong Communities | Workforce Development | Adult Education/Employment Training Programs |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Adult Employment Program |
| One on One | 2022 | $25,000 | Strong Communities | Workforce Development | Adult Employment Program |
| Chicago Citywide Literacy Coalition | 2015 | $15,000 | Enhanced Capacity | Adult Literacy Instruction with Technology Pilot Project |
| Indo-American Center | 2015 | $20,000 | Strong Communities | Workforce Development | Adult Literacy Program |
| Chicago Citywide Literacy Coalition | 2015 | $50,000 | Enhanced Capacity | Adult Literacy Technology Integration Pilot Project |
| Skills for Chicagoland's Future | 2017 | $75,000 | Strong Communities | Workforce Development | Adult Placement Program and Beyond the Diploma Youth Initiative |
| Skills for Chicagoland's Future | 2018 | $75,000 | Strong Communities | Workforce Development | Adult Placement Program and Beyond the Diploma Youth Initiative |
| Women Employed | 2024 | $75,000 | Strong Communities | Workforce Development | Advancing equity and growing the economic power of low-paid, Black and Latina/x women in Illinois. |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Advancing Nonprofits |
| Chicago Abortion Fund | 2023 | $75,000 | Special Projects | Advancing Reproductive Autonomy and Justice in Chicago |
| Instituto del Progreso Latino | 2024 | $75,000 | Strong Communities | Workforce Development | Advancing the Nursing Career Pipeline |
| Health and Medicine Policy Research Group | 2024 | $65,000 | Health | Community-Based Services | Advocacy and Health Systems Improvement |
| Metro. Chicago Breast Cancer Task Force | 2017 | $50,000 | Health | Community-Based Services | Advocacy and Quality Improvement |
| Metro. Chicago Breast Cancer Task Force | 2016 | $50,000 | Health | Community-Based Services | Advocacy and Quality Improvement |
| Metro. Chicago Breast Cancer Task Force | 2015 | $50,000 | Health | Community-Based Services | Advocacy and Quality Improvement |
| Metro. Chicago Breast Cancer Task Force | 2018 | $50,000 | Health | Community-Based Services | Advocacy and Quality Improvement |
| Sargent Shriver Nat'l Center on Poverty Law | 2018 | $180,000 | Strong Communities | Legal Services | Advocacy Program |
| Sargent Shriver Nat'l Center on Poverty Law | 2017 | $180,000 | Strong Communities | Legal Services | Advocacy Program |
| Sargent Shriver Nat'l Center on Poverty Law | 2016 | $180,000 | Strong Communities | Legal Services | Advocacy Program |
| Sargent Shriver Nat'l Center on Poverty Law | 2015 | $180,000 | Strong Communities | Legal Services | Advocacy Program |
| Sargent Shriver Nat'l Center on Poverty Law | 2014 | $180,000 | Strong Communities | Legal Services | Advocacy Program |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Advocacy Program |
| Shriver Center on Poverty Law | 2022 | $180,000 | Strong Communities | Legal Services | Advocacy Program |
| Illinois Partners for Human Services | 2015 | $50,000 | Enhanced Capacity | Advocacy Program |