Grants awarded
Who does Housing Action Illinois fund?
Housing Action Illinois has awarded $8.2 million across 230 grants to 118 grantees between 2020 and 2025. Its giving concentrates in housing. Its typical grant is $27,970, with most between $15,000 and $50,408. Repeat grantees receive a median $32,162 versus $19,053 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$8.2M
Typical grant
$28K
Grantees
118
Grants
230
Years
2020–2025
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Support |
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Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago
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$341K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| I Individual recipient | $322K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$317K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
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$285K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
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$266K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IN | |
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$265K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
Restoration America INC
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$260K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| I Individual recipient | $240K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Open Communities
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$224K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| C Cefs Economic Opportunity Corp | $218K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| T The Housing Partnership INC | $217K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| N Northside Community Development Corporation | $217K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $195K | 4 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| E Embarras River Basin Agency | $191K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Respond Now INC
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$166K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| S South Suburban Housing Center | $148K | 2 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$145K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MO | |
| I Individual recipient | $134K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| T The Journey Forward | $133K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Ceda Community and Economic Development Association of Cook County INC | $133K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| F Far South Community Development Corp | $119K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| I Individual recipient | $118K | 4 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Community Service Counsel of Northern Will Cnty | $112K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $110K | 2 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| A Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago | $103K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $102K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| H Home Dupage INC | $102K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $97K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Metec
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$93K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | IL | |
| I Individual recipient | $80K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$80K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| C Central Detroit Christian Community Development Corporation | $75K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| H Hope of Evansville | $71K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| G Good Neighbor Foundation | $71K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| F Far South Community Development Corporation | $70K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $70K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| H Habitat for Humanity - Champaign | $68K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| M Metec Resource Center | $68K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| R Restoration America INC | $65K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights | $64K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Chicago Area Fair Housing Alliance | $64K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| H Hope Fair Housing Center INC | $64K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| N Northside Community Resources | $64K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T Total Resources Community Development Organization | $58K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| H Habitat for Humanity of Champaign County | $57K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| C Community Service Counsel of Northern Will County | $55K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| H Housing Opportunities INC | $55K | 4 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| L Latin United Community Housing Assoc | $53K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $53K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| L Latin United Community Housing Agency | $52K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Ceda of Cook County INC | $52K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $51K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| C Cic of Decatur | $49K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| H Home Dupage INC | $44K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| B Brightpoint Development Fund | $44K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $43K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| C Center for Changing Lives | $42K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $40K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| M Marshall Heights Community Development Corporation | $40K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T Total Resource Community Development Corporation | $39K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| L Latin United Community Housing Association | $38K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$37K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| C Cornerstone Community Development Corporation | $37K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Community and Economic Dev Assoc of Cook County | $36K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $36K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
La Casa De Esperanza INC
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$36K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | WI | |
| C Community Investment Corporation | $34K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| C Community Investment Corporation of Decatur | $31K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| B Brightpoint Dev Fund | $30K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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$29K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | IN | |
| I Individual recipient | $28K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| J Justine Petersen Housing and Reinvestment Corporation | $27K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| L Lawyer's Committee for Better Housing | $26K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Courage Connection
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$25K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | IL | |
Carbondale Warming Center
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$25K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | IL | |
| C Call for Help | $25K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| O Oprhc Aka West Cook Homeownership Center | $24K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $20K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| D Dove INC | $20K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| P Partners in Community Building INC | $19K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Oak Park Regional Housing Center INC
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$19K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | IL | |
| K Kingdom Community | $18K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | TN | |
| F Ford Heights Community Service Organization | $18K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| T Total Resource Community Development Corp | $15K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| T The Haven | $15K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $15K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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Helping Hands of Springfield INC
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$15K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | IL | |
| P Phoenix Cdssouth Side Office of Concern | $15K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$15K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | IL | |
| S Supportive Housing Providers Association (shpa) | $15K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$15K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | IL | |
Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness
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$15K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | IL | |
| H Housing Opportunities Development Corp | $10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| M Morningstar Mission Ministries | $10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Housing Forward
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$10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | IL | |
| P Project Now | $10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Pads of Elgin INC
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$10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | IL | |
Beds Plus INC
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$10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | IL | |
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$10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | IL | |
| F Freeport Area Church Cooperative | $10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | IL |
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