Grants & Fellowships

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“GAP Community Center used grant funds to hire an event coordinator and put on twelve vaccination events in Austin and Belmont Cragin. These grants are flexible, meaning we can use what we know from hosting food pantries to get people vaccinated.”

— Angelina Zayas, CEO of Gap Community Center

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Overview

Reaching unvaccinated populations requires transforming the way our health care system works. The Chicagoland Vaccine Partnership offers grants and fellowships to community leaders who can connect their neighborhoods to vaccines, health care, and more. By empowering leaders to take a grassroots approach to outreach, we can expand access and understanding to people who are not reached by the current health care system.

 

To date the Vaccine Partnership has provided over $3million in grants and fellowships to over 100 organizations.

Community Mobilization Grants

With COVID-19 disproportionately impacting communities of color in Chicagoland, the Vaccine Partnership and Health First Collaborative provided vaccine community mobilization grants to over 100 community organizations who can get the people they work with everyday vaccinated.

These grants provide flexible funding to organizations that have deep trust in their communities, but are not usually associated with public health. Grantees include food pantries, churches, youth boxing programs, and violence prevention organizations. Read stories about the work of our grantees.

Vaccine Community Mobilization Grantees

  • AAIME
  • ACTION NOW INSTITUTE
  • AGAPE WERKS INC / BLACK STAR PROJECT
  • ALLEN METROPOLITAN CME CHURCH
  • ALL FAMILY ACTIVE ALFA
  • ANTIOCH COMMUNITY SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY
  • ASSOCIATION OF LATINO MEN FOR ACTION
  • BLACK ALPHABET NFP
  • BRONZEVILLE CHILDRENS MUSEUM / CHICAGO STATE FOUNDATION
  • C24 7 FATHERS ARMS MINISTRIES
  • CHASING23 YOUTH EMPOWERMENT GROUP
  • COALITION FOR A BETTER CHINESE AMERICAN COMMUNITY
  • COUNCIL OF RELIGIOUS LEADERS OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO
  • DEMOISELLE 2 FEMME NFP
  • DLD FOR YOUTH NFP
  • DREAM ACADEMY FOUNDATION
  • FAITH METHODIST UNITED CHURCH
  • FATHERS WHO CARE
  • FOUS YOUTH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
  • FUTURE TIES NFP
  • GAP COMMUNITY CENTER
  • GIRLS INC OF CHICAGO
  • GRAND BOULEVARD PREVENTION SERVICES
  • GREATER NEW MT EAGLE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH
  • HOPE CENTER FOUNDATION
  • ILLINOIS ARTS ALLIANCE
  • JESUS WORD CENTER
  • KIDS OFF THE BLOCK INC
  • KINDNESS CAMPAIGN
  • LATINO POLICY FORUM
  • LIFE CENTER CHURCH OF UNIVERSAL AWARENESS
  • LITERACY WORKS
  • LIVE FREE CHICAGO
  • M-E-A-N- GIRLS EMPOWERMENT
  • MONROE FOUNDATION
  • NEXT MOVE
  • POP ON TEEN VIOLENCE INC
  • PRECIOUS BLOOD MINISTRY OF RECONCILIATION NFP
  • PUBLIC EQUITY
  • RING OF HOPE
  • SIBLING LEADERSHIP NETWORK
  • SICK CELLS
  • SISTERS WORKING IT OUT NFP
  • SOMETHING GOOD IN ENGLEWOOD INC
  • SOUTHSIDE JAZZ COALITION
  • SOUTHWEST COLLECTIVE
  • STAND FOR CHILDREN LEADERSHIP CENTER
  • SUNRISE BAPTIST CHURCH
  • TALK 2 ME FOUNDATION
  • THE WESTSIDE WRITING PROJECT
  • TGI MOVEMENT
  • UNITED FOR BETTER LIVING INC
  • WAREHOUSE WORKERS JUSTICE CENTER
  • YOUNG INVINCIBLES