Grant Recipients

The Foundation for Northwest Illinois

The Foundation for Northwest Illinois is pleased to report that almost $4,000,000 in grants have been awarded since 1975.

Below is a list of grant recipients from the past 45 years (1975-2020):

3-33rd Family Readiness Group
ACT Mighty Richland Theatre
Advocates for Change, Inc.
Alano Club
All Veterans Memorial Park
Allied Veterans Council
American Cancer Society
American Heart Association
American Red Cross
Amity Society
Aquin Catholic Schools
Aquin Interact
Arthritis Foundation
Assault and Abuse Services of Stephenson County
Association for Prevention of Child Abuse
Association for the Handicapped
Audubon Society
Big Brothers Big Sisters
Black History Month
Blackhawk Area Council BSA
Boy Scouts
Boys & Girls Club of Freeport & Stephenson County

Build a Dream Foundation
Captain Lincoln Sculpture Project
CareerTEC
Carl Sandburg Middle School
Carroll County Food Pantry
Cats Care
Cedarville Area Historical Society
Center School
Children’s Hands On Museum
Children’s Home & Aid Society
City of Freeport
Coalition for a Safe Community
Committee for 911
Communication Matters Association
Community Founation of Jo Daviess County
Community Foundation of Northern Illinois
Community Vision 20/20
Community Youth Development
Conservation & Agricultural Partners
CONTACT
Cub Scout Pack 832
Dakota School District
Easter Seals
Elizabeth Food Basket, Inc.
Embury United Methodist Church
ENCompass
EPC Theatre

Episcopal Church
Freeport Area Church Cooperative (FACC)
Family YMCA
Farmworker and Landscaper Advocacy Project
FHN Family Counseling Center
FHN Hospice
FHN Medical Assistant Program
FHN/Jane Addams
FHN Festival of Trees
FHS CHOICES
FHS-Freeport High School
Freeport African American Ministers
Freeport Area Ministry
Freeport Art Center-Freeport Art Museum
Freeport Auxiliary Police
Freeport Black Alumni
Freeport Catholic Schools
Freeport Community Chest
Freeport Community Police
Freeport Community Public School Fund
Freeport Dist 145 Middle School
Freeport Downtown Development
Freeport Dream Center
Freeport Economic Development

Freeport Fire Department
Freeport Housing Ministry
Freeport Jr. High School
Freeport Lincoln-Douglas Society
Freeport Little League
Freeport Masonic Temple
Freeport Police
Freeport Public Library
Freeport Soccer Club
Freeport Sr. High School
Freeport Sunrise Rotary
Galena Area Chamber of Commerce
Galena Area Emergency Medical Service District
Galena Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks
Galena Unit School District
German Valley Fire Protection District
Girl Scouts
Good Samaritan Refuge House
Greater Freeport Partnership
Habitat for Humanity of Freeport, IL
Hanover United Presbyterian Church
HCC Foundation
HCC Leadership Institute
Heart of Memorial Trust
Hearts That Care Inc.
Highland Community College
Hoo Haven Wildlife Rehabilitation
Housing Authority of Freeport
IL State Police/District Sixteen

Immanuel Lutheran School
Jane Addams Mental Health Center
Jane Addamsland Park Foundation
Jingle Bell Run
Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation
Jo-Carroll Energy, NFP
Joy Singers
Junior Achievement of Rock River Valley
KAPS
Kids Castle
Lena Area Historical Society
Lena Winslow Elementary School
Little Cubs Field
Lincoln Douglas Association
Lincoln-Douglas Society
Lutheran Social Services
Madonna Renewal Center
Malcolm Eaton Enterprises
March of Dimes
Martin Luther King Center
Masonic Learning Center
Master Builders Ministries
Midwest Medical Center
Mighty Richland Players Dessert Theater
Mission Freeport
Mother Hubbard’s Kiddie Cupboard
NAMI – Steph. Co.
National Child Safety Council

Neighborhood Housing Services
Networking for Families
New Horizons Counseling Center
NICAA
Norman C. Sleezer Youth Home
Northern IL Food Bank
Northwest Illinois F-4 Jet Memorial
Northwest Special Education
NW Homestart, Inc.
NWIL CAA
NWIL Inter-agency Council
NWIL Non-Profit Council
Oakdale Nature Preserve
Office of Neighborhoods
Parkview Home
Planetary Studies
Prairie State Legal Services
Pretzel City USA
Project 2009
Provena Senior Services
Provena St. Joseph
Provena St. Vincent
Public Health Foundation of Northern Illinois
RAMP
Rebuilding Together
River Bend Food Bank

Riverview Center
Rosecrance Foundation
Safe Families
Salvation Army
SC Sheriff’s Emergency Response Team
SCSC
Senior Resource Center
Silver Creek Museum
Sisters of Imm. Heart
Sojourn House
Special Olympics Illinois
St. John’s Lutheran Church
St. Joseph Adult Day Care Center
St. Mary’s Church
STARS
Stateline Area Crime stoppers
Stateline Music Foundation
Steph Co 4-H & Extension Foundation
Steph Co Historical Society
Steph Co State’s Attorney’s Office
Steph. Co. Fire Chiefs
Steph. Co. Historical Museum
Stephenson Area Rescue
Stephenson County (Friends of the Pecatonica
Stephenson County Health Department – Community Needs Assessment
Stephenson County Historical Society

Stephenson County Senior Center – Senior Resource Center
Stephenson County Sheriff’s Reserve
Stephenson Soil and Water Conservation District
Stockton Chamber of Commerce
Stockton Heritage Museum
Stockton Music Booster Club
Taylor Park Elementary School
The Workshop
Timber Lake Playhouse
Tri County Christian School
Tutty Baker Days
Tyler’s Justice Center
U of I Stephenson County Extension
United Sportsman’s Youth Foundation
United Way of Northwest Illinois
US First-Robotics Team
Vietnow
Village of Stockton
Vision 20/20-Community Crisis Response
VOICES DV-VOICES
Warren Township Public Library
Warren Youth Sports
Winneshiek Theater
YAVO
YMCA
Youth Becoming Leaders (YBL)
YWCA-Women of Excellence Dinner