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TANF Employment and Training Special Projects - College Scholarship Program
$350,000
Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS)
State

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

Mar 27, 2025

This funding opportunity provides financial support to organizations that help low-income individuals, particularly TANF recipients and their guardians, access college education and achieve economic self-sufficiency.

Community Development
State governments
AmeriCorps Formula Traditional
$10,409,417
Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS)
State

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

Apr 14, 2025

This funding opportunity provides financial support to nonprofit organizations, schools, and local governments in Illinois to deploy AmeriCorps members who will address community needs through direct service and capacity-building activities.

Income Security and Social Services
Nonprofits
HIV Prevention Regional Implementation Grant
$1,290,578
Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH)
State

Application Deadline

May 29, 2026

Date Added

Apr 24, 2026

This funding opportunity provides financial support to Illinois-based agencies for implementing comprehensive HIV prevention services targeting individuals at high risk of HIV transmission or acquisition.

Health
Nonprofits
Connect Illinois Round 4-Broadband Equity Access and Deployment Program (BEAD)
$1,000,000,000
Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
State

Application Deadline

Jul 18, 2025

Date Added

Jul 3, 2025

This program provides funding to various organizations to expand high-speed internet access in underserved areas of Illinois, focusing on improving connectivity for schools, libraries, and health facilities.

Infrastructure
For profit organizations other than small businesses
Illinois Healthy Resilient Communities
$300,000
Illinois Public Health
State

Application Deadline

Aug 18, 2025

Date Added

Jul 17, 2025

This funding opportunity provides financial support to local health departments, nonprofits, and educational institutions in Illinois to develop partnerships and implement public health strategies that address health disparities in underserved communities outside of Cook County and Chicago.

Health
Nonprofits
F25AS00218 Aquatic Invasive Species Interjurisdictional Grants to the Great Lakes States and Tribes - Fiscal Year 2025 Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
$923,809
U.S. Department of the Interior (Fish and Wildlife Service)
Federal

Application Deadline

Dec 31, 2025

Date Added

Jan 14, 2025

This funding opportunity provides financial support to Great Lakes states and tribes for collaborative projects aimed at preventing and managing aquatic invasive species across state and tribal boundaries.

Environment
State governments
Residential Respite Program (89D)
$200,000
Illinois Human Services
State

Application Deadline

Apr 23, 2026

Date Added

Mar 24, 2026

This funding opportunity provides financial support for licensed providers to offer short-term residential care for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities who are not currently receiving waiver services, helping to ease caregiver burdens and prevent crises.

Health
Nonprofits
Pediatric Vaccination Coverage Level
$100,000
Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH)
State

Application Deadline

May 1, 2026

Date Added

Apr 2, 2026

This funding initiative provides financial support to organizations and agencies in Illinois to improve pediatric vaccination rates and address disparities in vaccine access and confidence, particularly in underserved communities.

Health
Nonprofits
Specialty Crop Block Grant
$679,000
Illinois Department of Agriculture
State

Application Deadline

Jun 23, 2025

Date Added

Jun 3, 2025

This program provides funding to Illinois-based nonprofits, educational institutions, and government entities to enhance the specialty crop industry, focusing on food safety, research, and support for underserved farmers.

Agriculture
Nonprofits
Implementing Gatekeeper Training within the Illinois Department of Corrections and Juvenile Detention Centers in Disproportionately Affected Communities
$168,903
Illinois Public Health
State

Application Deadline

Nov 14, 2025

Date Added

Oct 22, 2025

This grant provides funding to organizations for implementing suicide prevention training in correctional and juvenile detention facilities in Illinois, focusing on at-risk youth and older males in underserved communities.

Health
Nonprofits
Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program
$655,741
Illinois Criminal Justice Info Authority
State

Application Deadline

Aug 27, 2024

Date Added

Aug 5, 2024

Funding for the creation and/or implementation of firearms restraining order programs, state crisis intervention court proceedings, and related gun violence reduction programs/initiatives. The purpose of this NOFO is to award one or more state agencies grant funding to develop and implement effective and equitably targeted FRO public information, outreach, and training strategies. This NOFO will focus on implementing strategies for: FRO partner agencies, including court, law enforcement and behavioral health providers Potential FRO petitioners, particularly those with barriers to filing FROs and lacking supportive services Potential FRO individuals and organizations who may have contact with persons at risk of harming themselves and others The general public Applicants may propose a pass-through model in which they subaward grants to trusted messengers to both help craft targeted, meaningful, effective content and facilitate its delivery. These funds are intended to address one of the key priorities identified by the SCIP Advisory Committee: stakeholder awareness and training is essential to ensure the safe, equitable, and effective implementation and execution of FROs. Furthermore, this funding is intended to help address inequities in support and use of FROs and the importance of proper messaging in driving FROs uptake and proper usage.

Community Development
State governments
Program Year 2025 National Farmworker Jobs Program Youth Services Grants
$300,000
U.S. Department of Labor (Employment and Training Administration)
Federal

Application Deadline

Jul 3, 2025

Date Added

Jun 4, 2025

This funding opportunity provides financial support to organizations that assist migrant and seasonal farmworkers, focusing on enhancing job training, education, employment services, housing stability, and youth development initiatives.

Employment Labor and Training
Nonprofits
Small Equipment Grant Program
$26,000
Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal
State

Application Deadline

Nov 14, 2025

Date Added

Aug 13, 2024

This program provides funding for fire departments, fire protection districts, township fire departments, and not-for-profit ambulance services in Illinois to purchase essential small equipment they may struggle to afford.

Safety
Nonprofits
Strengthening STD Prevention and Control for Health Departments (STD PCHD)
$475,000,000
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Federal

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

May 28, 2026

This funding opportunity provides financial support to state, local, and territorial health departments to implement effective strategies for preventing and controlling sexually transmitted diseases, particularly targeting high-risk populations.

Health
State governments
State Programs: Computer Science Equity Grant Program
$100,000
Illinois State Board Of Education
State

Application Deadline

Aug 3, 2026

Date Added

Jun 19, 2026

This grant provides funding to K-12 public schools and educational entities in Illinois to improve access to computer science education for underserved students and enhance teacher training and resources.

Education
Independent school districts
Megasites Development Program
$3,000,000
Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
State

Application Deadline

Aug 21, 2024

Date Added

Aug 5, 2024

Research and input from economic development experts indicate that there is a shortage of large sites that can be successfully developed in the desired 1-2year time frame. DCEO intends to offer incentives to encourage infrastructure investment in large industrial sites, in order to make such sites viable alternatives for large economic development projects. A grant provided through this opportunity will support site readiness planning activities and infrastructure investments needed to prepare industrial property to support investment to Winnebago County and new job opportunities in the industrial sector. Mandatory requirements: • Minimum developable acreage: 200 • Eligible entities: Government entity located in Winnebago County that has a documented agreement with a private entity that meets the following requirements: o Reflects that the applicant has authority to perform work on at least 200 contiguous acres of land in Winnebago County o Reflects that the private entity has an executed REV agreement o Reflects that the applicant intends to support the private entity's REV agreement through the project described in the applicant’s application • Current zoning: Industrial

Business and Commerce
City or township governments
Community Investment Grants
$100,000
United Way Quad Cities
Private

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

Nov 8, 2024

This funding opportunity supports nonprofit organizations in Scott County, Iowa, and Rock Island County, Illinois, to implement projects that enhance youth education, promote financial stability, and improve community health.

Recreation
City or township governments
Medical Respite - Illinois Plan to Prevent & End Homelessness
$3,500,000
Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS)
State

Application Deadline

May 12, 2025

Date Added

Apr 16, 2025

This funding opportunity provides financial support to organizations developing medical respite programs that offer short-term care for individuals experiencing homelessness who need a safe place to recover from illness or injury.

Health
Nonprofits
F24AS00225 - Aquatic Invasive Species Grants to Great Lakes States - Fiscal Year 2024 Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
$800,000
U.S. Department of the Interior (Fish and Wildlife Service)
Federal

Application Deadline

Dec 31, 2024

Date Added

Feb 1, 2024

This grant provides funding to Great Lakes states to implement their plans for managing and preventing the spread of aquatic invasive species, benefiting both the states and the Great Lakes ecosystem.

Natural Resources
State governments
Community Development Block Grant
Contact for amount
Town of Cicero
Local

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

Apr 3, 2025

This funding program provides financial support to organizations in Cicero, Illinois, to improve housing, enhance public facilities, and expand services for low- and moderate-income residents.

Community Development
City or township governments