Illinois grants for State governments
Explore 146 grant opportunities
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.

