Healthcare Foundation of Highland Park 2019 Grants

The Board of Trustees of the Healthcare Foundation of Highland Park (HFHP) is pleased to announce the 2019 grant awards. Funds were awarded to mostly smaller not-for-profit organizations that are committed to changing the lives of the most vulnerable individuals in our midst. The grants target specific programs that address currently unmet needs for individuals with physical and mental health issues.

Since its inception in 2000, the Healthcare Foundation of Highland Park has given close to $100 million to more than 50 charities. During the coming year, almost $6 million will be given to 64 501(c) (3) organizations that are committed to improving healthcare and quality of life for otherwise unserved and underserved individuals in the geographic area served by NorthShore Health System Highland Park Hospital, formerly Highland Park Hospital. Funding is provided for medical screenings, mental health services, programs for individuals with special needs, therapy for disabilities, and counseling for victims of sexual assault, to name a few.

“Our all-volunteer Board of Trustees takes great pride in their work,” stated Jim Styer, Chairman of the Board. “In addition to granting funds, we make every effort to become involved with our grant recipients by meeting with them and offering suggestions as to how they might enhance their programs. We also host a yearly breakfast to provide a forum for grantees to share ideas, find ways to work together and grow their successes. We believe that we have a very important role in safeguarding excellence in available community healthcare and hopefully, the HFHP will remain in existence in perpetuity. ”

The 2019 grantees include: Anixter Center Adult Community Transition Program; Aspiritech NFP; A Safe Place; Beacon Place; Big Brothers Big Sisters of Lake County; Blessings in a Backpack; BMT InfoNet; Cancer Wellness Center; Casa Lake County; Center for Enriched Living; Center for Independent Futures; Chicago Lighthouse for the Blind; Community – the Anti-Drug; Connections for the Homeless; Council for Jewish Elderly Senior Life; The Cradle Foundation; Dare 2tri Paratriathlon Club; Elyssa’s Mission; Epilepsy Service for Northeastern Illinois; Equestrian Connection; Family Network Right from the Start Program (Family Focus); Family Service of Glencoe; Family Service of Lake County; Fenix Family Health Center; Friendship Circle of Greater IL; Glenkirk Foundation (Nursing Care); Glenkirk Foundation (Opportunity); Great Lakes Adaptive Sports; Highland Park Community Nursery School; Highland Park-Highwood Legal Aid Clinic; Horsefeathers; Infinity Foundation; Jordan Michael Filler Foundation; Josselyn Center; Keshet; Leukemia Research Foundation; Moraine Township; Mothers Trust; NAMI; North Shore Senior Center CareOptions Care Mgt; North Shore Senior Center HOW Program; North Shore University Health System Highland Park Hospital; Pads Crisis Services, Inc.; Save a Star Drug Awareness; Southeast Lake County Faith in Action Volunteers; The Family Service Center; The Roberti Community House; Thresholds; UCAN; Willow House; Youth Services (Formerly Angles and Links); YWCA of Lake County; and, Zacharias Sexual Abuse Center.

The Healthcare Foundation of Highland Park was established to support the healthcare mission of NorthShore University Health System Highland Park Hospital. The Foundation is not affiliated with the hospital, but it does support community-based healthcare programs and services in the area served by the hospital, as well as in the geographic area bounded by the Chicago city limits to the south and the Wisconsin border to the north.

The HFHP is interested in working with smaller not-for-profit charitable organizations whose mission is to improve the health of our community. For more information about the Healthcare Foundation of Highland Park or to learn more about submitting a grant application for 2020, please visit www.hphealthfoundation.org .