Impact
Over the course of 2025, Steans Family Foundation invested $25 million in more than 200 organizations whose work impacts our focus communities.
Our 2025 Grantee Partners
1 Jar Foundation
A Safe Haven Foundation
Advance Illinois NFP
American Institutes For Research
Art Impact Project
Assistments Foundation Inc
Back 2 School America
Bernie's Book Bank
Better Government Association, Inc.
Big Brothers-Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago
Block Club Chicago
Boxing Out Negativity
Boys and Girls Club of Lake County
BUILD, Inc.
Caitlin Westerfield WiSTEM Fund
Camp for All Kids
Career Transitions Center of Chicago
Carole Robertson Center for Learning
Catalyst for Educational Change
Celestial Ministries
Chapter One
Chicago Cares Inc
Chicago Children's Museum
Chicago Community Foundation
Chicago Community Trust
Chicago Eco House
Chicago Foundation for Women
Chicago Horticultural Society/Chicago Botanic Garden
Chicago Learning Exchange
Chicago Mahogany Foundation
Chicago Neighborhood Initiatives
Chicago Police Foundation
Chicago Public Education Fund
Chicago State Foundation
Chicago Urban League
Chicago Voyagers
Chicago Women In Philanthropy
Chicago Youth Centers
Chicago-Lawndale AMACHI Mentoring Program (LAMP)
Children and Family Research Center - University of Illinois
Children First Fund: The Chicago Public Schools Foundation
City Colleges Of Chicago Foundation
City of North Chicago
City Year Chicago
Civic Consulting Alliance
Civic Federation
Civic News Company
College of Lake County Foundation
Communities In Schools of Chicago
Community Investment Corporation
Community Youth Network
ConTextos
Cook County State's Attorney's Office
Council on Foundations
Cradles to Crayons Inc.
Cristo Rey St. Martin College Prep
Defy Ventures
Democracy Forward Foundation
DePaul University
Economic Security Project Inc.
Educators For Excellence
Employee Connections
Equiticity
Equity and Transformation
Family Focus
Fathers Families Healthy Communities
Fields of Dreams Chicago
Firehouse Community Arts Center of Chicago
Focus Fairies
Forefront
Free Spirit Media
Friends of the Children - Chicago
Fuel Movement Community Organization
Gads Hill Center Child Care Facility
Georgetown University
Global Mixx Creative Arts, NFP
Goodwill Industries Of Metropolitan Chicago Inc
Greater Chicago Food Depository
Greater West Town Community Development Project
Greenwood Project
Griffin Museum of Science and Industry
Harmony Community Cares NFP
HBCU Green Fund
Healthy Schools Campaign
Herman J Russell Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Holy Family Ministries
Housing Action Illinois
Hug A Child
Human Rights Action Center
I AM ABLE Center for Family Development, Inc.
I Am You Wraparound Services 2.0
iBio Institute
Illinois Action For Children
Illinois Network of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies
Impact for Equity
Impact Grants Chicago
ImpactAssets
Jane Addams Resource Corporation
Juvenile Protective Association
Keeping Families Covered
Kersten Institute for Urban Education
Kids Above All
Kids First Chicago For Education
Kids Rank
Kohl Children's Museum of Greater Chicago
Ladder Up
Lake County Health Department and Community Health Center
Lake County Regional Office of Education Foundation
Latino Policy Forum
Lawndale Christian Development Corporation
Lawndale Christian Health Center
Lawndale Christian Legal Center
Lawndale Pop Up Spot
Leading Educators Inc.
LEARN Charter School Network
Legacy Charter School
Legal Action Chicago LLC
LINK Unlimited
Live Free Chicago
Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Foundation
Mano a Mano Family Resource Center
Men Making A Difference
Metropolitan Family Services
Metropolitan Planning Council
Mikva Challenge Grant Foundation Inc
Mothers Trust
National Center for Family Philanthropy
National Louis University
National Opinion Research Center
Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago Inc.
New America Foundation
New Moms
Nicasa NFP
Noble Network of Charter Schools
North Chicago Community Partners
North Chicago Community Unit School District 187
North Chicago Public Education Foundation
North Lawndale College Preparatory Charter High School
North Lawndale Community Coordinating Council
North Lawndale Eagles Youth Programs
North Lawndale Employment Network
Northern Illinois University Foundation
Northwestern University
Old Town School of Folk Music
One Hope United
OneGoal
Open Books Ltd.
P33
Partners in Integrating Education
Partnership for College Completion
Partnership for Southern Equity
Per Scholas
Project Lead The Way
Project Unloaded
Public Allies Chicago
Reading In Motion
Reading Power Inc
Realize Impact
Reimagine Justice Illinois
Revolution Workshop
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
Rush University Medical Center
Safer Foundation
Sinai Community Institute
Sinai Health Systems
Skills for Chicago
Social Finance
Soule Cares Foundation
St. Anthony Willing Workers
Start Early
Steam & Dream Liberation Labs
Stone Temple Missionary Baptist Church
Summer Up
Teach for America (TFA)
Teach Plus Incorporated
Teachers College, Columbia University
Teaching Lab
The Ascent Project
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
The Chicago Center for Arts & Technology
The Federal Problem-Solving Courts Foundation, Inc.
The HAP Foundation
The Josselyn Center Nfp
The Lake County Community Foundation
The Leadership Center for Attorney General Studies
The Neighborhood Bridge
Theatre YUCAN
Unbounded Learning, Inc.
United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc
Uniting Voices
University of Chicago
Urban Initiatives Inc.
UtmostU - Network for Young Adult Success
Westside Rising!
Woodstock Institute
YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago
Young Men's Educational Network
Young, Black & Lit
YouthBuild Lake County
YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago
Over the course of 2025, Steans Family Foundation invested $18 million in housing, business development, and workforce projects.
Our 2025 Program-Related
Investments
Over the course of 2025, Steans Family Foundation invested $18 million in housing, business development, and workforce projects.
Antigua, Inc.
Citizens Building a Better Community, LLC
Missing Middle LLC (Alteza Group)
North Lawndale Catalyst Initiative, Inc.
Simply E&C Corp.
TechCo Savvy
Trumbull Collection LLC (Westside Community Group)​