Ministry Partners
Every year since its founding in 1960, Episcopal Charities makes annual grants to ministry partners. These grants are especially valued because they are for general operating support, providing the resources agencies use to ensure excellence in their ministries. The average grant in 2010 was more than $60,000. Over the past ten years, Episcopal Charities has granted nearly $6,000,000 to partner agencies in unrestricted support and an additional $7,000,000 in donor-designated funds and special project funding through the State of Illinois. Episcopal Charities continues to be the largest single donor of general operating grants for its ministry partners. Unsolicited requests for funding are not accepted.
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Bishop Anderson House Hospital pastoral patient and family care; lay chaplains training; deaf and hearing impaired services, including HIV/AIDS support groups; and Operation Bear Hug, a ministry for children |
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Cathedral Counseling Center Sliding scale outpatient mental health services with sensitivity to both psychological and spiritual concerns. The Center’s clients predominantly are underserved - usually uninsured - employed individuals who, without the Center’s help, could not afford counseling. |
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Cathedral Shelter of Chicago Residential, outpatient addiction treatment; food distribution; emergency social services; supportive housing for formerly homeless persons and families recovering from addiction. |
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The Church Home Senior citizen retirement housing, nursing and special care facility for 250 residents. Chaplaincy (CPE) training. |
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Lawrence Hall Youth Services Residential, special and alternative education programs; employment training and job placement; independent living; relative, specialized and regular foster care; and early childhood intervention. Lawrence Hall’s acclaimed special education school includes Golden Apple Award teachers. |
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Primo Center for Women and Children Neighborhood-based services for low income families and individuals; day shelter for the homeless; medical care; employment assistance; food distribution. |
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Ravenswood Community Services Just Neighbors program strengthens the Ravenswood Community by building connections between people from different points on the economic spectrum; plans and organizes service activities; food pantry provides groceries to community residents; Community Kitchen provides warm meals and compassionate fellowship on a weekly basis. |
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St. Gregory Episcopal School/Holy Family Ministries When St. Gregory Episcopal School closed on June 30, 2010, Holy Family School welcomed many of its students into their acclaimed school. Episcopal Charities presently is exploring this new relationship as a way of maintaining its support of the promising boys and young men who are continuing their faith-based education at Holy Family School. |
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St. Leonard Ministries Rehabilitative services for formerly incarcerated men (St. Leonard’s House) and women (Grace House), including counseling; transitional housing; and vocational services. |
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St. Mary’s Services Domestic and international adoption services; placement counseling for adoptive parents and birthmothers; birth parent support group. |
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Shelter Care Ministries Emergency/Transitional Housing and Drop In Day Care for families in homelessness; Jubilee Drop In Center for adults living with mental illness; Soup Kitchen. |
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Youth Guidance School-based services for youth; individual, group, and family counseling; crisis intervention; employment development; vocational education; Comer School Development Program; college preparation. |