Healthcare Foundation of Northern Lake County

How to apply, from its 2023 IRS return

How to ask

The foundation uses an online grant application and management system for both letters of inquiry and full proposals. We do not accept hard copies of either letters of inquiry or proposals. A letter of inquiry must be submitted prior to a full proposal. The letter of inquiry should include a description of the proposed program or project and the outcomes you hope to achieve, an explanation of the need for the program or project, and a budget including expenses and anticipated sources of…

Deadlines

Letter of inquiry due June 15 and December 15 proposal due (if invited) August 1 and February 1

Limits on who can apply

The Healthcare Foundation of Northern Lake County makes grants only to tax-exempt nonprofit organizations and rarely funds organizations outside Lake County. Grants typically range from 25,000 to 100,000. Our grants to organizations must be used to only service residents of Antioch, Fox Lake, Grayslake--Thirdlake, Great Lakes, Gurnee, and Lake Villa--Lindenhurst, North Chicago, Round Lake, Wadsworth, Waukegan, and Zion. Our grants only fund specific initiatives and do no fund general operating…

Grants paid in 2023

$2.5 million, to organizations

This is what the foundation told the IRS on Form 990-PF. It isn’t a confirmed open grant round, and details may have changed, so contact the foundation before applying. Its mailing address is on the full return: see it on ProPublica’s Nonprofit Explorer.