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Blowitz-Ridgeway Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

230
grants reported
$3.2M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$15,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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3 grants matching “oral health” · $35,000

  • $10,000

    United Cerebral Palsy Seguin of Greater Chicago · Park Ridge, IL · 2024

    For the Oral Health Care Program for Low-Income Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities at the Adult Residential Services in the west suburbs of Chicago. The Program includes exams, cleanings, x-rays, fi… read all
  • $15,000

    Well Child Center · Elgin, IL · 2022

    For the Pediatric Dental Clinic and First Tooth Program, which seeks to eliminate early childhood caries in the Elgin area/northern Kane County. Funds will be used towards oral health education, PPE supplies for staff a… read all
  • $10,000

    United Cerebral Palsy Seguin of Greater Chicago · Cicero, IL · 2022

    For the Oral Health Care Program for Low-Income Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities at the Adult Residential Services in the west suburbs of Chicago. The Program includes exams, cleanings, x-rays, fi… read all

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

  • Franciscan Outreach Association4 grants · $66,250
  • South Suburban Pads3 grants · $60,000
  • Kan-Win (Korean American Women in Need)3 grants · $60,000
  • Deborah'S Place3 grants · $52,500
  • Margaret'S Village (Formerly Institute of Women Today)3 grants · $45,500
  • Sargent Shriver National Center On Poverty Law3 grants · $45,000
  • Nourishing Hope (Formerly Lakeview Pantry)3 grants · $45,000
  • New Moms3 grants · $45,000
  • Mutual Ground3 grants · $45,000
  • Chinese American Service League3 grants · $45,000

Giving over time

$1.0M
2022
$1.1M
2023
$1.1M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 230 grants.

  • $20,000

    Community Health · Chicago, IL · 2024

    For General Operating Support of this free health care center which provides uninsured and low-income individuals in Chicago with primary, dental, specialty care, medication, mental health, and lab services, as well as … read all
  • $20,000

    Connections for Abused Women and Their Children · Wheaton, IL · 2024

    For General Operating Support. CAWC's comprehensive domestic violence services include crisis intervention, shelter, safety planning/assessment, legal and medical advocacy, individual and group counseling for survivors … read all
  • $20,000

    Franciscan Outreach Association · Chicago, IL · 2024

    For General Operating Support to provide emergency shelter, transitional housing, rapid rehousing, case management, meals, financial assistance, access to health care, etc. for individuals who are homeless in Chicago, s… read all
  • $20,000

    Heartland Alliance International · Chicago, IL · 2024

    For General Operating Support of the Kovler Center, which provide critical trauma-informed services to individuals, unaccompanied children, and families affected by forced migration, now residing in Chicago and surround… read all
  • $20,000

    Kan-Win (Korean American Women in Need) · Chicago, IL · 2024

    For General Operating Support. KAN-WIN serves Asian American domestic violence and sexual assault survivors in Chicago and suburbs. Programs include multi-lingual crisis hotline, legal clinic, advocacy, transitional hou… read all
  • $20,000

    South Suburban Pads · Oak Park, IL · 2024

    For General Operating Support. Programs and Services include Prevention (emergency funds), Street Outreach, Emergency Shelter, Rapid Rehousing, Permanent Supportive Housing, and Supportive Services for homeless individu… read all
  • $20,000

    Center On Halsted (Formerly Horizons Community Services) · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Center on Halsted (formerly Horizons Community Services)

  • $20,000

    Connections for the Homeless · Evanston, IL · 2023

    Connections for the Homeless

  • $20,000

    Franciscan Outreach Association · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Franciscan Outreach Association

  • $20,000

    Kan-Win (Korean American Women in Need) · Park Ridge, IL · 2023

    KAN-WIN (Korean American Women in Need)

  • $20,000

    Refugee One (Formerly Interfaith Refugee and Immigration Ministries) · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Refugee One (formerly Interfaith Refugee and Immigration Ministries)

  • $20,000

    South Suburban Pads · Country Club Hills, IL · 2023

    South Suburban PADS

  • $20,000

    The Boulevard of Chicago (Formerly Interfaith House) · Chicago, IL · 2023

    The Boulevard of Chicago (Formerly Interfaith House)

  • $20,000

    Center On Halsted (Formerly Horizons Community Services) · Chicago, IL · 2022

    For the Behavioral Health Services, which provides LGBTQ+ community in Chicago with comprehensive bilingual (English/Spanish) therapeutic short-term and long-term individual, group family and relationship therapies, and… read all
  • $20,000

    Community Health · Chicago, IL · 2022

    For General Operating Support of this free health care center which provides uninsured and low-income individuals in Chicago with primary, dental, specialty care, medication, mental health, and lab services, as well as … read all
  • $20,000

    Connections for the Homeless · Evanston, IL · 2022

    For General Operating Support. Programs and services include eviction prevention, daytime drop-in centers, shelter, housing, advocacy, and expanded services for homeless individuals and families in Evanston and surround… read all
  • $20,000

    Franciscan Outreach Association · Chicago, IL · 2022

    For General Operating Support. They provide emergency shelter, transitional housing, rapid rehousing, case management, meals, financial assistance, access to health care, and more, for individuals who are homeless.

  • $20,000

    Heartland Alliance · Chicago, IL · 2022

    For General Operating Support of the Kovler Center, which provide critical trauma-informed services to individuals, unaccompanied children, and families affected by forced migration, now residing in Chicago and surround… read all
  • $20,000

    Kan-Win (Korean American Women in Need) · Park Ridge, IL · 2022

    For General Operating Support. Programs include multi-lingual crisis hotline, legal clinic, advocacy, transitional housing, emergency hotel stay, counseling, art therapy, support groups, childrens program, transportatio… read all
  • $20,000

    Refugee One (Formerly Interfaith Refugee and Immigration Ministries) · Chicago, IL · 2022

    For the Wellness Program for Refugee Youth, which addresses the mental health needs of youth in Chicago's West Ridge neighborhood. Youth, age 6-18, receive culturally and linguistically appropriate trauma-informed care,… read all
  • $20,000

    Resilience (Formerly Rape Victim Advocates) · Chicago, IL · 2022

    For General Operating Support. Resilience empowers people and communities to help prevent sexual violence and provides a full range of services to decrease trauma and support healing.

  • $20,000

    South Suburban Pads · Chicago Heights, IL · 2022

    For General Operating Support. Programs & Services include Prevention (emergency funds), Street Outreach, Emergency Shelter, Rapid Rehousing, Permanent Supportive Housing, and Supportive Services for homeless individual… read all
  • $17,500

    Deborah'S Place · Chicago, IL · 2024

    For General Operating Support. Deborah's Place provides housing and comprehensive supportive services to chronically homeless women in Chicago. Services include Interim/Permanent Supportive Housing, comprehensive suppor… read all
  • $17,500

    Deborah'S Place · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Deborah's Place

  • $17,500

    Deborah'S Place · Chicago, IL · 2022

    For General Operating Support. Deborah's Place provides housing and comprehensive supportive services to chronically homeless women in Chicago. Services include Interim/Permanent Supportive Housing, comprehensive suppor… read all
  • $15,500

    Margaret'S Village (Formerly Institute of Women Today) · Chicago, IL · 2022

    For General Operating Support. The agency operates Maria's Shelter, a 50-bed interim shelter for women/children; Believe is a 50-bed interim facility for families in South Chicago; and Vincennes Senior Center for low-in… read all
  • $15,000

    Alexian Brothers Housing & Health Alliance · Chicago, IL · 2024

    For Bonaventure House, a transitional housing program for formerly homeless adults living with HIV/AIDS in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood. Program provides therapeutic/supportive services such as case management, recov… read all
  • $15,000

    Apna Ghar Inc (Our Home) · Homewood, IL · 2024

    For General Operating Support. Apna Ghar provides comprehensive culturally competent services, outreach and advocacy services to immigrant and non-immigrant women experiencing domestic violence and other gender violence… read all
  • $15,000

    Beds Plus Care · Chicago, IL · 2024

    For General Operating Support. Beds provides housing and stabilization services to individuals and families in Southwest Suburban Cook County who are homeless. Programs and services include prevention, housing for famil… read all
  • $15,000

    Brave Space Alliance · Chicago, IL · 2024

    For Health Programming. BSA currently offers onsite HIV/STI testing along with medical referrals for a variety of care, linkage to PrEP (HIV prevention medication), and educational materials as well as early interventio… read all
  • $15,000

    Bridge Communities · Glen Ellyn, IL · 2024

    For General Operating Support. Bridge Communities' programs aim to transition homeless families in DuPage County to self -sufficiency byworking with partners to provide mentoring, housing, and supportive services.

  • $15,000

    Chicago Children'S Advocacy Center · Chicago, IL · 2024

    For General Operating Support. ChicagoCAC provides child survivors of sexual abuse in Chicago with comprehensive services 24/7 year-round. Services include Advocacy and Investigative Services, Clinical Services, and Edu… read all
  • $15,000

    Chicago Coalition for the Homeless · Chicago, IL · 2024

    For the Youth Futures Legal Clinic, which provides legal aid and representation to students and youth experiencing homelessness in Chicago. Services include assistance with accessing public benefits, identification docu… read all
  • $15,000

    Chicago Community Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Immigrant Funders Collaborative

  • $15,000

    Chinese American Service League · Chicago, IL · 2024

    For Behavioral Health and Clinical Services Program, which offers uninsured individuals and families in Chicago's Armour Square, Bridgeport area with mental health screening and assessment, individual, couples and/or fa… read all
  • $15,000

    Christian Outreach of Lutherans · Carol Stream, IL · 2024

    For the Family Housing Program, a transitional housing program for homeless families with children in Lake County. Families must demonstrate the potential to obtain permanent housing in 12-18 months by adhering to a str… read all
  • $15,000

    Facing Forward (Formerly Interfaith Council for the Homeless) · Chicago, IL · 2024

    For General Operating Support. They provide individuals and families in Chicago with Permanent Supportive Housing, clinical case management, supportive services (e.g. health care, life skills training), housing location… read all
  • $15,000

    Family Health Partnership Clinic · Chicago, IL · 2024

    For General Operating Support. FHPC provides a medical home for the uninsured in McHenry County. They provide primary care, lab tests, pharmacy, dental, mental health therapy, case management services and onsite medical… read all
  • $15,000

    Family Rescue · Chicago, IL · 2024

    For General Operating Support of comprehensive services for domestic violence survivors and their children in Chicago's south side. Services include crisis intervention, supportive housing, individual and group counseli… read all
  • $15,000

    Home of the Sparrow · Lemont, IL · 2024

    For General Operating Support. HOS provides women and their children who are homelessness in McHenry County with shelter, transitional housing, counseling, specialized case management, and employment assistance.

  • $15,000

    Housing Forward (Formerly West Suburban Pads) · Evanston, IL · 2024

    For General Operating. They provide people experiencing homelessness in west suburban Cook with emergency shelter, interim housing, permanent housing, rapid rehousing, medical/legal clinics, case management, employment … read all
  • $15,000

    Howard Brown Health Center · Chicago, IL · 2024

    For Broadway Youth Center, a drop-in center for LGBTQ and unstably housed youth in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood, with services in the south side. They provides comprehensive low barrier medical care, behavioral healt… read all
  • $15,000

    Ignite (Formerly Teen Living Programs) · Chicago, IL · 2024

    For General Operating Support. Ignite provides homeless youth, age 14-24, in Bronzeville neighborhood with comprehensive services, such as emergency & transitional housing, Street/Community Outreach, case management,emp… read all
  • $15,000

    Infant Welfare Society of Chicago · Palatine, IL · 2024

    For General Operating Support of the Angel Harvey Family Clinic, which provides medical, dental, optometry, therapeutic, and behavioral health services, and child development for low-income, uninsured families in Chicag… read all
  • $15,000

    Iws Children'S Clinic · Evanston, IL · 2024

    For General Operating Support. The Clinic is a pediatric health clinic & medical home, providing medical, dental, behavioral health services and social support services for children in the west side of Chicago, or near … read all
  • $15,000

    Journeys-the Road Home · Chicago, IL · 2024

    For General Operating Support to provide shelter, social services and affordable housing to individuals and families experiencing homelessness in north/northwest suburban Cook County. Supportive services include Emergen… read all
  • $15,000

    La Casa Norte · Chicago, IL · 2024

    For General Operating Support. LCN serves youth and families facing homelessness in Chicago's west and southwest communities. Services include emergency shelter, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, permanent supporti… read all
  • $15,000

    Lake County Haven · Chicago, IL · 2024

    For General Operating Support. Lake County Haven provides women and their children who are homeless with shelter, transitional housing, counseling, mental health support, access to medical care, life-skills training, an… read all
  • $15,000

    Law Center for Better Housing (Formerly Lawyers Committee for Better Housin · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Tenant Supportive Services

  • $15,000

    Lazarus House · Chicago, IL · 2024

    For General Operating Support. Lazarus House provides emergency shelter, and transitional living for homeless individuals/families in Kane County. Services include case management, food, education/employment coaching, l… read all
  • $15,000

    Margaret'S Village (Formerly Institute of Women Today) · Park Ridge, IL · 2024

    For General Operating Support. The agency operates Maria's Shelter, a 50-bed interim shelter for women/children; Believe is a 50-bed interim facility for families in South Chicago; and Vincennes Senior Center for low-in… read all
  • $15,000

    Mobile Care Foundation · Aurora, IL · 2024

    For General Operating Support. Mobile Care provides no-cost medical/preventative care, education, and support to low-income children and families within their neighborhoods aboard mobile medical clinics. Vans are retrof… read all
  • $15,000

    Mutual Ground · Wheaton, IL · 2024

    For General Operating Support. Mutual Ground is the only service provider of domestic and sexual violence services in Aurora and Kane County. Services include emergency shelter, counseling, 24-hour crisis hotline, hospi… read all
  • $15,000

    New Moms · Chicago, IL · 2024

    For General Operating Support, serving young mothers and their children in need of housing stability in Chicago and near western suburbs. Programs include housing and support, job training, classroom training, home-base… read all
  • $15,000

    North Side Housing & Supportive Services (Formerly Lakeview Shelter) · Chicago, IL · 2024

    For General Operating Support. Funds will be used towards programs and comprehensive services for individuals facing homelessness in Chicago. Programs include Permanent Supportive Housing, Integrated Health Services, Ho… read all
  • $15,000

    Nourishing Hope (Formerly Lakeview Pantry) · Chicago, IL · 2024

    For General Operating Support. Hunger is often connected to unemployment, homelessness, and mental health, the Pantry provides groceries and social services to Chicago's Lakeview area. Services include, job training and… read all
  • $15,000

    Of Color · Waukegan, IL · 2024

    For General Operating Support. Funds will support job training, skills building and employment placement, and housing placement for homeless individuals, youth, veterans, and individuals with families in Chicago's south… read all
  • $15,000

    Primo Center for Women and Children · Chicago, IL · 2024

    For General Operating Support. The Center provides housing and services to families who are homeless in Chicago's Austin and Englewood neighborhoods. Services include comprehensive behavioral/mental health treatment whi… read all
  • $15,000

    Respond Now · Flossmoor, IL · 2024

    For General Operating Support. They provide health, hunger and housing services to low-income individuals and families in Chicago's South Suburbs. Programs include a food pantry, SNAP outreach, homelessness prevention, … read all
  • $15,000

    Sarah'S Circle · Aurora, IL · 2024

    For General Operating Support of women who are homeless/at-risk of being homeless in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood. Services include Daytime Support Center, Clinical Services, Interim Housing, Permanent Supportive Housi… read all
  • $15,000

    Sarah'S Inn · Chicago, IL · 2024

    For General Operating Support. Sarah's Inn provides comprehensive services to survivors of domestic violence in near west suburban Cook County and westside of Chicago. Programs include individual and group counseling, a… read all
  • $15,000

    Sargent Shriver National Center On Poverty Law · Chicago, IL · 2024

    For Reaching the Remaining Uninsured & Keeping the Newly Insured in Coverage Project. Funding will help insure the remaining uninsured and keep the newly insured in coverage in IL through trainings, technical assistance… read all
  • $15,000

    Sister House · Forest Park, IL · 2024

    For General Operating Support. The residential recovery program serves women who have recently been released from prison, mental health facility or hospital in Chicago's west side. Services include intensive substance a… read all
  • $15,000

    Southside Center of Hope (Formerly St Martin De Porres House of Hope) · Country Club Hills, IL · 2024

    For General Operating Support. SSCOH works exclusively as a provider of supportive services to Independence House, a 25-unit Permanent Supportive Housing unit in Chicagos North Lawndale community for chronically unhouse… read all
  • $15,000

    St Leonard'S Ministries · Chicago, IL · 2024

    For General Operating Support of Grace House and St. Leonard's Ministries, which assists formerly incarcerated women and men in Cook County work to improve critical areas of their lives and achieve successful reentry.

  • $15,000

    Suburban Primary Health Care Council Dba Access To Care · Westchester, IL · 2024

    For General Operating Support. Access to Care enables low-income uninsured individuals, or individuals with high deductibles, in Suburban Cook County and northwest Chicago, to receive basic health care services.

  • $15,000

    The Ark · Antioch, IL · 2024

    For The Pharmacy Program, which provides medications for low-income, uninsured, under-insured Chicago residents who experience barriers to health care. Funds would be used to purchase needed medications not available th… read all
  • $15,000

    The Harbour · Chicago, IL · 2024

    For General Operating Support of its programs which provide immediate, stable and safe housing to homeless young people and young mothers with children in north and northwest suburban Cook County .Services include emerg… read all
  • $15,000

    The Network Advocating Against Domestic Violence · Waukegan, IL · 2024

    For the Housing Advocacy Program, which works to increase the number of housing units available to survivors of domestic violence in the Chicago area. Funds will be used toward support for an attorney and housing assess… read all
  • $15,000

    Turning Point · Des Plaines, IL · 2024

    For the Emergency Shelter, which provides safe refuge for women and their children fleeing domestic violence in McHenry County. They provide comprehensive services including safety planning, counseling, legal advocacy, … read all
  • $15,000

    Will-Grundy Health Partnership · Chicago, IL · 2024

    For General Operating Support of this free health care clinic which provides comprehensive medical and dental care through volunteer doctors, dentists, and specialty physicians in Will/Grundy Counties. Services include … read all
  • $15,000

    Youth Crossroads · Crystal Lake, IL · 2024

    For Comprehensive Counseling Program. The Program provides trauma informed individual/group counseling services in English and Spanish to low-income youth in Cicero, Berwyn, and Lyons in schools and in community setting… read all
  • $15,000

    Ywca Evanstonnorth Shore · Elgin, IL · 2024

    For Bridges, a Long-Term Supportive Housing Program for survivors of domestic violence and their children in Evanston/northeast Cook County. Participants staying at the 16-unit building receive supportive services such … read all
  • $15,000

    Zacharias Sexual Abuse Center (Formerly Lacasa) · Palatine, IL · 2024

    For General Operating Support. ZCenter provides comprehensive services for survivors of sexual violence and abuse in Lake County. Services include a 24-hour hotline, trauma informed counseling, medical and legal advocac… read all
  • $15,000

    Alexian Brothers Housing & Health Alliance · Bolingbrook, IL · 2023

    Alexian Brothers Housing & Health Alliance

  • $15,000

    Between Friends · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Between Friends

  • $15,000

    Bridge Communities · Glen Ellyn, IL · 2023

    Bridge Communities

  • $15,000

    Casa Central · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Casa Central

  • $15,000

    Chicago Coalition for the Homeless · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Chicago Coalition for the Homeless

  • $15,000

    Chicago Funders To End Homelessness · Elgin, IL · 2023

    Chicago Funders to End Homelessness

  • $15,000

    Chinese American Service League · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Chinese American Service League

  • $15,000

    Christian Outreach of Lutherans · Waukegan, IL · 2023

    Christian Outreach of Lutherans

  • $15,000

    Dupage Pads · Wheaton, IL · 2023

    DuPage PADS

  • $15,000

    Health & Medicine Policy Research Group · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Health & Medicine Policy Research Group

  • $15,000

    Home of the Sparrow · Woodstock, IL · 2023

    Home of the Sparrow

  • $15,000

    Howard Brown Health Center · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Howard Brown Health Center

  • $15,000

    Ignite (Formerly Teen Living Programs) · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Ignite (formerly Teen Living Programs)

  • $15,000

    Il Immigrant Funders Collaborative · Chicago, IL · 2023

    IL Immigrant Funders Collaborative

  • $15,000

    Impact Behavioral Health Partners (Formerly Housing Options for the Mentall · Evanston, IL · 2023

    Impact Behavioral Health Partners (formerly Housing Options for the Mentally Ill in Evanston)

  • $15,000

    Journeys-the Road Home · Palatine, IL · 2023

    Journeys-The Road Home

  • $15,000

    La Casa Norte · Chicago, IL · 2023

    La Casa Norte

  • $15,000

    Law Center for Better Housing (Formerly Lawyers Committee for Better Housin · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Law Center for Better Housing (formerly Lawyers Committee for Better Housing)

  • $15,000

    Lincoln Park Community Shelter · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Lincoln Park Community Shelter

  • $15,000

    Margaret'S Village (Formerly Institute of Women Today) · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Margaret's Village (Formerly Institute of Women Today)

  • $15,000

    Matthew House · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Matthew House

  • $15,000

    Mobile Care Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Mobile CARE Chicago

  • $15,000

    Mutual Ground · Aurora, IL · 2023

    Mutual Ground

  • $15,000

    Nami of Dupage County · Wheaton, IL · 2023

    NAMI of Dupage County

  • $15,000

    New Moms · Chicago, IL · 2023

    New Moms

  • $15,000

    Nourishing Hope (Formerly Lakeview Pantry) · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Nourishing Hope (formerly Lakeview Pantry)

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