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FY2025 CFWC Partner Grant Season is Open

CFWC is accepting applications for the FY2025 Community Partner Grant Cycle.

About the Grant Cycle Application

Grant making is at the heart of The Community Foundation of Will County’s work to enhance the quality of life in Will County. We award grants annually to not-for-profits for a broad array of charitable purposes in the area such as healthcare, human services, education and cultural arts.

With our Community Partner Grants, we seek to be a responsive and proactive community partner with the not-for-profit sector. We do not provide general funding for daily operations, but may provide essential administrative costs to launch or conduct the project. Instead, our grants seek to address larger issues of importance in our community, especially those which:

Reflect a strategic collaborative partnership – not-for-profits working together to address a wider need;
Address a critical need impacting a wide segment of the community;
Build the organizational capacity of a nonprofit to be more effective and efficient in how they do their work.

Grant Guidelines

Our maximum grant is $15,000.

We focus on assisting programs that help the highest number of Will County residents as possible. Please be very specific in your requests regarding the population(s) served, all of whom must be located in Will County.

If you have additional questions, please contact us at 815.201.3700. Thank you!

Community Partner Grants Timeline

Online Application will be made available April 1, 2025
Grant application is due (11:59 P.M.) May 31, 2025
Applications will be reviewed Summer 2025
Notifications will be sent to applicants late August 2025

GRANT APPLICATION PROCESS

Please be advised this is a new application system. Please follow the prompts to login and start the application process. There will be a video tutorial in your dashboard that we encourage you to watch.

If you experience any problems or have questions, please call the Community Foundation directly at 815.201.3700.