Blowitz-Ridgeway Foundation
Historical FunderChicago, Illinois · EIN 36-2488355 · Private foundation · Website
Grants paid (2024)$1.1M
Organizations funded78
Typical grant$15,000
Total assets$24.9M
Half of its grants to organizations were between $10,000 and $15,000.
From the return
How to apply
The foundation filed the following application information (Form 990-PF Part XV, tax year 2024):
| Contact | Serena Moy |
|---|---|
| Address | 200 W Madison St Suite 300, Chicago IL 60606 |
| Phone | 8473301023 |
| Form and materials | Applications are only accepted through the online grant program. The application procedures can be found on our website: blowitzridgeway.org. |
| Deadlines | Applications are accepted any time |
| Restrictions | Grants will be made to organizations in the City of Chicago and the six collar counties (Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will). |
Copied as filed. Deadlines on a tax return describe the foundation's usual process; they are not confirmation of a current open cycle.
What it funds
Share of grant lines on the latest return, classified from the purpose each grant states.
Where it gives
0% of grants went outside Illinois.
Grants paid in tax year 2024
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Health | Chicago, IL | For General Operating Support of this free health care center which provides uninsured and low-income individuals in Chicago with primary,… | $20,000 |
| Connections for Abused Women and their Children | Wheaton, IL | For General Operating Support. CAWC's comprehensive domestic violence services include crisis intervention, shelter, safety… | $20,000 |
| Franciscan Outreach Association | Chicago, IL | For General Operating Support to provide emergency shelter, transitional housing, rapid rehousing, case management, meals, financial… | $20,000 |
| Heartland Alliance International | Chicago, IL | For General Operating Support of the Kovler Center, which provide critical trauma-informed services to individuals, unaccompanied children,… | $20,000 |
| KAN-WIN (Korean American Women in Need) | Chicago, IL | For General Operating Support. KAN-WIN serves Asian American domestic violence and sexual assault survivors in Chicago and suburbs.… | $20,000 |
| South Suburban PADS | Oak Park, IL | For General Operating Support. Programs and Services include Prevention (emergency funds), Street Outreach, Emergency Shelter, Rapid… | $20,000 |
| Deborah's Place | Chicago, IL | For General Operating Support. Deborah's Place provides housing and comprehensive supportive services to chronically homeless women in… | $17,500 |
| Alexian Brothers Housing & Health Alliance | Chicago, IL | For Bonaventure House, a transitional housing program for formerly homeless adults living with HIV/AIDS in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood.… | $15,000 |
| Apna Ghar Inc (Our Home) | Homewood, IL | For General Operating Support. Apna Ghar provides comprehensive culturally competent services, outreach and advocacy services to immigrant… | $15,000 |
| Beds Plus Care | Chicago, IL | For General Operating Support. Beds provides housing and stabilization services to individuals and families in Southwest Suburban Cook… | $15,000 |
| Brave Space Alliance | Chicago, IL | For Health Programming. BSA currently offers onsite HIV/STI testing along with medical referrals for a variety of care, linkage to PrEP… | $15,000 |
| Bridge Communities | Glen Ellyn, IL | For General Operating Support. Bridge Communities' programs aim to transition homeless families in DuPage County to self -sufficiency… | $15,000 |
| Chicago Children's Advocacy Center | Chicago, IL | For General Operating Support. ChicagoCAC provides child survivors of sexual abuse in Chicago with comprehensive services 24/7 year-round.… | $15,000 |
| Chicago Coalition for the Homeless | Chicago, IL | For the Youth Futures Legal Clinic, which provides legal aid and representation to students and youth experiencing homelessness in Chicago.… | $15,000 |
| Chicago Community Foundation | Chicago, IL | Immigrant Funders Collaborative | $15,000 |
| Chinese American Service League | Chicago, IL | For Behavioral Health and Clinical Services Program, which offers uninsured individuals and families in Chicago's Armour Square, Bridgeport… | $15,000 |
| Christian Outreach of Lutherans | Carol Stream, IL | For the Family Housing Program, a transitional housing program for homeless families with children in Lake County. Families must… | $15,000 |
| Facing Forward (formerly Interfaith Council for the Homeless) | Chicago, IL | For General Operating Support. They provide individuals and families in Chicago with Permanent Supportive Housing, clinical case… | $15,000 |
| Family Health Partnership Clinic | Chicago, IL | For General Operating Support. FHPC provides a medical home for the uninsured in McHenry County. They provide primary care, lab tests,… | $15,000 |
| Family Rescue | Chicago, IL | For General Operating Support of comprehensive services for domestic violence survivors and their children in Chicago's south side.… | $15,000 |
| Home of the Sparrow | Lemont, IL | For General Operating Support. HOS provides women and their children who are homelessness in McHenry County with shelter, transitional… | $15,000 |
| Housing Forward (formerly West Suburban PADS) | Evanston, IL | For General Operating. They provide people experiencing homelessness in west suburban Cook with emergency shelter, interim housing,… | $15,000 |
| Howard Brown Health Center | Chicago, IL | For Broadway Youth Center, a drop-in center for LGBTQ and unstably housed youth in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood, with services in the… | $15,000 |
| Ignite (formerly Teen Living Programs) | Chicago, IL | For General Operating Support. Ignite provides homeless youth, age 14-24, in Bronzeville neighborhood with comprehensive services, such as… | $15,000 |
| Infant Welfare Society of Chicago | Palatine, IL | For General Operating Support of the Angel Harvey Family Clinic, which provides medical, dental, optometry, therapeutic, and behavioral… | $15,000 |
| IWS Children's Clinic | Evanston, IL | For General Operating Support. The Clinic is a pediatric health clinic & medical home, providing medical, dental, behavioral health… | $15,000 |
| Journeys-The Road Home | Chicago, IL | For General Operating Support to provide shelter, social services and affordable housing to individuals and families experiencing… | $15,000 |
| La Casa Norte | Chicago, IL | For General Operating Support. LCN serves youth and families facing homelessness in Chicago's west and southwest communities. Services… | $15,000 |
| Lake County Haven | Chicago, IL | For General Operating Support. Lake County Haven provides women and their children who are homeless with shelter, transitional housing,… | $15,000 |
| Law Center for Better Housing (formerly Lawyers Committee for Better Housin | Chicago, IL | Tenant Supportive Services | $15,000 |
| Lazarus House | Chicago, IL | For General Operating Support. Lazarus House provides emergency shelter, and transitional living for homeless individuals/families in Kane… | $15,000 |
| Margaret's Village (Formerly Institute of Women Today) | Park Ridge, IL | For General Operating Support. The agency operates Maria's Shelter, a 50-bed interim shelter for women/children; Believe is a 50-bed… | $15,000 |
| Mobile CARE Foundation | Aurora, IL | For General Operating Support. Mobile Care provides no-cost medical/preventative care, education, and support to low-income children and… | $15,000 |
| Mutual Ground | Wheaton, IL | For General Operating Support. Mutual Ground is the only service provider of domestic and sexual violence services in Aurora and Kane… | $15,000 |
| New Moms | Chicago, IL | For General Operating Support, serving young mothers and their children in need of housing stability in Chicago and near western suburbs.… | $15,000 |
| North Side Housing & Supportive Services (formerly Lakeview Shelter) | Chicago, IL | For General Operating Support. Funds will be used towards programs and comprehensive services for individuals facing homelessness in… | $15,000 |
| Nourishing Hope (formerly Lakeview Pantry) | Chicago, IL | For General Operating Support. Hunger is often connected to unemployment, homelessness, and mental health, the Pantry provides groceries… | $15,000 |
| Of Color Inc | Waukegan, IL | For General Operating Support. Funds will support job training, skills building and employment placement, and housing placement for… | $15,000 |
| Primo Center for Women and Children | Chicago, IL | For General Operating Support. The Center provides housing and services to families who are homeless in Chicago's Austin and Englewood… | $15,000 |
| Respond Now | Flossmoor, IL | For General Operating Support. They provide health, hunger and housing services to low-income individuals and families in Chicago's South… | $15,000 |
| Sarah's Circle | Aurora, IL | For General Operating Support of women who are homeless/at-risk of being homeless in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood. Services include… | $15,000 |
| Sarah's Inn | Chicago, IL | For General Operating Support. Sarah's Inn provides comprehensive services to survivors of domestic violence in near west suburban Cook… | $15,000 |
| Sargent Shriver National Center On Poverty Law | Chicago, IL | For Reaching the Remaining Uninsured & Keeping the Newly Insured in Coverage Project. Funding will help insure the remaining uninsured and… | $15,000 |
| Sister House | Forest Park, IL | For General Operating Support. The residential recovery program serves women who have recently been released from prison, mental health… | $15,000 |
| Southside Center of Hope (formerly St Martin de Porres House of Hope) | Country Club Hills, IL | For General Operating Support. SSCOH works exclusively as a provider of supportive services to Independence House, a 25-unit Permanent… | $15,000 |
| St Leonard's Ministries | Chicago, IL | For General Operating Support of Grace House and St. Leonard's Ministries, which assists formerly incarcerated women and men in Cook County… | $15,000 |
| Suburban Primary Health Care Council dba Access to Care | Westchester, IL | For General Operating Support. Access to Care enables low-income uninsured individuals, or individuals with high deductibles, in Suburban… | $15,000 |
| The Ark | Antioch, IL | For The Pharmacy Program, which provides medications for low-income, uninsured, under-insured Chicago residents who experience barriers to… | $15,000 |
| The Harbour | Chicago, IL | For General Operating Support of its programs which provide immediate, stable and safe housing to homeless young people and young mothers… | $15,000 |
| The Network Advocating Against Domestic Violence | Waukegan, IL | For the Housing Advocacy Program, which works to increase the number of housing units available to survivors of domestic violence in the… | $15,000 |
| Turning Point | Des Plaines, IL | For the Emergency Shelter, which provides safe refuge for women and their children fleeing domestic violence in McHenry County. They… | $15,000 |
| Will-Grundy Health Partnership | Chicago, IL | For General Operating Support of this free health care clinic which provides comprehensive medical and dental care through volunteer… | $15,000 |
| Youth Crossroads | Crystal Lake, IL | For Comprehensive Counseling Program. The Program provides trauma informed individual/group counseling services in English and Spanish to… | $15,000 |
| YWCA EvanstonNorth Shore | Elgin, IL | For Bridges, a Long-Term Supportive Housing Program for survivors of domestic violence and their children in Evanston/northeast Cook… | $15,000 |
| Zacharias Sexual Abuse Center (formerly LaCASA) | Palatine, IL | For General Operating Support. ZCenter provides comprehensive services for survivors of sexual violence and abuse in Lake County. Services… | $15,000 |
| Alternatives Inc | Bolingbrook, IL | For Behavioral Health Services, which provides comprehensive trauma-informed counseling services in schools and at a community-based… | $12,500 |
| Mercy Housing Lakefront | Chicago, IL | For the Supportive Housing for the Homeless Program, which serves new residents in its Permanent Supportive Housing communities in Chicago.… | $12,500 |
| The Center of Concern | Crest Hill, IL | For the Housing Services, which addresses multiple housing needs of individuals and families in north suburban Cook County. Services… | $12,500 |
| Anew Building Beyond Violence & Abuse (formerly South Suburban Family Shelt | Chicago, IL | For General Operating Support. Anew provides comprehensive, coordinated services in south suburban Cook County to families experiencing… | $10,000 |
| Antioch Area Health Accessibility Alliance (AAHAA) | Chicago, IL | For General Operating Support. AAHAA links underserved individuals in need of healthcare with healthcare providers in the rural area of… | $10,000 |
Showing the 60 largest of 78 grants to organizations.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Grant lines |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,095,000 | 78 |
| 2023 | $1,084,500 | 80 |
| 2022 | $1,045,000 | 72 |
Sources
- IRS Form 990-PF, tax year 2024, filed Jan 23, 2026 - IRS e-file batch, object ID 202610239349100306
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 36-2488355
- Profile updated Nov 4, 2026
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