2023 Community Grant Winners Announced
Each year the Palatine Jaycees award grant money to non-for-profit organizations that have a positive impact on residents of the Palatine Community.
Organizations are given the opportunity to apply for these grants by providing background information on their organization's reach and mission and specifying how the funds will be used.
This year the Palatine Jaycees received applications from 32 local organizations and selected 23 to receive funds. Grants awarded ranged from $375 to $1,500 for a total of $20,000 distributed to these causes.
The recipient organizations for 2023 are:
All Saints Food Pantry
Children's Advocacy Center of North & Northwest Cook County
Connections to Care
FamilyForward
Greener Good
Home of the Sparrow, Inc.
Hopeful Beginnings of St Mary's
JOURNEYS | The Road Home
Kindred Life Ministries
Mission:MathMinds
OMNI
Palatine Assisting Through Hope
Palatine Library District
Palatine Park Foundation
Palatine Township Senior Citizens Council
Partners for Our Communities (POC)
Realtors Against Homelessness/Dist. 211 Foundation
Shelter, Inc.
Special Gifts Theatre
Special Leisure Services Foundation
St. Joseph's Home for the Elderly
The Bridge Youth & Family Services
WINGS Program Inc.
These grants will help to fund projects and programs within Palatine that enrich the community by meeting resident needs for childcare, medical care, transportation, housing, education, mental health, community programming and much more.
To learn more about the Palatine Jaycees and the projects they support, visit their website PalatineJaycees.org.