MORAINE TOWNSHIP GRANT PROGRAM
2025 Grant Application deadline February 1, 2025
About Moraine Township’s Grant Program
Moraine Township administers funds to provide responsive, efficient and compassionate services and support for residents in need.
Annual grants are made to a variety of nonprofit agencies providing non-sectarian programs or services for the benefit of people residing and/or working in Moraine Township. Programs funded must complement the mission of, but not duplicate services provided by, Moraine Township. Moraine Township Grant Program gives special priority to agencies helping the Township provide a safety net for its most vulnerable and economically disadvantaged residents, including services for elderly, youth, and residents with disabilities. Agencies chiefly supported by taxpayer dollars or otherwise affiliated with a taxing body are not eligible.
A volunteer Citizen Grant Advisory Committee recommends awards annually, and these are voted upon, in April or May, by Moraine Township Board of Trustees.
In 2024, the Township awarded $175,000 in grants. funding support cannot be presumed from year to year.
Citizen Grant Advisory Committee
Citizen Grant Advisory Committee members, appointed by the Township Supervisor, review applications and make funding recommendations to the Board of Trustees.
Advisory committee members bring a wide variety of diverse experience and community involvement and represent a cross-section of the demographics of the Township. Joining them as liaisons are three elected members of Moraine Township Board.
Thank you to the following Committee Members serving for 2024: John Ropiequet, Chair; Luis Gonzalez, Lydia Gonzalez, Rachel Jacoby, William Laegeler, and Amy Zisook.
Township liaisons to the committee: Trustees Mark Haggarty, Nancy Chausow Shafer, and Clerk Gail Feiger Brown.
Grantees for 2024
A Safe Place - support for domestic violence, assistance, and education
Blessings in a Backpack - support for low income school age children
Center for Enriched Living - support for skill development and social activities for developmentally disabled residents
College Bound Opportunities - support for mentoring low income scholars from high school through college education
Community Partners for Affordable Housing (CPAH) - support for preservation and increase of affordable local housing options
Family Focus HP/RFTS - support for children and their families from birth
Fenix Family Health Center - support for health care services for low income Spanish-speaking residents
Highland Park Community Early Learning Center - scholarship funds for low to moderate income families with children in day care
Jewish Child & Family Services/JCFS - support for mental health services especially to students at HPHS Drop-In Center
Josselyn Center - support for Township residents’ individual and family counseling service; support for Latino Educational Continuum including Nuestro Center, Latino Youth Initiative, and Youth Educational Support Success Programs
North Suburban Legal Aid Clinic - support for legal assistance on housing, immigration, and domestic violence
PADS Lake County - support for homeless individuals
Southeast Lake County Faith In Action Volunteers - support for volunteer caregiving for elderly, mobility challenged
Tri-Con Child Care Center - scholarship funds to supplement early child care and education for low income clients
Zacharias Sexual Abuse Center - support for those experiencing child sexual abuse
