Options for Youth’s funding partners provide critical financial support for programs designed to serve Chicago’s adolescent community.
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GOVERNMENT
Chicago Department of Family and Support Services (DFSS)
Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority
U.S Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women
FOUNDATIONS
CORPORATE
Past Funders
- Chicago Foundation for Women
- The Forum Fund
- Glasser and Rosenthal Family Foundation
- GreenTarget
- Illinois Department of Human Services, Office of Firearm Violence Prevention
- Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH)
- John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
- Supported a ten-year evaluation of SPP carried out by Philliber Research Associates.
- Funded an International Connections grant to establish a best practices exchange program between Subsequent Pregnancy Program and social service organizations in Guanajuato, Mexico.
- Illinois State Treasurer’s Office Charitable Trust
- Jack and Jill Foundation
- MBK Alliance
- McGuffin Group – Brand and website development.
- Michael Reese Health Trust – Awarded a two-year grant to the Peer Advocates for Health Program to deliver health information to African-American males aged 18-23 through basketball outreach at Chicago Park District Field Houses.
- Polk Brothers Foundation – Funded the implementation of the Subsequent Pregnancy Peer Education component, and Options for Youth organizational development.
- Steans Family Foundation
- Taproot Foundation – Provided a service grant award to develop Options for Youth’s website.