Community Development Grants in Illinois

Top community development grants in Illinois right now

• Frameworks: E=mc2 - Enabling Multimessenger astrophysics through Community-driven Cyberinfrastructure

  Up to $3.4MDeadline: Jul 31, 2028open

  The E=mc2 project develops a community-driven cyberinfrastructure for simulating cosmic events such as binary neutron star and black hole-neutron star...

• Economic Development Program (EDP)

  Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT)Up to $3.0Mopen

  Economic Development Program (EDP) is sponsored by Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT). This program provides assistance in improving highway...

  economic_developmenttransportationeconomic developmentroadway improvementsindustrial expansion

• Illinois Grocery Initiative

  Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO)Up to $2.4Mopen

  Illinois Grocery Initiative is a grant from Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) that funds the establishment of new grocer...

  food_securityeconomic_developmentcommunity_developmentfood desertsgrocery stores

• Building Educational Transitions into the Engineering and Computer Science Community

  Up to $2.0MDeadline: Sep 30, 2031open

  This project will contribute to the national need for well-educated scientists, mathematicians, engineers, and technicians by supporting the retention...

• Collaborative Research: Frameworks: Cyberinfrastructure to Catalyze and Sustain the Urban Computing Community

  Up to $1.8MDeadline: Aug 31, 2029open

  Cities are loci of resource consumption, economic activity, and innovation. Given the increasing ability to collect, transmit, store, and analyze data...

• Leveraging Pharmacy Technicians to Advance the Reach of Modern Antiretroviral Therapy (PHARM ART) in Community Clinics

  Up to $1.6MDeadline: May 31, 2030open

  The overarching goal of this proposal is to integrate a pharmacy-technician based model for delivering long- acting injectable cabotegravir-rilpivirin...

• ENGAGED: Disability Community Engaged Medical Rehabilitation Research Center

  Up to $1.4MDeadline: Aug 31, 2030open

  Modified Project Summary/Abstract Section The ENGAGED Medical Rehabilitation Research Center (MRRC) is a bi-institutional collaboration between the U...

• Recovery Management Checkup Scalability and Sustainability (RMC-SS) Hybrid Experiment: Evaluating Comparability of Client and Implementation Outcomes in Community Organizations Post-Arrest

  Up to $1.2MDeadline: May 31, 2030open

  Individuals who are involved in the criminal justice system are at high risk of drug-related overdose; they also face barriers to engaging in substanc...

• Scaling a network of small community-based care homes as a high-value alternative to institutional care

  Up to $1.1MDeadline: May 31, 2027open

  The United States faces a severe long-term services and supports (LTSS) crisis as the senior population grows rapidly, with the number of seniors expe...

• Community-Engaged Research Resource Center (CERRC): An A.C.T.I.O.N. Framework (Assess, Collaborate, Technical assistance, Implement, Optimize, Nurture)

  Up to $1.0MDeadline: May 31, 2030open

  Substance use remains a public health emergency, with drug overdoses claiming a life in the U.S. every five minutes. Despite the existence of proven s...

• Big Blue STEM Scholars: Enhancing STEM Outcomes through a Learning Community and Professional Identity

  Up to $1.0MDeadline: Jun 30, 2030open

  This project will contribute to the national need for well-educated scientists, mathematicians, engineers, and technicians by supporting the retention...

• Energy Efficiency Trust Fund Grant Program

  Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA)Up to $1.0Mopen

  Energy Efficiency Trust Fund Grant Program is sponsored by Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA). Provides grants for energy efficie...

  energy_efficiencycommunity_developmentaffordable_housingenvironmental_justiceenergy efficiency

• Building a Community in STEM for Rural Low-Income Students

  Up to $1000KDeadline: Mar 31, 2031open

  This project will contribute to the national need for well-educated scientists, mathematicians, engineers, and technicians by supporting the retention...

• Leveraging Artificial Intelligence Skills in Community College Classrooms and Technical Careers

  Up to $985KDeadline: Sep 30, 2028open

  This project aims to serve the national interest by advancing education at community colleges through the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) ...

• Truck Access Route Program (TARP)

  Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT)Up to $900Kopen

  Truck Access Route Program (TARP) is sponsored by Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT). This program assists local government agencies with up...

  transportationcommunity_developmenteconomic_developmenttruck accessroad upgrades

• CommunityRx-Dementia + Peer Navigation (CRxDpeer): A Real-World Implementation and Effectiveness Study of an IT-Based Social Care Intervention

  Up to $803KDeadline: Feb 28, 2030open

  /ABSTRACT In 2022, more than 11 million Americans, half of whom were 50 or older, provided more than 18 billion hours of unpaid care for people with d...

• Statewide Deferred Prosecution NOFO # 2827-0925

  Illinois Criminal Justice Information AuthorityUp to $750KDeadline: Sep 25, 2026open

  Statewide Deferred Prosecution NOFO # 2827-0925 is sponsored by Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority. Supports statewide deferred prosecuti...

  community_development

• Community OHCA Risk Prediction Using Machine Learning: A Multi-Domain Approach to Prevention and Preparedness

  National Institute on Minority Health and Health DisparitiesUp to $687KDeadline: Jan 31, 2031open

  Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is a leading cause of death in the United States (US). Advances in resuscitation science have improved survival ...

• Developing and implementing community based participatory health research with young adults with Down syndrome

  Up to $446KDeadline: Jul 31, 2027open

  /ABSTRACT Adults with Down syndrome (DS) face significant health disparities relative to the general population. However, their perspectives are not w...

• CAREER: Models and Methods to Help Online Communities Support Behaviors Aligned with Community Norms

  Up to $445KDeadline: May 31, 2030open

  This project aims to develop new methods to support community-determined behavior norms in online communities consistent with the goal of helping comm...

What counts as a community development grant in Illinois

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Internal program language often differs from how funders tag their grants. AI mission-fit search (available after signup) catches the conceptual matches that exact-keyword filtering misses — useful in Illinois where program names vary by region.

Where Illinois community development grants come from

• Federal sources — Grants.gov, NIH RePORTER, and SAM.gov opportunities open to Illinois-based organizations and thematically aligned with community development.
• Illinois state portal — state-administered community development programs, including pass-through federal dollars and state-only appropriations.
• Foundations — community foundations and private foundations giving in Illinois for community development work, drawn from IRS Form 990 filings and curated directories.
• Corporate giving — corporate philanthropy programs that fund community development work in Illinois.