Endeavor Health is committed to strengthening our community’s health and wellbeing. We recognize that our community is complex and diverse with a range of health needs. From improving access to care for the medically underserved to investing in local organizations and initiatives, our mission is to help everyone in our communities be their best.

Community-connected

We are proud to be based in the communities we serve, where our patients, team members and community partners call home. Our work begins with listening to fellow community members and gathering clinical and community data. What we learn guides our strategy, programs and partnerships.

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Community Health Needs Assessment

We identify and address community health needs.

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Community engagement

We convene and connect our community members and leaders for collective impact.

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Community Investment Fund

We invest in local organizations committed to our community’s health and wellbeing.

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Anchor strategy

We leverage our economic power and human resources to improve the well-being and economic health of the communities we serve.

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Community Benefit

We demonstrate community impact.

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Community health & wellness

We provide education and outreach to promote health and wellness.

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Community Investment Fund

Our Community Investment Fund (CIF) has awarded more than $21.4 million to local organizations dedicated to enhancing community health and wellbeing. 

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Community impact

Endeavor Health proudly serves and invests in our community, from offering charity care to funding research and initiatives, the impact is far-reaching. 

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Community Benefit Report

Our Community Benefit Report illustrates how we address the health needs of our community.

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ASPIRE Lake County and Endeavor Health partner to support future healthcare professionals

Young people are the future of healthcare, and Endeavor Health is working to nurture and encourage the brilliant minds of tomorrow. We’re proud to collaborate with our ASPIRE Lake County partners in that effort through our Community Investment Fund (CIF).

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Endeavor Health partner ASPIRE Lake County helps teens discover careers in healthcare

Students from all over Lake County learn about careers in healthcare during Healthcare Discovery Day. The event was held by ASPIRE Lake County, a workforce development organization and Endeavor Health Community Investment Fund partner.

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Greater Family Health and Endeavor Health partner to expand access to care

For more than 20 years, Greater Family Health has been delivering inclusive, culturally sensitive care to everyone who walks through its doors. Endeavor Health is proud to partner with Greater Family Health through its Community Investment Fund.

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Palatine's Community Resource Center helps those in need

Step inside the Community Resource Center in Palatine, the result of an Endeavor Health Community Investment Fund partnership with Partners for Our Community, which connects underserved families with local resources.

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Endeavor Health Community Investment Fund helps bring mental health services to Indian Prairie School District 204

The Endeavor Health Community Investment Fund partnership with Indian Prairie School District 204 helped fund the CARES program, which provides free after-school counseling.

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The Friendship Center Food Pantry provides groceries and other resources in partnership with Endeavor Health

Endeavor Health's Community Investment Fund partnership with Friendship Center Food Pantry in Chicago helps improve access to groceries and other vital resources.

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Rosalind Franklin University partners with Endeavor Health to expand reach of community health clinics

A partnership with the Endeavor Health Community Investment Fund has allowed Rosalind Franklin University to expand the reach of its community health clinics.

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Rohingya Culture Center of Chicago closer to goal of owning its own building with investment from Endeavor Health

The Endeavor Health Community Investment Fund has partnered with the Rohingya Culture Center of Chicago, which provides education, wellness and social services, to help them achieve the dream of owning their own building.

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Endeavor Health partners with the YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago to help share health information and support

Endeavor Health Community Investment Fund partner, the YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago, shares health information and helps people manage disease and navigate the health system.

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Evanston Township High School students learn about healthcare careers with Endeavor Health partnership

Endeavor Health's partnership with the ASPIRE program at Evanston Township High School helps open the door to careers in healthcare.

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Endeavor Health and Highwood Public Library support language instruction, health screenings and more

Endeavor Health's Community Investment Fund partners with Highwood Public Library and Community Center in southeast Lake County to provide language instruction, GED classes, vaccine clinics and health screenings.

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Endeavor Health invests in Black entrepreneurship

Endeavor Health's Community Investment Fund helps support development of The Aux, a state-of-the-art wellness hub in Evanston, Illinois designed to help promote Black entrepreneurship.

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Endeavor Health and Between Friends partner to help prevent domestic violence

Endeavor Health has partnered with Between Friends, a Chicago organization dedicated to preventing domestic violence and supporting survivors of abuse.

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Endeavor Health partnership with Lutheran Social Services of Illinois expands access to mental health care

Endeavor Health's partnership with Lutheran Social Services of Illinois enabled the organization to bring an in-school counseling program to Budlong Elementary School in Chicago.

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