Being deeply connected to the community means more than providing access to excellent healthcare. It means understanding, and investing in, the health needs of our community.
Through our Community Investment Fund (CIF), Endeavor Health has awarded more than $38.5 million to 59 local partnerships dedicated to enhancing community health and wellbeing, advancing health equity and supporting local economic growth. Together, we’re committed to helping everyone in our communities be their best.
2026 impact award
Congratulations to Loaves & Fishes Community Services our inaugural Impact award partner!
This award will support Nourish Together, a bold, long-term regional initiative to transform access to healthy food. Nourish Together expands shared infrastructure through the Hub 2.0 facility, strengthens collaboration among food pantries, and supports additional food distribution locations in the communities we collectively serve.
2026 capacity builder awards
Thank you to the 170 organizations who shared proposals!
Congratulations to our 2026 capacity builder award partners:
- Common Pantry
- Faith Feeds Food Pantry
- Kenneth Young Center
- North Central College
- Omni Youth Services, Inc.
- PADS Lake County
- Tapestry 360 Health
- The Outreach House
- VNA Health Care
Information on 2027 awards
Information on the next round of applications will be posted in late March 2026. When the information is available, we will email all previous awardees, applicants, and those who sign up to be notified.
- Designed for 5-year initiatives where organizations come together to drive measurable impact and longer-term change in the communities we serve by improving existing systems and innovation
- Emphasize cross-sector and/or intra-sector partnerships between community-based organizations
- Uplift community members of greatest need
- Directly align with CIF areas of focus and meaningfully contribute to CIF goals
- Award amount: $1 million per year, up to 5 years
Information on the 2027 application process will be posted in March 2026.
- Designed for distinct 1-2-year projects that build and strengthen skills, resources, and infrastructure of community-based organizations.
- Uplift organizations working in the CIF areas of focus
- Successful capacity builder projects will lead to community impact that contributes to CIF goals
- Award amounts: $100,000 to $500,000 per year, up to 2 years
Information on the 2027 application process will be posted in late March 2026.
Romeoville Fire Academy and Endeavor Health partner to launch firefighter and EMT careers
Endeavor Health has partnered with the Romeoville Fire Academy through Endeavor Health’s Community Investment Fund (CIF). The Romeoville Fire Academy provides firefighter and emergency medical technician (EMT) training for about 2,000 students each year. The academy’s partnership with Endeavor Health has expanded outreach to and scholarships for members of underserved communities, internships and financial support to reduce cost barriers for students. Together, we’re helping launch new careers.
Endeavor Health invests in mental healthcare for children with disabilities
Endeavor Health's Community Investment Fund partner Easterseals DuPage & Fox Valley in Villa Park, has integrated mental healthcare into their therapy services and support programming.
Endeavor Health partnership enhances adult day services
Endeavor Health partners with Little Friends in Warrenville to enhance its workforce development services and adult day services through its Community Investment Fund.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Community Investment Fund stories
