Nonprofit Organizations
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Habitat for Humanity of Illinois
HACE: Hispanic Alliance for Career Enhancement
To ensure Latinos serve in leadership position in business, the government, education and other professions, HACE works to Build Latino Careers. Now in its 23rd year, HACE holds an annual career conference and hosts monthly high-quality programs and recruiting events which assist companies in identifying the best Latino talent.
Hammerhard Mediaworks
Hands Helping Hands, Inc.
Not for Profit dedicated to helping families who have become displaced or homeless through resources and services.
Harborquest, Inc.
Harborquest offers a "safe port in the stormy seas of employment" for those Chicagoans who are disenfranchised from the mainstream economy. As a merger between Suburban Job-Link Corp. and STRIVE/Chicago, we now provide Chicago's chronically unemployed with intensive job-readiness training, transitional employment, and support for placement in private-sector jobs. Our members are offered continuing support, re-employment and ongoing services and membership benefits throughout their working life.
Harper Court Foundation
Harvard University Kennedy School of Government
Haymarket Center
Health and Disability Advocates
Health and Disability Advocates
Health and Medical Research Policy Group
Health and Medicine Policy Research Group
Health and Medicine Policy Research Group
Health and Medicine Policy Research Group
Healthcare Consortium of Illinois
Healthy Streets Campaign
Hearland Housing
Heartland Alliance
Heartland Alliance
Heartland Alliance
Heartland Alliance
Heartland Alliance
Heartland Alliance
Heartland Alliance
Heartland Institute
Heartland International
Heartland International designs, implements and manages international training and educational projects focusing democracy and governance issues.
Heifer Project International
HELP: HELP EASE LOCAL POVERTY
HELP works to educate local businesses and residents as to how they can help ease the plight of the homeless and disadvantaged and improve their well being, self-esteem and productivity. We have several programs which include tutoring, meals every Wednesday, Miracle on State Street (Christmas Charity Event), calendar project and Bike Fair to name a few.
Heroes Helping Legends
Highland Park Public Library
Helping all community residents meet their educational, professional, cultural, personal, and social needs through a variety of information formats.
Hinsdale Center for the Arts
Hinsdale Center for the Arts is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3), regional arts center and local arts agency serving west suburban Chicago including DuPage and western Cook counties. HCA provides a wide range of high quality visual, literary and performing arts programs including exhibitions, classes, lessons, workshops, festivals, outreach programs, technical assistance to arts organizations and artists and regranting programs. HCA was designated in 1996 as an Established Regional Arts Institution by the Illinois Arts Council. The mission of Hinsdale Center for the Arts is to educate, encourage and facilitate participation in the arts. HCA believes that the arts are to be celebrated and shared, thereby enriching individual and community life.
HistoryMakers
Holy Trinity High School
Holy Trinity is a Catholic, co-educational high school serving low-income, at-risk youth from across Chicago, recognizing the unique spirit of all students and challenging them to realize their full potential. Our students are survivors of some of the most challenging communities in the city. About 80 percent live below the federal poverty line. About 95 percent qualify for academic scholarships and financial assistance. Since 2006, 100 percent of our graduates have been accepted into college.
home care
to identify and eliminate barriers for self-sufficiency of men and women addressing needs and concerns of housing and education, and employment.
Hooked on Drums
Hooked on Drums brings the upbeat, inspiring rhythms of West African djembe drumming to kids in urban Chicago. We offer classes and youth drum performances through parks, local schools and community organizations. We are deeply committed to teaching African music as a vehicle for fostering creativity, curiosity, discipline, self-confidence and well-being in youth—above all, inner-city, at-risk youth.
Hope for Vision
Hope for Vision (HFV), Greater Chicago Community -- Founded in 2005, HFV has raised millions of dollars for the development of treatments and cures for blinding diseases, with particular focus on retinal degeneration. HFV distributes over 95 percent of the funds it raises to innovative researchers at leading American medical institutions, who employ a broad range of approaches to cures and treatments -- from nanotechnology to gene therapy, to retinal transplantation.
Jay Popek
Public Awareness
horn of african peace advocacy
a voluntier peace, human rights,and developmental organization. in the horn of africa.
Hospice of Northeastern Illinois
A not-for-profit hospice providing dignified care and guidance to adults and children coping with loss and the end-of-life.
Hostelling International Chicago
HotHouse
Housing Action Illinois
Housing Action Illinois
Housing Action Illinois
Housing Action Illinois
Housing Action Illinois
Housing Action Illinois
Housing Opportunities for Women
Housing Opportunities for Women
Housing Opportunities for Women (HOW)
Provider of permanent supportive housing for homeless women and children on Chicago's North side
Humboldt Park Social Services
Hyde Park Art Center
Since its inception in 1939, the Hyde Park Art Center’s mission has been to stimulate and sustain the vitality of the visual arts in Chicago. To fulfill this mission, the Center actively pursues arts mentorship within the community it serves, fostering a collective spirit among artists, teachers and students, children and families, collectors, and the general public. It is the oldest alternative exhibition space in Chicago, presenting works by primarily Chicago-based artists, both emerging and established. At the same time, the Center offers educational programs in the visual arts for children and adults of diverse backgrounds, including an extensive outreach efforts in South Side communities.
Hyde Park Kenwood Community Conference
Hyde Park Kenwood Community Conference
Hyde Park Kenwood Community Conference
Hyde Park Kenwood Community Conference
Hyde Park School of Dance
The Hyde Park School of Dance (HPSD), founded in 1993, is a non-profit school providing top-notch training for students throughout Chicago’s south side. The School offers progressive training in classical ballet and modern, supplemented by jazz and hip hop, for students age 3 through adult. Committed to sharing dance with the community, HPSD offers a Scholarship Program for students with financial need, a year-round schedule of public performances, and an after-school program in public schools.
