The Funding Committee awards grants to approximately 70 non-profit agencies and educational institutions throughout Chicago and the United States. Each year applications are received and reviewed by the committee.
Reaching out to the community through partnerships and sharing our gifts is an important ministry of Fourth Church.
For more information about programs supported by the Fourth Church Mission Committee, contact Vicki Reynolds, Director of Mission, at 312.981.3384.
Agencies and Educational Institutions supported in 2009:
ADVOCACY
Cabrini Green Legal Aid Clinic (www.cgla.net)
CASA of Cook County (www.casacookcounty.org)
Chicago Fair Trade (www.chicagofairtrade.org)
Chicago Interfaith Committee on Worker Issues (ARISE) (www.arisechicago.org)
Eco-Justice Collaborative (www.ecojusticecollaborative.org)
Illinois Center for Violence Prevention (www.icvp.org)
Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence (www.ichv.org)
Protestants for the Common Good (www.thecommongood.org)
EDUCATION AND ARTS
Cluster Tutoring Program (www.clustertutoring.org)
Kemmerer Village (www.kemmerervillage.org)
Lake View Academy (www.lakeviewpresbyterian.org/lva)
Lawrence Hall Youth Services (www.lawrencehall.org)
Sunlight African Community Center (www.sunlightafricancommunitycenter.org)
Erie Elementary Charter School (www.eriecharterschool.org)
ECUMENICAL/INTERFAITH
1% Fund
Agape House (http://www.agape-uic.org/)
Auburn Theological Seminary (www.auburnsem.org)
Council for a Parliament of the World’s Religions (www.parliamentofreligions.org/)
Fund for Theological Education (www.thefund.org)
Greater Chicago Broadcast Ministries (www.gcbm.org)
Johnson C. Smith Theological Seminary (http://www.itc.edu/pages/smith.asp)
Louisville Seminary (Presbyterian Church USA) (www.lpts.edu)
McCormick Theological Seminary (www.mccormick.edu)
National Council of Churches of Christ (www.ncccusa.org)
Near North Ministry Alliance (www.saintmatthewchicago.org/near-north-ministry-alliance)
Presbyterian Camps at Saugatuck (www.prescamps.org)
Presbyterian Historical Society, Montreat (http://www.history.pcusa.org/)
SCUPE (www.scupe.com)
Union Theological Seminary of New York (www.utsnyc.edu)
HEALTH
Better Existence with HIV (BEHIV) (www.behiv.org)
Bonaventure House (www.bonaventurehouse.org)
Erie Family Health Center (www.eriefamilyhealth.org)
Presbyterian Homes (www.presbyterianhomes.org)
SOCIAL SERVICES
American Indian Center (www.aic-chicago.org)
Bethel New Life (www.bethelnewlife.org)
Career Transitions Center of Chicago (http://www.ctcchicago.org/)
Casa Central (www.casacentral.org)
ChildServ (www.childserv.org)
Erie Neighborhood House (eriehouse.org)
On Your Feet Foundation (www.oyff.org)
Sarah's Circle (www.sarahs-circle.org)
Teen Living Programs (www.teenliving.org)
GLOBAL
Faith in Practice (www.faithinpractice.org)
Global Alliance for Africa (www.globalallianceafrica.org)
Opportunity International (www.opportunity.org)
HUNGER & HOMELESSNESS
Angelic Organics Learning Ctr. (CSA Learning Ctr.) (www.angelicorganics.com)
Breakthrough Urban Ministries (www.breakthrough.org)
Cara Program (The) (www.thecaraprogram.org)
Central City Housing Ventures (www.cchvchicago.org)
Church World Service (Crop Walk) – Sponsorship (www.churchworldservice.org)
Deborah’s Place (www.deborahsplace.org)
Emergency Fund (www.emergencyfund.org)
Good News Partners (www.goodnewspartners.org)
Heartland Alliance (www.heartlandalliance.org)
Hope Alive! (Holy Family Ministries) (www.holyfamilyministries.org)
Inspiration Corporation (www.inspirationcorp.org)
Interfaith Council for the Homeless (www.ichchicago.org)
Interfaith House (interfaithhouse.org)
InterFaith Refugee & Immigration Ministry (www.irim.org)
La Casa Norte (www.lacasanorte.org)
Lawyer's Committee for Better Housing (lcbh.org)
Lincoln Park Community Shelter (www.lpcsonline.org)
Night Ministry (www.thenightministry.org)
Northside Housing & Supportive Services (formerly Lakeview Shelter) (www.lakeviewshelter.org)
Thresholds (www.thresholds.org)
Women's Treatment Center (www.womenstreatmentcenter.org)