Healthy Communities Foundation (HCF)

Our mission is to measurably improve the health and well-being of individuals, families, and communities in our service area by promoting health equity, quality and access.

As a community-led and engaged foundation that serves a 27 zip-code region in Chicago and the western Cook County suburbs, we seek to:

Center community context in our grantmaking and strengthen our local health ecosystem by working with and learning from health equity leaders and their organizations
Meet immediate and emergent community health and wellness needs for residents, especially those underserved and underinsured
Catalyze long-term systems change to address root causes of health inequities and health barriers
The communities within our service region, each with their own unique ecosystems, hold the solutions to the issues they face. We believe in trust-based philanthropy and value the partnerships with organizations and leaders as they are the base to improving health outcomes in our region.