Blowitz-Ridgeway Foundation
OVERVIEW: Blowitz-Ridgeway supports mental health grantmaking for psychiatric, psychological and residential care and psychology programs.
IP TAKE: Blowitz-Ridgeway is an accessible funder for Chicago-area organizations working in the areas of health, mental health and housing. Grants generally range from $10,000 to $15,000, and the foundation accepts applications at any time via its online portal.
PROFILE: In 1984, the Blowitz-Ridgeway Foundation was created with proceeds from the sale of the Chicago Ridgeway Hospital, a psychiatric facility that mainly served adolescents from low-income backgrounds. The foundation supports health, mental health and housing initiatives for low-income people in Chicago and the surrounding Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake McHenry and Will Counties.
Blowitz-Ridgeway’s recent mental health grants have gone to small and medium-sized organizations that support uninsured and under-insured people in the Chicago area. Grantees include Build, Inc., which works on Chicago’s South and West sides in the areas of addiction, family violence and trauma recovery, and the Center on Halstead, which provides members of Chicago’s LGBTQ communities with behavioral, group and crisis support therapies.
This funder makes about $1 million in grants a year. Grants generally range from $10,000 to $15,000, with a maximum grant size of $30,000. The foundation’s grantees tend to be small to medium-sized organizations that maintain a strong presence in the communities they serve. For additional information about past grantees, see the foundation’s current and past grant pages.
This funder accepts grant applications throughout the year via its online grant application portal. The review period for submitted applications is three to four months. Applicants will be asked to submit information about measurable outcomes, organizational budgets and finance and personnel. Inquiries may be directed to the foundation’s executive director, Serena Moy, or its grants manager, Laura Romero, via email.
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