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Evanston
Rogers Park
West Ridge
Edgewater
Uptown

CELTS Community Partners Near the Lakeshore Campus

Welcome to CELTS' directory of our Community Partners near LUC's Lakeshore Campus! These maps include Community Partners in Evanston, IL, and LUC's anchor neighborhoods in Chicago's far northside: Rogers Park, West Ridge, Edgewater, & Uptown.

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Rogers Park, West Ridge, Edgewater, & Uptown

Rogers Park
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Rogers Park
Uptown
  • A Just Harvest
  • Chicago Fair Trade Museum
  • Aperion Care
  • CircEsteem
  • Care For Real
  • Council of International Programs Chicago
  • Greenlight Family Services
  • Family Matters
  • Hamdard Health Rogers Park
  • Heartland Human Care Services
  • Nourishing Hope
  • Howard & Evanston Community Center
Edgewater
  • ONE Northside
  • LivingWorks
  • Sarah's Circle
  • Madonna Mission
  • South-East Asia Center
  • Rogers Park Business Alliance
  • St. Thomas of Canterbury Soup Kitchen
  • St. Ignatius Food Pantry
  • Upwardly Global
West Ridge
West Ridge
Edgewater
  • Care for Real
  • FORA
  • Centro Romero
  • Indo-American Center
Uptown
  • Chicago Women's AIDS Project
  • Misericordia
  • Edgewater Environmental Coaliton
  • Muslim Women Resource Center
  • Family Empowerment Centers
  • The Well of Mercy
  • GirlForward
  • Tree House Humane Society
  • Inspired Youth Chicago
  • Syrian Community Network

Evanston

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Evanston
  • Connections for the Homeless
  • Evanston Township High School
  • McGaw YMCA
  • Paws & Claws Cat Rescue
  • Rainbows for All Children
  • Youth & Opportunity United (Y.O.U.)
  • YWCA Evanston
Family Empowerment Centers

The Family Empowerment Centers is a Christian organization based in Rogers Park. Offers an after school program, ESL education, camps, and other community services.

Click here to view organization website.

  • 1533 W. Devon Ave. Chicago, IL 60660
    • 0.7 miles from campus
    • Near the Devon Ave. & Greenview Ave. 151 and 155 CTA bus stops
Upwardly Global

Upwardly Global dismantles employment barriers for work-authorized immigrants, refugees, and asylees with professional experience and international degrees by helping them secure thriving-wage jobs and promoting their inclusion in the U.S. workforce.

Click here to view organization website.

  • 4753 N Broadway Floor 2, Chicago, Illinois 60640
    • 2 miles from campus
    • Near the Wilson Red Line L station
Chicago Fair Trade Museum

Chicago Fair Trade is the largest grassroots fair trade coalition in the United States. They increase support for economic and environmental justice through consumer education, advocacy, and promotion of local fair trade businesses.

Click here to view organization website.

  • 4704 N Broadway, Chicago, IL 60640
    • 2.4 miles from campus
    • Near the Wilson Red Line L station
Care For Real

Care for Real provides food, clothing, referrals, and additional services with compassion to improve the health and well-being of low-income residents to foster a stronger, healthier, equitable, and more stable community. Locations in Rogers Park and Edgewater.

Click here to view organization website.

  • 1545 W Morse Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
    • 1.1 miles from campus
    • Near the Morse Red Line L station
Hamdard Health Rogers Park

The Rogers Park location of the Hamdard Health Alliance provides senior services, counseling, advocacy, and community healthcare services.

Click here to view organization website.

  • 1542 W. Devon Avenue, Chicago, IL 60626
    • 1 mile from campus
    • Near the Devon Ave. & Clark St. 155 CTA bus stop
Inspired Youth Chicago

Inspired Youth enriches the academic lives and creative talents of students through weekly tutoring during the school year, a summer music program, and year-round choir. Their goal is to support and mentor students in developing the confidence and skills needed to succeed in school and life.

Click here to view organization website.

  • 5715 N Ridge Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
    • 1 mile from campus
    • Near the Bryn Mawr Red Line L station and the Broadway & Hollywood Ave. 36 CTA bus stop
Syrian Community Network

Syrian Community Network is a refugee and immigrant support organization that builds community and serves families by addressing their evolving needs.

Click here to view organization website.

  • 5439 Broadway Avenue, Chicago, IL 60640
    • 1.8 miles from campus
    • Near the Bryn Mawr Red Line L station
YWCA Evanston

YWCA Evanston/North Shore is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all. They offer direct services and empowerment programming. They also host a full aquatics program.

Click here to view organization website.

  • 1215 Church St, Evanston, IL 60201
    • 4.3 miles from campus
    • Near the Davis Purple Line L station
Muslim Women Resource Center

The Muslim Women Resource Center assists immigrant and refugee Muslim women overcome cultural and language barriers, and prepare them with appropriate occupational skills to become self sufficient and ready to enter the job market.

Click here to view organization website.

  • 2828 W Devon Ave, Chicago, IL 60659
    • 2.3 miles from campus
    • Near the Devon Ave. & N. California Ave. 155 CTA bus stop
A Just Harvest

A Just Harvest combats hunger and poverty through three approaches: (1) direct service, including feeding hungry people, (2) advocacy, outreach, and community organizing through Northside POWER, and (3) community and economic development.

Click here to view organization website.

  • 7649 N Paulina St., Chicago, IL 60626
    • 2 miles from campus
    • Near the Howard Red Line L stop
South-East Asia Center

The South-East Asia Center is a Not-for-profit agency providing educational and social services to individuals and families in Chicago while building bridges of cooperation and understanding.

Click here to view organization website.

  • 5120 N Broadway, Chicago, IL 60640
    • 1.9 miles from campus
    • Near the Argyle Red Line L station
Centro Romero

A community-based organization that serves the refugee immigrant population on the northeast side of Chicago with programs including youth learning and leadership, family services, adult education, and legal services.

Click here to view organization website.

  • 6216 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60660
    • 1 mile from campus
    • Near Devon Ave. & Clark St. 155 CTA bus stop
Nourishing Hope

Nourishing Hope is one of the largest and oldest food pantries in Chicago. They provide monthly and weekly food distribution services, home delivery, and case management, mental health counseling, public benefit assistance, and social service referrals.

Click here to view organization website.

  • 3945 N. Sheridan Rd., Chicago IL, 60613
    • 3.4 miles from campus
    • Near the Sheridan Red Line L station
Heartland Human Care Services

Heartland Human Care Services is dedicated to partnering with individuals facing poverty, displacement, and injustice, to support them in achieving ongoing safety, stability, and long-term success.

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  • 4822 N. Broadway, 2nd Floor, Chicago, IL 60640
    • 1.8 miles from campus
    • Near the Wilson Red Line L station and the Broadway & Ainslie St. 36 CTA bus stop
St. Ignatius Food Pantry

St. Ignatius Food Pantry, run by the Ignatian Mission Center, is located in a vibrant multicultural parish in the heart of the Rogers Park neighborhood with an active food pantry and community outreach program.

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  • 7200 N. Sheridan Rd. Chicago, IL 60626
    • 1.3 miles from campus
    • Near the Morse Red Line L station and the Lunt Ave. & Clark St. 96 CTA bus stop
Council of International Programs Chicago

The Council of International Programs Chicago is a non-profit international educational exchange program, committed to promoting international understanding through professional development and cross-cultural exchange.

Click here to view organization website.

  • 4254 N Hazel St, Chicago, IL 60613
    • 3.1 miles from campus
    • Near the Wilson Red Line L station and the Broadway & Buena Ave. 36 CTA bus stop
The Well of Mercy

The Well of Mercy empowers single mothers to build a brighter future and break generational cycles of poverty for their families through a residential program, classes, and other supports.

Click here to view organization website.

  • 6339 N Fairfield Ave, Chicago, IL 60659
    • 2.2 miles from campus
    • Near the Devon Ave. & N. California Ave. 155 CTA bus stop
St. Thomas of Canterbury Soup Kitchen

Housed in the St. Thomas of Canterbury Church, the soup kitchen operates on Tuesdays and Fridays while the food pantry operates on Mondays and Thursdays. This program is operated in partnership with the Greater Chicago Food Depository.

Click here to view organization website.

  • 4827 N Kenmore Ave, Chicago, IL 60640
    • 2.2 miles from campus
    • Near the Wilson Red Line L station and the Broadway & Lawrence Ave. 36 CTA bus stop
Evanston Township High School

Founded in 1883, Evanston Township High School (ETHS) is a Title I public high school serving the city of Evanston and some of Skokie, IL.

Click here to view organization website.

  • 1600 Dodge Ave, Evanston, IL 60201
    • 4.9 miles from campus
    • Near the Dodge Ave. & Davis St. 93 bus stop
Centro Romero

A community-based organization that serves the refugee immigrant population on the northeast side of Chicago with programs including youth learning and leadership, family services, adult education, and legal services.

Click here to view organization website.

  • 6216 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60660
    • 1 mile from campus
    • Near Devon Ave. & Clark St. 155 CTA bus stop
Edgewater Environmental Coaltion

This organization is a coalition of community members and environmental stewards, rooted in Edgewater, empowering people to build and maintain a more sustainable future through action, organizing, education, and advocacy.

Click here to view organization website.

  • 6018 N Kenmore Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
    • 1 mile from campus
    • Near the Thorndale Red Line L station
Care For Real

Care for Real provides food, clothing, referrals, and additional services with compassion to improve the health and well-being of low-income residents to foster a stronger, healthier, equitable, and more stable community. Locations in Rogers Park and Edgewater.

Click here to view organization website.

  • 1545 W Morse Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
    • 1.1 miles from campus
    • Near the Morse Red Line L station
Chicago Fair Trade Museum

Chicago Fair Trade is the largest grassroots fair trade coalition in the United States. They increase support for economic and environmental justice through consumer education, advocacy, and promotion of local fair trade businesses.

Click here to view organization website.

  • 4704 N Broadway, Chicago, IL 60640
    • 2.4 miles from campus
    • Near the Wilson Red Line L station
FORA

FORA supports the Rohinga refugee community through teaching, tutoring, and the Family-School Partnership program to help refugee families navigate the U.S. education system.

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  • 6435 N California Ave, Chicago, IL 60645
    • 2.1 miles from campus
    • Near the Devon Ave. & N. California Ave. 155 CTA bus stop
FORA

FORA supports the Rohinga refugee community through teaching, tutoring, and the Family-School Partnership program to help refugee families navigate the U.S. education system.

Click here to view organization website.

  • 6435 N California Ave, Chicago, IL 60645
    • 2.1 miles from campus
    • Near the Devon Ave. & N. California Ave. 155 CTA bus stop
Evanston Township High School

Founded in 1883, Evanston Township High School (ETHS) is a Title I public high school serving the city of Evanston and some of Skokie, IL.

Click here to view organization website.

  • 1600 Dodge Ave, Evanston, IL 60201
    • 4.9 miles from campus
    • Near the Dodge Ave. & Davis St. 93 bus stop
Howard & Evanston Community Center

Howard and Evanston Community Center provides empowers individuals, enabling their independence and offering a better chance for a brighter tomorrow.

Click here to view organization website.

  • 7648 N Paulina St., Chicago, IL 60626
    • 2 miles from campus
    • Near the Howard Red Line L stop
A Just Harvest

A Just Harvest combats hunger and poverty through three approaches: (1) direct service, including feeding hungry people, (2) advocacy, outreach, and community organizing through Northside POWER, and (3) community and economic development.

Click here to view organization website.

  • 7649 N Paulina St., Chicago, IL 60626
    • 2 miles from campus
    • Near the Howard Red Line L stop
CircEsteem

CircEsteem works to unite youth from diverse racial, cultural, and economic backgrounds and help them build self-esteem and mutual respect through the practice of circus arts. They offer after-school activities, summer camps, and other programming.

Click here to view organization website.

  • 4750 N Sheridan Rd # 200, Chicago, IL 60640
    • 2.4 miles from campus
    • Near the Wilson Red Line L station
Family Empowerment Centers

The Family Empowerment Centers is a Christian organization based in Rogers Park. Offers an after school program, ESL education, camps, and other community services.

Click here to view organization website.

  • 1533 W. Devon Ave. Chicago, IL 60660
    • 0.7 miles from campus
    • Near the Devon Ave. & Greenview Ave. 151 and 155 CTA bus stops
YWCA Evanston

YWCA Evanston/North Shore is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all. They offer direct services and empowerment programming. They also host a full aquatics program.

Click here to view organization website.

  • 1215 Church St, Evanston, IL 60201
    • 4.3 miles from campus
    • Near the Davis Purple Line L station
Rogers Park Business Alliance

Rogers Park Business Alliance works in the areas of business, community, and economic development to cultivate and sustain a thriving economic environment in Rogers Park.

Click here to view organization website.

  • 1448 W. Morse Ave. Chicago, IL 60626
    • 1 mile from campus
    • Near the Morse Red Line L station
Chicago Women's AIDS Project

Chicago Women’s AIDS Project works to empower cisgender and transgender women to take control of their own health and live as fully and productively as possible. For women living with or at risk for HIV, they provide prevention and treatment education, advocacy, therapy, and support.

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  • 6363 N. Broadway Street, Chicago, IL 60660
    • 0.3 miles from campus
    • Near the Sheridan & Broadway/Devon 147 CTA bus stop
Upwardly Global

Upwardly Global dismantles employment barriers for work-authorized immigrants, refugees, and asylees with professional experience and international degrees by helping them secure thriving-wage jobs and promoting their inclusion in the U.S. workforce.

Click here to view organization website.

  • 4753 N Broadway Floor 2, Chicago, Illinois 60640
    • 2 miles from campus
    • Near the Wilson Red Line L station
Tree House Humane Society

Tree House's mission is to empower their communities of caregivers and ensure that every cat thrives. They strive to provide model cat care through the model of Socially Conscious Sheltering.

Click here to view organization website.

  • 7225 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60645
    • 2.3 miles from campus
    • Near the Touhy Ave. & Western Ave. 290 CTA bus stop
GirlForward

GirlForward provides opportunities for girls who have been displaced by conflict and persecution. They provide three programs: mentoring (adult women paired for one school year), education (tutoring and summer camps), and safe spaces (identity development, curriculum, and workshops).

Click here to view organization website.

  • 6263 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60660
    • 0.9 miles from campus
    • Near Devon Ave. & Clark St. 155 CTA bus stop
Indo-American Center

Indo-American Center promotes the well-being of South Asian immigrants through services that facilitate their adjustment. They provide the following programs: adult literacy, civic engagement, immigrant and citizenship services, public benefits program, senior services, and workforce development.

Click here to view organization website.

  • 6328 N. California Avenue, Chicago, IL 60659
    • 2. 3 miles from campus
    • Near the Devon Ave. & N. California Ave. 155 CTA bus stop
Nourishing Hope

Nourishing Hope is one of the largest and oldest food pantries in Chicago. They provide monthly and weekly food distribution services, home delivery, and case management, mental health counseling, public benefit assistance, and social service referrals.

Click here to view organization website.

  • 3945 N. Sheridan Rd., Chicago IL, 60613
    • 3.4 miles from campus
    • Near the Sheridan Red Line L station
Council of International Programs Chicago

The Council of International Programs Chicago is a non-profit international educational exchange program, committed to promoting international understanding through professional development and cross-cultural exchange.

Click here to view organization website.

  • 4254 N Hazel St, Chicago, IL 60613
    • 3.1 miles from campus
    • Near the Wilson Red Line L station and the Broadway & Buena Ave. 36 CTA bus stop
Edgewater Environmental Coaltion

This organization is a coalition of community members and environmental stewards, rooted in Edgewater, empowering people to build and maintain a more sustainable future through action, organizing, education, and advocacy.

Click here to view organization website.

  • 6018 N Kenmore Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
    • 1 mile from campus
    • Near the Thorndale Red Line L station
Rogers Park Business Alliance

Rogers Park Business Alliance works in the areas of business, community, and economic development to cultivate and sustain a thriving economic environment in Rogers Park.

Click here to view organization website.

  • 1448 W. Morse Ave. Chicago, IL 60626
    • 1 mile from campus
    • Near the Morse Red Line L station
McGaw YMCA

Founded in 1885, The Evanston YMCA’s Grove Street Branch was renamed the McGaw YMCA in 1984. This branch offers sports and community programs as well as a supportive housing community for men.

Click here to view organization website.

  • 1000 Grove St, Evanston, IL 60201
    • 4.0 miles from campus
    • Near the Davis Purple Line L station
CircEsteem

CircEsteem works to unite youth from diverse racial, cultural, and economic backgrounds and help them build self-esteem and mutual respect through the practice of circus arts. They offer after-school activities, summer camps, and other programming.

Click here to view organization website.

  • 4750 N Sheridan Rd # 200, Chicago, IL 60640
    • 2.4 miles from campus
    • Near the Wilson Red Line L station
The Well of Mercy

The Well of Mercy empowers single mothers to build a brighter future and break generational cycles of poverty for their families through a residential program, classes, and other supports.

Click here to view organization website.

  • 6339 N Fairfield Ave, Chicago, IL 60659
    • 2.2 miles from campus
    • Near the Devon Ave. & N. California Ave. 155 CTA bus stop
St. Thomas of Canterbury Soup Kitchen

Housed in the St. Thomas of Canterbury Church, the soup kitchen operates on Tuesdays and Fridays while the food pantry operates on Mondays and Thursdays. This program is operated in partnership with the Greater Chicago Food Depository.

Click here to view organization website.

  • 4827 N Kenmore Ave, Chicago, IL 60640
    • 2.2 miles from campus
    • Near the Wilson Red Line L station and the Broadway & Lawrence Ave. 36 CTA bus stop

LUC Lakeshore Campus

Aperion Care

Aperion Care Lakeshore provides personalized post-hospital care and rehabilitation with 24-hour skilled nursing care. They offer physical, occupational, and speech therapy as well as memory care programming.

Click here to view organization website.

  • 7200 N. Sheridan Rd. Chicago, IL 60626
    • 1 mile from campus
    • Near the Jarvis Red Line L station and the Sheridan Rd. & Touhy Ave. 147 CTA bus stop
South-East Asia Center

The South-East Asia Center is a Not-for-profit agency providing educational and social services to individuals and families in Chicago while building bridges of cooperation and understanding.

Click here to view organization website.

  • 5120 N Broadway, Chicago, IL 60640
    • 1.9 miles from campus
    • Near the Argyle Red Line L station
Living Works

LivingWorks seeks to foster holistic development in local Rogers Park elementary school students by addressing the needs of the whole child through academic tutoring and extracurricular activities. Housed in Living Water Community Church.

Click here to view organization website.

  • 6808 N. Ashland Avenue, Chicago, IL 60626
    • 1 mile from campus
    • Near the Morse Red Line L station
Madonna Mission

Madonna Mission is a not-for-profit organization providing education and resettlement support programs for refugee individuals and their families with a strong focus on women and elementary aged children.

Educating Refugees

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  • 1706 W. Morse Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
    • 1.3 miles from campus
    • Near the Morse Red Line L station
Youth & Opportunity United (Y.O.U.)

Y.O.U. is a youth development organization that promotes the agency, success, and well-being of young people and their families through identity-affirming relationships, expanded learning opportunities, and resources to meet emerging needs.

Click here to view organization website.

  • 1911 Church St, Evanston, IL 60201
    • 5.1 miles from campus
    • Near the Dodge Ave. & Church St. Pace bus stop.
Care For Real

Care for Real provides food, clothing, referrals, and additional services with compassion to improve the health and well-being of low-income residents to foster a stronger, healthier, equitable, and more stable community.Locations in Rogers Park and Edgewater.

Click here to view organization website.

  • 5840 N Broadway, Chicago, IL 60660
    • 1 mile from campus
    • Near the Thorndale Red Line L station
Greenlight Family Services

Greenlight Family Services has served families in need throughout the state of Illinois. Greenlight’s mission is to achieve the best outcomes for families, young adults and children by providing the highest quality services.

Click here to view organization website.

  • 4809 N Ravenswood Ave #322, Chicago, IL 60640
    • 3.0 miles from campus
    • Near the Lawrence Ave. & Ravenswood Ave. 81 CTA bus stop
Howard & Evanston Community Center

Howard and Evanston Community Center provides empowers individuals, enabling their independence and offering a better chance for a brighter tomorrow.

Click here to view organization website.

  • 7648 N Paulina St., Chicago, IL 60626
    • 2 miles from campus
    • Near the Howard Red Line L stop
ONE Northside

ONE Northside is a mixed-income, multi-ethnic, intergenerational organization that unites diverse communities in Rogers Park, Edgewater, Uptown, Ravenswood, North Center, Lake View, and Lincoln Park, to build collective power to eliminate injustice through bold and innovative community organizing.

Click here to view organization website.

  • 4750 N Sheridan Rd # 200, Chicago, IL 60640
    • 2.4 miles from campus
    • Near the Wilson Red Line L station
Family Matters

Family Matters offers holistic youth engagement in the following areas: health and wellness, social and emotional skills, academic achievement, post-secondary readiness, leadership and social justice impact, and business and career mentoring.

Click here to view organization website.

  • 7731 N Marshfield Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
    • 2 miles from campus
    • Near the Howard Red Line L stop
GirlForward

GirlForward provides opportunities for girls who have been displaced by conflict and persecution. They provide three programs: mentoring (adult women paired for one school year), education (tutoring and summer camps), and safe spaces (identity development, curriculum, and workshops).

Click here to view organization website.

  • 6263 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60660
    • 0.9 miles from campus
    • Near Devon Ave. & Clark St. 155 CTA bus stop
Rainbows for All Children

Rainbows for All Children's aims to create a community that connects youth with the support they need to navigate grief and heal from various types of loss. They offer peer support groups as well as resources for caregivers.

Click here to view organization website.

  • 614 Dempster St # C, Evanston, IL 60202
    • 3.8 miles from campus
    • Near the Dempster Purple Line L stop
Tree House Humane Society

Tree House's mission is to empower their communities of caregivers and ensure that every cat thrives. They strive to provide model cat care through the model of Socially Conscious Sheltering.

Click here to view organization website.

  • 7225 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60645
    • 2.3 miles from campus
    • Near the Touhy Ave. & Western Ave. 290 CTA bus stop
Sarah's Circle

Sarah's Circle's mission is to serve women who are homeless or in need of a safe space. The non-profit offers case management and supportive counseling, a Daytime Support Center, interim housing, and permanent supportive housing for women with disabling conditions.

Click here to view organization website.

  • 4838 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60640
    • 2.3 miles from campus
    • Near the Argyle Red Line L station
Muslim Women Resource Center

The Muslim Women Resource Center assists immigrant and refugee Muslim women overcome cultural and language barriers, and prepare them with appropriate occupational skills to become self sufficient and ready to enter the job market.

Click here to view organization website.

  • 2828 W Devon Ave, Chicago, IL 60659
    • 2.3 miles from campus
    • Near the Devon Ave. & N. California Ave. 155 CTA bus stop
Hamdard Health Rogers Park

The Rogers Park location of the Hamdard Health Alliance provides senior services, counseling, advocacy, and community healthcare services.

Click here to view organization website.

  • 1542 W. Devon Avenue, Chicago, IL 60626
    • 1 mile from campus
    • Near the Devon Ave. & Clark St. 155 CTA bus stop
Rainbows for All Children

Rainbows for All Children's aims to create a community that connects youth with the support they need to navigate grief and heal from various types of loss. They offer peer support groups as well as resources for caregivers.

Click here to view organization website.

  • 614 Dempster St # C, Evanston, IL 60202
    • 3.8 miles from campus
    • Near the Dempster Purple Line L stop
Connections for the Homeless

Connections for the Homeless works to provide support to people who are experiencing homelessness or struggling to keep their housing. Programs include housing and drop-in services as well advocavy efforts.

Click here to view organization website.

  • 2121 Dewey Avenue Evanston, IL 60201
    • 5.4 miles from campus
    • Near the Green Bay Rd. & Noyes St./Ashland Rd. Pace bus stop
Syrian Community Network

Syrian Community Network is a refugee and immigrant support organization that builds community and serves families by addressing their evolving needs.

Click here to view organization website.

  • 5439 Broadway Avenue, Chicago, IL 60640
    • 1.8 miles from campus
    • Near the Bryn Mawr Red Line L station
Misericordia

Misericordia offers a community of care that maximizes potential for persons with mild to profound developmental disabilities, many of whom are also physically challenged. They have a residential facility and volunteers can assist with enrichment and education programs for residents, health care, and needs.

Click here to view organization website.

  • 6300 N Ridge Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
    • 1.2 miles from campus
    • Near the Devon Ave. & Ridge Ave. 155 CTA bus stop
Family Matters

Family Matters offers holistic youth engagement in the following areas: health and wellness, social and emotional skills, academic achievement, post-secondary readiness, leadership and social justice impact, and business and career mentoring.

Click here to view organization website.

  • 7731 N Marshfield Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
    • 2 miles from campus
    • Near the Howard Red Line L stop
Sarah's Circle

Sarah's Circle's mission is to serve women who are homeless or in need of a safe space. The non-profit offers case management and supportive counseling, a Daytime Support Center, interim housing, and permanent supportive housing for women with disabling conditions.

Click here to view organization website.

  • 4838 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60640
    • 2.3 miles from campus
    • Near the Argyle Red Line L station
Paws and Claws Cat Rescue

Paws and Claws focuses on cats who are at risk of euthanasia in local municipal shelters. Their goal is to provide every animal in our care with behavioral, emotional and medical care and to eventually match them with a family.

Click here to view organization website.

  • 829 Chicago Ave, Evanston, IL 60202
    • 4.1 miles from campus
    • Near the Davis Purple Line L station
Connections for the Homeless

Connections for the Homeless works to provide support to people who are experiencing homelessness or struggling to keep their housing. Programs include housing and drop-in services as well advocavy efforts.

Click here to view organization website.

  • 2121 Dewey Avenue Evanston, IL 60201
    • 5.4 miles from campus
    • Near the Green Bay Rd. & Noyes St./Ashland Rd. Pace bus stop
Inspired Youth Chicago

Inspired Youth enriches the academic lives and creative talents of students through weekly tutoring during the school year, a summer music program, and year-round choir. Their goal is to support and mentor students in developing the confidence and skills needed to succeed in school and life.

Click here to view organization website.

  • 5715 N Ridge Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
    • 1 mile from campus
    • Near the Bryn Mawr Red Line L station and the Broadway & Hollywood Ave. 36 CTA bus stop
Care For Real

Care for Real provides food, clothing, referrals, and additional services with compassion to improve the health and well-being of low-income residents to foster a stronger, healthier, equitable, and more stable community.Locations in Rogers Park and Edgewater.

Click here to view organization website.

  • 5840 N Broadway, Chicago, IL 60660
    • 1 mile from campus
    • Near the Thorndale Red Line L station
Paws and Claws Cat Rescue

Paws and Claws focuses on cats who are at risk of euthanasia in local municipal shelters. Their goal is to provide every animal in our care with behavioral, emotional and medical care and to eventually match them with a family.

Click here to view organization website.

  • 829 Chicago Ave, Evanston, IL 60202
    • 4.1 miles from campus
    • Near the Davis Purple Line L station
Living Works

LivingWorks seeks to foster holistic development in local Rogers Park elementary school students by addressing the needs of the whole child through academic tutoring and extracurricular activities. Housed in Living Water Community Church.

Click here to view organization website.

  • 6808 N. Ashland Avenue, Chicago, IL 60626
    • 1 mile from campus
    • Near the Morse Red Line L station
ONE Northside

ONE Northside is a mixed-income, multi-ethnic, intergenerational organization that unites diverse communities in Rogers Park, Edgewater, Uptown, Ravenswood, North Center, Lake View, and Lincoln Park, to build collective power to eliminate injustice through bold and innovative community organizing.

Click here to view organization website.

  • 4750 N Sheridan Rd # 200, Chicago, IL 60640
    • 2.4 miles from campus
    • Near the Wilson Red Line L station
Indo-American Center

Indo-American Center promotes the well-being of South Asian immigrants through services that facilitate their adjustment. They provide the following programs: adult literacy, civic engagement, immigrant and citizenship services, public benefits program, senior services, and workforce development.

Click here to view organization website.

  • 6328 N. California Avenue, Chicago, IL 60659
    • 2. 3 miles from campus
    • Near the Devon Ave. & N. California Ave. 155 CTA bus stop
Aperion Care

Aperion Care Lakeshore provides personalized post-hospital care and rehabilitation with 24-hour skilled nursing care. They offer physical, occupational, and speech therapy as well as memory care programming.

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  • 7200 N. Sheridan Rd. Chicago, IL 60626
    • 1 mile from campus
    • Near the Jarvis Red Line L station and the Sheridan Rd. & Touhy Ave. 147 CTA bus stop
Madonna Mission

Madonna Mission is a not-for-profit organization providing education and resettlement support programs for refugee individuals and their families with a strong focus on women and elementary aged children.

Educating Refugees

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  • 1706 W. Morse Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
    • 1.3 miles from campus
    • Near the Morse Red Line L station
Chicago Women's AIDS Project

Chicago Women’s AIDS Project works to empower cisgender and transgender women to take control of their own health and live as fully and productively as possible. For women living with or at risk for HIV, they provide prevention and treatment education, advocacy, therapy, and support.

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  • 6363 N. Broadway Street, Chicago, IL 60660
    • 0.3 miles from campus
    • Near the Sheridan & Broadway/Devon 147 CTA bus stop
Greenlight Family Services

Greenlight Family Services has served families in need throughout the state of Illinois. Greenlight’s mission is to achieve the best outcomes for families, young adults and children by providing the highest quality services.

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  • 4809 N Ravenswood Ave #322, Chicago, IL 60640
    • 3.0 miles from campus
    • Near the Lawrence Ave. & Ravenswood Ave. 81 CTA bus stop
St. Ignatius Food Pantry

St. Ignatius Food Pantry, run by the Ignatian Mission Center, is located in a vibrant multicultural parish in the heart of the Rogers Park neighborhood with an active food pantry and community outreach program.

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  • 7200 N. Sheridan Rd. Chicago, IL 60626
    • 1.3 miles from campus
    • Near the Morse Red Line L station and the Lunt Ave. & Clark St. 96 CTA bus stop
Misericordia

Misericordia offers a community of care that maximizes potential for persons with mild to profound developmental disabilities, many of whom are also physically challenged. They have a residential facility and volunteers can assist with enrichment and education programs for residents, health care, and needs.

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  • 6300 N Ridge Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
    • 1.2 miles from campus
    • Near the Devon Ave. & Ridge Ave. 155 CTA bus stop
Youth & Opportunity United (Y.O.U.)

Y.O.U. is a youth development organization that promotes the agency, success, and well-being of young people and their families through identity-affirming relationships, expanded learning opportunities, and resources to meet emerging needs.

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  • 1911 Church St, Evanston, IL 60201
    • 5.1 miles from campus
    • Near the Dodge Ave. & Church St. Pace bus stop.
Heartland Human Care Services

Heartland Human Care Services is dedicated to partnering with individuals facing poverty, displacement, and injustice, to support them in achieving ongoing safety, stability, and long-term success.

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  • 4822 N. Broadway, 2nd Floor, Chicago, IL 60640
    • 1.8 miles from campus
    • Near the Wilson Red Line L station and the Broadway & Ainslie St. 36 CTA bus stop
McGaw YMCA

Founded in 1885, The Evanston YMCA’s Grove Street Branch was renamed the McGaw YMCA in 1984. This branch offers sports and community programs as well as a supportive housing community for men.

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  • 1000 Grove St, Evanston, IL 60201
    • 4.0 miles from campus
    • Near the Davis Purple Line L station