Being deeply connected to the community means more than providing access to excellent healthcare. It means understanding, and investing in, the health needs of our community.
Through our Community Investment Fund (CIF), Endeavor Health has awarded more than $38.5 million to 59 local partnerships dedicated to enhancing community health and wellbeing, advancing health equity and supporting local economic growth. Together, we’re committed to helping everyone in our communities be their best.
Information on 2027 awards now available
Soon, we will welcome applications for the 2027 CIF awards, including:
- One new CIF impact award
- ~8-12 new CIF capacity builder awards
View a brief introduction to the CIF, including our aspiration, goals, areas of focus and award types.
More information about the impact award and capacity builder awards, including guidance, timelines, applications and frequently asked questions, is available below.
- Designed for 5-year initiatives where organizations come together to drive measurable impact and longer-term change in the communities we serve by improving existing systems and innovation
- Emphasize strategic cross-sector and/or intra-sector partnerships between community-based organizations
- Uplift community members of greatest need
- Directly align with CIF areas of focus and meaningfully contribute to CIF goals
- Award amount: $1 million per year, up to 5 years
Applications open from April 27 – May 29, 2026 for funding beginning in 2027.
- Designed for distinct 1-2-year projects that build capacity, and grow skills, resources, and infrastructure of community-based organizations.
- Uplift organizations working in the CIF areas of focus
- Successful capacity builder projects will lead to community impact that contributes to CIF goals
- Award amounts: $100,000 to $500,000 per year, up to 2 years
Applications open from July 27 – Aug. 21, 2026 for funding beginning in 2027.
The Conservation Foundation and Endeavor Health partner to support food pantries with fresh produce
Endeavor Health has partnered with The Conservation Foundation through Endeavor Health’s Community Investment Fund (CIF). In this partnership, Endeavor Heath supports the Green Earth Harvest Program Farm to Pantry initiative. The CIF grant has helped The Conservation Foundation expand access to fresh, healthy organic produce for food pantries through the purchase of new farm equipment to bolster team efficiency and effectiveness, increasing crop yields.
Outreach and Endeavor Health partner to expand access to behavioral health services
Endeavor Health has partnered with Outreach through Endeavor Health’s Community Investment Fund (CIF). Through the partnership, Outreach established the Outreach York Counseling Center, expanding access to affordable behavioral health services in eastern DuPage County. The counseling center works closely with Outreach York Community Center, which offers after school programs to help kids with academic support and adult services, including assistance to families in crisis. Together, the Outreach York Counseling Center and Community Center address behavioral health as a priority health need in the community.
DuPage Health Coalition and Endeavor Health partner on medical debt relief for families
Endeavor Health has partnered with DuPage Health Coalition through Endeavor Health’s Community Investment Fund (CIF). In this partnership, DuPage Health Coalition has expanded their medical debt relief team, providing financial literacy education, helping navigate hospital financial assistance programs, and connecting uninsured and underinsured residents with medical debt relief programs.
Romeoville Fire Academy and Endeavor Health partner to launch firefighter and EMT careers
Endeavor Health has partnered with the Romeoville Fire Academy through Endeavor Health’s Community Investment Fund (CIF). The Romeoville Fire Academy provides firefighter and emergency medical technician (EMT) training for about 2,000 students each year. The academy’s partnership with Endeavor Health has expanded outreach to and scholarships for members of underserved communities, internships and financial support to reduce cost barriers for students. Together, we’re helping launch new careers.
Kenneth Young Center and Endeavor Health partner to expand access to behavioral healthcare
Endeavor Health has partnered with Kenneth Young Center (KYC) to enhance its community behavioral health services through Endeavor Health’s Community Investment Fund (CIF).
Partnership enhances behavioral health services for LGBTQ+ community
Endeavor Health has partnered with Howard Brown Health to provide training to enhance its mental health care and expand their behavioral health team through Endeavor Health’s Community Investment Fund (CIF).
Little Friends and Endeavor Health partnership expands workforce development and enhances adult day services
Endeavor Health has partnered with Little Friends in Warrenville to enhance its workforce development services through Endeavor Health’s Community Investment Fund (CIF).
Easterseals and Endeavor Health partner to provide mental healthcare to empower children with disabilities
Easterseals DuPage & Fox Valley in Villa Park, one of Endeavor Health’s Community Investment Fund (CIF) inaugural partners since 2022, has integrated mental healthcare into their therapy services and support programming, offering holistic care for the children that they serve along with the parents, siblings, and other family members.
ASPIRE Lake County and Endeavor Health partner to support future healthcare professionals
Young people are the future of healthcare, and Endeavor Health is working to nurture and encourage the brilliant minds of tomorrow. We’re proud to collaborate with our ASPIRE Lake County partners in that effort through our Community Investment Fund (CIF).
Endeavor Health partner ASPIRE Lake County helps teens discover careers in healthcare
Students from all over Lake County learn about careers in healthcare during Healthcare Discovery Day. The event was held by ASPIRE Lake County, a workforce development organization and Endeavor Health Community Investment Fund partner.
Greater Family Health and Endeavor Health partner to expand access to care
For more than 20 years, Greater Family Health has been delivering inclusive, culturally sensitive care to everyone who walks through its doors. Endeavor Health is proud to partner with Greater Family Health through its Community Investment Fund.
Palatine's Community Resource Center helps those in need
Step inside the Community Resource Center in Palatine, the result of an Endeavor Health Community Investment Fund partnership with Partners for Our Community, which connects underserved families with local resources.
Endeavor Health Community Investment Fund helps bring mental health services to Indian Prairie School District 204
The Endeavor Health Community Investment Fund partnership with Indian Prairie School District 204 helped fund the CARES program, which provides free after-school counseling.
The Friendship Center Food Pantry provides groceries and other resources in partnership with Endeavor Health
Endeavor Health's Community Investment Fund partnership with Friendship Center Food Pantry in Chicago helps improve access to groceries and other vital resources.
Rosalind Franklin University partners with Endeavor Health to expand reach of community health clinics
A partnership with the Endeavor Health Community Investment Fund has allowed Rosalind Franklin University to expand the reach of its community health clinics.
Rohingya Culture Center of Chicago closer to goal of owning its own building with investment from Endeavor Health
The Endeavor Health Community Investment Fund has partnered with the Rohingya Culture Center of Chicago, which provides education, wellness and social services, to help them achieve the dream of owning their own building.
Endeavor Health partners with the YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago to help share health information and support
Endeavor Health Community Investment Fund partner, the YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago, shares health information and helps people manage disease and navigate the health system.
Evanston Township High School students learn about healthcare careers with Endeavor Health partnership
Endeavor Health's partnership with the ASPIRE program at Evanston Township High School helps open the door to careers in healthcare.
Endeavor Health and Highwood Public Library support language instruction, health screenings and more
Endeavor Health's Community Investment Fund partners with Highwood Public Library and Community Center in southeast Lake County to provide language instruction, GED classes, vaccine clinics and health screenings.
Endeavor Health invests in Black entrepreneurship
Endeavor Health's Community Investment Fund helps support development of The Aux, a state-of-the-art wellness hub in Evanston, Illinois designed to help promote Black entrepreneurship.
Endeavor Health and Between Friends partner to help prevent domestic violence
Endeavor Health has partnered with Between Friends, a Chicago organization dedicated to preventing domestic violence and supporting survivors of abuse.
Endeavor Health partnership with Lutheran Social Services of Illinois expands access to mental health care
Endeavor Health's partnership with Lutheran Social Services of Illinois enabled the organization to bring an in-school counseling program to Budlong Elementary School in Chicago.
Pictured above: Volunteers sort donations at Loaves & Fishes Community Services.
Elizabeth Cervantes remembers advocating for her parents as a child — serving as their interpreter and helping them navigate a world where they didn’t speak the language.
Community Investment Fund stories
