Loyola University Chicago

• Agencies A-F
• Agencies G-O
• Agencies P-Z
• Category Lists and Descriptions

Pan-African Association - The PAA serves as a mutual aid association providing a variety of adjustment and economic services to Chicago's African refugee and immigrant population as wells as serving as a space for Africans to culturally express themselves.

Passages Charter School (Asian Human Services) -  Focuses specifically on the needs of immigrant and refugee students through a tailored educational program focused on high academic standards, serving students from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade.  (Community-based FWS site)

Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum - The Nature Museum fosters environmental learning through the exhibits and education programs of the museum and through the Academy's collections, research, publications and events.

PIRG Student Action Network - The PIRG Student Action Network is an association of student advocacy organizations working on some of America's most important issues like global warming, hunger and homelessness, and affordable higher education.

Play for Peace-Chicago - Play for Peace is a global organization, now in its 10th year, which brings together children, youth and organizations from communities in conflict. As part of our community development initiatives, we use play to promote relationships among people whose communities suffer from a history of cross-cultural tensions.

Poder Learning Center - Poder has responded to the educational needs of immigrants in the primarily Latino areas of Pilsen/Little Village and Back of the Yards, on Chicago’s southwest side.  In less than ten years, 4,500 students have attended the tuition free classes.

Progress Center for Independent Living - Progress Center is a community-based, non-profit, non residential, service and advocacy organization, operated for people with disabilities by people with disabilities.

Project Vida - Project VIDA was founded to address the urgent needs of racial and ethnic minorities. Initially, the agency provided HIV education through street outreach services to area youth and has since expanded to include direct services for people infected or affected by HIV/AIDS and various prevention education programs.

Providence Family Services - Providence Family Services provides bilingual programs for people living in West Humboldt Park and neighboring areas. Family Services programs include counseling for individuals, couples and families; English as a Second Language classes for adults; computer training; after-school tutoring; parenting classes; and referrals for additional social services.

Public Allies Chicago - Public Allies has built a powerful model for identifying, training and supporting talented and diverse young adults to lead positive community change. Through our programs, young people serve in full-time apprenticeships creating, improving and expanding services at local nonprofit organizations, and participate in a rigorous leadership development program.

R.E.S.T. - REST is a homeless services and housing provider for adult men and women whose mission is to work collaboratively to provide safe, quality, permanent and emergency housing options and supportive services to adult men and women who are homeless in Chicago.

Rainbow Hospice and Palliative Care - Rainbow Hospice and Palliative Care is a community-based non-profit hospice that provides comfort and dignity for individuals at the end of their lives and extends that comfort to support bereaved loved ones of Rainbow Hospice patients and the community.

Salud Latina - Salud Latina/Latino's mission is to enable local, regional and national organizations to promote and develop the growth of healthy Latino communities. Salud Latinais a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization dedicated to supporting organizational development, training administrators, and disseminating culturally competent models of intervention and resource development.

Sankofa Way - Sankofa Way provides leadership, visibility, and training to help people address oppression and injustice in the world. Their mission is to facilitate spiritual growth and emotional healing in people and communities using an interfaith approach.

Sarah's Circle - Sarah's Circle offers daytime supportive services in a welcoming, safe refuge for women who are homeless, or at risk of becoming homeless.

Sarah's Inn - Domestic violence services provided by Sarah's Inn are available in English, Spanish, and American Sign Language and include the following: support and education groups, individual counseling and advocacy, legal advocacy, a 24-hour crisis line, abuser intervention services, teen dating violence prevention, and community outreach and education.

Schuler Family Foundation - To coach and prepare high potential yet underrepresented students for matriculation to successful graduation from highly selective colleges and universities.

Seasons Hospice and Palliative Care - Seasons Hospice is a community-based organization with an ongoing mission to find creative solutions which add quality to end-of-life care.

Service for Peace-Chicago -  Service For Peace is an international not-for-profit organization that brings diverse groups together in service in order to cross barriers of race, religion, class, creed, or national origin, and address urgent social needs.

Shanti Foundation for Peace- Their mission is to foster peace, acceptance, and understanding in the everyday interactions of people, through visual, literary, and performing arts programs in schools and communities.

South-East Asia Center – The South-East Asia Center aspires to build bridges of understanding and cooperation amongst all Asian people as well as between peoples of Eastern and Western upbringing, the center works with native-born Americans and immigrants, promoting mutual understanding and cooperation.  (Community-based FWS site)

SPRED (Special Religious Education) - SPRED, a program of the Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago, is a network of services designed to assist persons with developmental disabilities and/or learning problems to become integrated into parish assemblies of worship through the process of education in their faith.

St. Francis Hospital of Evanston - Motivated by a reverence for life and respect for those we serve, we are committed to improving the health and well-being of our community. We promote a climate that empowers all of us to effectively steward our human and financial resources.

St. Gertrude Parish Heart to Heart Program - Provides social services to the elderly, homebound, and homeless residents of Chicago’s Edgewater and Rogers Park neighborhoods.

St. Hubert Job & Networking Ministry - The Saint Hubert's Job and Networking Ministry was formed to assist people within our expanded community in their desire to become re-employed, better employed or those simply seeking a change in their career.

St. Ignatius Parish - Ignatian Services - Ignatian Services is the social service expression of the Faith Community of St. Ignatius Church in Rogers park whose purpose is to provide assistance to those members of our neighborhood who are in need.

St. Ignatius Parish - St. Ignatius Parish is a vibrant multicultural parish located in the heart of the Rogers Park neighborhood in Chicago where members of our parish faith community are called to love and serve the Lord through worship and service to one another and to the community, such as our vibrant Youth Ministry or Music Ministry or assist with Ignatian Services- our award winning parish food pantry.

Starlight Starbright Children's Foundation - The Starlight Starbright Children's Foundation is a national non-profit organization dedicated to helping seriously ill children and their families cope with their pain, fear and isolation through entertainment, education and family activities.

Strategic Learning Initiatives - SLI is a Chicago-based non-profit organization, dedicated to accelerating student and adult learning through applying best practices from education and the private sector.

Su Casa Catholic Worker Community - Our ministry is three fold: we provide hospitality and a healing environment for displaced Hispanic people who are poor, homeless, and oppressed; we partner with our neighbors to make our community a better place to live; and we engage in educational and social action activities concerning social justice issues related to our ministry.

Susan B. Anthony Birthplace - Non-profit organization with the mission of making American feminist Susan B. Anthony's birthplace a museum.

Tax Assistance Program (TAP) - TAP provides free financial services to low-income communities, including the Tax Preparation Program, which partners volunteers with low-income families to complete federal and state income tax returns, and the Financial Literacy Program, a year-round project that works with schools and community organizations to provide financial aid form and banking assistance to working-poor families.

Teach for America - Teach For America is the national corps of outstanding recent college graduates and professionals of all academic majors and career interests who commit two years to teach in urban and rural public schools and become leaders in the effort to expand educational opportunity.

Teen Living Programs, Inc. - TLP Inc. deliver comprehensive, long-term solutions to youth without homes who strive for self-sufficiency and community connection. Teen Living Programs offers housing, job training, educational support, mental health counseling, holistic health care, and life skills training within a community of professional and passionate support.

Ten Thousand Villages - Ten Thousand Villages is one the largest fair trade organizations in North America, working with more than 100 artisan groups to purchase fine pieces from craftspeople with whom we have longstanding, nurturing relationships, helping to bring dignity to their lives.

Test Positive Aware Network (TPAN) - TPAN empowers people living with HIV through peer-led programming, support services, information dissemination, and advocacy. They also provide services to the broader community to increase HIV knowledge and sensitivity, and to reduce the risk of infection.

The American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) - American Association of Diabetes Educators is a multidisciplinary professional association committed to providing members with the educational resources to stay abreast of current research, methods and trends in the field.

The Admiral at the Lake - The Admiral at the Lake is a continuing care retirement community. While our building is currently closed because we are rebuilding, we have about 100 residents ranging from active and independent seniors to those who need skilled nursing care living in nine different north side retirement homes who can still benefit from your companionship.

The ALS Association, National Signature Events Office - The Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association (ALSA) is the only national not-for-profit voluntary health organization dedicated solely to the fight against amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, often called Lou Gehrig's disease.

The Anti-Cruelty Society - The Anti-Cruelty Society exists to prevent cruelty to animals and to advance humane education. Since 1899, The Anti-Cruelty Society has been committed to serving the needs of companion animals and the humans who care for–and about–them.

The Black Star Project - The Black Star Project is committed to improving the quality of life in Black and Latino communities of Chicago and nationwide by eliminating the racial academic achievement gap.  They do so by providing educational services that help pre-school through college students succeed academically and become knowledgeable and productive citizens with the support of their parents, families, schools and communities.

The Campus Kitchen at Northwestern University - The Campus Kitchen is a nonprofit organization dedicated to developing creative and effective solutions to hunger and education deficiencies in the greater Evanston area. We then pair meals with a range of educational programming, spanning from tutoring and mentoring to college preparation and culinary job training.

The Cara Program - The mission of The Cara Program is to assist the homeless and at-risk populations in their efforts to achieve real and lasting success by providing comprehensive training, permanent job placement and critical support services.

The Choice Program - The Choice Program is a community-based, family-centered case management approach to delinquency prevention and youth development.

The Great Books Foundation - The Great Books Foundation is a nonprofit educational organization that has helped thousands of people throughout the United States and in other countries begin their own book discussion groups in schools, libraries, and community centers.

The History Makers - The HistoryMakers is a national, 501(c)(3) non-profit educational institution committed to preserving, developing and providing easy access to an internationally recognized, archival collection of thousands of African American video oral histories.

The House of the Good Shepherd - The House of the Good Shepherd welcomes women and children affected by domestic violence who seek their help. The shelter is a safe place which seeks to empower women, affirming them in their family role. 

The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society - The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society is the world's largest voluntary health organization dedicated to funding blood cancer research, education and patient services. 

The MILL - The MILL, a residential treatment facility, seeks to help abused, neglected and at-risk youth and their families to develop and establish appropriate values, healthy relationships, behaviors, and life skills that will lead to responsible and productive lives.

The Night Ministry - The Night Ministry was created out of diverse religious traditions to build relationships with vulnerable youth and adults on the nighttime streets. Through these relationships and the provision of housing, health, outreach, spiritual, and social services, we seek to empower people of all ages to meet their own needs.  (Community-based FWS site)

The Women’s Center - The Women's Centers of Greater Chicagoland is a not-for-profit organization, whose purpose is to reach desperate young women with a message of hope and help.

The Youth Job Center of Evanston - YJC prepares young employees with the skills they need to enter and become productive, successful members of the workplace. They provide job- and employee-seeking services.

The Youth Campus - The Youth Campus provides a residential treatment program that gives adolescents a structured and caring environment to help them develop the skills necessary to become independent and productive adults.

Thresholds Psychiatric Rehabilitation Centers - One of the nation's largest non-profit providers of mental health services, Thresholds provides a comprehensive program of therapeutic support, case management, education, job training and placement, and housing.

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development - HUD's mission is to increase homeownership, support community development and increase access to affordable housing free from discrimination.

United States Fund for UNICEF - Founded in 1946, UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund) works in more than 150 countries and territories around the world to help save, protect and improve the lives of children through immunization, education, health care, nutrition, clean water and sanitation.

Unity Hospice - The mission of Unity Hospice® is to provide comprehensive care, support, and education to people facing life-limiting disease, those who care for them and our community.

Urban Initiatives - The mission of Urban Initiatives is to actively engage children from under-served communities in extracurricular activities in a safe and structured environment.

Vietnamese Association of Illinois - The VAIs mission is to foster and strengthen the development of various Vietnamese organizations in the state of Illinois.

Vital Bridges - A front-runner in the war against HIV and AIDS, Vital Bridges is a multi-service, non-profit organization meeting the complex needs of its clients at no cost to them.

Voices for Creative Nonviolence - Voices for Creative Nonviolence was formed in 1996 (as Voices in the Wilderness) to nonviolently challenge the economic warfare being waged by the US against the people of Iraq.  It has since broadened its mission to embrace other forms of nonviolent activism across a wide range of causes. 

Women Employed - The mission of Women Employed is to improve the economic status of women and remove barriers to economic equity. We promote fair workplace practices, increase access to training and education, and provide women with innovative tools and information to move into careers paying family-supporting wages.

Woodlawn East Community and Neighbors - Community-based organization whose mission is housing, economic development and education in the Woodlawn community and surrounding neighborhoods.

World Relief Chicago - The World Relief Chicago affiliate office provides refugee resettlement, employment, education, mental health, and immigrant legal services to clients.

World Vision - World Vision is a Christian relief and development organization dedicated to helping children and their communities worldwide reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty.

YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago - As a charitable organization and social service provider, the Y offers a diverse range of programs such as  child care, support for senior citizens and other human services that inspire young people to lead, bring families closer together, and encourage individual health and well-being.

Youth Organizations Umbrella, Inc. - A social service agency that provides guidance, support and advocacy for Evanston youth through comprehensive outreach programs that help young people make the transition from childhood to adulthood.  (Community-based FWS site)

Youth Services of Glenview/Northbrook - Our mission is to serve young people by promoting positive mental health and by aiming at prevention and/or intervention in all types of environmental stress and juvenile delinquency.

YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago - The YWCA is the oldest women-focused social service organization in Chicago. We have been a leader in promoting social legislation to improve the lives of women and children and in racially integrating our Board of Directors and services.