Loyola University Chicago

Past and Current Community Partners

This list is a partial list of current and recent community partner organizations, based on information shared with the Center for Experiential Learning by academic departments, University Ministry, the Career Development Center and individual students.  Brief descriptions of many of these organizations can be found in CEL and University Ministry's Community Partner Resource Guide.

For more detailed information about these companies and organizations, as well as information about posted volunteer, intern, and paid positions with them, access Loyola's eRecruiting system.

To inquire with/talk to CEL about a new or current community partner, contact the Service-Learning Coordinator.  For information about CEL's service-learning program, visit the main service-learning page.

• About Face Theatre
• Abraham Lincoln Centre
• Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago
• Action for Children
• Admiral at the Lake
• Admission Possible
• AFSCME
• After School Matters
• AIDS Foundation of Chicago
• AidsCare
• ALS Association, National Signature Events Office
• Alternatives, Inc.
• Alzheimer's Association
• America SCORES
• American Parkinson Disease Association
• American Red Cross of Greater Chicago
• Apna Ghar, Inc.
• Around The Coyote
• Arthritis Foundation
• Asian American Journalists Association
• Association House of Chicago
• Aunt Martha's Youth Services, Inc.
• Beacon Street Gallery and Performance Company
• Best Buddies
• Bethany Brethren Community Center
• Bethel New Life, Inc.
• Better Existence with HIV (BEHIV)
• Beyondmedia Education
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago
• Black on Black Love Organization
• Black Star Project
• Bosnian and Herzegovinian American Center
• Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago
• Boys Hope Girls Hope
• Bread for the World
• Breakthrough Urban Ministries
• Brethren Volunteer Service
• Cabrini Connections
• CAIR-Chicago
• Cambodian Association of Illinois
• Cara Program
• Care for Real
• Career Transitions Center
• Casa Aztl?n Community Center
• Casa Central
• Casa Guatemala
• Cathedral Shelter of Chicago
• Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago
• Catholic Charities Refugee Resettlement Program
• Catholic Relief Services
• Center for Economic Progress
• Center for Family Services
• Center for Global Initiatives
• Center for Independent Futures
• Center for New Community
• Centers For New Horizons, Inc.
• Centro Romero
• Charity Guide
• Chicago Abused Women Coalition
• Chicago Alliance for Neighborhood Safety (CANS)
• Chicago Association of Retarded Citizens (CARC)
• Chicago Botanic Garden
• Chicago Cares Inc.
• Chicago Children's Advocacy Center
• Chicago Children's Museum
• Chicago Christian Industrial League
• Chicago Coalition for the Homeless
• Chicago Festival Association
• Chicago History Museum (Formerly Chicago Historical Society)
• Chicago Housing Authority
• Chicago Human Rhythm Project
• Chicago Public Schools -- Summer Quest Program
• Chicago Youth Centers
• Chicagoland Bicycle Federation
• Children's Home & Aid Society of Illinois
• ChildServ
• Chinese Mutual Aid Association
• Christian Community Health Center
• Christopher House
• City Year Chicago
• Clearbrook
• CommunityHealth
• Concordia Child Care Center
• Connections for the Homeless
• Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions (CPWR)
• Council for Jewish Elderly (CJE)
• Cristo Rey Jesuit High School
• Crossing the Border: Intercultural Initiatives for Learning and Peace
• Dolphin Research Center
• Fairygodmother Foundation
• Franciscan Outreach Association
• Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance (GPCA)
• Genesis House
• George Armstrong School
• Girls in the Game
• Good News Soup Kitchen
• Great Books Foundation
• Greater Chicago Food Depository
• H.O.M.E. - Housing Opportunities and Maintenace for the Elderly
• Heartland Human Care Services
• Helping Children of Abuse
• Helping Hands Rehabilitation Center
• History Makers
• Horizon Hospice
• House of the Good Shepherd
• Howard Area Community Center
• Illinois Action for Children
• Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
• Illinois Spina Bifida Association
• Indo-American Center
• Inspiration Corporation
• Inspired Youth Tutoring Program
• Interfaith Refugee & Immigration Ministries
• Interfaith Worker Justice
• Interfaith Youth Core
• Jane Addams Hull House Association
• Jane Addams Resource Corporation
• Jewish Community Centers (JCC) of Chicago
• Jewish Council for Youth Services
• Jewish Vocational Service (JVS)
• Jobs For Youth/Chicago
• Jumpstart
• Juvenile Protective Association
• Kaleidoscope, Inc.
• Kids Hope United
• Lakeside Community Development Corporation
• Lasallian Volunteer Progam
• Lawndale Christian Health Center
• Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
• Life! Promotions
• LifeLink Corp.
• Light of Christ Lutheran Church
• Lincoln Park Zoo
• Links Hall
• Literacy Volunteers of Illinois
• Little Brothers-Friends of the Elderly
• Little City Foundation
• Loyola Community Literacy Center
• Loyola University - Chicago Scholarship Challenge
• Loyola University Medical Center
• Lutheran Social Services of Illinois
• Lutheran Volunteer Corps
• McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum
• Maggie's Place
• Make-A-Wish-Foundation
• Marjorie Kovler Center for the Treatment of Survivors of Torture
• Maryknoll Missioners
• Mather LifeWays
• MayaWorks
• McGaw YMCA
• Mercy Home for Boys & Girls - MercyWorks Volunteer Program
• Mercy Home For Boys And Girls
• Metropolitan Family Services
• Metropolitan Planning Council
• Midwest Immigrant & Human Rights Center
• Midwest Workers Association
• MILL
• Misericordia Heart of Mercy
• Muscular Dystrophy Association
• Museum of Contemporary Art
• Muslim Women Resource Center
• National Immigrant Justice Center
• National Multiple Sclerosis Society
• National Student Partnerships
• Neumann  Association
• Night Ministry
• North Shore Senior Center
• North Side Housing and Supportive Services
• Old St. Patrick's Church
• Omni Youth Services
• Open Doors
• Ounce of Prevention Fund
• Over the Rainbow Association
• Pan-African Association
• Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
• Progress Center for Independent Living
• Providence Alliance for Catholic Teachers-PACT
• Providence Family Services
• R.E.S.T.
• Rainbow Hospice
• Sarah's Circle
• Sarah's Inn
• Share Foundation
• SPRED
• St. Francis Hospice
• St. Francis Hospital of Evanston
• St. Gertrude Parish Heart to Heart Program
• St. Ignatius Parish / Ignatian Services
• St. Vincent Pallotti Center
• Starlight Starbright Children's Foundation
• Stephen Ministries
• SU CASA
• Tax Assistance Program (TAP)
• Teach For America
• Teen Living Programs, Inc.
• Ten Thousand Villages
• The Night Ministry
• Thresholds Psychiatric Rehabilitation Centers
• U.S. Fund for UNICEF
• Urban Initiatives
• Vietnamese Association of Illinois
• Visions in Action
• Vital Bridges
• Voices in the Wilderness
• Women Employed
• Women's Center
• Working In The Schools (WITS)
• World Relief - Chicago
• World Vision
• YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago
• Youth Campus
• Youth Job Center of Evanston
• YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago

Click here for a listing of current service-learning courses.