MORAINE TOWNSHIP GRANT PROGRAM

2026 Grant Application deadline February 1, 2026

About Moraine Township’s Grant Program

Moraine Township administers funds to provide responsive, efficient and compassionate services and support for residents in need.

Annual grants are made to a variety of nonprofit agencies providing non-sectarian programs or services for the benefit of people residing and/or working in Moraine Township. Programs funded must complement the mission of, but not duplicate services provided by, Moraine Township. Moraine Township Grant Program gives special priority to agencies helping the Township provide a safety net for its most vulnerable and economically disadvantaged residents, including services for elderly, youth, and residents with disabilities. Agencies chiefly supported by taxpayer dollars or otherwise affiliated with a taxing body are not eligible.

A volunteer Citizen Grant Advisory Committee recommends awards annually, and these are voted upon, in April or May, by Moraine Township Board of Trustees.

In 2025, the Township awarded $175,000 in grants. funding support cannot be presumed from year to year.

Citizen Grant Advisory Committee

Citizen Grant Advisory Committee members, appointed by the Township Supervisor, review applications and make funding recommendations to the Board of Trustees.

Advisory committee members bring a wide variety of diverse experience and community involvement and represent a cross-section of the demographics of the Township. Joining them as liaisons are three elected members of Moraine Township Board.

Citizen Grant Advisory Committee February 2025, left to right: Trustee Liaison Mark Haggarty, Amy Zisook, Bill Laegeler, Chair John Ropiequet, Rachel Jacoby, Lydia Gonzalez, Trustee Liaison Nancy Chausow Shafer. Not pictured: Luis Gonzalez, and Clerk Liaison Gail Feiger Brown.


Township liaison to the committee: Trustee Rachel Jacoby

Grantees for 2025

  • A Safe Place – Support for domestic violence, assistance and education.

  • Blessings in a Backpack - Support for low-income school aged children.

  • Center for Enriched Living – Support for skill development and social activities for developmentally disabled residents.

  • College Bound Opportunities – Support and mentoring low-income scholars from high school through college education.

  • Community Partners for Affordable Housing (CPAH) – Support for preservation and increase of affordable local housing options.

  • Family Focus HP/RFTS – Support for children and their families from birth.

  • Fenix Family Health Center – Support for health care services for low-income Spanish speaking residents.

  • Highland Park Community Early Learning Center – Scholarship funds for low to moderate income families with children in day care.

  • Jewish Child and Family Services/JCFS – Support for mental health services especially to students at Highland Park High School Drop-in Center.

  • Josselyn Center – Support for Township residents’ individual and family counseling.

  • North Suburban Legal Aid Clinic – Support for legal assistance on housing, immigration and domestic violence.

  • Omnis Rehabilitation – Support for low income Moraine Township clients with neurological therapy.

  • PADS of Lake County – Support for unhoused individuals.

  • Lake County Partners in Aging – (formerly Southeast Lake County Faith in Action Volunteers) – Support for volunteer caregiving for the elderly and mobility challenged.

  • Tri-Con Child Care Center – Scholarship funds to supplement early childcare and education for low income clients.