Make a difference in your community

Are you concerned about making health care more affordable, protecting the environment, fighting hunger and homelessness? Do you oppose discrimination and support equal opportunity for women, minorities and the disabled?

Now your gift can make a difference!

The Public Interest Fund of Illinois represents non-profit organizations throughout Illinois that are working for the people and issues you care about. Through a combination of advocacy, education and community action, our members are taking action on these and other issues that affect your family, your neighbors, and your community.

 

Member Organizations

  • ACORN
  • American Civil Liberties Union—Roger Baldwin Foundation
  • American Friends Service Committee
  • Champaign County Health Care Consumers
  • CASA of DuPage County
  • Centro San Bonifacio
  • Champaign-Urbana Tenant Union
  • Chicago Anti-Hunger Federation
  • Chicago Area Committee on Occupational Health and Safety (CACOSH)
  • Chicago Coalition for the Homeless
  • Coalition for Citizens with Disabilities
  • Coordinated Advice And Referral Program for Legal Services (CARPLS)
  • Council for Disability Rights
  • Eighth Day Center For Justice
  • El Centro Por Los Trabajadores
  • Families Advocating Injury Reduction (FAIR)
  • Habitat for Humanity, Chicago South Region
  • Habitat For Humanity Pilsen/Little Village
  • Habitat For Humanity—Rockford Area
  • Habitat For Humanity—Sangamon County
  • Habitat For Humanity, Westside
  • Healing Racism/Chicago Southland
  • Heartland Peace Center
  • Homestead Corporation of C-U
  • Illinois Center for Citizen Involvement
  • Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence
  • Illinois Disciples Foundation
  • Illinois Hispanic Educational Foundation
  • Illinois Hunger Coalition
  • Illinois Peace Action Educational Foundation
  • Illinois Pro Bono Center
  • Illinois Stewardship Alliance
  • Illinois Student Environmental Network
  • League of Women Voters of Illinois Education Fund
  • NAACP, Illinois State Conference
  • The Peace Museum
  • Physicians for Social Responsibility
  • Prairienet
  • Rogers Park Community Action Network
  • Southern Illinois Coalition for the Homeless
  • Statewide Housing Action Coalition
  • StreetWise
  • Voices for Illinois Children
  • WBEZ - 91.5 FM
  • WDBX - 91.1 FM
  • WEFT - 90.1 FM

Participating Employers

Private Employers

  • Champaign Telephone
  • Clifford Law Offices
  • CNA Insurance
  • Prairie Skies
  • Power, Rogers, and Smith
  • Salsedo Press, Inc.
  • Severns, Reid and Associates
  • Springfield State Journal Register
  • Gannett/USA Today
  • Wolfram Research, Inc.
  • Non-Profit Employers
  • AFSCME, Council 31
  • Champaign County Health Care Consumers
  • Champaign County Mental Health Center
  • East Central Illinois Area Agency on Aging
  • Illinois Center For Citizen Involvement
  • Illinois Hunger Coalition
  • MacArthur Foundation

Universities and Colleges

  • John Marshall Law School
  • Lake Land College
  • Lincoln Land Community College
  • Parkland College
  • University of Chicago

Chicago City Colleges

  • Malcolm X College
  • Harold Washington College
  • Truman College
  • Wright City College
  • Kennedy-King College
  • Olive Harvey College

State Universities

  • Chicago State University
  • Eastern Illinois University
  • Governor's State University
  • Illinois State University
  • Northern Illinois University
  • Northeastern Illinois University
  • Southern Illinois University - Carbondale
  • Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville
  • University of Illinois - Urbana
  • University of Illinois - Chicago
  • University of Illinois - Springfield
  • Western Illinois University

School Districts

  • Champaign School District
  • Chicago Public Schools
  • Danville School District
  • Kankakee School District
  • Springfield School District #186
  • Urbana School District

Other Public Employers

  • Champaign County
  • Champaign County Forest Preserve
  • Champaign County Housing Authority
  • Champaign Park District
  • Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District
  • Champaign-Urbana Public Health District
  • Chicago Metropolitan Water District
  • Chicago Park District
  • Chicago Transit Authority (CTA)
  • City of Champaign
  • City of Chicago
  • City of Springfield
  • City of Urbana
  • Cook County
  • Cunningham Township
  • DuPage County
  • Lake County
  • Metro Sanitary District (Springfield)
  • Oak Park Library
  • Sangamon County
  • State of Illinois
  • Urbana Free Library
  • Urbana Park District
  • Urbana-Champaign Sanitary District

Federal Employees (Combined Federal Campaign) Groups

  • Champaign County CFC
  • Chicago Area CFC
  • Illinois Valley CFC - LaSalle/Peru
  • McLean County CFC - Bloomington/Normal
  • Land of Lincoln CFC - Macon/Sangamon
  • Lake County CFC
  • Northern Illinois CFC - Rockford
  • Southern Illinois CFC

All employer listings are current as of September 1999.