For the past several years, the Chicago Area Schweitzer Fellows Program has been able to offer seed grants to Fellows for Life interested in beginning, sustaining, or building on innovative community projects that help underserved Chicago communities.

Each year, the Chicago Area Schweitzer Fellows Program offers seed grants to Fellows for Life interested in beginning, sustaining, or building on innovative community projects. Fellows for Life commit to designing, implementing, and reporting on direct service-oriented projects with existing community-based organizations.

Applications for 2024-2025 Seed Grants are now open. The deadline is May 1, 2024.

Schweitzer Fellows for Life are invited to submit proposals for Seed Grants of up to $3,000 to create, sustain, or build upon a year-long project to help improve the health and well-being of an underserved Chicago community.

The project should be direct service-oriented and involve an existing community-based organization. The Fellow for Life submitting the proposal must be directly and principally involved with the design, implementation, and reporting of the project.

Apply here.