DCEO grants can be found on their website.

Safe Routes to School Applications

Application Deadline: October 3, 2025

Grant Description: As students close out summer break and begin shopping for school supplies, the Illinois Department of Transportation announced that applications are now being accepted for the Safe Routes to School program. The program provides funding for projects that make walking, biking and rolling to school a safer option for students, encouraging a healthy and active lifestyle from an early age.

Victims of Crime Act Human Trafficking Victim Services Program

Application Deadline: Aug. 24, 2025

Grant Description: The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority is requesting proposals for grants for the Human Trafficking Services Program. Grants will be made with the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) funds. A total of $800,000 in funding in VOCA is available through this solicitation for use over 36 months.

Boat Access Area Development Program

Application Deadline: Sept. 30, 2025

Grant Description: Provides financial assistance to local government agencies for the acquisition, construction, and expansion/rehabilitation, including necessary A/E services, of public boat and canoe access areas on Illinois' lakes and rivers.

Open Space Lands Acquisition and Development (OSLAD) Program

Application Deadline: Sept. 30, 2025

Grant Description: Provides funding assistance to local government agencies for acquisition and/or development of land for public parks and open space. Projects vary from small neighborhood parks or tot lots to large community and county parks and nature areas.

Clean Energy Career Pathway Program

Application Deadline: Sept. 30, 2025

Grant Description: Provides funding directly to eligible recipients to support the planning and implementation of a Clean Energy Career Pathway. Programs will include coursework, field experiences and work-based learning designed to prepare students for entrance into careers focusing on electric vehicles. This funding opportunity seeks qualified, eligible public or private educational institutions at the secondary and post-secondary level that will work with the Local Workforce Innovation Areas and employers to recruit students into clean energy fields and create pathways encompassing technical and employability skills with dual credit options.

Illinois Art Council Creative Projects Grant

Application Deadline: Sept. 30, 2025

Grant Description: Provides up to $12,000 to support art projects for Illinois artists, eligible nonprofit organizations, municipal entities or colleges and universities.

Clean Energy Career Pathway Program

Application Deadline: Sept. 30, 2025

Grant Description: Provides funding directly to eligible recipients to support the planning and implementation of a Clean Energy Career Pathway. Programs will include coursework, field experiences and work-based learning designed to prepare students for entrance into careers focusing on electric vehicles. This funding opportunity seeks qualified, eligible public or private educational institutions at the secondary and post-secondary level that will work with the Local Workforce Innovation Areas and employers to recruit students into clean energy fields and create pathways encompassing technical and employability skills with dual credit options.

Clean Vessel Act Program

Application Deadline: Oct. 31, 2025

Grant Description: Competitive grants to private marinas, boatyards and yacht clubs for up to 75% of the cost of construction of pumpouts and dump stations.

Equitable Energy Future Grant Program

Application Deadline: Dec. 31, 2025

Grant Description: The funding is intended to address barriers to project, community and business development in justice-impacted communities caused by a lack of available capital.

Community Solar Energy Sovereignty Grant Program

Application Deadline: Dec. 31, 2025

Grant Description: Supports pre-development and development of community solar projects that promote community ownership and energy sovereignty.

Gulf Hypoxia Program

Application Deadline: Jan. 1, 2027 or until all funds are depleted

Grant Description: Provides funding to reduce nitrate pollution in Illinois surface waters by funding nonpoint source edge-of-field control projects as part of the Gulf Hypoxia Program.

Great Lakes TCGM Partnership Grant Program

Application Deadline: November 2026

Grant Description: In partnership with the Midwest Environmental Justice Network, NDN Collective, and RE-AMP Network, the Minneapolis Foundation will award environmental and climate-related grants ranging from $25,000 to $350,000 to organizations working in disadvantaged and underserved communities throughout the Great Lakes region.

Community Development Block Grant Economic Development Program

Application Deadline: Rolling

Grant Description: Provides federal funding for community-based projects. Communities in non-metropolitan areas can apply for Economic Development funding to assist private business in retaining or creating full-time, permanent jobs. Grant funds may also be used for improvements to public infrastructure that directly supports companies in local communities.

CDBG Disaster Response Program

Application Deadline: Rolling

Grant Description: This program is designed for communities experiencing an imminent and urgent threat to public health and safety as indicated by a disaster declaration by the governor.

CDBG Economic Development Program

Application Deadline: Rolling

Grant Description: The program provides Economic Development component funds that are available on an as-needed basis throughout the year to eligible applicants meeting program component requirements until all funds allocated to this component have been distributed. Only projects that create and/or retain permanent jobs will be funded. Projects should attract sizable private investment, have solid commitments to create or retain permanent jobs and demonstrate financial feasibility and benefit to low-to-moderate income persons.

Illinois Returning Residents Clean Jobs Program (CEJA)

Application Deadline: Rolling
Grant Description: Delivers clean jobs training in Illinois Department of Corrections facilities to individuals within 36 months of their release to prepare them to work in clean energy and related sector jobs upon release. The program will provide classroom instruction and hands-on learning opportunities, utilizing a standard Clean Jobs Curriculum Framework, connect program graduates with potential employers in the clean energy industry, and address participant needs

Federal Grant Support Program

Application Deadline: General announcement open with no specific due dates for applications
Grant Description: DCEO will make $15 million available to Illinois-based businesses and organizations seeking competitive federal grants. This match program will encourage more applicants to apply for federal grant opportunities, provide critical assistance to meet the minimum match eligibility requirements, and increase the competitiveness of applications.

Illinois Reproductive Health Facilities Capital Grant Program
Grant Description: This opportunity will support reproductive health care providers in Illinois that are experiencing increased demand for their services. Projects could include improvements and repairs, new construction, security upgrades, and equipment to increase capacity and enhance safety. This includes the purchase of vehicles for mobile care units. Facilities must provide or plan to provide abortion care as defined in the Illinois Reproductive Health Act.
Deadline: Rolling through 2024, or until funds are depleted

FY 2024 and FY 2025 Continuum of Care Competition and Renewal or Replacement of Youth Homeless Demonstration Program Grants
FY 2025 (FR-6800-N-25)
Application Deadline: Aug. 29, 2025
Grant Description: Promotes a community-wide commitment to the goal of ending homelessness. Provides funding for efforts by nonprofit organizations, state governments, local governments, instrumentalities of state and local governments, and more to quickly re-house homeless individuals, families, persons fleeing domestic violence, and youth while minimizing the trauma and dislocation caused by homelessness. Has a goal of promoting access to and effective utilization of mainstream programs by homeless; and to optimize self-sufficiency among those experiencing homelessness.
Funding: $3.5 billion total with an award floor of $2,500 and award ceiling of $15 million; there is an expected number of 8,500 awards.
Eligibility: Click on grant link to view full list.

Projects of National Significance: Empowering Individuals
FY 2025 (HHS-2025-ACL-AOD-DNSD-0061) Note: This is a forecasted opportunity.
Estimated Application Deadline: July 30, 2025
Grant Description: Funding will create opportunities for individuals to directly and fully contribute to, and participate in, all facets of community life, including employment, and will support the development of national and state policies that reinforce and promote the self-determination, independence, productivity, and integration and inclusion in all facets of community life.
Funding: $1,875,000 total with a floor of $300,000 and award ceiling of $375,000
Eligibility: Click on grant link to view full list.

Climate Smart Humanities Organizations
FY 2025 (20240912-CLI)
Application Deadline: Sept. 17, 2025
Grant Description: This program strengthens the institutional base of the humanities by funding operational assessments and strategic planning efforts to sustain and protect historical, cultural, educational, intellectual, and physical assets from the risks of climate change. Projects will result in a climate action, resilience, or adaptation plan including detailed assessments, measurable actions, and expected outcomes.
Funding: Estimated $2,500,000
Eligibility: Click on grant link to view full list.

Contraceptive Development Research Center

FY 2025 (RFA-HD-26-004)

Estimated Application Deadline: Nov. 12, 2025

Grant Description: Supports the creation of a Contraceptive Development Research Center to advance innovative, multidisciplinary research on new or improved contraceptive methods for both men and women. Through this Notice of Funding Opportunity, the Center will also support translational studies to bridge pre-clinical and clinical phases, increasing the potential for clinical success. Additionally, the Center will serve as a national resource to train and mentor early-stage investigators pursuing careers in contraceptive research.

Funding: Currently not listed

Eligibility: Public and state controlled institutions of higher education, state governments, city or township governments, small businesses, nonprofits, private institutions of higher education, independent school districts, Native American tribal governments and more.

Statewide Consumer Network Program
FY 2025 (SM-25-005) Note: This is a forecasted opportunity.
Estimated Application Deadline: Not set yet, estimated grant post date is Dec. 14, 2024
Grant Description: The purpose of this program is to strengthen the capacity of statewide mental health peer-led organizations to partner with state efforts to improve mental health support system and related services for individuals with serious mental illness (SMI) or serious emotional disturbance (SED) as agents of transformation.
Funding: Estimated $1.1 million
Eligibility: Click on grant link to view full list.

Strategic Prevention Framework – Partnerships for Success for Communities, Local Governments, Universities, Colleges, and Tribes/Tribal Organizations
FY 2025 (SP-25-002) Note: This is a forecasted opportunity.
Estimated Application Deadline: Not set yet, estimated grant post date is Jan. 15, 2025
Grant Description: The purpose of this program is to help reduce the onset and progression of substance misuse and its related problems by supporting the development and delivery of community-based substance misuse prevention and mental health promotion services.
Funding: Estimated $13.4 million
Eligibility: Limited to domestic public or private, nonprofit entities, including community-based organizations, federally recognized tribes, tribal organizations, local governments, and institutions of higher education.

Grants will be continually added to this page that will be available to the 43rd District.

The DCEO website will provide a compiled list of all grants in Illinois here.