Teams 
CURRENT CHICAGO WHITE SOX CHARITIES
Grant Recipients
Chicago Baseball Cancer Charities
Lemont, IL
Chicago Baseball Cancer Charities (CBCC) supports cancer research, education, and patient care programs at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and Children's Memorial Hospital, with more than $12 million being donated since the organization's founding in 1970.
Robert H. Lurie Cancer Center at Northwestern University School of Medicine
Chicago, IL
Grant supports the annual Survivor's Walk and Celebration which provides a unique opportunity to celebrate survivorship among cancer survivors, their families and friends and all those who have been touched by cancer.
ICYB (Inner City Youth Baseball)
Chicago, IL
The ICYB program was created in order to provide youths ages 9-12 years a free and safe environment to participate in structured recreational baseball during the summer when they are out of school. The program is intended for children of families who are not financially able to participate in similar summer programs. The ICYB program is operated in partnership with the Chicago Park District and serves 450 youth playing on thirty teams.
White Sox RBI (Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities)
Chicago White Sox Charities funding supports the RBI program. Chicago White Sox RBI program is a youth outreach program intended to motivate children in and out of the classroom with fundamentals learned through baseball. Youth ages 13-18 have the chance to be in a free and safe environment where they are taught baseball and learn lesson such as teamwork and responsibility. The program is geared to increase knowledge and participation in baseball and softball. The Chicago White Sox RBI program has grown to serve 360 youth playing on twenty-four teams since its inception in 2008.
White Sox ACE (Amateur City Elite)
Chicago, IL
Chicago White Sox Charities funding supports the development of the next generation of African-American baseball stars of 100 qualified young players, ages 13-18, through the ACE program. The ACE program offers rising stars in the inner-city baseball community the opportunity to play baseball against other highly competitive groups on a traveling team. The ACE team members are engaged through an elite practice and competition schedule while receiving academic direction to prepare them for success both on and off the field.
Advocate Charitable Foundation
Pediatric Oncology Survivorship in Transition Program (POST)
Oak Lawn, IL
Support for the POST (Pediatric Oncology Survivorship in Transition) program for survivors of childhood cancers to identify the late-effects of pediatric cancer and its treatment, and to enable survivors to lead healthy lives.
DonorsChoose.org
New York, NY
Grant to support the Double Your Impact program which ensures that Chicago Public School students have the resources and materials they need to learn.
Holy Cross-Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish
Chicago, IL
Grant supports the expansion of youth programs which increase awareness, understanding and practice of good nutrition habits, fitness, and positive thinking and leadership among youth in the Back of the Yards community.
The Jackie Robinson Foundation
New York, NY
Grant to underwrite a scholarship awarded to a Chicago-area college student. JRF's hands-on, four-year scholarship program includes peer and professional mentoring, internship placement, extensive leadership training, international travel and community service options, the conveyance of practical life skills, and a myriad of networking opportunities.
Literature for All of Us
Evanston, IL
Grant supports the Children's Literature for Parenting program which encourages parenting teens about the importance of reading to their children and to encourage early childhood literacy and establish emotional bonds.
Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation (MCSF)
Alexandria, VA
Grant to underwrite scholarships awarded to Chicago-area college students. The MCSF's scholarships are awarded for post-high school education to deserving sons and daughters of Marines, with particular attention given to children whose parent has been killed or wounded in action.
Operation Warm
Philadelphia, PA
Grant supports the Impact Beyond Warmth initiative in Chicago by providing new, warm winter coats to low-income children.
Special Children's Charities
Chicago, IL
Grant is used to purchase uniforms for more than 3,000 Special Olympic athletes and coaches for the 2010 Chicago Special Olympics Spring Games.
Spectrios Institute
Wheaton, IL
Grant supports the Seeing is Believing program which provides low vision services and prescriptive optical devices to visually impaired children in Chicago Public Schools.
St. James Social Center
Chicago, IL
Grant supports the St. James Food pantry delivery program for homebound seniors.
Sue Duncan Children's Center
Chicago, IL
Grant supports the center's programs that provide children with tutoring, mentoring, and a safe environment for after-school activities to help them grow into confident and responsible young adults.
Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation
Chicago, IL
Grant supports the Family Support Service program which provides financial assistance to Chicago area families with children battling cancer. The program provides direct and immediate financial support to supplement or offset out-of-pocket expenses for patients' families.
Bremen Youth Services
Oak Forest, IL
Grant supports the Clinical Anger Management Services program which provides a comprehensive, clinical approach to dealing with anger management issues for Bremen Township area teens and
pre-teens.
Build On
Chicago, IL
Grant supports the afterschool programs which offer 600 students with community service opportunities, life skills development, leadership training and mentors.
Chicago Children's Advocacy Center
Chicago, IL
Grant supports the Advocacy program which provides needs assessments, crisis counseling, referrals and case management services for sexually abused children and their families.
Chicago Project for Violence Prevention
Chicago, IL
Grant supports the "CeaseFire" program which campaigns to stop urban violence in the Chicagoland area.
Children's Place Association
Chicago, IL
Grant supports the agency's Early Learning Center program which provides HIV/AIDS-infected and affected infants and toddlers with early learning activities.
Chicago Youth Centers/Elliott Donnelley Center
Chicago, IL
Grant supports the Health and Fitness program which provides low-income youth with weekly health education workshops and structured physical activities, such as swimming, basketball and volleyball.
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Emergency Fund
Chicago, IL
Grant supports the Financial Fund program which provides emergency financial aid to low-income families in crisis or transition.
Gad's Hill Center
Chicago, IL
Grant supports the Teen Connection program, an academically rigorous and personally enriching program for students who have the potential to achieve higher education but who lack the support and resources needed to do so.
Girls in the Game
Chicago, IL
Grant supports the After School and Sports and Leadership Summer Camp programs which provide girls with sports and fitness activities, nutrition and health education and leadership development.
Greater Chicago Food Depository
Chicago, IL
Grant supports the Kids Café and Nourish for Knowledge programs. The Kids Café provides hot meals and nutrition activities for 2,300 youth at 61 agencies. Nourish for Knowledge offers a weekly take home bag of food for weekends to 7,600 youth at 44 school sites.
Jumpstart for Young Children
Chicago, IL
Jumpstart recruits and trains college students to provide a year-long mentoring and teaching relationship, including reading to/with 500 preschool children and engaging them in literacy- based activities.
Juvenile Protective Association
Chicago, IL
Grant supports the Treatment and Counseling program designed to reduce the likelihood of child maltreatment, improve the well-being and adaptive functioning of children and parents, and enhance the quality of relationships within the family.
La Rabida Children's Hospital
Chicago, IL
Grant supports the Premier Kids program which provides medical care, case coordination, development assessments, education planning, nutrition counseling and community referrals for over 300 developmentally-delayed children with complex medical issues.
Ladder Up
Chicago, IL
Grant supports the Higher Education Access Initiative which helps aspiring students secure funding for postsecondary education. Students are helped to access financial aid, specifically funding available through FASFA by leveraging a volunteer corps of working professionals and students from Chicago's top companies and universities.
Mercy Home for Boys and Girls
Chicago, IL
Grant supports the Friends First program which is a preventative mentoring program that intervenes in the lives of at-risk youth. The program matches youth with carefully screened and prepared volunteer mentors. In addition the program offers referral services, intervention and 24-hour counseling to participants' families.
Midtown Educational Foundation
Chicago, IL
Grant supports the Walgreens One-on-One program which provides tutoring to 4th through 6th graders from low-income neighborhoods to improve study skills, increase motivation and enhance self worth.
Near West Side Community Development Corp
Chicago, IL
Grant supports the West Haven Sports Club, a year-round youth development program that uses structured, active engagement as a tool to provide life skills, leadership training and academic tutoring to youth ages 9-18 living on Chicago's west side.
The Night Ministry
Chicago, IL
Grant supports the Open Door Youth Shelter Interim program which serves homeless youth ages 14-21. The overall goal is to extend to youth a safe, stable environment, along with a case plan and activities to help them build upon their strengths towards independence.
Noble Networks Charter Schools
Chicago, IL
Grant supports the baseball and softball programs, providing uniforms, equipment, and structured sports activities for youth at Muchin College Prep and Chicago Bulls College Prep charter schools.
Posse Foundation
Chicago, IL
Grant supports the Posse Chicago program which provides low-income youth with intensive college preparation workshops, full-tuition college scholarships, on-campus mentors, and career development activities.
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, IL
Grant supports the Science and Math Excellence (SAME) Network's College Preparatory Enrichment Program (CPEP). The curriculum integrates science, including biology, physics and chemistry with math and technology. It also includes career exploration workshops which enable participants to set and achieve career goals.
Sara's Inn
Oak Park, IL
Grant supports the Supportive Services program which provides counseling and emotional support, emergency shelter, transportation, 24-hour crisis hot-line, legal advocacy and art therapy for victims of domestic violence.
St. Bernard Hospital
Chicago, IL
Grant supports the Dental Center which offers free oral health treatment, including exams, cleanings, fillings and extractions for low-income children and adults.
Teen Living Programs
Chicago, IL
Grant supports the Stable Housing Program which provides youth with a series of interconnected programs and services that develop tools necessary to build self-sufficient lives, and to create a safety net to prevent a return to homelessness.
Thresholds
Chicago, IL
Grant supports the Young Adult program which serves youth who have severe and persistent mental illness with rehabilitation activities, housing, daily life skills, and primary physical care.
University of Chicago Protective Services Kids Club
Chicago, IL
Grant supports the Kids First Clinic - the outpatient arm of Comer's Child Protective Team - which serves the complex primary care needs of children who have been abused and neglected. The clinic serves as a "medical home," focused on comprehensive care for children by providing caregivers with the resources and information to advocate for their children.
