The McKinley Foundation’s Community Social Justice Grants program awards money to support work in the fields of racial justice and equality, healthcare, education, environmental activism, gender equality, and LGBTQ activism. Past recipients include the following:
- Avicenna Women’s Health Clinic, Accessible Contraception
- Channing-Murray Foundation, Fall Film Series
- C-U Folk & Roots, Black Opry Revue
- Girls Rock Champaign-Urbana, 2023 Summer Camp
- Graduate Employee Organization, Kathryn Oberdeck Hardship Fund
- Illini Hillel, Pride Shabbat and BGaybel Brunch
- Luisana Hernandez and Allison Poncin, Vocational Center for Students with Disabilities
- Ophtalmology Student Interest Group, Free Community Eye Clinic
- UC Reproductive Justice, 2024 UCRJ Week
- Uniting Pride Center, Mx. Chambana Drag Pageant
- Wesley Food Pantry, Student-Facing Programs
This year-round grant-giving program still has funds available! Grant information may be found at https://mckinleycu.org/community-grants/.