2026 Grant Cycle

The Barrington Area Community Foundation annual grants workshop was held on November 6, 2025.

The portal for grant applications can be accessed using the Grant Applicants link below, and local not-for-profit organizations are encouraged to apply.

Grant Workshop

Nov. 6, 2025

Barrington White House
145 W. Main Street
Barrington, IL 60010

Applications Open

December 1, 2025

Grant Applications Deadline

January 23, 2026

Grant Primary Interviews

Feb. 1 – Mar. 31, 2026

Grant Second Interviews

Apr. 10 & 11, 2026

Rose Hall
South Barrington, IL

Grant Awards Breakfast

May 6, 2026

Barrington White House

145 W. Main Street

Barrington, IL 60010

Grant Seekers

The Foundation will evaluate and make grants annually from its permanent funds based on the degree of impact to the area population in School District 220 and the Barrington Area Council of Governments (BACOG) including the greater of the two.

Previous Grantee Winners

  • Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital on behalf of Smart Farm Program
  • Barrington Area Conservation Trust
  • Barrington Area Council on Aging
  • Barrington AREA Development Council
  • Barrington Area Volunteer Connection
  • Barrington Children’s Choir
  • Barrington Dance Ensemble
  • Barrington Giving Day
  • Barrington’s White House
  • Barrington Youth and Family Services
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Dundee Township
  • Bright Birthdays, Inc.
  • Catlow 1927 Foundation
  • Center for Enriched Living
  • Children’s Advocacy Center of North and Northwest Cook County
  • Citizens for Conservation
  • Elderweks Educational Services
  • Elgin Symphony Orchestra
  • Embrace Living Communities
  • Encore Music Academy (Northwest Community Music Academy)
  • Flint Creek / Spring Creek Watersheds Partnership
  • GiGi’s Playhouse Down Syndrome Achievement
    Centers
  • Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois
  • GiveNKind
  • Hanover Township Emergency Services Foundation
  • Kaleidoscope School of Fine Art
  • Let It Be Us
  • Oak Leak Cooperative School
  • Opus Montessori School
  • Parker Players Theater Company
  • RISE – For Differently Abled Students
  • Rotary Club of Barrington Afterhours
  • Salem Methodist Preschool
  • SOUL Harbour Ranch
  • South Pointe Youth for Christ
  • Special Gifts Theatre
  • The Build Team NFP
  • The Community Meal
  • Walk On
  • William Rainey Harper College Educational Foundation
  • WINGS Program, Inc.
  • Collaboration Award:
    Bright Birthdays, Inc.

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