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The Grace Network

We all deserve to start our day with Grace and Dignity.

Glenview, IL   |  Www.gracenetworkchi.org

Mission

The Grace Network was developed to give direct aid to at-risk students and the teachers and social workers that support them. We provide health & hygiene-related items to schools, who in turn distribute the items directly to students who may be facing difficult at-home situations and/or homelessness.

Notes from the nonprofit

We are a young organization with lots of growth ahead of us. We have established a great need among Chicagoland students facing housing instability and strive to support their comfort, happiness and ability to remain in school regardless of their housing instability.

Ruling year info

2022

Principal Officer

Sarah Airola

Founder

Sarah Airola

Main address

2005 Prairie St

Glenview, IL 60025 USA

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EIN

88-1206758

NTEE code info

Student Services and Organizations (B80)

IRS filing requirement

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Communication

Blog

Programs and results

What we aim to solve

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

“More than 50,000 CPS students will experience a lack of permanent housing at some point in their education, which equates to over 15% of all CPS students,” explained Sarah Airola, co-founder of The Grace Network. “Some of our partner schools have 20-25% of students under the Students in Temporary Living Situations (STLS) designation at any given time.” While Chicago Public Schools make great efforts to support STLS students through many free resources and aid, we believe in providing an on-site source of health and hygiene items to compliment current CPS offerings aimed to keep high-risk students committed to return to school every day.

Our programs

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?

Spring School Refill

on March 12th, 60 volunteers gathered to pack more than $30,000 worth of health and hygiene supplies for 28 of our 40 school partners throughout Chicago.

The items were delivered to each school by volunteer drivers the following week.

Population(s) Served
Children and youth
Ethnic and racial groups
At-risk youth
Immigrants and migrants
Homeless people

Where we work

Goals & Strategy

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Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.

Charting impact

Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.

Our goal is to help schools give their students a comfortable and safe environment to learn and thrive, regardless of the difficulties they are facing in their home life. We feel strongly that regardless of a student's adversities at home, they should have access to a safe space at school where they feel comfortable among their peers. The more we can do to support at-risk youth, the better chance we have of them returning to school day after day.

We have grown from 2 to 40 school in our short 1.5 years since inception, uncovering a need that is not going away. One of the most important assets we have is a close relationship with our school partners and do our best to find solutions for problems a they arise.

Our core focus is to provide health and hygiene items to our 40 school partners 3 times a year, but that has been supplemented with additional solutions such as: washer/dryer donations, prom dress/suit donations and emergency grocery card donations.

As we add more schools, our network will go as will our need for funds. We also hope to add some supplemental programing (such as: washer/dryer, bus passes, grocery gift cards) to our basic health/hygiene packages.

Financials

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Operations

The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.

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The Grace Network

Board of directors
as of 10/09/2023
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board chair

Sarah Airola

Ryan Airola

William Blair

Kathleen Malone

Compass

Kathryn petrungaro

Thrive Medicine

Halleh Akbarnia

Lutherine General

James Petrungaro

Franczek

Tara Call

Melanie Madigan

Self Employed

Nadere Sternberg

Hector Perez

CPS

Monique Watkins

CPS

Organizational demographics

SOURCE: Self-reported; last updated 10/9/2023
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Leadership

The organization's leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
White/Caucasian/European
Gender identity
Female, Not transgender (cisgender)
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual or straight
Disability status
Person without a disability

The organization's co-leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
White/Caucasian/European
Gender identity
Female, Not transgender (cisgender)
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual or straight
Disability status
Person without a disability

Race & ethnicity

Gender identity

 

Sexual orientation

No data

Disability

No data