Military & Veterans grant program
Robert R. McCormick Foundation
Grants supporting veterans and their families through legal-aid programmes, job training and social services, with an emphasis on transition to civilian life and employment.
- Indicative award
- Amount not published (varies by call)No per-grant range published; the page lists cumulative grantee totals since 2020 (e.g. $1,400,000 to Illinois Equal Justice Foundation) against a program total of $13,976,000.
- Timing
- By invitationNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Page states: "Applications for funding are extended by invitation only. At this time, unsolicited letters of inquiry are not accepted."
- Who can apply
- Community organisation, Practitioner
- Eligibility
- Applications are by invitation only and unsolicited letters of inquiry are not accepted; listed grantees are Illinois/Chicago-area nonprofits such as Illinois Equal Justice Foundation, Illinois Joining Forces and National Able Network.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- veteran legal aid · job training · reentry · transition to civilian life
- Apply at
- https://www.mccormickfoundation.org/veterans
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. Funder link last confirmed to resolve on 2026-09-25.
Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.
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